Abstracts tagged "Therapy, alternative"

Abstract Number: 2468 • ACR Convergence 2024
Audio-Guided Imagery Positively Impacted Patients with Raynaud’s Phenomenon Associated Connective Tissue Disease
Cristina Padilla¹, Veena Katikineni², Yongseok Park¹, Leigh Freno³, Maureen Laffoon⁴ and Robyn Domsic⁵, ¹University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ²Providence, Victorville, CA, ³University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁴UPMC, Pittsburgh, PA, ⁵Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is characterized as episodic color changes of the digits occurring with exposure to cold environments, sudden temperature decreases, and emotional stress. …
Abstract Number: 0157 • ACR Convergence 2024
Knowledge and Attitudes About Delta-9-tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) Impact Real-world Practice in an International Group of Rheumatologists
Joanna Zeiger¹, Patti Katz², Mary-Ann Fitzcharles³, Stuart Kassan⁴, Teresa Simon⁵ and Kaleb Michaud⁶, ¹Canna Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, ²UCSF, San Rafael, CA, ³McGill University, Montreal-West, Canada, ⁴National Jewish Health, Denver, CO, ⁵Physicians Research Center Consultant to ForWard, Toms River, NJ, ⁶University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Rheumatologists care for difficult to manage chronic diseases, necessitating adjustments to new treatments and evolving patient views. When making treatment decisions, rheumatologists incorporate clinical…
Abstract Number: 2632 • ACR Convergence 2024
Genetically-engineered Ro-specific Regulatory T Cells to Treat Primary Sjögren’s Disease
Zhi Feng sherman Lim¹, Yi Tian Ting¹, Fabien Vincent², Maureen Rischmueller³, Eric Morand⁴ and Joshua Ooi¹, ¹Monash University-T Cell Therapies Research Group, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, ²Monash University, Clayton, Victoria, Australia, ³RheumatologySA, Adelaide, Australia, ⁴School of Clinical Sciences, Monash University, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia
Background/Purpose: Autoantigen-specific regulatory T cells (Tregs) are potent, and specific, suppressors of pathogenic autoimmunity, and can be harnessed to treat autoimmune disease. In primary Sjögren’s…
Abstract Number: 0690 • ACR Convergence 2024
Can Immunosuppression or Vasodilation Prevent the Onset of Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis? An Association Analysis from the EUSTAR Database
Liubov Petelytska¹, Lorenzo Tofani², Elise Siegert³, Elisabetta Zanatta⁴, Gianluca Moroncini⁵, Christina Bergmann⁶, vanessa smith⁷, Gabriela Riemekasten⁸, Kamal Solanki⁹, Fabio Cacciapaglia¹⁰, Britta Maurer¹¹, José da Silva¹², Marija Geroldinger-Simić¹³, Ana Rodrigues¹⁴, Madelon Vonk¹⁵, Jeska de Vries-Bouwstra¹⁶, Anna-Maria Hoffmann-Vold¹⁷, Oliver Distler¹⁸ and Cosimo Bruni¹⁹, and on behalf of the EUSTAR collaborators, ¹Bogomolets National Medical University, Kyiv, Kyyiv, Ukraine, ²University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³Charité University Hospital, Berlin, Germany, ⁴Unit of Rheumatology, Padova University, Padova, Italy, ⁵Marche Polytechnic University, Ancona, Italy, ⁶Department Internal Medicine III, Friedrich-Alexander-University (FAU) Erlangen-Nurnber, Frankfurt, Germany, ⁷Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ⁸University of Lübeck, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Lübeck, Germany, ⁹Waikato Hospital, Hamilton, New Zealand, ¹⁰Rheumatology Unit DiMePRe-J, University and AOU Policlinico of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy, ¹¹University Hospital Bern, University Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹²University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal, ¹³Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria, ¹⁴Hospital Curry Cabral-Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Central, Lisbon, Portugal, ¹⁵Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Centre, Nijmegen, Netherlands, ¹⁶Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ¹⁷Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway, ¹⁸Department of Rheumatology, University Hospital Zurich, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland, Zurich, Switzerland, ¹⁹University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Inflammation and vasculopathy may play a role in the development of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in systemic sclerosis (SSc). Pre-clinical evidence showed possible preventive…
