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ICYMI: Combination treatments in Psoriatic Arthritis
Despite the advances in the treatment of PsA with biologic (bDMARD) and targeted synthetic (tsDMARD), less than half of patients with this condition achieved remission or low disease activity. Combination DMARD treatment is often used in order to achieve remission or minimal disease activity. The standard practice is to use a conventional synthetic (csDMARD) with a bDMARD. The use of the combination of bDMARD with a tsDMARD such as a JAKi or TYK2i is a new order in the treatment of PsA.
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ICYMI: Introducing Polyrefractory RA: A New Frontier in Difficult-to-Treat RA
At a EULAR 2025 session titled “What makes ‘Difficult-to-treat RA’ so difficult to treat? And what can we do?”, Drs. Paula David and Dennis McGonagle introduced the emerging concept of polyrefractory rheumatoid arthritis (RA), a term now being used to describe a subset of patients who have failed to respond to five or more biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs. This new classification, derived from recent multinational registry data, represents a significant step in refining our understanding and management of the most treatment-resistant forms of RA.
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Glucocorticoid Tapering in SLE
Dr. Yuz Yusof discusses abstract POS1224 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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GLP 1 Receptor Agonists in axSpA
Dr. David Liew reviews POS1232 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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Rituximab - Super Responders Exist in SLE
Dr. Yuz Yusof reports on abstract POS0325 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona.
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Rheumatology RoundUp: EULAR 2025
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PCR: Prevalence, Cost, & Risk (6.27.2025)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from last week on RheumNow.
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New IL-17 Inhibition New Molecular Constructs
Dr. Philip Mease offers his perspective from the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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ARD's Impact Factor
The 2024 Impact Factor for ARD is 20.6 – an increase from 20.3 in 2023. This retains the journal’s position as second of 58 titles in the rheumatology category and confirms its status as the top-ranking journal for the publication of original research in both https://t.co/dtMTejkhcc
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MRI Lesions in Early axSpA vs Non-axSpA
Dr. Adela Castro reports on abstract OP0310 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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JAK Inhibitors: The Latest from the JAK-pot Study
Dr. David Liew reports on abstract POS0150 - Evolution of Janus Kinase Inhibitors (JAKi) Prescriptions Since 2015 In An International Collaboration of Rheumatoid Arthritis Registers (The 'JAK-pot' Study): Effect of Regulatory https://t.co/KiOZuphQTx
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AI Advances axSpA Diagnosis with Multimodal MRI
Dr. Bella Mehta reports on abstract OP0307 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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Complex-to-Manage PsA: The GRAPPA Framework and Definition
Dr. Nelly Ziade discusses abstract OP0175 presented at the EULAR 2025 meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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All Rheumatoid Arthritis is Not the Same
Dr. Jonathan Kay reviews abstracts OP0323 and OP0328 from the EULAR 2025 meeting in Barcelona, Spain.
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Assessment of Peripheral Arthritis in Spondyloarthritis
Dr. Antoni Chan talks with Dr. Dafne Capelusnik about abstract POS0257 presented at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona.
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Resilience or Resignation? Rethinking Pain, Aging, and Quality of Life
Dr. Jiha Lee reports on abstract POS0402 - THE ROLE OF AGEING IN THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN CHRONIC MUSCULOSKELETAL PAIN AND HEALTH-RELATED QUALITY OF LIFE: THE MAASTRICHT STUDY - presented at the 2025 EULAR https://t.co/AiP57hXIRB
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GRAPPA vs. EULAR on Complex/Difficult-to-Manage Psoriatic Arthritis
Following the establishment of formal definitions for Difficult-to-Treat Rheumatoid Arthritis (D2T RA) by EULAR and Difficult-to-Manage axial Spondyloarthritis (D2M axSpA) by ASAS, the “Difficult” framework has https://t.co/NYgivNRgUV
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Trends and Innovations from Barcelona (6.20.2025)
Dr. Jack Cush reviews highlights, trends and novel studies from EULAR 2025 in Barcelona from last week.
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AI in Early Diagnosis of Giant Cell Arteritis
Dr. Bella Mehta reviews abstract OP0343 - THE CLAUDICAITIO MODEL: ULTRASOUND IMAGE CLASSIFICATION IN GIANT CELL ARTERITIS BY APPLICATION OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE - at the 2025 EULAR meeting in Barcelona.
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