Abstracts tagged "Vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 0681 • ACR Convergence 2023
Real-World Outcomes for Remission Induction in Working-Age Adults with Severe Anti-Neutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibody-associated Vasculitis
Itay Marmor¹, Katelin Nickel², Matthew Keller², Guy Hazan³, Kevin Baszis⁴, Anthony French⁵ and Mary Hartman², ¹Dana-Dwek Children's Hospital, Hod Hasharon, Israel, ²Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, MO, ³Soroka University Medical Center, Beer Sheva, Israel, ⁴Washington Univ in St. Louis School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO, ⁵Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, MO
Background/Purpose: Anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV), including Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (GPA) and Microscopic Polyangiitis (MPA), often manifests with life-threatening complications. Cyclophosphamide (CYC) and rituximab…
Abstract Number: 0706 • ACR Convergence 2023
Aortitis and Periaortitis Spectrum in 135 Patients from a Single Referral Centre
Fernando López¹, Javier Loricera², Carmen Secada³, Lucía García-Alcalde⁴, María Núñez-Savar⁴, Ander Ucelay-Aristi⁴ and Ricardo Blanco⁵, ¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Immunopathology Group, Santander, Spain, ⁴Department of Cardiovascular Surgery, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Aortitis is the inflammation of the aortic wall, and can be idiopathic or associated with a cluster of infectious and non-infectious diseases (1-3). Periaortitis,…
Abstract Number: 1152 • ACR Convergence 2023
Relation Between Positive MPO-ANCA Antibodies And: Associated Diseases, Anca-associated Vasculitis Specificty, Severity and Prognosis. Study from a Single University Hospital
Fabricio Benavides¹, Monica Renuncio-García¹, Salma Al Fazazi², clara escagedo Cagigas¹, maria rodriguez Vidriales¹, Vanesa Calvo Río³, Juan Irure-Ventura¹, luis martin penagos⁴, Marcos Lopez-Hoyos⁵ and Ricardo Blanco⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Hospital Universitario Puerta Del Mar, Cádiz, Spain, ³Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁴Division of Nephrology, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-DIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁵Marques de Valdecilla University Hospital-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is a group of pathologies characterized by necrotizing inflammation that mainly affects small and medium-sized vessels. Serum anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibodies (ANCA),…
Abstract Number: 1559 • ACR Convergence 2023
Comparison of Treatment with Adalimumab, Infliximab and Certolizumab in Refractory Cystoid Macular Edema Due to Behçet Disease
Nuria Barroso-Garcia¹, Jose Luis Martin-Varillas², Lara Sanchez-Bilbao³, Ivan Ferraz Amaro⁴, Vanesa Calvo Río⁵, Alfredo Adán⁶, Inés Hernanz-Rodriguez⁷, Emma Beltran-Catalan⁸, David Diaz-Valle⁹, Marisa Hernandez-Garfella¹⁰, Lucia Martinez-Costa¹¹, Manuel Diaz-Llopis¹², Jose M Herreras¹³, Olga Maiz-Alonso¹⁴, Ignacio Torre-Salaberri¹⁵, Antonio Atanes Sandoval¹⁶, Santos Insua-Vilariño¹⁷, Raquel Almodovar¹⁸, Patricia Fanlo-Mateo¹⁹, Juan Ramon De Dios²⁰, Angel Garcia-Aparicio²¹, Sergio rodriguez-Montero²², Vega Jovani²³, Patricia Moya²⁴, Eva Peña Sainz-Pardo²⁵, Jose Luis Hernandez²⁶ and Ricardo Blanco²⁷, ¹Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cadiz, Spain, ²Hospital de Laredo, Laredo, Spain, ³Hospital Universitario Marques de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario de Canarias, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁵Valdecilla Hospital, Santander, Spain, ⁶Oftalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Ophthalmology, Hospital Clinic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁸HOSPITAL DEL MAR, Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Hospital Clinico San Carlos, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario General Valencia, Valencia, Spain, ¹¹Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario Doctor Peset, Valencia, Spain, ¹²Ophthalmology, Hospital Universitario La Fe, Valencia, Spain, ¹³Ophthalmology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valladolid, Valladolid, Spain, ¹⁴University