Abstract Number: 0764 • ACR Convergence 2024
Primary Treatment Failure to Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis
Paul Cioni¹, Hubert de Boysson², Simon Parreau³, Perrine SMETS⁴, Maxime SAMSON⁵, Sara Melboucy⁶, Herve Lobbes⁷, Nabil Belfeki⁸, François Perrin⁹, Pascal Maurice Rossi¹⁰, Eric Liozon¹¹, Guillaume Le Guenno¹², Claire Le Jeunne¹, OLIVIER FOGEL¹³, Lola Prat¹⁴, Florent Ladouce¹⁵, Sylvie Grosleron¹⁶, Halil Yildiz¹⁷, Vincent Grosbost¹⁵, Xavier Puéchal¹⁸, Chloe Comarmond¹⁹ and Benjamin Terrier²⁰, ¹Cochin University Hospital, Paris, France, ²Caen university Hospital, Caen, France, ³Dupuytren hospital, Limoges, France, ⁴Clermont Ferrand University Hospital - National reference center for autoimmune disease, Internal Medicine, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁵Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ⁶CH Saint Quentin, Saint Quentin, France, ⁷CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ⁸GHSIF - Melun, Melun, France, ⁹CH Saint Nazaire, Saint Nazaire, France, ¹⁰CHU Hopital Nord Marseille, Marseille, France, ¹¹CHU Limoges, Limoges, France, ¹²CHU, Clermont-Ferrand, France,, Clermont-Ferrand, France, ¹³AP-HP, Paris, France, ¹⁴Jacques Cartier Hospital, Massy, France, ¹⁵Clermont Ferrand University Hospital, Clermont Ferrand, France, ¹⁶CH Agen-Nerac, Agen, France, ¹⁷Saint-Luc University Clinic, Bruxells, Belgium, ¹⁸National Referral Center For Rare Systemic Autoimmune Diseases, Paris, France, ¹⁹Lariboisière University Hospital, Paris, France, ²⁰Service de Médecine interne, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, Ile-de-France, France
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common vasculitis in people over the age of 50. Glucocorticoids are the cornerstone of treatment for GCA,…
Abstract Number: L16 • ACR Convergence 2023
Withdrawal of Immunosuppressant and Low-dose Steroids in IgG4-RD Patients with Stable Disease (WInS IgG4-RD): An Investigator-initiated, Multi-center, Open-label, Randomized Controlled Trial
Linyi Peng¹, Yuxue nie¹, Jiaxin Zhou¹, Lijun Wu², Fang Wang³, Xiaomei Chen⁴, Jieqiong Li¹, Yu Peng¹, Hui Lu¹, Lidan Zhao¹, Mengtao Li¹, Yan Zhao¹, Xiaofeng Zeng⁵, Yunyun Fei¹ and Wen Zhang¹, ¹Peking Union Medical College Hospital，Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, National Clinical Research Center for Dermatologic and Immunologic Diseases, State Key Laboratory of Complex Severe and Rare Diseases, Beijing, China, ²Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Hospital, XinJiang, China, ³Beijing Hospital, Beijing, China, ⁴Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region People's Hospital, Wulumuqi, China, ⁵Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Science & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: IgG4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a fibroinflammatory disease. Remission induction treatment with glucocorticoid (GC) is usually effective, but its tendency of relapse makes the strategy…
Abstract Number: 0856 • ACR Convergence 2023
Dupilumab for Relapsing or Refractory Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A European Retrospective Study
Berengere Molina¹, Roberto Padoan², Maria Letizia Urban³, Pavel Novikov⁴, Marco Caminati⁵, Camille Taillé⁶, Antoine Néel⁷, Laurence Bouillet⁸, Paolo Fraticelli⁹, Nicolas Schleinitz¹⁰, Christine Christides¹¹, Laura Moi¹², Bertrand Godeau¹³, Ann Knight¹⁴, Jan Walter Schroeder¹⁵, Sylvain Marchand-Adam¹⁶, Helder Gil¹⁷, Vincent Cottin¹⁸, Cécile-Audrey Durel¹⁹, Elena Gelain²⁰, Boris Lerais²¹, Marc Ruivard²², Matthieu Groh²³, Maxime Samson²⁴, Luca Moroni²⁵, Jens Thiel²⁶, Anna Kernder²⁷, Jan Willem Cohen Tervaert²⁸, Giulia Costanzo²⁹, Marco Folci³⁰, Sonia Rizzello³¹, Pascal Cohen³², Giacomo Emmi³³ and Benjamin Terrier³⁴, ¹Cochin Hospital, Paris, France, ²Department of Medicine DIMED, University of Padova, Padova, Italy, ³Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ⁴Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia, ⁵University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ⁶AP-HP, Bichat Hospital, Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases and University of Paris Cité, Inserm 1152, Paris, France, ⁷CHU Nantes, Nantes, France, ⁸Internal medicine department, Grenoble University Hospital, Grenoble, France, ⁹University Hospital Ospedali Riuniti, Ancona, Italy, ¹⁰Aix Marseille