Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0846 • ACR Convergence 2021
Psychometric Evaluation and Measurement Invariance of English and French Versions of the UCLA Loneliness Scale in Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study
Chelsea Rapoport¹, Alyssa Choi², Linda Kwakkenbos³, Marie-Eve Carrier⁴, Karen Gottesman⁵, Scott Roesch⁶, Brett Thombs⁷ and Vanessa Malcarne⁶, ¹SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, La Jolla, CA, ²SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ³Department of Clinical Psychology, Radboud University Behavioural Science Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Scleroderma Foundation, Southern California Chapter, Danvers, MA, ⁶SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, ⁷Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Loneliness is a pervasive experience that has been associated with poorer health-related quality of life, and remains understudied in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).…
Abstract Number: 1371 • ACR Convergence 2021
Symptom Management in Systemic Sclerosis: A Pilot Study of a Web-based Intervention Using Peer-Health Coaches
Susan Murphy¹, Yen Chen², Mary Alore², Sheri Hicks² and Dinesh Khanna², ¹University of Michigan, Grosse Ile, MI, ²University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: People with systemic sclerosis (SSc) have a high burden of chronic symptoms that have dramatic effects on function and quality of life. Fatigue, along…
Abstract Number: 1508 • ACR Convergence 2021
Decrease of Angiogenic T Cells Associated to the Presence of Interstitial Lung Disease in Patients with Connective Tissue Diseases
Verónica Pulito-Cueto¹, Sara Remuzgo-Martinez¹, Fernanda Genre¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², Victor M. Mora-Cuesta³, David Iturbe-Fernández³, Leticia Lera-Gómez¹, Raquel Perez-Fernández¹, Pilar Alonso-Lecue⁴, Javier Rodriguez-Carrio⁵, Diana Prieto-Peña⁶, Virginia Portilla⁶, Ricardo BLANCO⁷, Alfosno Corrales⁶, José M. Cifrián⁸, Raquel López-Mejías¹ and Miguel Ángel gonzalez-Gay⁹, ¹Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Group "Research in genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis of systemic diseases and in bone metabolic diseases of the locomotor system", IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System; Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁵Deparment of Functional Biology, Immunology Area, Faculty of Medicine, Universidad de Oviedo, Oviedo, Asturias, Spain., Oviedo, Spain, ⁶Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁷Hospital University Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁸Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; Department of Pneumology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain, ⁹Research group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; School of Medicine, Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is one of the most significant complications of connective tissue diseases (CTD) leading to an increase of the morbidity and…
Abstract Number: 1853 • ACR Convergence 2021
Scleroderma Presentation in the Canadian Scleroderma Research Group Indigenous Population
Curtis Sobchak, Karen Beattie and Maggie Larche, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Given the well-known burden of rheumatic disease in Canadian Indigenous populations, the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA) has highlighted Aboriginal Rheumatology as an area needing…
Abstract Number: 0398 • ACR Convergence 2021
Performance of ACR CRISS Score and Revised ACR CRISS Response in a Phase 3 Trial of Lenabasum in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis (dcSSc) in Which Background Immunosuppressive Therapies (bIST) Were Allowed
Dinesh Khanna¹, Robert Spiera² and Barbara White³, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ³Corbus Pharmaceuticals, Norwood, MA
Background/Purpose: ACR CRISS score is the probability of improvement from baseline in each participant (pt) ranging from 0 to 1 (no to high probability), based…
Abstract Number: 0543 • ACR Convergence 2021
Novel Insights into Systemic Sclerosis Using a Sensitive Computational Method to Analyze Whole-genome Bisulfite Sequencing Data
Jeffrey Yu¹, Tianyuan Lu¹, Kaiqiong Zhao¹, Kathleen Oros Klein¹, Maximilien Lora², Ines Colmegna³, Celia MT Greenwood⁴ and Marie Hudson², ¹Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada, ³The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Epidemiology, Biostatistics and Occupational Health / Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences / McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: While the etiology of systemic sclerosis (SSc) remains largely unknown, epigenetic dysregulation including abnormal DNA methylation is thought to contribute to its onset and…
Abstract Number: 0847 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Psychometric Analysis of the Self-Efficacy for Managing Chronic Disease Scale in Systemic Sclerosis: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study
Alyssa Choi¹, Chelsea Rapoport², Linda Kwakkenbos³, Marie-Eve Carrier⁴, Karen Gottesman⁵, Scott Roesch⁶, Brett Thombs⁷ and Vanessa Malcarne⁶, ¹SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ²SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, La Jolla, CA, ³Department of Clinical Psychology, Radboud University Behavioural Science Institute, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁴Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Scleroderma Foundation, Southern California Chapter, Danvers, MA, ⁶SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, ⁷Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital; Department of Psychiatry, McGill University, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Self-efficacy is a key determinant of health behaviors and the target mechanism of self-management programs for patients with chronic diseases. The Self-Efficacy for Managing…
Abstract Number: 1373 • ACR Convergence 2021
Paraoxonase-1: Potential Novel Marker of Disease Extent and Activity in Systemic Sclerosis
