Freeze Tag
Jan 24, 2022
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A beloved childhood game I enjoyed was Freeze Tag. Players would run to avoid being tagged by the person who was “It”. If you were tagged, you had to “freeze” in your spot until someone was brave enough to come un-tag you. The game ends when everyone is frozen or if people quit. For over 2 years, I have been living in a real-life “Freeze Tag” game and able to dodge COVID19, until now. Sitting in my room symptomatic and frozen in isolation, I ruminated about my patients who had COVID19 and their experiences. I wanted to share with you three stories of three variants.Read Article
FDA Approves Skyrizi for Active Psoriatic Arthritis
Jan 24, 2022
On Friday, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved risankizumab-rzaa (Skyrizi) for the treatment of adults with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA), with similar dosing in plaque psoriasis - a single 150mg subcutaneous injection four times a year after two starter doses (at weeks 0 and 4) and can be used with or without background disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).
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ICYMI: The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently recommended & approved 2 doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine for prevention of herpes zoster and complications in immunodeficient/immunosuppressed adults aged ≥19 years.https://t.co/VlA5BIyrZG https://t.co/VjBHtCNq37
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Jan 24, 2022
ICYMI: UCB announced positive top-line results from Phase 3 BE COMPLETE study, bimekizumab, in active psoriatic arthritis, who failed TNFi. Bimekizumab pts showed a 50% ACR50 at week 16, as well as signif improvements in PASI90, MDA, PGA https://t.co/HhVdIhqHoL
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Jan 24, 2022
FREED study (asympt hyperuricemic without gout) showed febuxostat x 24 mos dint alter carotid atherosclerosis, but at 3 years, (Substudy of 1004 pts), showed FEB signif lowered risk of CVA, CV, renal renal events and death (vs PBO) https://t.co/BS4wiIaYZv
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Jan 24, 2022
New podcast available! Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from this past week on https://t.co/V10S4oVFsv. These reports are about better outcomes in Lupus; fewer Gout flares with T2T and the power of belief. https://t.co/8sxDTiU9QD https://t.co/bc8A1FWkVS
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Jan 24, 2022
ICYMI: Network metanalysis (28 RCTs, 12 504 pts) of Biologics & small molecules therapy in active ulcerative colitis. Upadacitinib 45 mg qd ranked 1st (RR 0.73) vs PBO, infliximab 5 mg/kg & 10 mg/kg ranked 2nd & 3rd. UPA > TNFi at remission. https://t.co/ne6yfBEJJz
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Jan 23, 2022
ICYMI: FDA has approved 2 JAK inhibitors for use in severe atopic dermatitis (eczema) - Abbvies upadacitinib (Rinvoq) and Pfizers abrocitinib (Cibinqo). https://t.co/6wdyN6NvVa https://t.co/RfliRSH5Kf
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Jan 23, 2022
ICYMI: Annals of Internal Medicine describes a propensity matched comparison study of risedronate and alendronate, showing that, compared to alendronate, risedronate drug holidays were associated with a small increase in risk for hip fractures. https://t.co/6qnMUzqV3E https://t.co/iIrahEuB09
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Jan 23, 2022
ICYMI: JAMA reports that between Dec 2020 and July 2021, COVID-19 vaccination saved nearly 241,000 lives, prevented 1, 133, 617 hospitalizations and prevented more than 14 million COVID-19 cases (all in 1st 6 mos of the COVID vaccines) https://t.co/q9TvLjtY9p
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Jan 22, 2022
ICYMI: Infliximab treatment of RMD/IMIDs by targeting drug levels (therapeutic drug monitoring) was superior to usual care in study with more sustained Dz control without worsening in 458 IMID pts Rx for 52 weeks (TDM 74% vs 70% standard Rx) https://t.co/KsnQxYXHkI
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Jan 22, 2022
UCB announced positive top-line results from Phase 3 BE COMPLETE study, bimekizumab, in active psoriatic arthritis, who failed TNFi. Bimekizumab pts showed a 50% ACR50 at week 16, as well as signif improvements in PASI90, MDA, PGA https://t.co/pnhQKeUxKt