university, AP-HM, Marseille, France, ¹¹Avignon Hospital, Avignon, France, ¹²Valais Hospital, Sion, Switzerland, ¹³CHU Henri Mondor, Créteil, France, ¹⁴Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden, ¹⁵ASST Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy, ¹⁶CHRU Tours, service de pneumologie et d'explorations fonctionnelles respiratoires, Tours, France, ¹⁷CHU Besancon, Besançon, France, ¹⁸Coordinating Reference Center for Rare Pulmonary Diseases, Louis Pradel Hospital, University of Lyon, INRAE, Lyon, France, ¹⁹CHU Lyon, Lyon, France, ²⁰Meyer Children's Hospital, Florence, Italy, ²¹Brest University Hospital, Brest, France, ²²CHU Clermont Ferrand, Clermont Ferrand, France, ²³National Referral Center for Hypereosinophilic Syndrome (CEREO), Hôpital Foch, Suresnes, France, ²⁴Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Dijon University Hospital, Dijon, France, ²⁵San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milan, Italy, ²⁶University Hospital Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany, ²⁷Heinrich-Heine-University Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany, ²⁸University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²⁹University of Cagliari, Monserrato, Italy, ³⁰Fondazione Poliambulanza Istituto Ospedaliero, Brescia, Italy, ³¹Careggi University Hospital, Florence, Italy, ³²CHU Cochin, Paris, France, ³³University of Florence, Florence, Italy, ³⁴Department of Internal Medicine, Hôpital Cochin, AP-HP, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is an ANCA-associated vasculitides characterized by asthma, blood and tissue eosinophilia and systemic manifestations. Glucocorticoids (GCs)-dependent asthma and/or disabling…
Abstract Number: 0870 • ACR Convergence 2023
Targeting Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor α Is a Disease-Modifying Therapy for Osteoarthritis
Uxía nogueira Recalde¹, Patricia Díaz rodríguez², Francisco J. Blanco³, Eduardo Dominguez Medina⁴ and Beatriz Carames⁵, ¹Unidad de Biología del Cartílago, Grupo de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomedica de A Coruña (iNIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ²Department of Pharmacology, Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Technology, Pharmacy School, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ³Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain, ⁴Center for Research in Molecular Medicine and Chronic Diseases, Santiago de Compostela, Spain, ⁵Unidad de Biología del Cartílago, Grupo de Reumatología, Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Disease-modifying therapeutic agents to prevent progression of Osteoarthritis (OA) are an urgent clinical need. Targeting senescence and autophagy in chondrocytes with small molecules is…
Abstract Number: 1121 • ACR Convergence 2023
Cardiovascular Safety of Febuxostat in Patients with Gout or Hyperuricemia: A Systematic Review of Randomized Controlled Trials
Roba Ghossan¹, Ouidade Aitisha Tabesh², Fouad Fayad², Pascal Richette³ and Thomas Bardin⁴, ¹COCHIN HOSPITAL, Paris, France, ²Hotel Dieu de France, Beirut, Lebanon, ³Lariboisière Hospital, Paris, France, ⁴Université de Paris Cité, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: To this date, a causal relationship between febuxostat and cardiovascular disease remains controversial as comparison between trials can be challenging and may lead to…
Abstract Number: 1188 • ACR Convergence 2023
Development of a Method to Isolate Functional Mitochondria and Assess Their Functionality and Integration in Joint Tissues: In Vitro and in Vivo Models
Mercedes Fernandez-Moreno¹, Tamara Hermida-Gomez², Sara Paniagua-Barro¹, Arianna Rodriguez-Coello¹, Carlos Vaamonde-garcia¹ and Francisco J. Blanco³, ¹Grupo de Investigación en Reumatología (GIR), Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC), Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas, Spain; Universidade de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain; Grupo de Investigación en Reumatología y Salud (GIR-S), Departamento de Biologia, Facultad de Ciencias. Centro Interdisciplinar de Química y Biología (CICA), INIBIC-Sergas, Universidade de A Coruña (UDC), A Coruña, Spain, ²2) Servicio de Reumatología. Instituto de Investigación Biomédica de A Coruña (INIBIC). Complexo Hospitalario Universitario de A Coruña (CHUAC), Sergas. Universidade da Coruña (UDC). Centro interdisciplinar de química e bioloxia (CICA). As Xubias, 15006. A Coruña, España. 3) Centro de investigación biomédica en Red, Bioingenieria, Biomatereial y Nanomedicina (CIBER-BBN), A Coruña, Spain, ³Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: There is not cure or an efficient treatment for the osteoarthritis (OA). Mitochondrial damage and dysfunction are described during OA process modulating chondrocyte function…
