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Stopping therapy in GCA
They say the easiest bit about GCA, like PMR, is the first week after you start steroids. Those fond memories belie the challenge of ongoing treatment in GCA. In a steroid-only world, there is only misery. Steroid-sparing therapies have changed this completely.
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Sooner May Still Be Too Late: Kidney Biopsies in SLE
#ACR25 kicked off with Plenary Session by Michelle Petri (Abstract 0772: Redefining When to Biopsy the Kidney in Patients with SLE. As part of a collaboration with the Accelerating Medicines Partnership, Petri and colleagues https://t.co/bU09vpcDew
Dr. John Cush RheumNow ( View Tweet)
#2682 In a randomised trial of 320 RA patients, the recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) was safe and did not trigger disease flares. But methotrexate use and older age significantly blunted antibody responses ➡️key factors to consider for vaccine strategies in RA. @RheumNow #ACR25
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Abstract 2697: Compared to MMF, tacrolimus showed
- similar SRR by week 96 (58.5% vs. 69.2%, OR 0.62; 95% CI 0.29-1.29)
- similar time to renal AE/deaths (HR 0.70; 95% CI 0.37-1.35)
- serious AEs less frequent (12.3% vs. 30.8%)
@RheumNow #ACR25 https://t.co/o3LtgOp7St
Akhil Sood MD, MS AkhilSoodMD ( View Tweet)
Abstract 2696: Phase 1/2 study of rapidly engineered CD19 CAR T showed:
- rapid depletion of CD19 B cells w/ recovery by Day 90
- Days 180 and 360: returning B cells largely naive (CD27-IgD+)
- Interferon expression ↓ after CAR T treatment
@RheumNow #ACR25 https://t.co/FzdFbqWwtE
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Akhil Sood MD, MS AkhilSoodMD ( View Tweet)
#ACR25 Abstr#2697 H2H RCT of Tacrolimus + GC vs MMF + GC in #lupus Nephritis in Asia for Induction-Maintenance showed similar efficacy. Different side effects: AKI more in TAC, low WCC & infections in MMF. Informative for services with no access to biologics/Voclosporin @RheumNow https://t.co/V4uWhuqjjW
Md Yuzaiful Md Yusof Yuz6Yusof ( View Tweet)
#2658 In >870k adults with T2DM or obesity, GLP-1 receptor agonists showed no increase in autoimmune or inflammatory disease risk, and were instead linked to lower mortality, heart failure, stroke and dementia. Excellent real-world safety signals. @RheumNow #ACR25
Mrinalini Dey DrMiniDey ( View Tweet)
Abst 2694:
Post-hoc analysis of Phase 2 PAISLEY SLE trial examined impact of deucravacitinib on renal dysfunction
🔹 Plasma proteins a/w ↑ BILAG renal score and ↓ UPCR --> reduced by WK 32
🔹 Biomarkers inversely related to eGFR were reduced with deucra vs PBO
@RheumNow #ACR25 https://t.co/6CvmQ9lCfS
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Akhil Sood MD, MS AkhilSoodMD ( View Tweet)
Lots of interest in MRI for GCA diagnosis... but what about monitoring?
Case series of 14 pts: MRI identified relapse prior to symptoms or inflammatory markers in 2 cases, including those on TCZ, which hides them
More available in US context, noninvasive, & more structures https://t.co/pnrI9SEpll
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This prospective study from Brazil evaluated the effect of RHZ vax in SSc pts
SSc pts had ⬆️rates of seroconversion
mean titers ⬆️ from BL
Local rxs ⬇️ in SSc pts
Systemic rxns comparable among the 2 grps
interesting data. longterm studies still needed
#ACR25 @RheumNow Abs2653 https://t.co/wJqpPrAHKG
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Thank you @drdavidliew & @DrLauraCoates ❤️ for highlighting our work. Super-responders (some were IS-Free) do exist with rituximab in #SLE Abstr#1525 @RheumNow https://t.co/S4mMAYInfT
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Year in Preview
SLE: 52% subtherapeutic on weight based HCQ dosing
Precision prescribing needed, more so for CKD
@RheumNow #ACR25 Abstract 1722 https://t.co/8WqorQ1xJx
Jiha Lee JihaRheum ( View Tweet)
Hydroxychloroquine in SLE is all about the sweet spot. Not too hot with retinopathy, not too cold with flares, just right by the levels.
Yet drug concentrations and TDM are not commonplace in many places - time for change
Laura Coates in the #ACR25 meeting review @RheumNow https://t.co/oB3ecfSQQc
David Liew drdavidliew ( View Tweet)
ACR25 coming to a close with Clinical Year in Preview
For PsA, can biologics prevent damage? If so, which one?
Difficult to answer often b/c confounding by indication. NLP-informed propensity matching beyond demographics for clinical factors like BSA
@RheumNow #ACR25 A#2689 https://t.co/jjpb0kTo34
Jiha Lee JihaRheum ( View Tweet)
In a U.S. axSpA cohort (n=4,799), women had a 24% higher adjusted risk of TNFi discontinuation vs men especially under age 65. No sex differences seen for IL-17i or JAKi, though sample sizes were small. Highlights need for sex-informed treatment strategies. Abstract#2634 https://t.co/58Dw3nFCsf
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Fukui et al. CorEvitas study. 12076 RA patients. Propensity score matching. Kidney dysfunction (eGFR<60) reduced chance of CDAI remission (HR 0.71) or remission/LDA (HR 0.88) @RheumNow #ACR25 Abstr#2640 https://t.co/uvTjOQlGD7
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Sjögren’s: two Phase 3 RCTs (NEPTUNUS-1 [QM], -2 [Q3M]) test Ianalumab (BAFF/BAFF-R) vs placebo.
ΔESSDAI at 48wk: Ianalumab QM > PBO, statistically significant
But ΔESSDAI ≈ 0.5–1 pt (vs PBO) below MCII (≥ 3)
Promising biology, modest clinical gain
#ACR25 @RheumNow LB24 https://t.co/8y580ch9iJ
Jiha Lee JihaRheum ( View Tweet)
Grader-Beck et al. Ianalumab in Sjogren's disease. NEPTUNUS 1 and 2 studies. 779 patients. Met primary endpoint ESSDAI. Big placebo effect also. Patient and physician global also improved. @RheumNow #ACR25 Abstr#LB24 https://t.co/klhxXW4Jfh
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REGULATE RA SBT-77-701
Engineered Treg cell in Refractory RA population
6patients
Safety and tolerability: No DLT, CRS or ICANS
Efficacy
Reduction >50% in TJC and SJC
67% reduction of DAS-CRP >=2
stained up to wk 24
Impressive in pts for whom it works, yet a couple seem to https://t.co/lQAQABPhg0
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Kohler et al. Phase 1 study autologous CAR-Tregs in refractory RA. No lymphodepletion needed! 6 participants. 2 doses, second cohort with higher dose better and more sustained response. No CRS or other toxicities. @RheumNow #ACR25 Abstr#LB023 https://t.co/nWva2R7WOQ
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