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Predictors of Remission and Low Disease Activity in SLE
A treat-to-target strategy has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in patients with rheumatic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis including systemic lupus erythematosus. The goal of treatment in SLE is aimed at remission or low disease activit
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ACR21 – Day 3 Report
Hitting the home stretch, day 3 presentations were big! Here are a few of my favorites: secukinumab efficacy in juvenile PsA; VEXAS - predicting poor outcomes; and the FDA Safety Update session.
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Risks associated with mortality in VEXAS
Vacuoles, E1 enzyme, X-linked, autoinflammatory, somatic syndrome (VEXAS) took the centre stage when it was first introduced at ACR20 last year. It got everyone’s thinking that they might have encountered one or two patients in their rheumatology lifetime who might have this condition.
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The Need for Comparative Treatment Trials in Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis is currently experiencing a burgeoning selection of treatment options. While this is a very welcome development in a disease which has had less treatment options compared to RA, it leaves us with a difficult conundrum: which agent to choose for an individual patient.
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Thank you @AhmadSherbini for discussing his #ACR21 research on @RheumNow on Abs#1444 - Can we predict which patients are most likely to have nausea or alopecia intolerance to MTX?
https://t.co/I5WmCECq7v
Eric Dein ericdeinmd ( View Tweet)
Racial differences in PsA patients in large US real world database
95% Whites (W) and 5% were AA
NSAIDs: 80% W and 78% AAs
TNFI: 51% W and 41% of AAs
DMARDs: 72% of W and 98% of AAs
HTN/DM/Obesity/Gout 🔼 AA
Cancer/osteoporosis /anxiety 🔼 whites
Abst#1780 #ACR21 @Rheumnow https://t.co/7ee4bVU7ZA
swethaann23 swethaann23 ( View Tweet)
Racial disparities & Co-morbidities in PsA findings. Amongst important others, increased biologic use in Caucasians w/ PsA vs DMARDs in black PsA pts. View Abs 1780 for other relevant findings. #ACR21 #RheumNow #ACRbest @RheumNow https://t.co/0uKsa8i0bG https://t.co/R9YkxYqXws
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Minority (African American and Hispanic) #SLE patients have worse #COVID19 outcomes – double whammy! Data from the @rheum_covid #ACR21 @rheumnow #abst1933
Bella Mehta bella_mehta ( View Tweet)
#SLE patients with limited health literacy affects vulnerable black patients in multiple domains – worse disease activity/damage, physician/patient communication, worse patient centered care, and patient activation @mithurheum #ACR21 @rheumnow #ACRBest abst#L08
Bella Mehta bella_mehta ( View Tweet)
Will a FDA black box warning change your JAKi practice?
In May 2019, the EMA put out a warning about VTE with tofacitinib.
In this French cohort, did it change the kind of pts they initiated on JAKi?
no, not it did not😊
A window into the US future?
#ACR21 ABST1245 @RheumNow https://t.co/QI95E1gepg
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
#ACR21 #Abstr0768 We need to improve disparity among all levels of income. Support to the lowest income group seemed to improve but children with #lupus who were in the 2nd level income quartile had the longest length of stay in the hospital #RheumNow https://t.co/7HSveerUhs https://t.co/cSQBELopH5
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof Yuz6Yusof ( View Tweet)
Meta-analysis from @rheum_covid with @HsiehEvelyn shows that people with rheumatic disease are at⬆️risk of SARS-CoV-2 infection and⬆️mortality from COVID-19. Abstr#0086 #ACR21 @RheumNow #ACRBest https://t.co/B7tWs02gfc
Richard Conway RichardPAConway ( View Tweet)
CARRA survey in SAID pts reported no change in flare frequency w/ COVID19 but many had reduced intensity of fevers during flares. Majority of pts reported mild to moderate symptoms w/ 1/3 had lingering COVID19 symptoms. Abs 1083 #RheumNow #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/qbfsqvXutt https://t.co/6u33VDIexY
Dr. Rachel Tate uptoTate ( View Tweet)
Dr. Petri on SLE, Vit D, and BMD
~1k pts, 92% fem, 42% Black, 48% White
Freq. of osteoporosis:
💠M ~ F
💠Black ~ White
💠⬆️in smokers
Lumbar BMDs showed:
💠Vit D level w/Paradoxical effect
💠Rec goal of 40ng/mL in SLE
https://t.co/kBylQAwqhD
#ACR21 Abst#1265 #ACRBest @RheumNow
Pedro Castillo _Castillo_Pedro ( View Tweet)
@LianneGensler Is exercise anti-inflammatory?
In this study, healthy volunteers were infused with E coli endotoxin 😲 and their TNF levels measured. TNF levels were compared between groups at rest and groups exercising.
TNF levels were ⬇ by exercise.
#ACR21 https://t.co/Ylw7SQX32y
Rheum Cat rheum_cat ( View Tweet)
#ACR21 Ab#1445. RTX & #covid19 outcomes
⭐️RTX ass. w/ Upwards arrow COVID hospitalization, ICU admission, and ventilation
▶️We need huge caution in pts that have not been vax'ed before RTX 💉💉
@Rheumnow
https://t.co/6UNUVhnBkI https://t.co/vHkQe9fZpI
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Eric Dein ericdeinmd ( View Tweet)
JAK-pot registry-based study. Following JAKi failure should you switch mode of action or go to second JAKi? Both seem equally effective in terms of drug retention. Didn't matter if switch for efficacy or adverse event. Abstr#1442 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/QEBB3flArC
Richard Conway RichardPAConway ( View Tweet)
Younger age, male gender, geographic region, lower weight and BMI, dactylitis+ or enthesitis+, lower scores Pt-Pain, PtGA, TJC and HAQ-DI were baseline predictors for achieving MDA and DAPSA LDA at Week 56 in UPA treated patients @RheumNow #ACR21 Abst#1348 https://t.co/FSXarBoBM1 https://t.co/UMCjr6eCRm
Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints ( View Tweet)
Guselkumab improves anaemia in PsA. Appears to correlate with CRP response, ie inflammatory effect. Anaemia resolution associated good outcomes, but many with good outcomes still anaemic. Abstr#1331 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/LL63Qc0nk5
Richard Conway RichardPAConway ( View Tweet)
📢#ACR21 #Abstr1421 Is #COVID19 vaccine safe and effective in #lupus? YES!! VOCOLUP study (N=1189 pts) showed:
💠~45% had a side-effect; of which 80% mild/moderate
💠Only 3% flared post💉(MSK + Fatigue); 10 required hospitalisation @RheumNow #ACRBest https://t.co/WF4aAfiX70 https://t.co/jc0HQoJymo
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof Yuz6Yusof ( View Tweet)
