Abstracts tagged "Vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 0524 • ACR Convergence 2022
A Randomized, Double-Blind, Phase II Study of Glucocorticoid Replacement by Vilobelimab, an Anti-C5a Monoclonal Antibody, in ANCA-Associated Vasculitis
Peter Merkel¹, Bernhard Hellmich², Anja Pfaff³, Carina Müller⁴, Elena Startseva³ and David Jayne⁵, ¹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ²Klinik für Innere Medizin, Rheumatologie & Immunologie, Medius Kliniken, Universität Tübingen, Plochingen, Germany, ³InflaRx, Jena, Germany, ⁴Metronomia Clinical Research, Munich, Germany, ⁵University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Induction of remission for severe ANCA-associated vasculitis [granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA)] utilizes rituximab (RTX) or cyclophosphamide (CYC) and tapering doses…
Abstract Number: 1202 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Profile and Trend of Vasculitis in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome – Insight from National Database 2010 to 2019
Palak Shah¹, Ana Arevalo², Rasha Alaameri³, Brinda Basida⁴, Urja Nagadia⁵, Sanket Basida⁵, shobhana Chaudhari⁶ and Monil Majmundar⁷, ¹Metropolitan Hospital Center, New York Medical College, New York, NY, ²University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, ³New York Medical College/ Metropolitan Program, New York, NY, ⁴DMC/Sinai Grace Hospital, Detroit, MI, ⁵University of Missouri, Columbia, MO, ⁶NYC Health and Hospital/Metropolitan Hospital, New York, NY, ⁷University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS
Background/Purpose: Vasculitides are characterized by inflammation of vessel walls with reactive damage to mural structures leading to compromise of the lumen. Vasculitides also accelerate atherosclerosis…
Abstract Number: 1560 • ACR Convergence 2022
Modulation of NKG2D Expression on NK, NKT and CD8+ T Lymphocytes by in Vitro Treatments of Immune Cells from Patients with Behçet Disease
Martina Bonacini¹, Francesco Muratore¹, Giovanna Restuccia², Laura Albertazzi², Piera Zaldini², Luca Cimino³, Rossana Colla², Alessandro Zerbini¹, Carlo Salvarani⁴ and Stefania Croci¹, ¹Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ²Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale – IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ⁴Azienda Unità Sanitaria Locale-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Università di Modena e Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy
Background/Purpose: Behçet disease (BD) is an inflammatory chronic disease characterized by alternation of active and inactive phases. Steroids, Colchine, Azathioprine (Aza) and interferon α are…
Abstract Number: 1617 • ACR Convergence 2022
Direct Comparison of Ultrasound, [18F]Fluorodeoxyglucose-Positron Emission Tomography/Computed Tomography and Magnetic Resonance Imaging: Early Diagnostics in Patients Suspected of Giant Cell Arteritis
Marieke van Nieuwland¹, Marloes Vermeer¹, Edgar Colin², Nils Wagenaar¹, Onno Vijlbrief¹, Jordy van Zandwijk³, Riemer Slart⁴, Hendrik Koffijberg³, Erik Groot Jebbink³, Elisabeth Brouwer⁴, Dennis Boumans¹ and Celina Alves¹, ¹Hospital Group Twente, Almelo, Netherlands, ²Hospital Group Twente, Deventer, Netherlands, ³University of Twente, Enschede, Netherlands, ⁴University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) requires rapid diagnostic work up and start of treatment to prevent severe complications. The temporal artery biopsy as a gold…
Abstract Number: 0438 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characterization of Interstitial Lung Disease in the Presence of Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic Antibodies
Khai-Tuan Andrew Bui¹, Rachel Richard², Ariane Drouin³, Nader Toban¹, Marianne Levesque⁴, Rosalie-Selene Meunier⁵, Carolyn Ross⁶ and Jean-Paul Makhzoum³, ¹Department of Medicine, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ²Department of Medicine, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, University of Montreal, Laval, QC, Canada, ³Vasculitis Clinic, Canadian Network for Research on Vasculitides (CanVasc), Department of Medicine, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁴Division of Respirology, Department of Medicine, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁵Hopital Sacre-Coeur, Universite de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada, ⁶University of Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada
Background/Purpose: Various pulmonary manifestations may occur in patients with antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis (AAV). ANCA-related interstitial lung disease (ILD) has recently been described in…
Abstract Number: 0470 • ACR Convergence 2022
Long-term Efficacy of Tocilizumab Monotherapy After Ultra-short Glucocorticoid Administration to Treat Giant Cell Arteritis – One Year Follow-up of the GUSTO Trial
