Abstracts tagged "X-ray"

Abstract Number: 0307 • ACR Convergence 2022
Reduction in Structural Damage Progression and Improvement in Clinical Response with Abatacept Treatment in Patients with ACPA+, Early RA: Results from a Post Hoc Analysis of the AVERT-2 Study by Baseline Erosion Scores
Chahin Pachai¹, Sean E Connolly², Yoshiya Tanaka³, Vivian Bykerk⁴, Tom Huizinga⁵, Gustavo Citera⁶, Clifton O. Bingham III⁷, Shuyan Du¹, Godehard Hoexter⁸, Roy Fleischmann⁹, Subhashis Banerjee¹ and Paul Emery¹⁰, ¹Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, NJ, ²Bristol-Myers Squibb, Morrisville, PA, ³University of Occupational and Environmental Health, Kitakyusyu Fukuoka, Japan, ⁴Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, NY, ⁵Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁶Instituto de Rehabilitación Psicofísica (IREP), Buenos Aires, Argentina, ⁷Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ⁸Bristol Myers Squibb GmbH & Co. KGaA, Munich, Germany, ⁹University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center and Metroplex Clinical Research Center, Dallas, TX, ¹⁰Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Presence of structural damage is an important risk factor for further damage progression over time in RA. Inhibition of damage progression is a key…
Abstract Number: 0383 • ACR Convergence 2022
Analysis of the Performance of an Artificial Intelligence Algorithm for the Detection of Radiographic Sacroiliitis in an Independent Cohort of axSpA Patients Including Both Nr-axSpA and r-axSpA
Fabian Proft¹, Janis Vahldiek², Joeri Nicolaes³, Rachel Tham⁴, Bengt Hoepken⁵, Baran Ufuktepe⁶, Denis Poddubnyy¹ and Keno Kyrill Bressem², ¹Department of Gastroenterology, Infectious Diseases and Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ²Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany, ³UCB Pharma, Anderlecht, Belgium, ⁴UCB Pharma, Slough, UK, Overland Park, KS, ⁵UCB Pharma, Monheim am Rhein, Germany, ⁶UCB Pharma A.S., Istanbul, Turkey
Background/Purpose: Conventional radiography of the sacroiliac joints is the first imaging method if axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) is suspected. The presence of definite radiographic sacroiliitis is…
Abstract Number: 0396 • ACR Convergence 2022
Validity of Syndesmophyte Detection on Low Dose Computed Tomography in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis
Rosalinde Stal¹, Sofia Ramiro¹, Xenofon Baraliakos², Juergen Braun³, Monique Reijnierse¹, Rosaline van den Berg¹, floris van Gaalen¹ and Désirée van der Heijde⁴, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ³Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Low-dose Computed Tomography (ldCT), assessed with the CT syndesmophyte score (CTSS) in the whole spine, has been shown to detect more progression in the…
Abstract Number: 0857 • ACR Convergence 2022
Consensus-Driven Definition for Unequivocal Sacroiliitis on Radiographs for Classification in Juvenile Spondyloarthritis
Pamela Weiss¹, Timothy Brandon², Robert G Lambert³, David Biko⁴, Nancy Chauvin⁵, Michael Francavilla⁴, Nele Herregods⁶, Alison Hendry⁷ and Walter P Maksymowych⁸, ¹Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Glen Mills, PA, ²Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, ³University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, ⁵Penn State Health, Hershey, PA, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁷Middlemore Hospital, Auckland, ⁸Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Radiographs are neither sensitive nor reliable in assessment of axial disease in juvenile spondyloarthritis (JSpA). However, they are still performed in some areas due…
Abstract Number: 0972 • ACR Convergence 2022
Automated Joint Space Width Measurement for Hand Osteoarthritis: A Deep Learning Approach
Zhiheng Chang¹, Juan Shan², Yue Wang², Xinyue Sun³, Jeffrey Driban⁴, Timothy McAlindon⁵, Jeffrey Duryea⁶, Lena Schaefer⁶, Charles Eaton⁷ and Ming Zhang⁸, ¹Wentworth Institute of Technol, Boston, MA, ²Pace University, New York, NY, ³Shandong University, Qing Dao, Shandong, China, ⁴Tufts Medical Center, Westborough, MA, ⁵Tufts Medical Center, Arlington, MA, ⁶Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ⁷Brown University, Pawtucket, RI, ⁸Boston University, Westford, MA
Background/Purpose: Hand osteoarthritis (OA) can be assessed visually through radiographs using Kellgren and Lawrence (KL) system. However, the KL grading system is not fully objective…
