Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 0914 • ACR Convergence 2020
Serious Infections in People with Systemic Sclerosis: A National U.S. Study
Jasvinder Singh¹ and John Cleveland¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To study incidence, time-trends and outcomes of serious infections in systemic sclerosis (SSc).Methods: We used the 1998-2016 U.S. National Inpatient Sample data. We examined…
Abstract Number: 1380 • ACR Convergence 2020
Digital Occlusive Arterial Disease on Laser Doppler Flowmetry Increases the Risk of Digital Ischemic Complications in Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Single Center Referral Cohort (2001-2018)
Yasser Radwan¹, Tina Gunderson², Cynthia Crowson², David Liedl², Kenneth Warrington³, Paul Wennberg² and Ashima Makol², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Lansing, MI, ²Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota, USA, Rochester, MN, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN
Background/Purpose: Vascular dysfunction is a key feature of systemic sclerosis (SSc), manifesting clinically as Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) with or without digital ischemia. Laser doppler flowmetry…
Abstract Number: 1910 • ACR Convergence 2020
Integrated Molecular Analysis of Systemic Sclerosis Skin and Blood Highlights Significant Differences Between Major Autoantibody Subgroups
Kristina Clark¹, Corrado Campochiaro², Eszter Csomor³, Adam Taylor³, Katherine Nevin³, Nicholas Galwey³, Mary Morse³, Voon Ong⁴, Emma Derrett-Smith⁵, Shaun Flint³ and Christopher Denton¹, ¹University College London, London, United Kingdom, ²Royal Free Hospital NHS trust, London, United Kingdom, ³GlaxoSmithKline, Stevenage, United Kingdom, ⁴UCL, London, United Kingdom, ⁵University College London Division of Medicine, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The major antinuclear autoantibodies of systemic sclerosis (SSc) associate with different skin score trajectories and risk of internal organ manifestations. To elucidate molecular differences…
Abstract Number: 0916 • ACR Convergence 2020
Validating Autoantibody Associations and Clinical Impact of Severe Gastrointestinal Involvement in Systemic Sclerosis
Fiza Ahmed¹, Svetlana Nihtyanova¹, Stamatia Chatzinikolaou², Voon Ong¹, Charles Murray² and Christopher Denton³, ¹Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free Campus, UCL Division of Medicine, UK, London, United Kingdom, ²Department of Gastroenterology, Royal Free London Foundation Trust, UK, London, United Kingdom, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) frequently experience gastrointestinal (GI) symptoms, ranging from mild to debilitating in severity. Better prediction of those most at risk…
Abstract Number: 1381 • ACR Convergence 2020
Real-World Mono-, Double and Triple Combination Treatment Patterns with Macitentan in Patients with Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension Associated with Connective Tissue Disease (PAH-CTD): Evidence from the Combined OPUS/OrPHeUS Dataset
Matthew Lammi¹, Kelly Chin², Nick H. Kim³, Vallerie McLaughlin⁴, Roham Zamanian⁵, Megan Flynn⁶, Sandrine Leroy⁷, Rose Ong⁷, Graham Wetherill⁷ and Richard Channick⁸, ¹Lousiana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA, ²UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, ³University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, ⁴University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁵Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁶Actelion Pharmaceuticals US, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ⁷Actelion Pharmaceuticals Ltd, Allschwil, Switzerland, ⁸University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles
Background/Purpose: Patients with PAH-CTD have a worse prognosis than patients with most other PAH etiologies. The OPsumit® USers (OPUS) Registry and OPsumit® Historical USers (OrPHeUS)…
Abstract Number: 1911 • ACR Convergence 2020
IL-11 Expression in Systemic Sclerosis Pulmonary Fibroblasts Is Mediated by Caspase-1
Caya McFalls¹ and Carol Artlett¹, ¹Drexel University College of Medicine, Philadelphia