Suzanne Kafaja¹, Isela Valera², Yossra Suliman³, Mohamed Alemam⁴, Rosha Mamita⁵, Jennifer Wang⁵, Ani Shahbazian⁶, Philip Clements⁷ and Christina Charles-Schoeman⁶, ¹University of California Los Angeles Division of Rheumatology, Los Angeles, CA, ²Florida Universtity- College of Health and Human Sciences, Talahhasse, FL, ³Department of Clinical Pathology, Qena Faculty of Medicine, Assiut, Egypt, ⁴Department of Pathology< Qena Faculty of Medicine, South Valley University,, Assiut, Egypt, ⁵University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁶Department of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ⁷University of California Los Angeles School of Medicine, Department of Rhemumatology, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Our understanding of the pathogenesis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) continues to evolve. Oxidative stress has been implicated in the pathophysiology of disease, but minimal…
Abstract Number: 1613 • ACR Convergence 2021
Pandemic and Patients: Examining Health-Related Behaviors of Patients with Systemic Sclerosis During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Nancy Dorr¹, Patricia Fennell² and Lee Shapiro³, ¹The College of Saint Rose, Albany, NY, ²Albany Health Management Associates, Inc. Steffens Scleroderma Foundation, Albany, NY, ³Albany Medical College, Stillwater, NY
Background/Purpose: Prior to COVID-19, few studies examined how patients with a chronic illness, such as systemic sclerosis (SSc), react to a pandemic. This study examined…
Abstract Number: 1855 • ACR Convergence 2021
Up-regulation of TNFα Gene in Peripheral Blood Is Useful for Predicting the Development of Exercise-induced Pulmonary Hypertension, Which Is Early Stage of Pulmonary Vascular Disease Associated with Systemic Sclerosis
Yoshinobu Koyama¹, Yoshiharu Sato², Tatsuma Shoji², Soichiro Fuke¹, Takatsune Umayahara¹ and Moe Sakamoto¹, ¹Japanese Red Cross Okayama Hospital, Okayama, Japan, ²DNA Chip Research Inc, Tokyo, Japan
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary hypertension (PH) is prominent as a vascular involvement of systemic sclerosis (SSc), which remains a leading cause of death in spite of current…
Abstract Number: 0400 • ACR Convergence 2021
Item Development for the Assessment of Systemic Sclerosis-associated Raynaud’s Phenomenon (ASRAP) Questionnaire
John Pauling¹, Lesley Ann Saketkoo², Dinesh Khanna³, Christopher Denton⁴, Tracy Frech⁵, Ariane Herrick⁶, Laura Hummers⁷, Ami Shah⁸ and Robyn Domsic⁹, ¹Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bath, United Kingdom, ²University Medical Center - Comprehensive Pulmonary Hypertension Center, New Orleans, LA, ³University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ⁶University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁷Johns Hopkins Univerisity, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ⁹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: The episodic and uniquely personalised nature of Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) has led to reliance upon self-report to capture how patients ‘feel’ and ‘function’. Existing…
Abstract Number: 0546 • ACR Convergence 2021
Integrated Analysis of Dermal Blister Fluid Proteomics and Genome-wide Skin Gene Expression Gives New Insight into Pathogenesis of Systemic Sclerosis
Kristina Clark¹, Eszter Csomor², Corrado Campochiaro³, Adam Taylor⁴, Yee Voan Teo², Katherine Nevin², Mary Morse², Voon Ong⁵, Emma Derrett-Smith⁶, Nicolas Wisniacki², Shaun Flint² and Christopher Denton⁷, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, Hertfordshire, United Kingdom, ³Royal Free Hospital London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴GlaxoSmithKline, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University College London Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University College London Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Suction blister fluid provides a unique opportunity to analyse the dermal microenvironment of SSc. We report an integrated analysis of proteomic data from dermal…
Abstract Number: 0854 • ACR Convergence 2021
Confirmatory Factor Analysis of the Fatigue Assessment Instrument and Fatigue Severity Scale in Systemic Sclerosis
Alyssa Choi¹, Chelsea Rapoport², Erin Merz³, Marka Lyons⁴, Maureen Mayes⁵, Shervin Assassi⁶ and Vanessa Malcarne⁷, ¹SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ²SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, La Jolla, CA, ³Department of Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunogenetics, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁶University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁷SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology; Department of Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Fatigue is a prevalent, debilitating symptom across chronic diseases that is difficult to treat and negatively impacts patients' quality of life. Patients with rheumatologic…
Abstract Number: 1374 • ACR Convergence 2021
A Deep Neural Network Classifier to Identify Inflammatory Systemic Sclerosis Patients from Histological Images
Yiwei Yuan¹, Robert Lafyatis², Johann Gudjonsson³, Dinesh Khanna⁴ and Michael Whitfield⁵, ¹Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Department of Dermatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Geisel School of Medicine, Lebanon, NH
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients can be divided into four molecular subsets (inflammatory, fibroproliferative, limited and normal-like) identifiable with gene expression in skin and peripheral…
Abstract Number: 1836 • ACR Convergence 2021
Outcomes Linked to Eligibility for Stem Cell Transplantation Trials in Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis
Julia Spierings¹, Svetlana Nihtyanova², Emma Derrett-Smith³, Kristina Clark², Jacob van Laar⁴, Voon Ong⁵ and Christopher Denton⁶, ¹University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ²University College London, Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ³University College London Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom, ⁴University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ⁵University College London Medical School Royal Free Campus, London, United Kingdom, ⁶University College London Division of Medicine, Centre for Rheumatology and Connective Tissue Diseases, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Autologous haematopoietic stem cell transplantation (SCT) has emerged as an effective treatment for patients with severe diffuse systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) based upon the results…

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