Rheumatology

Interim data from a post-marketing analysis suggest a boxed label warning for the drug in 2019 may have limited high-risk patients taking the biologic therapy.

A cross-sectional analysis suggests patients with worse social risk scores are significantly more likely to be impacted by juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

This study shows that many patients with rheumatoid arthritis can use a dose lower than 1000mg and still see results.

With the popularity of CBD growing in Denmark, Jonathan Vela, MD, examined the effectiveness of CBD treatment on hand osteoarthritis and psoriatic arthritis.

More data from ACR 2021 evidences the risk of minimal response to mRNA vaccines in autoimmune disorder patients on rituximab.

In this video interview, Dr. Jing Cui explains what the next steps could be for the risk prediction models of systemic lupus erythematosus.

In this video interview, Dr. Edigin talks about the importance of outpatient care in reducing hospitalizations for SLE flare.

Nathan den Broeder, MSs, shares the findings of his study at the ACR 2021 Convergence.

Research presented by Dr. Jing Cui at ACR 2021 Convergence identified significant risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus in a risk prediction model study.

Research results shows that while overall hospitalization for SLE flare decreased, it increased among African American patients.

Dr. Jing Cui speaks about how she examined lifestyle and environmental factors as well as genetic risk to assess risk of systemic lupus erythematosus.

The oral selective inhibitor showed significant benefit versus placebo at 2 different doses in the phase 2b trial.

A new ACR 2021 study suggests patients on the biologic may be less likely to discontinue treatment than those receiving other drug classes.

New phase 3 data show TX-102 SL from Tonix may benefit central sensitization in patients afflicted with fibromyalgia pain.

A pandemic-era study suggests rheumatology care teams can capably provide beneficial care via telemedicine to treatment-stable patients.

New ACR findings suggest patients taking the common biologic drug closely leading up to their vaccination may not have a humoral response to it.

In this interview, Dr. Edigin speaks about his longitudinal trend analysis that showed a decrease in SLE flare hospitalizations over the last 20 years.

Take 5 minutes to catch up on Rheumatology Network's highlights from the week ending November 5, 2021.

Kazuki Yoshida, MD, MPH, ScD, discusses his ACR presentation entitled, “Comparative Safety of Gout "Treat-to-target" and "Usual Care" Treatment Strategies on Cardiovascular Outcomes Using Observational Data: Causal Inference Approach.”

While approximately 80% of patients with rheumatic disease showed humoral immune response rates following the second dose of the COVID-19 vaccine, these numbers were significantly lower than controls.

Laure Gossec, MD, PhD discusses the association between improvements in patient-reported outcomes and disease activity in patients with psoriatic arthritis.

Investigators analyzed comorbidities, such as diabetes, which has been historically associated with gout, to determine what role, if any, they played in increasing the risk of lower extremity amputation.

Vibeke Strand, MD, explores her ACR presentation, “Assessing the Relationship of Patient Global Assessment of Disease Activity and Health Related Quality of Life by SF-36 with Other Patient-Reported Outcomes in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Post Hoc Analyses of Data from Phase 3 Trials of Baricitinib.”

Niti Goel, MD, discusses her ACR Convergence presentation entitled, “Depletion of KLRG1+ T Cells in a First-in-human Clinical Trial of ABC008 in Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM).”

Shared insight on the importance of educating patients with SARDs on the value of COVID-19 vaccination.

W. Hayes Wilson, MD, and Kostas Botsoglou, MD, reflect on the importance of patient education and advocacy in managing SARDs.

Aaron Broadwell, MD, discusses his upcoming ACR study entitled, “Concomitant immunomodulation and pegloticase therapy: experiences with a variety of immunomodulatory agents in two community rheumatology practices.”

Joshua Solomon, MD, discusses his upcoming ACR presentation entitled, “A Randomized, Double-Blinded, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2 Study of Safety, Tolerability and Efficacy of Pirfenidone in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Interstitial Lung Disease.”

Jean Liew, MD, MS, discusses her upcoming ACR Convergence presentation entitled, “SARS-CoV-2 Infections Among Vaccinated Individuals with Rheumatic Disease: Results from the COVID-19 Global Rheumatology Alliance Provider Registry."

Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH, discusses her upcoming ACR Convergence presentation entitled, “Year in Review: Clinical Rheumatology."