Hospital Donostia, San Sebastian, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology department, Complexo Hospitalario Universitario A Coruña (CHUAC). Instituto de Investigación Biomédica A Coruña (INIBIC)., A Coruña, Spain, ¹⁷Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago Compostela, Spain, ¹⁸Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁹Internal Medicine, Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Navarra, Pamplona, Spain, ²⁰Osakidetza, Vitoria, Spain, ²¹Hospital Universitario de Toledo, Toledo, Spain, ²²Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen de Valme, Sevilla, Spain, ²³Department of Rheumatology, Hospital General Universitario Dr. Balmis, Alicante, Spain, ²⁴Hospital de Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain, ²⁵Pediatric, Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ²⁶Rheumatology, Ophthalmology and Internal Medicine, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Cystoid macular edema (CME) is the leading cause of blindness in non-infectious uveitis. One of the most frequently associated conditions is Behçet's disease (BD)…
Abstract Number: 1915 • ACR Convergence 2023
Scleritis and Development of Autoimmune Disease: A Case Series
Tessalyn Morrison¹, Moriah Gottman², Marcia Friedman³ and Daniela Ghetie⁴, ¹University of Vermont, Burlington, VT, ²Oregon Health & Science University, Milwaukie, OR, ³Alpine Immune Sciences, Inc., Beaverton, OR, ⁴Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Scleritis involves inflammation of the sclera caused by trauma, infections, or autoimmune conditions. The purpose of our study was to understand the relationship between…
Abstract Number: 2403 • ACR Convergence 2023
Systole and Diastole Ultrasound Wall Thickness Shows Significant Differences That Affect the Diagnosis and Assessment of Giant Cell Arteritis
Emma Brugarolas¹, Elisa Fernandez-Fernandez², Irene Monjo³ and Eugenio De Miguel⁴, ¹Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Girona, Spain, ²La Paz University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ³University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁴Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: In the last few years, several cut-off points for the intima-media thickness (IMT) of temporal arteries (TA) and large vessels (LV) have been proposed…
Abstract Number: 2475 • ACR Convergence 2023
Elevation of the IL-17 Cytokine Family Distinguishes Kawasaki Disease from Other Pediatric Inflammatory Disorders
Kailey Brodeur¹, Meng Liu², Yan Du³, Lauren Henderson¹, Joyce Chang¹, Jane Newburger¹, Peter Nigrovic¹ and Pui Lee⁴, ¹Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA, ²Southern Medical University, Boston, MA, ³Harvard medical school, Boston, MA, ⁴Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Boston, MA
Background/Purpose: Kawasaki disease (KD) is a systemic vasculitis of young children that can lead to the development of coronary artery aneurysms (CAA) in up to…
Abstract Number: 0687 • ACR Convergence 2023
Avacopan for the Treatment of ANCA-associated Vasculitis. Real World Experience in Spain
Georgina Espigol-Frigole¹, Maria C Cid², Juliana Bordignon Draibe³, Maria Carmen Prados⁴, Elena Guillen⁵, Ana Huerta⁶, Javier Villacorta⁷, Cristina Vega⁸, Judith Martins⁹, Borja Gracia¹⁰ and Enrique Morales¹¹, ¹Autoimmune Diseases. Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ²Hospital Clinic Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ³Hospital Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁴Hospital Torrecárdenas, Almeria, Spain, ⁵Hospital Clínic de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Puerta de Hierro, Madrid, Spain, ⁷Hospital Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain, ⁸Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Hospital de Getafe, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Hospital Lozano Blesa, Zaragoza, Spain, ¹¹Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis are chronic and relapsing diseases. Relapses are frequently associated with organ damage accrual as a consequence of disease activity or treatment-related side…
Abstract Number: 0708 • ACR Convergence 2023
NFKB1 and NFKBIA: Relevant Players in the Pathogenesis of IgA Vasculitis?
