Rheumatology

At the 12-month mark, 52% of patients in the axSpA cohort and 76% of those in the IBD cohort achieved clinical remission.

An analysis of data obtained from urine samples in the MUSE and TULIP-1 trial sheds new light on the clinical utility of the RAIL score for identifying disease activity and treatment responders in SLE patients with and without lupus nephritis, respectively

CCR East 2023 data show ixekizumab bettered adalimumab on measures of joint pain and quality of life in patients with PsA and concomitant nail plus DIP involvement.

An analysis of Medcare claims data offers clinicians an overview or the effectiveness of sarilumab and tocilizumab in second- and third-line polymyalgia rheumatica treatments relative to conventional immunomodulators, such as methotrexate or azathioprine.

Post-hoc analysis from DISCOVER-2 show patients who achieve a clinical response by week 8 generally go on to see quality-of-life improvements past 1 year.

An analysis of data from the National Inpatient Sample offers an overview of risk for adverse delivery outcomes associated with Takayasu arteritis among a real-world cohort of US-based patients.

An analysis of 11 late-stage clinical trials shows guselkumab provides a consistent and comparable safety profile to placebo in treated patients.

Therapies including biologics and corticosteroids were more frequently used among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus who developed severe COVID-19.

New data from CCR East show Black and Hispanic patients with PsA are significantly more likely to report worse health-related quality of life than White patients.

An analysis of more than 250 pregnancies among women with SLE from the Hopkins Lupus Cohort provides insight into risk of adverse pregnancy outcomes based on serum 25-hydroxy vitamin D levels using real-world data.

An analysis of the National Inpatient Sample offers a deep dive into the risk of adverse outcomes associated with presence of polymyositis or dermatomyositis among patients with congestive heart failure.

Pooled data from the phase 3 TULIP program offer additional insight into the effects of anifrolumab use in people with moderate-to-severe systemic lupus erythematosus.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis and/or psoriasis reported improved BMI and HbA1C after 6 months of apremilast—with pronounced benefit among patients with obesity.

A comparison of monotherapy biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs initiated in naive patients show each are beneficial for rheumatoid arthritis.

Data from the UPLIFT study show patients with psoriatic arthritis and their physicians see eye-to-eye on most subjects—except for treatment goals.

Data from an analysis of kidney biopsies from the AURORA 2 trial presented at CCR East 2023 offer new insight into the long-term histological impact of voclosporin use on renal function in patients with lupus nephritis.

While age and fat mass were inversely associated with cardiorespiratory fitness (CRF), the physical activity index was positively associated with CRF.

Despite the recent advancements in the treatment of polymyalgia rheumatica, a need for more research focused on finding non-steroidal treatment options remains.

A cross-sectional, case-controlled cohort study evaluated the cardiorespiratory and neuromuscular fitness of Finnish patients with JIA and healthy controls.

The guidelines were created using a panel of rheumatologists, orthopedic surgeons, and patients.

New meta-analysis show patient demographics—as well as their pre-existing comorbidities and COVID-19 vaccination status—may significantly define their risk of long-term conditions.

Often overlooked and underfunded, as well as being underpaid compared to internal medicine, it is difficult to convince prospective medical students, many of whom already have substantial debt, to choose a career in pediatric rheumatology.

Results of a recent study showed that the risk of pneumocystis jiroveci pneumonia (PJP) is low in patients with giant cell arteritis (GCA) and polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), therefore discouraging the routine prescribing of PJP prophylaxis for this patient population.

Results of a recent review showed that adalimumab, etanercept, golimumab, and infliximab are effective and well-tolerated treatments options for patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Nipocalimab, a FcRn blocker, significantly improved symptoms and reduced immunoglobulin autoantibody levels in patients with myasthenia gravis.

Multivariable models indicated that improvements in the physical component score and mental component score could be predicted by better self-efficacy scores in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus.

Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis were at a greater risk of developing autoimmune thyroid disease if they were female, reported ANA and/or RF positivity, and a family history of thyroid disease.

Investigators identify a strong association between exposure to air pollution and bone mineral loss in postmenopausal women.

“Reversing and preventing adverse lifestyle factors could potentially reduce the incidence and burden of rheumatoid arthritis, as well as alleviate its comorbidities,” investigators hypothesized.

Investigators measured pain intensity, the primary outcome, as well as physical function, isometric strength, quality of life, and fibromyalgia impact at baseline and the 6-month mark.