Abstract Number: 1005 • ACR Convergence 2022
Increasing the Proficiency for Scoring Sacroiliac Joint Radiographs According to the Modified New York Criteria for Ankylosing Spondylitis by Using an Online Real-time Iterative Calibration (RETIC) Module
Anna Hadsbjerg¹, Mikkel Østergaard², Joel Paschke³, Adrian Ciurea⁴, Michael Nissen⁵, Stephanie Wichuk⁶, Ashish J Mathew⁷, Marie Wetterslev⁸, Raphael Micheroli⁹, Susanne Pedersen¹⁰, Simon Krabbe¹⁰, Kristyna Bubova¹¹, Monika gregova¹², Alexander Bernatschek⁴, Maurice Donzallaz⁴, Burkhard Moeller¹³, Ziga Snoj¹⁴, Karlo Pintaric¹⁴, Manouk de Hooge¹⁵, Karel Gorican¹⁶, Robert G Lambert⁶ and Walter P Maksymowych¹⁷, ¹Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, COPECARE, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark, ²Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ³CARE Arthritis LTD, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁴University Hospital Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland, ⁵Hopitaux Universitaires de Genève, Geneva, Switzerland, ⁶University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁷Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark, ⁸Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁹University Hospital Zurich, Department of Rheumatology, Zürich, Switzerland, ¹⁰Rigshospitalet, København, Denmark, ¹¹First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University,, Prague, Czech Republic, ¹²Institue of Rheumatology, Prague, ¹³Inselspital - University Hospital Bern, Bern, Switzerland, ¹⁴Radiology, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia, ¹⁵Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ¹⁶MSK radiology unit, Radiology section – Diagnostic department, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland, ¹⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: Radiographic assessment of the sacroiliac joints (SIJ) according to the modified New York (mNY) criteria is essential in the classification of ankylosing spondylitis, but…
Abstract Number: 1255 • ACR Convergence 2022
Rheumatologists Overcall Sacroiliitis on X-ray and MRI in Axial Spondyloarthritis Patients: Data from the BelGian Inflammatory Arthritis and SpoNdylitis cohorT (Be-GIANT)
Ann-Sophie Kathleen De Craemer¹, Manouk de Hooge², Thomas Renson³, Liselotte Deroo⁴, Gaelle Varkas³, Liesbet Van Praet⁵, Rik Joos⁶, Jan Lenaerts⁷, Mieke Devinck⁸, Lieve Gyselbrecht⁹, isabelle peene³, Kristof Thevissen¹⁰, Philippe Carron³, Filip Van den bosch¹¹ and Dirk Elewaut¹², ¹Ghent University Hospital, Gent, Belgium, ²Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ³Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium, ⁴Ghent University, Gent, Belgium, ⁵AZ Maria Middelares, Ghent, Belgium, ⁶Ghent University Hospital, Basel, Switzerland, ⁷Reuma Instituut Hasselt, Hasselt, Belgium, ⁸AZ Sint-Lucas, Brugge, Belgium, ⁹ASZ Aalst, Aalst, Belgium, ¹⁰Reumacentrum Genk, Genk, Belgium, ¹¹Department of Internal Medicine and Paediatrics, Ghent University and VIB Centre for Inflammation Research, Ghent, Belgium, ¹²Department of Rheumatology, Ghent University Hospital, Belgium, VIB-UGent Center for Inflammation Research, Ghent University, Heusden, Belgium
Background/Purpose: To investigate (1) agreement between local and central reading of sacroiliac joint images (X-ray and magnetic resonance imaging [MRI]) from axial spondylarthritis (axSpA) patients,…
Abstract Number: 1259 • ACR Convergence 2022
Characteristics of Sacroiliac Joint in Patient with Skin Psoriasis, Without Rheumatological Manifestations: A Controlled Study Using CT Scan
Thomas Leriche¹, Olivier Fakih², Clément Prati¹, Daniel Wendling³ and Frank Verhoeven⁴, ¹CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ²Service de rhumatologie, CHU de Besançon, Besançon, France, ³CHU, University Teaching Hospital, Besançon, France, ⁴Besançon University Hospital, Rheumatology Department, Besançon, France
Background/Purpose: Plaque Psoriasis (PsO) is an inflammatory disorder that could be associated with rheumatological manifestations defining Psoriatic arthritis. Moreover, recent studies showed that the presence…
Abstract Number: 1801 • ACR Convergence 2022
High Frequency of Structural Damage in the Lower Spine of Patients with Chondrocalcinosis