Abstract Number: 1200 • ACR Convergence 2023
Self-Reported Effectiveness of Cannabis for Arthritis-Related Pain
Kristin Wipfler¹, Joanna Zeiger² and Kaleb Michaud³, ¹FORWARD, The National Databank for Rheumatic Diseases, Omaha, NE, ²Canna Research Foundation, Boulder, CO, ³University of Nebraska Medical Center, Omaha, NE
Background/Purpose: Pain management remains a significant challenge for individuals with rheumatic diseases (RDs), often causing patients to seek complementary or alternative treatments to traditional medications.…
Abstract Number: 1563 • ACR Convergence 2023
Methotrexate: A Safe and Effective Therapeutic Alternative in Behçet´s Disease
Miriam Retuerto-Guerrero¹, Elvira Díez Álvarez¹, Javier Narvaez², Rosa Fornons Servent³, Carlos Moreno Vilchez³, Jenaro Graña Gil⁴, Uxía Couto Lareo⁵, Carmen San José-Méndez⁴ and Clara Moriano Morales¹, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de León, León, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ³Dermatology, Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, L'Hospitalet de Llobregat, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology, Hospital A Coruña, A Coruña, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC), A Coruña, Spain
Background/Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) is characterized by great clinical heterogeneity. The therapeutic strategy for BD could be tailored to the specific needs of the patient,…
Abstract Number: 1569 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy and Safety of Tofacitinib and Tocilizumab in 84 Patients with Takayasu Arteritis: Single-Center Post-Hoc Analysis of a Prospective Study
Jing Li¹, Yang Zhao², Yang Yu³, Xianan Jian⁴, Yanhong Wang⁵, yunjiao yang⁶, Xinping Tian⁷, Mengtao Li⁷ and Xiaofeng Zeng⁷, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ²Weihai Municipal Hospital, Cheeloo College of Medicine, Shandong University, Weihai, China, ³The Affiliated Hospital of Inner Mongolia Medical University, Huhhot, China, ⁴Puyang Oilfield General Hospital, Puyang, China, ⁵Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁶Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences, Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China, ⁷Peking Union Medical College Hospital, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College, Beijing, China
Background/Purpose: To compare the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib and tocilizumab in patients with Takayasu arteritis (TAK) in real world situation. Methods: A post-hoc analysis…
Abstract Number: 1767 • ACR Convergence 2023
TNF-α Utilizes the TWEAK/Fn-14 Axis in Human Rheumatoid Arthritis Synovial Fibroblasts to Induce Inflammation
Farheen Sultan Shaikh¹, Anil Singh¹, Paul Panipinto² and Salahuddin Ahmed¹, ¹Washington State University, Spokane, WA, ²Washington State University College of Pharmaceutical Science and Molecular Medicine, Spokane, WA
Background/Purpose: Tumor necrosis factor-alpha (TNF)-α is a proinflammatory cytokine in rheumatoid arthritis that transduces intracellular signal transduction pathways through specific receptors, TNF-R1, and TNF-R2. The…
Abstract Number: 1956 • ACR Convergence 2023
Rituximab Treatment in Adult Patients with Idiopathic Inflammatory Myositis (IIM): A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis
Lilian Otalora Rojas¹, Karishma Ramsubeik², Luis Sanchez-Ramos², Shastri Motilal³, Jasvinder Singh⁴ and Gurjit S Kaeley⁵, ¹University of Florida, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL, ²University of Florida, Jacksonville, FL, ³The University of the West Indies, St. Augustine, Trinidad and Tobago, ⁴University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, ⁵University of Florida College of Medicine – Jacksonville, Ponte Vedra Beach, FL
Background/Purpose: Autoimmune myositis involves a spectrum of rare autoimmune disorders characterized by inflammation and damage to skeletal muscles. The management of these challenging conditions often…

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