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EULAR 2025 – Day 4 Report
Saturday was the final day of EULAR, and included several lectures, but mostly late breaking abstracts and new EULAR guidelines - notably on Rheumatoid Arthritis and another on Interstitial Lung disease in connective tissue disorders. My favorite presentations included the following.
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Methotrexate and Leflunomide combination in RA/PsA: Is it safe?
I asked the EULAR twitter sphere how they feel about combination of methotrexate (MTX) and leflunomide (LEF). The opinions are differing so far, with 50% reporting prescribing this combination often while 50% are worried of side effects. Several abstracts presented this year are providing further data to help us make up our minds in RA and PsA.
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From Domains to Decisions: Personalizing PsA Care with Data
At EULAR 2025, Dr. Laura Coates (Oxford) took the plenary stage to reframe how we think about treating psoriatic arthritis. The message was clear: in 2025, PsA treatment is no longer about following a linear algorithm; it’s about understanding the unique constellation of domains, comorbidities, and patient factors that shape each clinical decision.
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EULAR 2025 – Day 2 Report
Day 2 was a full agenda for those attending EULAR 2025 in Barcelona with sessions on the management of RA, Behcets, Lupus and Hand Osteoarthritis. Clinical overviews on MAS, Ehlers-Danlos, Difficult to treat RA and PsA offered a wide variety of options https://t.co/rys0pA6D6j
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Sonelokimab in PsA
Dr. Adela Castro reports on OP0096, 'Impact of sonelokimab, a novel IL-17A- and IL-17F-inhibiting Nanobody, on multidomain clinical outcomes in active psoriatic arthritis: results from the randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled Phase 2 ARGO trial,' https://t.co/KmV6Rx4uFT
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Psoriatic Arthritis: Hit hard and Early
Two studies found no significant benefit of early biologics over standard methotrexate treatment, but they did not focus on poor prognosis cases. The SPEED trial, funded by the NIHR, aimed to compare disease activity in 192 PsA patients https://t.co/Vte0RSyszN
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Combination treatments in Psoriatic Arthritis
Psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is a complex inflammatory arthritis with multiple domains and associated comorbidities. Despite the advances in the treatment of PsA with biologic (bDMARD) and targeted synthetic (tsDMARD), less than half https://t.co/rSkoE236hR
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EULAR Points to consider for the definition of D2M and TR #Psoriatic_Arthritis
Presented by Dr Helena Marzo-Ortega at #EULAR2025
@RheumNow https://t.co/3LsJvSiXJV
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In the United States, IL-6R inhibitors have continued to help PMR patients get off steroids.
Hopefully more use and more options mean that, in the future, PMR patients get no more steroids than PsA or RA patients
#EULAR2025 POS0948 @RheumNow https://t.co/JT7gFDC5rl
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In BIODOPT study (RA, PsA, axSpA), disease activity-guided tapering of biologics (incl. biosimilars) maintained QALY (Δ0.008, NS) while lowering biologic costs (Δ€–1,979 [95%CI –3,798;–161]) & total hospital costs (Δ€–1,936 [95%CI –3,753;–119]) over 18mo. Supports https://t.co/CJUpfU2oRA
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APEX study showed significant inhibition of structural damage progression with both dosing regimens (Q4W and Q8W) of GUS (IL-23i) in biologic-naïve pts with active PsA.
Abstract #LB0010
#EULAR2025
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Psoriatic Arthritis at Risk for Interstitial Lung Disease
A TriNetX EHR study shows that psoriatic arthritis (PsA), but not Psoriasis (PsO), patients are at increased risk for interstitial lung disease (ILD).
https://t.co/2zuxF1PY3Q. https://t.co/Icck4qE76X
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Biologic switching in PsA:
-Retrospective study on 3,851 PsA pts initiating bDMARDs, 1,848 (48%) switched therapy at least once.
-TNFis were the initial therapy.
-IL17i were the first switch in both single-switch and multi-switch scenarios.
-Subsequent switches: back to TNFi https://t.co/tJDJvPeu9T
Adela Castro AdelaCastro222 ( View Tweet)
Sacroiliac joint involvement in #Psoriatic_arthritis
🔹️681 patients
🔹️Age 45
🔹️31% MRI-positive sacroiliitis
🔹️29% radiographic sacroiliitis
🔹️AxPsS associated with: peripheral arthritis, dactylitis, nail psoriasis
POS0297
#EULAR2025
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Data from COAST-V study (post hoc)
🔹️Ixekizumab in #axSpA
🔹️Efficacy stratified by CRP level
🔹️Better treatment response in the elevated compared to the normal CRP group
OP0699
#EULAR2025
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Nelly ZIADE 🍀 Nellziade ( View Tweet)
Why do people not respond to psoriatic arthritis therapies?
#EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/VGLN0R3TyY
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What is the difference between difficult to treat, and treatment-refractory?
(see these criteria for PsA)
Treatment refractory means that co-morbidities, psychosocial issues and other factors have been managed adequately, but inflammation keeps on going
#EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/Fzpf0eiCWY
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POETYK PsA-1
Deucravacitinib TYK2i RCT Ph 3
ACR 20 DEU 54% vs. 34% PBO wk 16
ACR 50 DEU 23% vs. 14% PBO
also significant diff for HAQ-DI PASI 75 SF-36 PCS and MDA
Less Rx progression
@RheumNow #EULAR2025 LB0001 https://t.co/oRLlHwI4Bh
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)
EULAR Points to consider for the definition of #D2M #Psoriatic_Arthritis
1️⃣ Failure >= 2 b/tsDMARDs with >=2 different MOA
2️⃣ Perceived as problematic
3️⃣ Evidence of persistent disease (active disease, EMM, inflammation)
#EULAR2025
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EULAR PtC for the definition of #TR (Trt Refractory) #Psoriatic_Arthritis
#D2M
1️⃣ Failure >= 2 b/tsDMARDs
2️⃣ Problematic
3️⃣ Evidence of persistent disease (inflammation is mandatory)
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4️⃣ Exclude comorbidities, psychosocial factors, failure due to SE/CI
#EULAR2025
@RheumNow https://t.co/8nx26mWX3C
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