Abstracts tagged "Systemic sclerosis"

Abstract Number: 810 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sexual Dysfunction in Women with Systemic Sclerosis
Marina Soledad Dalpiaz¹, Juan Argüello², Maria Florencia Rodriguez³, Marta Mamani⁴, Anastasia Secco⁵, Natalia Tamborenea², Eduardo Kerzberg⁶, Sandra Fabiana Montoya⁶, Carolina Aimo⁶, Fernando Manuel Villalobos⁶, Eliana Rebeca Serrano⁷, Maria Elena Crespo Espindola⁸ and Ana Lía Gervilla Galan⁹, ¹Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ²Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ³Reumatologia, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁵Rheumatology Section, Hospital Bernardino Rivadavia, CABA, Argentina, ⁶Hospital General de Agudos José María Ramos Mejía, BUENOS AIRES, Argentina, ⁷Rheumatology Section, Hospital General de Agudos Dr. Enrique Tornú, Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁸Reumatologia, Hospital Señor del Milagro, Salta, Argentina, ⁹Hospital San Roque, San Salvador de Jujuy, Argentina
Background/Purpose: Impaired sexual function is common among women with chronic illnesses, including Systemic Sclerosis (SSc). Studies of sexual functioning among women with SSc have concluded…
Abstract Number: 898 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab for the Treatment of Systemic Sclerosis: Results from a Phase 3 Randomized Controlled Trial
Dinesh Khanna¹, Celia J. F. Lin², Masataka Kuwana³, Yannick Allanore⁴, Anastas Batalov⁵, Irena Butrimiene⁶, Patricia Carreira⁷, Marco Matucci Cerinic⁸, Oliver Distler⁹, Dusanka Martinović Kaliterna¹⁰, Carina Mihai¹¹, Mette Mogensen¹², Marzena Olesinska¹³, Janet E. Pope¹⁴, Gabriela Riemekasten¹⁵, Tatiana S. Rodriguez-Reyna¹⁶, Maria José Santos¹⁷, Jacob van Laar¹⁸, Helen Spotswood¹⁹, Jeffrey Siegel², Angelika Jahreis², Daniel E. Furst²⁰ and Christopher P. Denton²¹, ¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Genentech, Inc., South San Francisco, CA, ³Nippon Medical School, Tokyo, Japan, ⁴Cochin Hospital, Paris Descartes University, Paris, France, Paris, France, ⁵Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁶Rheumatology Clinic, Medical Faculty, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania, ⁷Servicio de Reumatología, Hospital Universitario, Madrid, Spain, ⁸University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁹Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁰University of Split, Split, Croatia, ¹¹Cantacuzino Hospital, Carol Davila University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Bucharest, Romania, ¹²Department of Dermatology, Bispebjerg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark, ¹³National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation,, Warsaw, Poland, ¹⁴Department of Medicine, University of Western Ontario, London, ON, Canada, ¹⁵Rheumatology, University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein - Campus Lübeck, Lübeck, Germany, ¹⁶Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición Salvador Zubirán, Mexico City, Mexico, ¹⁷Serviço de Reumatologia do Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal, Almada, Portugal, ¹⁸University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands, ¹⁹Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, United Kingdom, ²⁰University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ²¹University College London, London, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: The anti–interleukin-6 (IL-6) receptor-alpha antibody tocilizumab (TCZ) demonstrated numeric improvement in skin thickening (modified Rodnan skin score [mRSS]) and clinically meaningful lung function preservation…
Abstract Number: 1212 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Superiority of Musculoskeletal Ultrasound (MSUS) over Clinical Examination Regarding Detection of Arthritis in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Daria Feldmann¹, Reinhard Voll², Florian Kollert³ and Stephanie Finzel¹, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²Clinic for Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Freiburg, Faculty of Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ³Department of Rheumatology, Immunology, and Allergology, Inselspital, University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Arthralgia is frequent in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). However, correct clinical assessment of arthritis remains a challenge especially in patients with severe soft…
Abstract Number: 1726 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sexual Dysfunction in Systemic Sclerosis Female Patients
Barbora Hermankova^1,2, Maja Spiritovic^1,2, Hana Smucrova², Sabina Oreska^2,3, Hana Storkanova^2,3, Karel Pavelka^3,4, Jiri Vencovsky^2,5, Ladislav Šenolt^2,3, Radim Becvar^2,3 and Michal Tomcik^2,3, ¹Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Physical Education and Sports, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ³Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁴Institute of Rheumatology, Department of Rheumatology, 1st Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic, ⁵Department Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is a chronic autoimmune disease leading to various physical and psychological impairments including sexual dysfunction. The aim of this study was…
Abstract Number: 1738 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Detect Outperforms Echocardiography Based Screening Guidelines for Early Detection of Systemic Sclerosis Associated Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
