Abstracts tagged "Vasculitis"

Abstract Number: 0424 • ACR Convergence 2020
Anti-Collagen II Antibodies in Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis
Kristina Wells¹, Marcela Ferrada², Emily Rose², Keith Sikora³, Wendy Goodspeed², Kaitlin Quinn⁴ and Peter C. Grayson⁵, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Washington, DC, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) is a highly heterogenous systemic inflammatory disorder that affects many organ systems, in particular, cartilaginous structures. Clinical presentations in RP are…
Abstract Number: 1422 • ACR Convergence 2020
Healthcare Utilization Among Patients Diagnosed with ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Between 2007 and 2014 in a Multi-Center Cohort Linked to Medicare Claims Data
Zachary Wallace¹, Xiaoqing Fu², John Stone³, Hyon Choi⁴ and Rochelle Walensky², ¹Massachusetts General Hospital, Newton, MA, ²Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, ³Massachusetts General Hospital, Concord, MA, ⁴Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, Lexington, MA
Background/Purpose: ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) leads to complications that contribute to poor quality of life and survival. Systemic vasculitis is associated with high healthcare utilization but…
Abstract Number: 1688 • ACR Convergence 2020
Long-term Hearing Loss, Anxiety and Neurodevelopmental Outcomes Following Kawasaki Disease: A Population-based Cohort Study
Cal Robinson¹, Francis Lao², Rahul Chanchlani¹, Anastasia Gayowsky³, Sandeep Brar⁴, Elizabeth Darling⁵, Catherine Demers⁵, Tapas Mondal¹, Rulan Parekh⁶, Hsien Seow⁵ and Michelle Batthish¹, ¹McMaster Children's Hospital, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ²Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine, McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ³ICES McMaster, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁴University of California, San Fransisco, ⁵McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ⁶University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
Background/Purpose: The incidence of Kawasaki disease (KD) is increasing in Ontario. Cardiovascular sequelae following KD are well-described. However, there are limited and conflicting non-cardiovascular outcome…
Abstract Number: 1947 • ACR Convergence 2020
Risk Factors for Anxiety and Depression in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis
Joana Martinho¹, André Ponte², Eduardo Dourado³, Nikita Khmelinskii¹, Sara Dias⁴, Sofia Barreira⁵, Ana Rita Cruz-Machado¹, Carla Macieira¹, Vítor Teixeira⁶, Ana Rodrigues⁴, Diogo Telles-Correia⁷, João Eurico Fonseca⁸ and Cristina Ponte¹, ¹Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal, ²Centro Hospitalar Psiquiátrico de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, ³Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal, ⁴EpiDoC Unit, Centro de Estudos de Doenças Crónicas (CEDOC), NOVA Medical School, Universidade NOVA de Lisboa (NMS/UNL), Lisbon, Portugal, ⁵Rheumatology Department, Hospital de Santa Maria, Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁶Rheumatology Department, Centro Hospitalar Universitário do Algarve, Faro, Portugal, ⁷Serviço de Psiquiatria, Hospital de Santa Maria, CHULN, Lisboa, Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, ⁸Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade Medicina Universidade de Lisboa and Centro Hospitalar Universitário Lisboa Norte., Lisboa, Portugal
Background/Purpose: Giant cell arteritis (GCA) is the most common primary vasculitis affecting patients aged above 50 years. Its clinical manifestations such as headache, jaw claudication…
Abstract Number: 0425 • ACR Convergence 2020
MAGIC Syndrome in a Cohort of Patients with Relapsing Polychondritis
Yiming Luo¹, Emily Rose², Keith Sikora³, Kaitlin Quinn⁴, Kristina Wells⁵, Emily Rominger⁵, Wendy Goodspeed⁶, Peter C. Grayson⁷ and Marcela Ferrada⁶, ¹Rheumatology Fellowship and Training Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ²Pediatric Translational Research Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethsda, ³Pediatric Translational Research Branch, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ⁴Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ⁶Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁷Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Mouth and genital ulcers with inflamed cartilage (MAGIC) syndrome is an extremely rare condition that encompasses symptoms of relapsing polychondritis (RP) and Behcet’s disease…
Abstract Number: 1423 • ACR Convergence 2020
Declining In-Hospital Mortality in Vasculitis: A 17-year U.S. National Study
Jasvinder Singh¹ and John Cleveland¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To our knowledge, only a few population-based studies for vasculitis mortality exist; and most are limited to vasculitis sub-types. Therefore, our study objective was…
