Abstracts tagged "Ulcers"

Abstract Number: 1933 • ACR Convergence 2025
Specialist Wound Care Services Provision and Sharp Debridement Practices for Digital Ulcers (DU) Management in Systemic Sclerosis (SSc): An International Survey
Rúben Duarte Fernandes¹, Fernando Estevez-Lopez², Michael Hughes³, Francesco Del Galdo⁴ and Begonya Alcacer-Pitarch¹, ¹Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ²University of Almeria, Almeria, Andalucia, Spain, ³Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁴University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: DUs affect around 50% of SSc patients, however access to specialist wound-care services has been identified as a patient’s unmet need. This international survey…
Abstract Number: 1582 • ACR Convergence 2025
Risk factors for incident digital ischemic complications in systemic sclerosis in the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry (CONQUER)
Marissa Savoie¹, Monica Harding², John VanBuren², Shervin Assassi³, Elana Bernstein⁴, Lorinda Chung⁵, Luke Evnin⁶, Tracy Frech⁷, Jessica Gordon¹, Faye Hant⁸, Laura Hummers⁹, Dinesh Khanna¹⁰, Kimberly Lakin¹, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina², Yiming Luo⁴, Ashima Makol¹¹, Maureen Mayes¹², Zsuzsanna McMahan¹³, Jerry Molitor¹⁴, Duncan Moore¹⁵, Carrie Richardson¹⁶, Nora Sandorfi¹⁷, Ami Shah⁹, Ankoor Shah¹⁸, Brian Skaug¹⁹, Virginia Steen²⁰, Elizabeth Volkmann²¹, Carleigh Zahn¹⁰ and Flavia Castelino²², ¹Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³Division of Rheumatology, UTHealth Houston, Houston, Texas, USA, Houston, TX, ⁴Columbia University, New York, NY, ⁵Stanford University, Stanford, CA, ⁶Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ⁷Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁸Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ⁹Johns Hopkins Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, ¹⁰University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ¹²UT Health Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ¹³UT Health Houston, Houston, TX, ¹⁴University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁵Northwestern Memorial Hospital, Chicago, IL, ¹⁶Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁷University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁸Duke University, Durham, NC, ¹⁹UTHealth Houston Division of Rheumatology, Houston, TX, ²⁰Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of California, David Geffen School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA, USA, Los Angeles, CA, ²²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: There have not been large US-based studies of digital pitting scars (DPS) and digital ischemic ulcers (DIU) in systemic sclerosis. Utilizing the Collaborative National…
Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2025
Association Of Choroidal Sub-foveal Thickness With Skin Manifestations And Serum Monocyte HDL Ratio In Patients With Systemic Sclerosis-A Case Control Study
Tejaswini Ramineni¹, Vijaya prasanna Parimi², Radhika M³ and Narsimulu Gumdal³, ¹Esic Medical College And Hospital, Sanathnagar, Hyderabad, Telangana, India, ²ESIC Medical College and Super Specilaity Hospital, hyderabad, Telangana, India, ³ESIC MEDICAL COLLEGE AND HOSPITAL, Hyderabad, Telangana, India
Background/Purpose: The vascular hypothesis in systemic sclerosis (SSc) posits that vasculopathy is the initial inciting event that triggers inflammation and subsequent fibrosis in the progression…
Abstract Number: 0704 • ACR Convergence 2025