Amber Young¹, Victor M. Moles^2,3, Vivek Nagaraja¹, Dharshan Vummidi⁴, Scott H. Visovatti³, Vallerie McLaughlin³ and Dinesh Khanna¹, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²Hospital Jose Maria Cullen, Santa Fe, Argentina, ³Division of Cardiology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ⁴Department of Radiology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) is a leading cause of mortality in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Active screening can detect SSc-PAH earlier and may…
Abstract Number: 1900 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
FGFR3/ FGF9 Regulates the Activity of Profibrotic Cytokine and Growth Factor Pathways to Drive Fibroblast Activation and Tissue Fibrosis in Systemic Sclerosis
Debomita Chakraborty¹, Lena Summa², Thuong Trinh-Minh³, Chih-Wei Chen³, Alina Soare², Andreas Ramming⁴, Oliver Distler⁵, Georg Schett² and Jörg Distler³, ¹Department of Internal Medicine 3- Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ²Department of Internal Medicine 3-Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ³Department of Internal Medicine 3 – Rheumatology and Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine 3 and Institute for Clinical Immunology, Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU) and University Hospital Erlangen, Erlangen, Germany, ⁵Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Fibroblast growth factor receptor3 (FGFR3) is a member of the family of 4 different receptors (FGFR1-4) with more than 23 identified ligands FGF1-23. Each…
Abstract Number: 2688 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Increased Serum Uric Acid Levels Are Associated with a Higher Risk of Digital Ulcers in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Han-Na Lee¹, Seung-Geun Lee¹, Eunsung Kim¹, JungHee Koh¹, Yun-Kyung Kim², Ho-Jae Kim² and Geun-Tae Kim³, ¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Pusan National University School of Medicine, Pusan National University Hospital, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Kosin University College of Medicine, Busan, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Endothelial cell dysfunction and/or injury are considered critical early events in the pathogenesis of vasculopathy in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc). Hyperuricemia is known…
Abstract Number: 2695 • 2018 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Progressive Skin Fibrosis, Internal Organ Involvement and All-Cause Mortality in an Early Diffuse Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis United States Multicenter Registry
Kate Homer¹, Benjamin Brennan², Shervin Assassi³, Elana J. Bernstein⁴, Flavia V. Castelino⁵, Robyn T. Domsic⁶, Jessica K. Gordon⁷, Faye N. Hant⁸, Monique Hinchcliff⁹, Ami A. Shah¹⁰, Victoria Shanmugam¹¹, Virginia D. Steen¹², Veronica J. Berrocal¹³, Melanie Hemmrich¹⁴, Tracy M. Frech¹⁵ and Dinesh Khanna¹⁶, ¹Department of Internal Medicine, Rheumatology Division, Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ²School of Public Health, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ⁴Rheumatology, Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Rheumatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, ⁶Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁷Rheumatology, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁸Medicine/Rheumatology & Immunology, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Rheumatology, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹Rheumatology, The George Washington University, Washington, DC, ¹²Rheumatology, MedStar Georgetown University Hospital, Washington, DC, ¹³Div of Rheumatology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹⁴Bayer AG, Wuppertal, Germany, ¹⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ¹⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan Scleroderma Program, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Early diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) carries a high morbidity and mortality, predominantly due to internal organ involvement. The purpose of this study was…
Abstract Number: 1678 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Pathogenic Mechanisms of Esophageal Peristaltic Dysfunction By High Resolution Manometry in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis
Hyun-Sook Kim¹, Yunseok Kim², Jung Ran Choi³ and Joon Seong Lee², ¹Soonchenhyang university school of medicine, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ²Internal medicine, Soonchunhyang university Seoul hospital, Seoul, Korea, Republic of (South), ³Department of Internal Medicine, Pohang St. Mary Hospital, Pohang, Korea, Republic of (South)
Background/Purpose: Pathogenic mechanisms of esophageal involvement in systemic sclerosis (SSc) were suggested as neural dysfunction due to impairment of microcirculation to intramural neuron in early…
Abstract Number: 1691 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Risk of Development of Definite Disease in Patients with Early Systemic Sclerosis
Cintia Zumstein Camargo, Maria Izabel Arismendi and Cristiane Kayser, Rheumatology Division, Universidade Federal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Background/Purpose: The diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (SSc) in the early stages of the disease is frequently a challenge. In 2001, LeRoy and Medsger proposed criteria…
Abstract Number: 1704 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Non-Randomized Controlled Trial to Evaluate the Effect of Extracorporeal Shock Wave Therapy on Digital Ulcers in Systemic Sclerosis