Abstract Number: 1690 • ACR Convergence 2020
Henoch-Schönlein Purpura Nephritis: Different Histological Classifications, but Which One Is Most Strongly Associated to the Outcome of the Disease? Pilot Study of the Paediatric Rheumatology European Society Vasculitis Working Party
Martina Held¹, Mario Sestan¹, Marijana Coric¹, Stela Bulimbasic¹, Teresa Giani², Neil Martin³, Nastasia Cekada¹, Sasa Srsen⁴, Ana Gudelj Gracanin⁵, Domagoj Kifer⁶, Merav Heshin⁷, Angelo Ravelli⁸, Rolando Cimaz⁹, Seza Ozen¹⁰, Alenka Gagro¹¹, Marijan Frkovic¹ and Marija Jelusic¹, ¹University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ²Anna Meyer Children’s Hospital, Florence, Italy, Florence, Toscana, Italy, ³Royal Hospital for Children, Glasgow, United Kingdom, Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom, ⁴University Hospital Centre Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, ⁵University Hospital Dubrava, University of Zagreb School of Medicine, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁶Faculty of Pharmacy and Biochemistry, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ⁷Dana Dwek Children's Hospital, Tel Aviv, Israel, Tel Aviv, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁸Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy, ⁹ASST Gaetano Pini-CTO Institute and Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ¹⁰Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Hacettepe University, Ankara, Turkey, Ankara, Turkey, ¹¹Children's Hospital Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: Henoch-Schönlein purpura nephritis (HSPN) is the main and almost the only cause of morbidity and mortality among children suffering from this most common vasculitis…
Abstract Number: 1953 • ACR Convergence 2020
Somatic Mutations in a Single Residue of UBA1 Cause VEXAS, a Severe Adult-Onset Rheumatic Disease Presenting as Relapsing Polychondritis, Polyarteritis Nodosa, or Giant Cell Arteritis
David Beck¹, Marcela Ferrada², Keith Sikora³, Amanda Ombrello⁴, Daniela Ospina Cardona⁵, Nicholas Balanda⁶, Wuhong Pei⁶, Jason Collins⁶, Robert Colbert⁷, Mariana Kaplan⁸, Massimo Gadina⁹, Sinisa Savic¹⁰, Helen Lachmann¹¹, Kyle Retterer¹², Shawn Burgess¹³, William Gahl⁶, Achim Werner⁶, Ivona Aksentijevich¹⁴, Neal S. Young⁶, Katherine R. Calvo⁶, Peter C. Grayson¹⁵ and Daniel Kastner¹⁶, ¹National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, ²Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ³National Institutes of Health Clinical Center, Bethesda, MD, ⁴National Human Genome Research Institute/National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁵National Institute of Health, Bethesda, ⁶National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, ⁷Pediatric Clinical Trials Unit and Office of Clinical Director, NIAMS, NIH, Bethesda, MD, ⁸National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, Bethesda, MD, ⁹National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (NIAMS), NIH, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁰University of Leeds, England, United Kingdom, ¹¹National Amyloidosis CenterRoyal Free Campus, Rowland Hill St, London, United Kingdom, ¹²GeneDX, Gaithersburg, ¹³National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁴National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD, ¹⁶National Human Genome Research Institute (NHGRI), NIH, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Identifying the causes of adult-onset rheumatic diseases remains a challenge, and limits diagnosis, prognosis, and targeted treatment. We hypothesized that mutations in genes regulating…
Abstract Number: 0428 • ACR Convergence 2020
Enrichment of Clinical Trial Recruitment Using Advanced Molecular Imaging in Takayasu’s Arteritis
Kaitlin Quinn¹, Mark Ahlman², Emily Rose³, Peter Merkel⁴ and Peter C. Grayson⁵, ¹Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, ²National Institutes of Health, Clinical Center, Radiology and Imaging Sciences, Bethesda, MD, ³Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, Vasculitis Translational Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Systemic Autoimmunity Branch, National Institutes of Health, NIAMS, Bethesda, MD
Background/Purpose: Definitions of disease activity are not standardized in Takayasu’s arteritis (TAK), which can lead to difficulty in determining whether a patient should be enrolled…
Abstract Number: 1427 • ACR Convergence 2020
Anti-IL5 Therapy for Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis (EGPA) – An 18 Month Follow-up Study as a Steroid Sparing Therapeutic Approach