Human Pharmacokinetics of Inhaled Liposomal Iloprost Support a Dosing Regimen for Treating Systemic Sclerosis- Related Digital Ulcer
Pei Kan, Ko-Chieh Chen and Shin-Shin Chuang, Pharmosa Biopharm Inc, Taipei, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Iloprost is recommended and widely used in Europe for treating systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related Raynaud Phenomena (RP) and Digital Ulcer (DU). EULAR recommendation suggests continuous…
Abstract Number: 0686 • ACR Convergence 2025
Use of a Smartphone App which Incorporates Feedback to Patients to Monitor Systemic Sclerosis-related Digital Ulcers – a Potential New Tool for Remote Clinical Monitoring
Ariane Herrick¹, Paul New², Graham Dinsdale³, Andy Vail², Joanne Manning³, Michael Hughes⁴, Will dixon⁵, Chris Taylor⁵, Mark Dickinson⁵ and Andrea Murray⁶, ¹The University of Manchester, UK, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ²The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³Northern Care Alliance NHS Foundation Trust, Salford, United Kingdom, ⁴Division of Musculoskeletal and Dermatological Sciences, The University of Manchester, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, Manchester, UK, Manchester, England, United Kingdom, ⁵The University of Manchester, Manchester, ⁶University of Manchester, Salford, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: To facilitate clinical trials we previously developed a smartphone app to allow ‘tracking’ of systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related digital ulcers (DUs) and their associated pain…
Abstract Number: 0257 • ACR Convergence 2025
Safety of Guselkumab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease Up to 1 Year: Integrated Safety Analysis of Phase 2 and 3 Studies in Crohn’s Disease and Ulcerative Colitis
Bruce E. Sands¹, Remo Panaccione², Silvio Danese³, Julián Panés⁴, Tadakazu Hisamatsu⁵, Geert D’Haens⁶, Rian Van Rampelbergh⁷, Mobolaji Olurinde⁸, Jacqueline Yee⁸, Karissa Lozenski⁹, Thomas Baker⁸, Shadi Yarandi⁸, Matthew Germinaro⁸, Marion L. Vetter⁸, Hewei Li⁸, Mauricio Rosas Ballina¹⁰, Jessica R. Allegretti¹¹, Anita Afzali¹² and David T. Rubin¹³, ¹Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA, NY, ²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, AB, Canada, ³Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan, Italy, Milano, Italy, ⁴Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, IDIBAPS, CIBERehd, Barcelona, Spain, Barcelona, Spain, ⁵Kyorin University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan, Tokyo, Japan, ⁶Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, D’Haens, Swaziland, ⁷Johnson & Johnson, Antwerp, Belgium, Antwerp, Belgium, ⁸Johnson & Johnson, Spring House, PA, USA, PA, ⁹Johnson & Johnson, Horsham, PA, ¹⁰Actelion Research & Development, Allschwil, Switzerland, Allschwil, Switzerland, ¹¹Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Endoscopy, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, MA, ¹²University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH, USA, OH, ¹³University of Chicago Medicine Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Chicago, IL, USA, IL
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a dual-acting interleukin (IL)-23 inhibitor that potently neutralizes IL-23 and binds to CD64 (a receptor on cells that produce IL-23), is currently…
Abstract Number: 2483 • ACR Convergence 2025
Is There a Seasonal Variation in Raynaud’s Phenomenon Severity in Patients with Systemic Sclerosis?
