Two large retrospective cohort studies presented by the team at Mayo Clinic, Rochester MN examine the burden of stroke, as well as overall and cause-specific mortality in people with RA (POS0591 and POS0592).

Do the clinical features of axSpA patients with and without IBD differ?

In Abstract OP0085 at #EULAR2024, De Hooge M et al presented data from the METEOR cohort that identify clinical differences between these two groups. This will be important in order to stratify the management approach in axSpA patients with or without IBD as the emerging therapies have different effects on EMMs.

Analysis of French claims data, found over half of women initiating oral bisphosphonates (BP) between 2015 and 2020 discontinued treatment for at least one year, which was associated with a 12% increase in fracture risk.

In the wake of the EULAR 2023 guidelines on the management of SLE, it is perhaps pertinent that the EULAR 2024 congress features three abstracts from a large integrated analysis from five international Phase 3 belimumab trials in adults with active SLE (BLISS-76, BLISS-52, North East Asia, EMBRACE and BLISS-SC). Participants were randomised to belimumab (10 mg/kg/month intravenously or 200 mg/week subcutaneously) or placebo, plus standard therapy.

Wednesday was Day One at EULAR 2024 in Vienna. While the day was a slow start, the poster halls and auditoriums quickly filled with thousands of rheumatologists, eager to reunite at this international educational forum. Below are a few of my favorites from Day 1.

Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can affect up to 30% of patients with psoriasis (PsO). Understanding the factors that predispose patients with PsO who progress to PsA is the first step in understanding how early interventions in PsO may augment the progression to PsA. At #EULAR2024, there are a few presentations on this topic that will help us understand this progression from PsO to PsA better.

Several abstracts are presenting new compounds, targeting either RA well-known inflammatory pathways or offering new mechanisms of action or therapeutic sequences; these are summarized below.