Allyson Egan¹, Pasupathy Sivasothy², Robin Gore³, Caroline Owen³, Marcos Del Martinez Pero⁴, Rachel Jones⁴, Lisa Willcocks⁴, Rona Smith⁴, Stella Burns⁴ and David Jayne⁵, ¹Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge., London, United Kingdom, ²Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge., Cambridge, England, United Kingdom, ³Department of Respiratory medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom, ⁴Vasculitis and Lupus Clinic, Department of Medicine, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge., Cambridge, ⁵Department of Medicine, Vasculitis and Lupus Research Group, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK, Cambridge, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: EGPA is a small vessel vasculitis characterized by the presence of tissue eosinophilia, necrotizing vasculitis and granulomatous inflammation1. In the randomized, placebo-controlled MIRRA trial…
Abstract Number: 1691 • ACR Convergence 2020
Applied Geostatistics in Pediatric Rheumatology – Spatial Clustering of IgA Vasculitis
Matej Sapina¹, Marijan Frkovic², Mario Sestan², Sasa Srsen³, Aleksandar Ovuka⁴, Mateja Batnozic Varga⁵, Nastasia Cekada², Karolina Kramaric⁶, Dario Brdaric⁷, Kresimir Milas⁵, Alenka Gagro⁸ and Marija Jelusic², ¹University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ²University of Zagreb School of Medicine, University Hospital Centre Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia, ³University Hospital Centre Split, University of Split School of Medicine, Split, Croatia, Split, Splitsko-Dalmatinska, Croatia, ⁴University Hospital Centre Rijeka, University of Rijeka School of Medicine, Rijeka, Croatia, Rijeka, Primorsko-Goranska, Croatia, ⁵University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁶University Hospital Centre Osijek, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁷Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Dental Medicine and Health, Institute of Public Health for the Osijek-Baranja County, Osijek, Croatia, Osijek, Osjecko-Baranjska, Croatia, ⁸Children's Hospital Zagreb, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Medical Faculty Osijek, Zagreb, Croatia, Zagreb, Grad Zagreb, Croatia
Background/Purpose: IgA vasculitis (IgAV) is the most common childhood vasculitis, which etiology seems to be related to the combination of genetic as well as environmental…
Abstract Number: 1959 • ACR Convergence 2020
Epidemiology of Hospitalizations and Associated Mortality in Vasculitis: A National Study
Jasvinder Singh¹ and John Cleveland¹, ¹University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL
Background/Purpose: To assess whether comorbid diseases frequently associated with primary hospitalizations for non-vasculitis causes in people with vasculitis are changing over time in people with…
Abstract Number: 0452 • ACR Convergence 2020
Recombinant Zoster Vaccine in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: A Retrospective Study of 622 Patients
Tiphaine Lenfant¹, Elizabeth Kirchner², Rula Hajj-ali³, Leonard Calabrese³ and Cassandra Calabrese³, ¹Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Rocky River, OH, ²Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, ³Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH
Background/Purpose: The recombinant herpes zoster vaccine (RZV) was FDA-approved in 2017 but patients with rheumatic diseases were excluded from initial pivotal trials because of theoretical…
Abstract Number: 1428 • ACR Convergence 2020
The Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab in Patients with Giant Cell Arteritis: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
Matthew J. Koster¹, Kenneth Warrington¹, Jian Han² and Shalini V. Mohan², ¹Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, ²Genentech, South San Francisco, CA
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ) has been proven to be safe and effective for the treatment of giant cell arteritis (GCA) in 2 randomized controlled trials; however,…
Abstract Number: 1919 • ACR Convergence 2020
Efficacy & Safety of Tocilizumab in Giant Cell Arteritis: A Single Centre NHS Experience Using Imaging (Ultrasound and PET CT) as a Diagnostic and Monitoring Tool
Alwin Sebastian¹, Abdul Kayani¹, Diana Prieto-Peña², Alessandro Tomelleri³, Madeline Whitlock¹, Kornelis S. M. van der Geest⁴ and Bhaskar Dasgupta¹, ¹Rheumatology, Mid and South Essex University Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, Southend University Hospital, United Kingdom, Westcliff on sea, England, United Kingdom, 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, ³Unit of Immunology, Rheumatology, Allergy and Rare Diseases, IRCCS San Raffaele Hospital, Milan, Italy, Milan, Italy, ⁴Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Netherlands, Groningen, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Tocilizumab (TCZ), an IL-6 receptor blocker is approved to treat relapsing, refractory Giant cell arteritis (GCA) We here report our real-life clinical experience with…

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