Kalliopi Klavdianou¹, Jona Kasfeld², Martin Fruth³, Styliani Tsiami⁴, Juergen Braun⁵, Philipp Sewerin⁶, David Kiefer⁵ and Xenofon Baraliakos⁷, ¹'Asklepieion' General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Voula, Athens, Greece, ²Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ³Blikk, Radiologie, Herne, Germany, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Ruhr-University Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Ruhr-Universität-Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁷Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany
Background/Purpose: Calcium pyrophosphate dihydrate crystal deposition disease (CPPD, chondrocalcinosis) is known to affect fibrocartilaginous tissue in the large and smaller peripheral joints. The affection of…
Abstract Number: 1825 • ACR Convergence 2022
Vascular Calcifications Adjacent to the Involved Joint of Patients Diagnosed with Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Arthritis – a Retrospective Observational Study
Shay Brikman¹, Amir Bieber² and Reuven Mader¹, ¹Rheumatic Diseases Unit, Emek Medical Center, Afula, Israel, ²Emek Medical Center, Raanana, Israel
Background/Purpose: Prior studies have shown an association between chondrocalcinosis (CC) and vascular calcifications. In this study, we aimed to assess the presence of vascular calcifications…
Abstract Number: 1901 • ACR Convergence 2022
What Does Radiographic Minimum JSW Actually Measure? Comparison of Radiographic and MRI Measures Using Data from the OAI
Alan Brett¹, Michael Bowes² and Philip G Conaghan³, ¹Stryker, Austin, TX, ²Stryker, Manchester, United Kingdom, ³University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom
Background/Purpose: Change in radiographic joint space width (JSW) is used as a surrogate for cartilage loss and recognized by regulatory bodies as a measure of…
Abstract Number: 2011 • ACR Convergence 2022
More Meticulously Following Treat-to-target in RA Does Not Lead to Less Radiographic Progression: A Longitudinal Analysis in BIODAM
Sofia Ramiro¹, Robert Landewé², Désirée van der Heijde³, Alexandre Sepriano⁴, Oliver FitzGerald⁵, Mikkel Østergaard⁶, Joanne Homik⁷, Ori Elkayam⁸, Carter Thorne⁹, Maggie Larche¹⁰, Gianfranco Ferraccioli¹¹, Marina Backhaus¹², Gilles Boire¹³, Bernard Combe¹⁴, Thierry Schaeverbeke¹⁵, Alain Saraux¹⁶, Maxime Dougados¹⁷, Maurizio Rossini¹⁸, Marcello Govoni¹⁹, Luigi Sinigaglia²⁰, Alain Cantagrel²¹, CF Allaart¹, Cheryl Barnabe²², Clifton O. Bingham III²³, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg²⁴, HIlde Hammer²⁵, Rana Dadashova²⁶, Edna Hutchings²⁶, Joel Paschke²⁶ and Walter P Maksymowych²⁷, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ³Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands, ⁴Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal, ⁵Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland, ⁶Rigshospitalet, University of Copenhagen, Glostrup, Denmark, ⁷Division of Rheumatology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ⁸Tel Aviv Sourasky Medical Center, Tel Aviv, Israel, ⁹Southlake Regional Health Centre, Newmarket, ON, Canada, ¹⁰McMaster University, Hamilton, ON, Canada, ¹¹Catholic University of the Sacred Heart, Rome, Roma, Italy, ¹²Park-Klinik Weissensee Academic Hospital of the Charité, Berlin, Germany, ¹³Universite de Sherbrooke, Sherbrooke, QC, Canada, ¹⁴CHU Montpellier and Montpellier University, Monpellier, France, ¹⁵FHU ACRONIM, University Hospital of Bordeaux, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France, ¹⁶CHU Brest, Brest, France, ¹⁷Department of Rheumatology, Hôpital Cochin, Paris, France, Paris, France, ¹⁸Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Verona, Verona, Italy, ¹⁹S. Anna Hospital and University of Ferrara, Ferrara, Italy, ²⁰Gaetano Pini Institute, Milano, Italy, ²¹CHU Toulouse, Paul Sabatier University, Toulouse, France, ²²University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada, ²³Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, ²⁴Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands, ²⁵Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Oslo, Norway, ²⁶CARE Arthritis LTD, Edmonton, AB, Canada, ²⁷Department of Medicine, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
Background/Purpose: A Treat-to-Target approach (T2T) is broadly considered to lead to better clinical outcomes and recommended in patients with RA. However, very few studies have…
Abstract Number: 2255 • ACR Convergence 2022
Do Fatty Lesions Explain the Association Between Inflammation and New Syndesmophytes in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis?