Background/Purpose: Interleukin-11 (IL-11) has been shown to be associated with idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis, cardiac and kidney fibrosis. However, conflicting data shows IL-11 can be either…
Abstract Number: 0917 • ACR Convergence 2020
Drug-Drug Interaction Study of Nintedanib (Ofev®) and the Combination of Ethinylestradiol and Levonorgestrel (Microgynon®) in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD)
Madelon Vonk¹, Mandy Avis², Kristell Marzin³, Salome Mack³, Sven Wind³ and Martina Gahlemann⁴, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Radboud University Medical Center, Nijmegen, The Netherlands, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ²Boehringer Ingelheim B.V., Alkmaar, The Netherlands, Alkmaar, Netherlands, ³Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, ⁴Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Nintedanib is a tyrosine kinase inhibitor that has been approved for the treatment of SSc-ILD. As nintedanib may cause fetal harm, patients taking nintedanib…
Abstract Number: 1382 • ACR Convergence 2020
Changes in Imaging Markers in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) Treated with Nintedanib: Sub-Study of the SENSCIS Trial
Stephen Humphries¹, Eric Hachulla², Mark Hamblin³, Takashi Ogura⁴, Dag Wormanns⁵, Carina Ittrich⁶, Frank Risse⁶, Margarida Alves⁷, Martina Gahlemann⁸ and David Lynch⁹, ¹National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver, CO, ²Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Université de Lille, Lille, France, Lille, France, ³University of Kansas Hospital, Kansas City, Kansas, USA, Kansas City, KS, ⁴Department of Respiratory Medicine, Kanagawa Cardiovascular and Respiratory Centre, Yokohama, Japan, Yokohama, Japan, ⁵Evangelische Lungenklinik, Berlin, Germany, Berlin, Germany, ⁶Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co. KG, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Boehringer Ingelheim (Schweiz) GmbH, Basel, Switzerland, Basel, Switzerland, ⁹National Jewish Health, Denver, Colorado, USA, Denver
Background/Purpose: In the SENSCIS trial in patients with SSc-ILD, nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) (mL/year) over 52 weeks by…
Abstract Number: 1912 • ACR Convergence 2020
Novel Role of Thy-1 (CD90) in the Pathogenesis of Skin Fibrosis
Roberta Goncalves Marangoni¹, Stacey Duemmel², Marc Nuzzo², Ananta Paine¹, Christopher Ritchlin³ and Benjamin Korman³, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, ³Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: Thy-1 (CD90) is a GPI-anchored cell surface protein that is highly expressed in subsets of fibroblasts. Previous work has shown that Thy-1 deficiency exacerbates…
Abstract Number: 0382 • ACR Convergence 2020
Increased Rates of Obstetric Complications Prior to Systemic Sclerosis Diagnosis
Melody Chung¹, Kathleen Kolstad², Makdine Dontsi³, Poonam Manwani⁴, Hongyu Zhao⁵, Debbie Postlethwaite³, Sumana Kesh⁶, Julia Simard⁷ and Lorinda Chung⁸, ¹Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ²Division of Immunology & Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Palo Alto, CA, ³Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California, Oakland, CA, ⁴UCLA-Olive View Rheumatology Fellowship, Los Angeles, CA, ⁵Department of Internal Medicine, Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, ⁶Kaiser Permanente Santa Clara, Santa Clara, CA, ⁷Stanford Medicine, Stanford, CA, ⁸Stanford University School of Medicine and Palo Alto VA Health Care System, Palo Alto, CA
Background/Purpose: Vasculopathy and immune dysfunction likely precede the diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) by years as evidenced by longstanding Raynaud’s phenomenon prior to diagnosis. Poor…
Abstract Number: 0918 • ACR Convergence 2020
Decline in Forced Vital Capacity in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis-Associated Interstitial Lung Disease (SSc-ILD) with and Without Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease: Further Analyses of the SENSCIS Trial
