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EULAR 2024 – Day 3 Report
EULAR treats its attendees to a wonderful lunch each day – Schnitzel, gnocchi, goulash at lunch after muffins and coffee in the morning. It's no wonder the meeting has been a lively one, well attended with a wealth of stimulating ideas, research and discussion. Here are a few of my favorite abstracts and presentations from today, day 3 in Vienna.
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Setting a standard for imaging reporting in patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis is an important part of our efforts toward improving the early and accurate diagnosis of SpA:
https://t.co/zYbcL1CaTP https://t.co/1jnBDBSDNv
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Prof. Denis Poddubnyy DrPoddubnyy ( View Tweet)

NEW biomarkers in #MAS
1️⃣ IL-18 (available at some 🏥)⭐️
2️⃣ S100A12
3️⃣ CXCL9/10
🚨When suspecting #MAS, don’t ignore the possibility of a monogenic disorder!
🎙️ Dr. Sophie Georgin-Lavialle 🇫🇷
#macrophage
#EULAR2024
#genetics
#rheumx https://t.co/Uot3JjrWs8
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Artem Minalyan, MD, DABOM AMinalyan ( View Tweet)

DMOADs in #osteoarthritis at #EULAR2024: 1) Tonia Vincent: StepUp OA endotype SF proteomics —> endothelial to mesenchymal transition proteins. 2) Phil Conaghan: proregenerative (& degeneration slowing) therapies in pipeline. 3) @Larhumato: novel RCT designs & structure outcomes
Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD Tuhina_Neogi ( View Tweet)

POS0277: proof of concept: Prophlx with canakinumab x 1 dose rather than steroids/colch/NSAIDS when starting pegloticase with MTX in pts with active, refractory gout: 11 pts: #gout flares 0 (compared 54% in MIRROR-C), infusion rxn 0, no safety signal @rheumnow https://t.co/4qFnQTOuq0
TheDaoIndex KDAO2011 ( View Tweet)

Recommendation for management of fatigue in people with rheumatic disease.
Considering fatigue as a surrogate for inflammation and changing medication accordingly is part of it.
I will also add yearly blood work including:
1- VitD
2-HBA1c and LDl
3-TsH. https://t.co/3QvPqMxZSN
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Nouf Al hemmadi NoufAhmedAlham2 ( View Tweet)

Enjoyed the #PolymyalgiaRheumatica session at #EULAR2024? Make sure to download our first atlas imaging article, where @drceowen, @drdavidliew et al. characterise PMR using whole-body PET/CT 👀
➡️ https://t.co/tbu0DgAFIS https://t.co/W06YbYyjRx
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Rheumatology & Rheumatology Advances in Practice RheumJnl ( View Tweet)

Mapping the knee #osteoarthritis joint-nerve interactome — presented by @AM_Malf at #EULAR2024. Anatomical and molecular neuroplasticity occurs during OA onset + progression in the joint and DRG. Cool imaging of nerves and their activity with lightsheet microscopy in mice https://t.co/cre6LEVhle
Tuhina Neogi, MD, PhD Tuhina_Neogi ( View Tweet)

Maintenance of remission in GPA/MPA.
RTX for 48 months sounds good to me.
#EULAR2024 https://t.co/5YGwOHhCuX
Nouf Al hemmadi NoufAhmedAlham2 ( View Tweet)

Potential efficacy of JAK inhibitors in VEXAS syndrome
#EULAR2024
NZ https://t.co/HziLUgo1gA
Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases ARD_BMJ ( View Tweet)

500+ pts AxSPA
No difference in drug discontinuation between IL-17i, TNFi, IL23i over time
Adjusted for CRP, co-medication w/ MTX + classic covariates
IL-17i and IL-23i had experienced a higher number bDMARD failures
#EULAR2024 POS0259 @RheumNow https://t.co/F3B6uXyAca
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

Cohort from Netherlands 400+ PsA pts IR first bioDMARD
300+ switched TNFi->IL-17i, 99 cycled TNFi->TNFi
3year retention rates
12 mo 75% cyclers 80% swappers
24mo 60% cyclers 56% swappers
No difference in treatment failure or DAS28 CRP
#EULAR2024 @RheumNow POS0278 https://t.co/J8ONjVAFqG
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

What is the meaning of mechanical stress-induced sacroiliac BMO MRI after childbirth in healthy women?
5yrs follow up MRI study shows:
-decrease in BMO
-1/3 BMO @ 5-year follow-up
-15% ASAS definition of sacroiliitis
-No correlation w/ symptoms
@RheumNow #EULAR24 OP0222
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

Understudied neurological involvement 🧠 in RA
in pts > 65 vs. matched HC
-larger lateral cerebral ventricles
-brain atrophy
-shrinkage of thalamus + frontal cortical regions
-association w/ clinical depression
@RheumNow POS0148 #EULAR2024 https://t.co/2mV4qGyBtW
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

BARI reduces nociplastic pain, small cohort RA n=13
-wk 12 ACR FM score 14 vs 10.5 p=0.03
-fMRI data: reduction connectivity between DMN and posterior insula & between IPL & anterior/middle insular regions
Directs mechanims yet to be investigated
@RheumNow POS0310 #EULAR2024 https://t.co/jGgvS5qqV6
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

Is RA always preceded by clinically suspect arthralgia? Cohort 650+ pts CSA = 83 pts no CSA = 616 pts
Pts w/ no CSA: -older -more frequent acute onset of symptoms -higher SJC -increased CRP -less ACPA+ No sure how accounted for memory bias
#EULAR2024 @RheumNow POS1030 https://t.co/dJeN41ax5P
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

9 new MOAs in SLE to review - anti-cd38, cd40, ubiquitin ligase, tyk2, toll 7/8, baff-r, blyss/april, CAR-T, glycosylated cd20 @rheumnow #EULAR2024
Peter Nash drpnash ( View Tweet)

EFFICACY AND SAFETY OUTCOMES OF TAK-279, A SELECTIVE ORAL TYROSINE KINASE 2 (TYK2) INHIBITOR, FROM A RANDOMIZED, DOUBLE-BLIND, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED PHASE 2B TRIAL IN PATIENTS WITH ACTIVE PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS - smells tastes & looks like a Tyk2 - acne signal? @rheumnow #EULAR2024
Peter Nash drpnash ( View Tweet)

EFFECTIVENESS & COST-EFFECTIVENESS OF PATIENT-INITIATED FOLLOW-UP SUPPORTED BY ASYNCHRONOUS TELEMONITORING IN SPA (TeleSpA-STUDY): PRAGMATIC MULTICENTRE RVT cost effective but no one will ever be examined again especially for pathology outside joints! @rheumnow #EULAR2024
Peter Nash drpnash ( View Tweet)

FAPI PET/CT entheseal & synovial fibroblast activation predicts PsA in high risk PsO better than MUS @RheumNow #EULAR2024 https://t.co/uqmEvMg9WN
Peter Nash drpnash ( View Tweet)