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Autoinflammatory Diseases at the ACR Annual Meeting

d Jonathan S. Hausmann, MD

It has been a wonderful year for autoinflammatory diseases at the ACR Annual Meeting.

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Part 1:  The “P” in Prednisone stands for Poison...and Other Pearls

d Kathryn H. Dao, M.D.

Everyone has life hacks.  Years of experience and doing the same things repetitively allow us to figure out little tricks to make life easier. A rat in a maze, finding itself at a dead end, will back up and search for a clearing.

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New Treatments in Axial SpA from #ACR2019

d Antoni Chan, MD, PhD

There were new developments in the treatment of axial Spondyloarthritis (AS) at ACR 2019. The first area is on the use of anti-IL17A drugs, secukinumab and ixekizumab in non-radiographic AS. The second area is the use of JAK-1 inhibitor Upadacitinib in radiographic AS.

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RheumNow Podcast – ACR 2019 Round Up (11.15.19)

d Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush presents his favorite abstracts and presentations from Rheumatology Round Up and ACR 2019.

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Abstract L06 shows the efficacy of Emapalumab, an IFN-γ mAb, when given to 9 systemic JIA pts who developed macrophage activation syndrome. Highly effective showing ability to lower steroid use #ACR19 https://t.co/hduMrzWt72

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The FDA has approved Pfizers new adadliumab biosimilar - Abrilada (adalimumab-afzb), this is the 5th adalimumab biosimilar to be approved (none are commercially available in the USA until 2023). Abrilada is the 25th biosimilar approved in the U.S. https://t.co/Z0tp3D5yOd

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7-year, 5,179-patient ISCHEMIA study presented at the AHA Meeting shows that stents and CABG offer no advantage over medical management in prevention of death and cardiovascular events. https://t.co/Fk6kypcek9

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Hand OA responds to 10mg/d Pred over 6wks. As expected symptoms return on cessation Anecdotally, there are people who do well on pragmatic, long term low dose eg 5mg or less/d #ACR19 @rheumnow Abst1760 https://t.co/FtE9vHb655

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#ACR19 Rheumatology RoundUp - Kavanaughs Picks: 2505 PsA prevention 1366 Self Joint exams 1120 Rheum burnout 1310 OA Hx 565 Enteropathic arthritis Recs 1823 MRE dx of SI 2773 Machine learning 2772 Antiinflammatory diet in RA 1359 Synovial Bx

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#ACR19 Rheumatology RoundUp - Cushs Abstract Picks: 1223 ALLN-346 Urate Degrading Enzyme L06 Emapalumab in MAS 1890 2357 MTX Safety 1240 anaGO 2292 2279 Biologic WD in Preg 633 631 AS Delays in Dx & referral 196 VTE & ASCVD 2566 Polypharmacy in SLE

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CAPS is caused by mutations in NLRP3, a component of the inflammasome. It is thought that NLRP3 mutations lead to the uncontrolled production of the inflammatory cytokine IL-1b.

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Patients with more severe #CAPS phenotypes may develop hearing loss, amyloidosis, aseptic meningitis, intellectual impairment, or #arthritis.

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Holy Molly! TNFi (etanercept, adalimumab, infliximab, or golimumab) completely prevented stokes in patients with DADA2. #ACR19 @RheumNow

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"I usually do not" give methotrexate to men with RA who are trying to conceive. Dr. Bathon. "But methotrexate is in serum for brief periods, unlikely to affect semen, unlikely to affect pregnancy." Dr. Bykerk #ACR19 @RheumNow

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Awesome to meet new people from across the globe, catch up with old friends, and discuss why #ACR20 should have abundant free food! https://t.co/lEdYZM9BHB

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However, 15-30% of patients with acute pericarditis develop recurrent pericarditis

Jonathan Hausmann MD hausmannMD ( View Tweet)

Recurrent pericarditis (RP) is the recurrence of pericarditis after a more than 4-6 week symptom-free period. RP is typically treated with steroids, colchicine, NSAIDs. Nevertheless, RP is associated with a high burden of disease and there is an unmet need for better treatment.

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The highlight of the last day of #ACR19 is the Rheumatology Roundup Highlights #ACRBest by Drs. John Cush @RheumNow and Arthur Kavanaugh @ACRheum always worth attending with great take home messages #rheum https://t.co/eMdvc2byKG

Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints ( View Tweet)
Hope to have many more interdisciplinary discussions re. irAEs #ACR19 @LCalabreseDO @CCalabreseDO @EladSharonMD @DrJNaidoo @UmaThanaMD @lexmeara @drdavidliew https://t.co/8KDorKW2WJ

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