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Jan 22, 2022
ACR 2021 Highlights: Comorbidities in axSpA Presentation
Sponsored by Novartis Medical Affairs
Tune into Dr Marina Magrey discuss axSpA comorbidities focusing on cardiovascular manifestations.https://t.co/w1EnRapTaN https://t.co/v5ZDmpUq1b
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Jan 21, 2022
3rd Vaccine Dose May Benefit ANCA-Associated Vasculitis Patientshttps://t.co/UXUryaQ7Fz https://t.co/p40xND4lVP
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Jan 21, 2022
The CDC's Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices recently recommended & approved 2 doses of the recombinant zoster vaccine for prevention of herpes zoster and complications in immunodeficient/immunosuppressed adults aged ≥19 years.https://t.co/nk4feoUO5B https://t.co/6fR33fG5xw
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Jan 21, 2022
791 knee OA pts studied for progression after steroid (GC) (n=629) vs hyaluronic (HA) injxn (n=162). Knee OA progression was similar between groups for JSN (RR 1.00) & K/L grade (1.03); but IA GC had slightly lower TKR (HR 0.75 [CI 0.51–1.09]) https://t.co/74eg2Zvdy1 https://t.co/soXb7bdq6O
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Jan 21, 2022
Yesterdays RheumNow Live Vote survey of 170 Rheumatologists, showed that 74-80% of Rheums are reporting shortages of IV tocilizumab (Actemra) -- TCZ listed by FDA site as a drug in shortage largely due to demand, Genentech says there is supply https://t.co/YAvR4vbVHV
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet)
Jan 21, 2022
RheumNow Live Vote survey of 159 Rheumatologists shows, because of the Actemra Shortage, Rheums are either changing to subQ TCZ (45%), changing to other biologic or tsDMARD (33%) or waiting for resupply of TCZ (21%). https://t.co/zNeyRsYClD @CreakyJoints https://t.co/aGYO2fqw7J
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Jan 21, 2022
RheumNow Live vote Survey of 161 Rheums shows that in addition to a tocilizumab shortage the main drug shortage is for sulfasalazine (34%) https://t.co/uE856PbF2v @CreakyJoints https://t.co/eCLy3rpjoI
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Jan 21, 2022
GWAS study in RA used to develop polygenic risk score (PRS) for Xray progression (training set = 500 and validated testing set= 740). Risk factors for severe XRAY progr = PRS (P=0.00019), female (P=0.0033), ACPA (P=0.0023), BMI (P=0.031) https://t.co/dwDSnTFUqs
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Jan 21, 2022
Believing is Doing (1.21.2022)
Jan 20, 2022
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from this past week on RheumNow.com. These reports are about better outcomes in Lupus; fewer Gout flares with T2T and the power of belief.
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Who is Your Glue?
Jan 19, 2022
I’ve often talked about the nurses in my clinic as being the glue, the clinic glue, my personal glue. Without them, the day and task would never go as well and just might crash and burn, if not for their steadying influence.
Surely you have used or heard of “<the person> who was the glue that held the family together”.
ACR21 Podcasts
Believing Is Doing (1.21.2022)Jan 21, 2022- The Overpricing Of Drugs (1.14.2022)Jan 14, 2022
Comorbidities in axSpA- A Focus on Cardiovascular Features Sponsored by Novartis Medical AffairsJan 10, 2022- 2021 Rheumatology Year in Review (1.7.2022)Jan 07, 2022
- Best of 2021 -Jack of All Subspecialties (12.31.2021)Dec 31, 2021
Therapeutic Updates
The Science of Upadacitinib in Psoriatic Arthritis
Sponsored by AbbVie Medical Affairs
Jan 01, 2022
Comorbidities in axSpA: A Focus on Cardiovascular Features
Sponsored by Novartis Medical Affairs
Jan 01, 2022
Patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) commonly experience cardiovascular (CV) comorbidities. There is a need to holistically assess a patient, including considerations for managing disease activity and understanding the safety profile of available therapies as it relates to comorbidities. Join Marina Magrey, MD as she provides insight on this topic for holistic patient-centered care.
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