Gulsen Ozen¹, Lan Yu², Maureen Lauffoon², John Pauling³ and Robyn Domsic², ¹University of Iowa Carver College of Medicine, Coralville, IA, ²University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, ³North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP) is the most common manifestation of systemic sclerosis (SSc) leading to substantial pain and impaired hand function. Establishing treatment efficacy for…
Abstract Number: 0688 • ACR Convergence 2024
Mycophenolate Mofetil Treatment in Limited Cutaneous Systemic Sclerosis Reduces the Risk of Vascular Complication Leading to Treatment Escalation: Emulation of a Target Trial Using Time-dependent Propensity Score-matching
Enrico De Lorenzis¹, Gerlando Natalello², Fabio Cacciapaglia³, Rossella De Angelis⁴, Edoardo Cipolletta⁵, Veronica Codullo⁶, Giacomo De Luca⁷, Dilia Giuggioli⁸, Francesca Ingegnoli⁹, Valeria Riccieri¹⁰, Maria Antonietta D'Agostino¹¹, Clodoveo Ferri¹², Marco Matucci Cerinic¹³ and Silvia Laura Bosello¹⁴, ¹Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Roma, Rome, Italy, ²Division of Rheumatology - Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli, Rome, Rome, Italy, ³Rheumatology Unit � DiMePRe-J, University and AOU Policlinico of Bari, Italy, Bari, Italy, ⁴Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, Ancona, Italy, ⁵Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy, ⁶Division of Rheumatology - Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy, Pavia, Lombardia, Italy, ⁷Vita-Salute San Raffaele University & IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Milan, Italy, ⁸Scleroderma Unit, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ⁹Division of Clinical Rheumatology, ASST Pini, Dept. of Clinical Sciences & Community Health, Research Center for Adult and Pediatric Rheumatic Diseases, Research Center for Environmental Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, La Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy, ¹¹Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy, ¹²Rheumatology Unit, School of Medicine, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy, ¹³Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases (UnIRAR), IRCCS San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ¹⁴Unit of Rheumatology, Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Italy
Background/Purpose: The prescription of Mycophenolate Mofetil (MMF) represents the primary treatment for interstitial lung disease (ILD) associated with systemic sclerosis (SSc) and is an option…
Abstract Number: 1104 • ACR Convergence 2024
Long-term Follow-up of Patients with Positive Cryofibrinogen Test During the COVID-19 Era
Carmen Lasa Teja¹, Amparo Sánchez-López², María Enriqueta Peiró³, Mónica Renuncio-García⁴, Adrián Martín-Gutiérrez⁵, Carmen Secada Gómez⁶, Juan Irure-Ventura⁷, Marcos Lopez-Hoyos⁸ and Ricardo Blanco-Alonso⁹, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Riotuerto, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Immunology, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Renedo de Piélagos, Cantabria, Spain, ⁶Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Immunopathology group, IDIVAL, Santander, Cantabria, Spain, ⁸Division of Immunology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. Immunopathology group, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla. IDIVAL, Immunopathology group, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: There have been increasing reports of cutaneous manifestations during COVID‐19 pandemic. An increase in awareness by physicians made them to increase the number of…
Abstract Number: 1586 • ACR Convergence 2024
The Relationship Between the Presence, Quantity and Distribution of Cutaneous Telangiectasia and Other Vascular Manifestations of Systemic Sclerosis
Matthew Wells¹, Robyn Domsic², Ami Shah³, Laura Hummers⁴, Aishwarya Anilkumar¹, Tracy Frech⁵, Ariane Herrick⁶, Christopher Denton⁷, Dinesh Khanna⁸ and John Pauling¹, ¹North Bristol NHS Trust, Bristol, United Kingdom, ²Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, PA, ³Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University, Ellicott City, MD, ⁴Johns Hopkins University, Division of Rheumatology, Baltimore, MD, Ellicott City, MD, ⁵Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁶University of Manchester, UK, Aberdeen, United Kingdom, ⁷University College London, Northwood, United Kingdom, ⁸University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Background/Purpose: Telangiectasia are permanently dilated dermal postcapillary venules and are the 2nd most common manifestation (~80%) of systemic sclerosis (SSc) after Raynaud’s phenomenon (RP). The…
Abstract Number: 1998 • ACR Convergence 2024