Lisa Christ¹, Luca Seitz², Godehard Scholz¹, Lukas Buetikofer³, Florian Kollert¹, Stephan Reichenbach⁴ and Peter Villiger⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, ²Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Switzerland, ³CTU Bern, University of Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ⁴University of Bern, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Switzerland, ⁵Medical Center Monbijou, Rheumatology and Immunology, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Two randomised controlled trials (RCT) [1, 2] demonstrated a glucocorticoid (GC)-sparing effect of tocilizumab (TCZ) of at least 50% in the treatment of giant…
Abstract Number: 0526 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics and Outcomes of Participants with and Without Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage in the Plasma Exchange and Glucocorticoids in Severe ANCA-Associated Vasculitis (PEXIVAS) Trial
Lynn Fussner¹, Luis Felipe Flores-Suarez², Rodrigo Cartin-Ceba³, Ulrich Specks³, P. Gerard Cox⁴, David Jayne⁵, Peter Merkel⁶ and Michael Walsh⁴, ¹The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²Instituto Nacional de Enfermedades Respiratorias, Ciudad de México, Mexico, ³Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁴McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁵University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁶University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: Diffuse alveolar hemorrhage (DAH) is a potentially life-threatening manifestation of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Studies describing patients with DAH in AAV have typically been small…
Abstract Number: 1237 • ACR Convergence 2022
Assessment of Common Femoral Vein Intima-Media Thickness by Ultrasound in Behçet’s Disease: Comparative Study of Patients with or Without Vascular Involvement in a National Referral Center
Diana Prieto-Peña¹, Alfonso del Peral-Fanjul², Belén Atienza-Mateo¹, Veronica Pulito-Cueto¹, Miguel Ángel González-Gay³ and Ricardo Blanco⁴, ¹Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ²Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, Spain, ³Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, ⁴Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain
Background/Purpose: Clinical vascular involvement is present in up to 40% of patients with Behçet’s disease (BD). Increased venous wall thickness assessed with ultrasound (US) has…
Abstract Number: 1561 • ACR Convergence 2022
Development of Posterior Uveitis in Behçet’s Syndrome Patients with Vitreous Cells Without Any Other Posterior Involvement
Didar Ucar¹, Basak Ecem Bircan², Nigar Rustamli³, Bilge Batu Oto¹, Vedat Hamuryudan⁴, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu⁵ and gulen Hatemi⁵, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Ophthalmology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁵Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: A considerable number of patients with Behçet's syndrome (BS) have vitreous cells on slit lamp examination at the time of diagnosis. However, the prognostic…
Abstract Number: 1619 • ACR Convergence 2022
Silent Giant Cell Arteritis in Patients with Polymyalgia Rheumatica: Characteristics and Peculiarities
Eugenio De Miguel¹, PIERLUIGI MACCHIONI², Edoardo Conticini³, Corrado Campochiaro⁴, Rositsa Karalilova⁵, Sara Monti⁶, Cristina Ponte⁷, Giulia Klinowski², Irene Monjo⁸, Paolo Paolo Falsetti³, Anastas Batalov⁹, alessandro tomelleri⁴ and Alojzija Hocevar¹⁰, ¹Hospital Universitario La Paz, Madrid, Spain, ²IRCCS-S.Maria Nuova, Reggio Emilia, Italy, ³Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy, ⁴IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital. Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milano, Italy, ⁵Medical University of Plovdiv, University Hospital Kaspela, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ⁶Rheumatology, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico S. Matteo, University of Pavia, Pavia, Italy, ⁷Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitario Lisboa Norte EPE, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁸Hospital Universitario La Paz - IdiPAZ, Madrid, Spain, ⁹Medical University of Plovdiv, Plovdiv, Bulgaria, ¹⁰University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Background/Purpose: Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) and giant cell arteritis (GCA) are closely related diseases. PMR occurs in approximately 50 % of patients with GCA. In a…
Abstract Number: 0439 • ACR Convergence 2022
Clinical Characteristics of Patients with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis with and Without Alpha-1 Antitrypsin Deficiency Alleles