Kristin Highland¹, Gerard Criner², Petros Sfikakis³, Hilario Nunes⁴, Wendy Stevens⁵, Corinna Miede⁶, Margarida Alves⁷ and Michael Kreuter⁸, ¹Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, Ohio, USA, Cleveland, OH, ²Department of Thoracic Medicine and Surgery, Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, ³National Kapodistrian University of Athens Medical School, Athens, Greece, ⁴Department of Pulmonology, Hôpital Avicenne, APHP, Bobigny, France, Bobigny, France, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, St Vincent's Hospital, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, Fitzroy, Victoria, Australia, ⁶mainanalytics GmbH, Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany, Sulzbach (Taunus), Germany, ⁷Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁸Center for Interstitial and Rare Lung Diseases, Pneumology and Respiratory Care Medicine, Thoraxklinik, University of Heidelberg, Member of the German Center for Lung Research, Heidelberg, Germany, Heidelberg, Germany
Background/Purpose: Gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD) is a common comorbidity in patients with SSc-ILD and may be associated with progression of SSc-ILD. In the SENSCIS trial…
Abstract Number: 1383 • ACR Convergence 2020
Tocilizumab Shows Potential in Preserving Lung Function in Systemic Sclerosis with Positive anti-topoisomerase-1 (Scl-70): A Single Centre Cohort Study
Yasir Suleman¹, Kristina Clark², Svetlana Nihtyanova³, Voon Ong⁴ and Christopher Denton², ¹Royal Free Hospital London NHS Trust, London, United Kingdom, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free Campus, UCL Division of Medicine, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁴UCL, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Recent Phase II (faSScinate) and Phase III (focuSSced) clinical trials of tocilizumab versus placebo in early dcSSc highlighted the potential impact of tocilizumab on…
Abstract Number: 1915 • ACR Convergence 2020
Leptin Plays a Critical Role in Modulating Dermal Adipose Tissue, Inflammation and Skin Fibrosis
Roberta Goncalves Marangoni¹, Stacey Duemmel², Marc Nuzzo², Christopher Ritchlin³ and Benjamin Korman³, ¹University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, ²Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, ³Department of Medicine, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY
Background/Purpose: We previously demonstrated that systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients have substantial reduction in dermal white adipose tissue (dWAT) which correlates with skin fibrosis. In animal…
Abstract Number: 0387 • ACR Convergence 2020
Altered Iron Homeostasis and Pulmonary Haemodynamics in Systemic Sclerosis Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Alper Sari¹, Christopher Denton², Svetlana Nihtyanova³, Benjamin Schreiber⁴ and Voon Ong³, ¹Hacettepe University, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Ankara, Turkey, ²University College London, London, United Kingdom, ³Centre for Rheumatology, Royal Free Campus, UCL Division of Medicine, UK, London, United Kingdom, ⁴UCL, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Iron deficiency (ID) is more frequent in systemic sclerosis (SSc) patients with pulmonary hypertension (PH) than those without and associated with worse prognosis. There…
Abstract Number: 0924 • ACR Convergence 2020
Towards Systemic Sclerosis Rehabilitation via Videogames
Marica Doveri¹, Marco Trombini², Federica Ferraro³, Rossana Galli¹, Anna Laura Bargeri⁴, Simone Rando¹, SIlvana Dellepiane² and Gerolamo Bianchi¹, ¹Hospital La colletta Arenzano(Genoa), Arenzano, Liguria, Italy, ²Department of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, GENOVA, Liguria, Italy, ³Department of Electrical, Electronics and Telecommunication Engineering and Naval Architecture (DITEN), University of Genoa, Ponsacco, Liguria, Italy, ⁴Hospital La colletta Arenzano(Genoa), Arenzano, Italy
Background/Purpose: The excessive production and accumulation of collagen in systemic sclerosis (SSc) leads to the gradual loss of mobility which affects the quality of life…

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