Joao Carlos Batista-Liz¹, Verónica Pulito-Cueto¹, María Sebastián Mora-Gil¹, Belén Sevilla-Pérez², María Teresa Leonardo³, Norberto Ortego-Centeno⁴, Ana Peñalba³, Javier Narvaez⁵, luis martin penagos⁶, Emilio Rodrigo⁶, Lara Belmar-Vega⁶, Cristina Gomez-Fernandez⁷, Luis Caminal-Montero⁸, Paz Collado⁹, Miren Uriarte-Ecenarro¹⁰, Esther Vicente Rabaneda¹¹, Esteban Rubio¹², Manuel León Luque¹², Juan María Blanco-Madrigal¹³, Eva Galindez-Agirregoikoa¹⁴, Santos Castañeda¹⁵, Miguel A Gonzalez-Gay¹⁶, Ricardo Blanco¹⁷ and Raquel López-Mejías¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ²Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario San Cecilio, Granada, Spain, ³Division of Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ⁴Medicine Department, Universidad de Granada, Granada, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Division of Nephrology, Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-DIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁷Division of Dermatology,Immunopathology Group, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla-IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁸Internal Medicine Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain, ⁹Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, IIS-Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío, Sevilla, Spain, ¹³Division of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario de Basurto, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁴Basurto University Hospital, Bilbao, Spain, ¹⁵Hospital Universitario de la Princesa, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁶IDIVAL and School of Medicine, UC, Santander; Department of Rheumatology, IIS-Fundación Jiménez Díaz, Madrid, Santander, Spain, ¹⁷Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Immunoglobulin A Vasculitis (IgAV) is a B-cell-mediated inflammatory disease. NF-kappa B (NF-kB) plays a key role in autoimmunity and inflammation1. In this regard, the…
Abstract Number: 1228 • ACR Convergence 2023
Validation of the PEDiatric Behçet’s Disease Classification Criteria (PEDBD): An International Consensus-based Approach
Caterina Matucci-Cerinic¹, helene Palluy², Sulaiman Al-Mayouf³, Paul Brogan⁴, Luca Cantarini⁵, Ahmet Gul⁶, Ozgur Kasapcopur⁷, Jasmin B. Kuemmerle-Deschner⁸, Seza Ozen⁹, david saadoun¹⁰, Farhad Shahram¹¹, Francesca Bovis¹², Eugenia mosci¹³, Nicolino Ruperto¹⁴, Marco Gattorno¹⁵ and Isabelle Kone-Paut¹⁶, ¹DINOGMI, University of Genoa; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC Rheumatology and autoinflammatory diseases, Genova, Italy, ²Pediatric rheumatology and CEREMAIA, Bicêtre hospital, APHP, University of Paris Saclay, Paris, France, ³King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Centre, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, ⁴UCL Institute of Child Health and Great Ormond Street Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, United Kingdom, ⁵Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁶Istanbul University, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁷Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁸med.uni-tuebingen, Tübingen, Germany, ⁹Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, Turkey, ¹⁰Sorbonne Universités, Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Immunology, Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-Inflammatoires et de l’Amylose inflammatoire, F-75013, Paris, France; AP-HP, Groupe Hospitalier Pitié-Salpêtrière., Neuilly sur Seine, France, ¹¹Rheumatology Research Center, Shariati Hospital, Tehran University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran, ¹²Dept of Health Sciences (DISSAL), University of Genoa, Genova, Italy, ¹³UOC Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy, ¹⁴IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, Genova, Italy, ¹⁵UOC Reumatologia e Malattie Autoinfiammatorie, Genoa, Italy, ¹⁶Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Reference Centre for Autoinflammatory Disorders CEREMAIA, Bicêtre Hospital, APHP, University of Paris Saclay, Paris, France
Background/Purpose: Behçet's disease (BD) is an autoinflammatory disease characterized by a variable vessel vasculitis. In the past, several criteria have been created for adult BD…
Abstract Number: 1562 • ACR Convergence 2023
Behcet’s Disease Coagulopathy in a Racially Diverse Patient Population