Lynn Fussner¹, David Cuthbertson², Peter Grayson³, David Jayne⁴, Carol McAlear⁵, Michael Walsh⁶, Katherine Siminovitch⁷, Ulrich Specks⁸ and Peter Merkel⁹, ¹The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, ²University of South Florida, Tampa, FL, ³National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁵Division of Rheumatology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA, Philadelphia, PA, ⁶McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁷University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁸Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ⁹University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Background/Purpose: There are multiple reasons to suspect that alpha-1 antitrypsin (A1AT) genotype impacts disease characteristics in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). A1AT serves as the predominant endogenous…
Abstract Number: 0471 • ACR Convergence 2022
Serum Proteomics in Giant Cell Arteritis: Findings of the Giant Cell Arteritis Treatment with Ultra-short Glucocorticoids and Tocilizumab Trial (The GUSTO Trial)
Lisa Christ¹, Andrea Gloor², Florian Kollert¹, Timo Gaber³, Frank Buttgereit³, Stephan Reichenbach⁴ and Peter Villiger⁵, ¹Department of Rheumatology and Immunology, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, ²Department of Internal Medicine, University of Bern, Inselspital, Bern, Switzerland, ³Charité Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Corporate Member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin / DRFZ Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ⁴University of Bern, Institute for Social and Preventive Medicine, Bern, Switzerland, ⁵Medical Center Monbijou, Rheumatology and Immunology, Bern, Switzerland
Background/Purpose: Measuring disease activity in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) remains challenging since appropriate biomarkers are missing, particularly, if tocilizumab (TCZ) is prescribed which…
Abstract Number: 0529 • ACR Convergence 2022
Complex Relationships Between Inflammation and Clonal Hematopoiesis in Systemic Vasculitis
Adrianna Jones¹, Kristina Wells¹, Fernanda Gutierrez-Rodrigues², Cameron Rankin³, Wanxia Tsai³, Bhavisha Patel⁴, Kaitlin Quinn¹, Dalton Hironaka², Massimo Gadina⁵, Keith Sikora¹, Neal Young² and Peter Grayson⁶, ¹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ²National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD, ³NIAMS/NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Institutes of Health, Beltsville, MD, ⁵Translational Immunology Section, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁶National Institutes of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), National Institutes of Health (NIH), Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Clonal hematopoiesis of indeterminate potential (CHIP) is defined by somatic mutations in a set of genes commonly associated with myeloid neoplasms in an otherwise…
Abstract Number: 1251 • ACR Convergence 2022
Venous Halo Sign Detected with Superb Microvascular Imaging in Behçet Syndrome
Yasemin Kayadibi¹, Yesim Ozguler², Melike Melikoglu³, Sinem Nihal Esatoglu³, Ahmet Ustundag¹, Ugur Kimyon⁴, Ayse Kalyoncu Ucar¹, Ibrahim Adaletli¹ and gulen Hatemi³, ¹Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Radiology, Istanbul, Turkey, ²Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York, NY, ³Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpasa Medical Faculty, Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Istanbul, Turkey, ⁴Istanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Cerrahpaşa Medical School, Department of Internal Medicine, Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Superb microvascular imaging (SMI) is a novel technique that provides a more sensitive assessment of small vessels compared to color Doppler US (CDUS), by…
Abstract Number: 1564 • ACR Convergence 2022
Anti-TNF versus Anti-IL6 Receptor Antagonist Therapy in Severe Ocular Involvement in Behçet’s Disease
Nuria Barroso-García¹, Belén Atienza-Mateo², Ivan Ferraz Amaro³, Diana Prieto-Peña², Ana De Vicente-Delmás⁴, Ricardo Blanco⁵ and Miguel Ángel González-Gay⁶, ¹Hospital Universitario Puerta del Mar, Cádiz, Spain, Cádiz, Spain, ²Research Group on Genetic Epidemiology and Atherosclerosis in Systemic Diseases and in Metabolic Bone Diseases of the Musculoskeletal System, IDIVAL; and Department of Rheumatology, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Santander, Spain, ³Division of Rheumatology. Hospital Universitario de Canarias. Spain., Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain, ⁴Hospital General Santa María del Puerto, Cádiz, Spain, ⁵Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain, ⁶Department of Medicine and Psychiatry, Universidad de Cantabria; Rheumatology Division, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla; Research group on genetic epidemiology and atherosclerosis in systemic diseases and in metabolic diseases of the musculoskeletal system, IDIVAL, Santander, Spain. Cardiovascular Pathophysiology and Genomics Research Unit, School of Physiology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa
Background/Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of anti-TNF or anti-IL6 treatment in severe and refractory ocular involvement in patients with refractory cystoid macular edema (CME) due…

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