Association Between Small Interfering RNA Therapy and Autoimmune Diseases: U.S. Prospective Cohort Study
Liang Sien Chen, Chang Gung Memorial Hospital, Linkou Branch, Taoyuan City, Taoyuan, Taiwan (Republic of China)
Background/Purpose: Monoclonal antibody (mAb) therapy and small interfering RNA (siRNA) therapy represent two cutting-edge approaches in treating various diseases, such as hyperlipidemia. Our study aims…
Abstract Number: 2524 • ACR Convergence 2024
Metabolite Profiling of Saliva for the Discrimination of Behcet’s Disease, Sjogren’s Syndrome, and Recurrent Aphthous Stomatitis
Sooah Kim¹, Ye Ji Jung², Joong Kyong Ahn³ and Jiwon Hwang⁴, ¹Environment Science & Biotechnology, Jeonju University, Jeonju, Republic of Korea, ²Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ³Internal Medicine, Kangbuk Samsung Hospital, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea, ⁴Internal Medicine, Kyung Hee University Hospital, Seoul, Republic of Korea
Background/Purpose: Oral manifestations can be the initial indicators of systemic diseases such as Behcet’s disease (BD) and Sjogren’s syndrome (PSS). The frequency and presentation of…
Abstract Number: 0297 • ACR Convergence 2023
Characteristics of Anti-MDA-5 Associated Dermatomyositis in Southern California with a Large Hispanic Population: Case Series
Eaman Alhassan¹, Belina Yi², Jack Rodman¹ and Leanna Wise³, ¹University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, ²Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, ³LAC+USC/Keck Medicine of USC, Pasadena, CA
Background/Purpose: There is little to no data about the presentation and clinical course of anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene-5 antibody (anti-MDA-5) dermatomyositis patients in a primarily U.S.…
Abstract Number: 0307 • ACR Convergence 2023
Long-term Prognosis and Recurrence in anti-MDA-5 Antibody-positive Dermatomyositis
Jun Nakamura¹, Takao Nagashima² and Kojiro Sato², ¹Jichi Medical University, Shimotsuke, Japan, ²Jichi Medical University, Tochigi, Japan
Background/Purpose: Anti-melanoma differentiation-associated gene 5 (MDA5) antibody-positive dermatomyositis (DM) is frequently complicated by rapidly progressive interstitial lung disease (ILD) and is life-threatening especially in the…
Abstract Number: 0630 • ACR Convergence 2023
Prevalence and Risk Factors for Systemic Sclerosis Digital Ischemic Complications in the Collaborative National Quality and Efficacy Registry
Marissa Savoie¹, Monica Harding², Jessica Alvey², John VanBuren², Shervin Assassi³, Elana Bernstein⁴, Lorinda Chung⁵, Luke Evnin⁶, Tracy Frech⁷, Jessica Gordon⁸, Faye Hant⁹, Laura Hummers¹⁰, Dinesh Khanna¹¹, Kimberly Lakin⁸, Dorota Lebiedz-Odrobina¹², Yiming Luo¹³, Ashima Makol¹⁴, Jerry Molitor¹⁵, Duncan Moore¹⁶, Carrie Richardson¹⁷, Nora Sandorfi¹⁸, Ami Shah¹⁹, Ankoor Shah²⁰, Brian Skaug²¹, Virginia Steen²², Elizabeth Volkmann²³ and Flavia Castelino¹, ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, ²University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, ³University of Texas McGovern Medical School at Houston, Houston, TX, ⁴Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Vagelos College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ⁵Department of Medicine, Division of Immunology and Rheumatology, Stanford University School of Medicine, Woodside, CA, ⁶Scleroderma Research Foundation, Brisbane, CA, ⁷Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, ⁸Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁹Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, ¹⁰Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ¹¹University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, ¹²University of Utah, Cottonwood Heights, UT, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, NY, ¹⁴Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, Rochester, MN, ¹⁵University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, ¹⁶Northwestern University, Department of Rheumatology, Chicago, IL, ¹⁷Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, ¹⁸University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ¹⁹Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Ellicott City, MD, ²⁰Duke University, Durham, NC, ²¹Division of Rheumatology, University of Texas McGovern Medical School, Houston, TX, ²²Georgetown University School of Medicine, Washington, DC, ²³University of California Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
Background/Purpose: Digital ischemic ulcers (DIU) develop in 36-44% of patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc).1,2Prior international observational studies have evaluated characteristics of digital pitting and ulcers…

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