Rosalinde Stal¹, Alexandre Sepriano², Sofia Ramiro¹, floris van Gaalen¹, Pedro Machado³, Xenofon Baraliakos⁴, Manouk de Hooge⁵, Rosaline van den Berg¹, Monique Reijnierse¹, Juergen Braun⁶, Robert Landewé⁷ and Désirée van der Heijde⁸, ¹Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands, ²Leiden University Medical Centre, Portela Loures, Portugal, ³University College London, London, United Kingdom, ⁴Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Herne, Germany, ⁵Ghent University Hospital, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, ⁶Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet, Herne, Germany, ⁷Amsterdam University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ⁸Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands, Leiden, Netherlands
Background/Purpose: Presence of vertebral corner inflammation (VCI) increases the likelihood of a new syndesmophyte in the same vertebral corner (VC) in patients with r-axSpA. It…
Abstract Number: 1330 • ACR Convergence 2021
Effect of Guselkumab (TREMFYA®), a Selective IL-23p19 Inhibitor, on Axial-Related Endpoints in Patients with Active PsA: Results from a Phase 3, Randomized, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Study Through 2 Years
Philip Mease¹, Philip S Helliwell², Dafna Gladman³, Denis Poddubnyy⁴, Xenofon Baraliakos⁵, Soumya Chakravarty⁶, Alexa Kollmeier⁷, Xie Xu⁸, Shihong Sheng⁸, Stephen Xu⁸, May Shawi⁹, Désirée van der Heijde¹⁰ and Atul Deodhar¹¹, ¹Swedish Medical Center/Providence St. Joseph Health and University of Washington, Seattle, WA, ²Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom, ³Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, Toronto Western Hospital, Toronto, ON, Canada, ⁴Department of Rheumatology, Charité – Universitätsmedizin, Berlin, Germany, ⁵Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet Herne, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Herne, Germany, ⁶Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC and Drexel University College of Medicine, Horsham, PA, ⁷Janssen Research & Development, LLC, La Jolla, CA, ⁸Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, PA, ⁹Janssen Immunology Global Commercial Strategy Organization, Toronto, ON, Canada, ¹⁰Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Meerssen, Netherlands, ¹¹Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Background/Purpose: Guselkumab (GUS), a selective IL-23p19 inhibitor, resulted in greater mean improvements in BASDAI scores vs placebo (PBO) at W24 among patients (pts) with active…
Abstract Number: 1582 • ACR Convergence 2021
Diagnostic Accuracy and Reliability of Conventional Radiography of the Knee in Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease by Using New Definitions: An Ancillary Study of the OMERACT Ultrasound – CPPD Group
Silvia Sirotti¹, Fabio Becce², Luca Maria Sconfienza³, Carlos Pineda⁴, Marwin Gutierrez⁵, Teodora Serban⁶, Daryl MacCarter⁷, Antonella Adinolfi⁸, Anna Scanu⁹, Carlo Alberto Scire¹⁰, Ingrid Moller¹¹, Esperanza Naredo¹², Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini¹³, Abhishek Abhishek¹⁴, Hyon K. Choi¹⁵, Nicola Dalbeth¹⁶, Sara Tedeschi¹⁷, Maria-Antonietta D'Agostino¹⁸, Nemanja Damjanov¹⁹, Helen Keen²⁰, Lene Terslev²¹, Annamaria Iagnocco²² and Georgios Filippou²³, ¹Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, ²Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland, ³Department of Biomedical Sciences for Health, Università Degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy, ⁴Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Federal District, Mexico, ⁵Division of Musculoskeletal and Rheumatic Diseases, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitacion, Mexico City, Mexico, ⁶Ospedale La Colletta, ASL3 Genovese, Genoa, Italy, ⁷Rheumatology Department, North Valley Hospital, Whitefish, MT, ⁸Rheumatology Unit, Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda, Milan, Italy, ⁹Department of Medicine-DIMED, Rheumatology Unit, University of Padova, Padoa, Italy, ¹⁰SIR Epidemiology, Research Unit, Pavia, Italy, ¹¹University of Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain, ¹²Department of Rheumatology and Joint and Bone Research Unit, Hospital Fundación Jiménez Díaz and Autónoma University, Madrid, Spain, ¹³Rheumatology Department, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Milano, Italy, ¹⁴University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom, ¹⁵Massachusetts General Hospital, Lexington, MA, ¹⁶University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand, ¹⁷Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, ¹⁸Rheumatology Department, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Policlinico Universitario Agostino Gemelli IRCSS, Rome, Italy, ¹⁹University of Belgrade School of Medicine, Institute of Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia, ²⁰University of Western Australia, Daglish, Australia, ²¹Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen University, Glostrup, Denmark, ²²University of Turin, Roma, Italy, ²³Rheumatology Department, Luigi Sacco University Hospital, Siena, Italy
Background/Purpose: Conventional Radiography (CR) has been widely used in Calcium Pyrophosphate Deposition Disease (CPPD) and is considered an important tool for the diagnosis. However, there…