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Dr. Jack Cush reviews this past week's news on RheumNow.com and suggests a learning plan for those wanting to consume the upcoming ACR Convergence 2023 meeting.
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal reports and regulatory approvals from the past week on RheumNow.com.
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news, journal reports and regulatory approvals from this past week on RheumNow.com.
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow, and introduces our September campaign - "Hard Decisions in RA".
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Researchers have shown that gut microbiome differences may be associated with later development of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and that such differences are present years before the disease is diagnosed.
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Monoarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (monoJIA) is typically classified under oligoarticular JIA, but a recent study suggests it is a separate entity.
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the wonderful wide world of Rheumatology. This week:
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Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com. This week highlights Veterans, Vegetarians and Antenatal Corticosteroids.
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A claims data study shows that maternal use of antenatal corticosteroids may be associated with an increased risk of serious infection in the offspring's first 12 months.
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A EULAR/American College of Rheumatology task force has established evidence based, up-to-date guidance and expert opinion on the evaluation, management and monitoring of patients with Haemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis (HLH) and macrophage activation syndrome (MAS), with the primary intent to halt disease progression and prevent life-threatening complications from HLH/MAS.
Dr. Rachel Tate
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Assessment of MAP kinase pathway gene expression prior to tx may aid in identification of polyarticular course JIA patients that could exhibit poor response to tofacitinib. It may be helpful in personalized tx algorithm! #ACR23 Abs #0830 https://t.co/Z8pykbG7x5 @rheumnow https://t.co/ANZr8aVrVB
Dr. Rachel Tate
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STOP-JIA study data from Abs #0831 suggest improved effectiveness with early combination tx vs step up and biologic first tx at the 2-3 yr timeframe for pJIA pts. More data needed to optimize outcomes/tx for these children. https://t.co/vWL5J4FPbo #ACR23 @rheumnow https://t.co/5iJpwglhPu
Dr. John Cush
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Good Treatment review of biologics (IL-1, IL-6) in systemic JIA (Stills) including complications of #MAS and lung disease; also info on horizon therapies like JAK inhibitors and IL-18 targeting and novel biomarkers (calgranulins, IL-18 and CXCL9) https://t.co/Cbd7bKdIbb https://t.co/d9tn9fmSAy
Dr. Antoni Chan
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Things for me to take back to the clinic in looking after JIA patients, Sadun R, #ACR23 @RheumNow https://t.co/YkiP4GZG19
Dr. Antoni Chan
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New clinical skill to use in the clinic. Auscultate at the TMJ for crepitus and measure the maximal incisal opening in JIA, Sadun R, #ACR23 @RheumNow https://t.co/8koZRCZYoP
Dr. John Cush
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Anakinra Effective in Systemic JIA, Irrespective of HLA-DRB1 and IL1RN Variants
A prospective study of first line use anakinra in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) proved to be effective and without potentially allergic lung reactions.
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Dr. John Cush
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FDA has approved Abatacept to Treat Juvenile Psoriatic Arthritis (JPsA) in patients aged 2 to 17 years. (JPsA) in patients aged 2 to 17 years. This expands the current indications for ABA use in RA, poly JIA, PsA, and GVHD. https://t.co/eAc8Dsyc3b https://t.co/uHJqhEvuPG
Dr. John Cush
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Anifrolumab was studied in 7 adolescents w/ resistant #DLE (discoid); given 6 monthly IV doses. All had signif decreases in skin CLASI-A scores (72%) at 1 month (P =.01), sustained at 6-mo F/U. SLEDAI-2K score also decr by 7 pts; 1 had HSV-1 reactivation https://t.co/Nc0IN1Rsao https://t.co/XeAB99YZMF
Dr. John Cush
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Hepatotoxicity related to Anakinra has been reported in pediatric rheumatology patients. LFT elevations have been reported with IL-1 inhibition, even after excluding LFTs from the inflamm Dx, other drugs, MAS, etc. Here are 3 case reports. https://t.co/6ZxIcHbUEd https://t.co/Cx0kbn7JU2
Dr. John Cush
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FDA Approves the first Actemra biosimilar- called tocilizumab-bavi (Tofidence) or BIIB800 (during development). This IV FORMULATION is approved for use in active RA, polyarticular JIA and systemic JIA. https://t.co/SSKz6RcR5r https://t.co/fLSNHazFS6 https://t.co/pvfrjkOeyW… https://t.co/ASihH17Phu