Tomonori Ishii¹, Yasushi Kawaguchi², osamu ishikawa³, naruhiko takasaawa⁴, takao kodera⁵, hidekata yasuoka⁶, yuichi takahashi⁷, osamu takai⁸, Izaya Nakaya⁹, Hiroshi Fujii¹⁰, Yukiko Kamogawa¹⁰, Yuko Shirota¹⁰, Tsuyoshi Shirai¹⁰, Yoko Fujita¹¹, shinichiro saito¹², Hiroaki Shimokawa¹³ and Hideo Harigae¹⁰, ¹Clinical Research, Innovation and Education Center, Tohoku University Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ²Institute of Rheumatology, Tokyo Women's Medical University, Tokyo, Japan, ³Department of Dermatology, Gunma University Graduate School of Medicine, gunma, Japan, ⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University Wakabayashi Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ⁵Division of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku Medical and Pharmaceutical University, Sendai, Japan, ⁶Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Keio University School of Medicine, tokyo, Japan, ⁷Ｙｕ　Ｆａｍｉｌｙ　Ｃlinic, Sendai, Japan, ⁸Osaki Citizen Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ⁹Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Iwate Prefectural Central Hospital, Morioka, Japan, ¹⁰Department of Hematology and Rheumatology, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, ¹¹Department of Hematolgy and Rheumatolgy, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan, ¹²IMS Meirikai Sendai General Hospital, Sendai, Japan, ¹³Department of Cardiovascular medicine, Tohoku University Graduate School of Medicine, Sendai, Japan
Background/Purpose: Patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) often display Raynaud’s phenomenon, which causes digital skin ulcers. Since these ulcers are not associated with autoimmune factors, conventional…
Abstract Number: 1720 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
TGF-ß-Induced Tissue Fibrosis in TBRIcaCol1Cre Transgenic Mice Is Abrogated By the Second Generation Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor SKI-606 (Bosutinib)
Peter J. Wermuth and Sergio A. Jimenez, Jefferson Institute of Molecular Medicine, Division of Connective Tissue Diseases and Scleroderma Center, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Bosutinib (SKI-606), a second-generation tyrosine kinase inhibitor that blocks the activity of the BCR-ABL kinase responsible for Philadelphia chromosome positive chronic myeloid leukemias, also…
Abstract Number: 2049 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Factor Structure and Convergent Validity of the Derriford Appearance Scale-24 Using Standard Scoring Versus Treating “Not Applicable” Responses As Missing Data: A Scleroderma Patient-Centered Intervention Network Cohort Study
Erin L. Merz¹, Linda Kwakkenbos^2,3,4, Marie-Eve Carrier², Shadi Gholizadeh⁵, Sarah D. Mills⁶, Rina S. Fox⁷, Lisa Jewett^2,8, Heidi Williamson⁹, Diana Harcourt⁹, Shervin Assassi¹⁰, Daniel E. Furst¹¹, Karen Gottesman¹², Maureen D Mayes¹³, Tim Moss⁹, Brett D. Thombs^2,3 and Vanessa L. Malcarne^6,14, ¹Department of Psychology, California State University, Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA, ²McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁴Radboud University, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ⁵Psychoogy, SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ⁶SDSU/UC San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, ⁷Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, ⁸Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁹University of the West of England, Bristol, United Kingdom, ¹⁰University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine and Rheumarology, University of California Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology; University of Washington, Seattlr, Washington; University of Florence, Florence, Italy, Los Angeles, CA, ¹²Scleroderma Foundation, Los Angeles, CA, ¹³Department of Internal Medicine - Rheumatology, University of Texas-McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ¹⁴Psychology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
Background/Purpose: Valid measures of appearance concern are needed in systemic sclerosis, a rare, disfiguring rheumatologic disease. The Derriford Appearance Scale-24 (DAS-24) is a self-report measure…
Abstract Number: 2670 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Trigeminal Neuralgia in Systemic Sclerosis
Nancy Maltez¹, Marie Hudson², Yves Troyanov³, May Choi⁴, Mianbo Wang⁵, Marvin J. Fritzler⁶, Murray Baron⁷ and Doug Smith⁸, ¹Rheumatology, The Ottawa Hospital, Ottawa, ON, Canada, ²Division of Rheumatology, Jewish General Hospital, Lady David Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ³Rheumatology, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁵Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁶Medicine, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ⁷Rheumatology, McGill University, Jewish General Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada, ⁸Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, The Ottawa Hospital - University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada
Background/Purpose: Trigeminal neuralgia (TN) is characterized by pain and spasms affecting one or more divisions of the fifth cranial nerve. Of note, TN is one…
Abstract Number: 2685 • 2017 ACR/ARHP Annual Meeting
Sensitivity and Specificity of YKL-40 for the Presence of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension in Systemic Sclerosis
Tetsuya Furukawa¹, Kiyoshi Matsui², Masayasu Kitano², Yuichi Yokoyama³, Naoto Azuma² and Hajime Sano², ¹Division ofRheumatology Department of internal medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan, ³Division of Rheumatology, Department of internal medicine, Hyogo College of Medicine, Nishinomiya, Japan
Background/Purpose: Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an intractable connective tissue disease that causes fibrosis of the skin and organs. The prognosis of this disease is affected…

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