Sundus Mian¹, Talia Meisel², Hussain Md¹, Xianhong Xie³, Tamara Tanner¹, Anand Kumthekar⁴ and Bibi Ayesha⁴, ¹Montefiore Medical Center/Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ²Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, ³Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, ⁴Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY
Background/Purpose: Behcet's disease (BD) is a vasculitis with both thrombotic and bleeding complications which can make management challenging. Thrombosis is due to direct vascular inflammation,…
Abstract Number: 1930 • ACR Convergence 2023
Blue Digit Syndrome as the Initial Presentation of Various Diseases: A Case Series
Raquel Ugena García¹, Juan José Lluch Galcerá², Cristina Calomarde Gomez¹, Ivette Casafont-Sole³ and Lourdes Mateo Soria², ¹Rheumatology department. Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ²Hospital Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain, ³Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Badalona, Spain
Background/Purpose: Blue Digit Syndrome (BDS) represents the cutaneous manifestation of numerous diseases that cause blue discoloration in one or more fingers in the absence of…
Abstract Number: 2404 • ACR Convergence 2023
Subclinical Giant Cell Arteritis in Polimialgia Rheumatica: A Biomarker of High Relapse Risk
Eugenio De Miguel¹, Rositsa Karalilova², PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI³, Cristina Ponte⁴, Edoardo Conticini⁵, Alessandro Tomelleri⁶, Sara Monti⁷, Irene Monjo¹, Zguro Batalov², Giulia Klinowski⁸, Paolo Falsetti⁹, David Kane¹⁰, Corrado Campochiaro¹¹ and Alojzija Hocevar¹², ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²Medical University of Plovdiv, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ³Azienda USL -IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Centro Académico de Medicina de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵Tallaght University Hospital, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Milano, Italy, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, Italy; Department of Internal Medicine and Therapeutics, Università di Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁸IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁹San Raffaele Scientific Institute, Siena, Italy, ¹⁰Tallaght University Hospital & Trinity College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ¹¹IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Disease. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Universitiy Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Around 20% of polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) patients without clinical symptoms of giant cell arteritis (GCA) have subclinical GCA by image or byopsy1. However, there…
Abstract Number: 2491 • ACR Convergence 2023
Alignment Between the Novel 2022 ACR/EULAR Classification Criteria for ANCA-associated Vasculitis (AAV), Clinical Diagnosis and Organ Manifestations in a European AAV Cohort
Stefan Krämer¹, Thomas Rauen¹, Kristian Vogt¹, Teresa Anslinger¹, Martin Busch², Tobias Schmitt³, Raoul Bergner⁴, Sebastian Mosberger⁴ and Thomas Neumann⁵, ¹RWTH, University Hospital Aachen, Department of Nephrology and Rheumatology, Aachen, Germany, ²University Hospital Jena, Friedrich-Schiller University, Department of Internal Mediciine III, Jena, Germany, ³University Hospital Jena, Friedrich Schiller University, Department of Nephrology, Jena, Germany, ⁴Municipal Hospital Ludwigshafen, Department of Internal Medicine A, Nephrology and Rheumatology, Ludwigshafen, Germany, ⁵Cantonal Hospital St. Gallen, Department of Rheumatology, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: In 2022, ACR and EULAR proposed new classification criteria for granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) based on a numerical item scoring…
Abstract Number: 0688 • ACR Convergence 2023
Efficacy and Safety Experience with Avacopan Beyond 52 Weeks in the Early Access Program (EAP)
Federico Alberici¹, Carlo Salvarani², Christine Chan³, Achim Obergfell⁴ and Tamara Popov⁴, ¹Universita degli Studi di Brescia, Brescia, Italy, ²Azienda USL-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³CSL Vifor, Redwood City, CA, ⁴CSL Vifor, Glattbrugg, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Avacopan, a selective C5aR1 inhibitor, has demonstrated efficacy and safety over 52 weeks in patients with anti-neutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. However, efficacy and…

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