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RA polygenic risk ≠ MI risk. In >8,700 Swedes w/ or w/o RA, higher genetic risk for RA wasn’t linked to higher MI incidence. Familial clustering of RA & MI likely driven by non-genetic factors. Traditional CV risk still key in RA care.
@RheumNow #EULAR2025 #OP0072 https://t.co/KN6Dg0ekt2
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Xeligekimab in AS:
-IL-17A blocker
-Phase 3 study on Chinese pts showed sustained efficacy until week 48.
-Significant improvement on DAI measures as well.
-Fully humanized IgG4 mab may last longer in system and possible less ADAs.
Abstract #OP0102 #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/vyNHZ9ssFt
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📊 POS0574 @rheumnow #EULAR2025 Real-world data from SERENA shows sustained 5-year effectiveness of secukinumab in PsA. ✔️ 57% had no tender/swollen joints at Year 5 ✔️ PASI90 in ~48% ✔️ Stable low TJC, SJC & PtGA Durability confirmed even in prior biologic users. https://t.co/eNpboTRRu3
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Clinical determinants of multiple drug failure in D2T RA
2000+ RA cohort 250+ refractory
-Low financial status
-Cancer Hx
-CV comorbidities
-Chronic use of NSAID or GCs
Protective: Regular participation in leisure activities
#POS0030 @RheumNow #EULAR2025 https://t.co/qNHQoHCb80
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REGULATE-RA and REGULATE-HS FIH CAR-Treg targeting Cit-P
Refractory RA (at least 3 MoA)
3 RA pts dosed & 3 Hidradenitis Suppurativa 0 SAE, DLTs or CRS
Grade 1 TEAs mainly, one Grade 2
Efficacy and PD analysis ongoing
#POS0034 #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/Glw3NNFepF
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Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

If you successfully taper off DMARDs in RA patients in remission, do you risk bringing new joints in the mix?
Leiden post-hoc trial: these patients don’t do worse than those who never get off drug.
Drug-free remission tricky but new joints not a worry. #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/QDxNRPN9f1
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In >228k CTD patients across France, ILD increased mortality risk across all CTDs. Proportion of incident CTD with ILD highest in IIM (37%). Up to 34% of CTD-ILD pts had progressive pulm fibrosis. Supports earlier ILD screening & vigilance in CTDs.
@RheumNow #EULAR2025 #OP0033 https://t.co/KkF9xFY4Cn
Mrinalini Dey DrMiniDey ( View Tweet)

First line TNFi in RA in 140+ pts vs Standard of Care
At 5 yrs outcome
OR drug free remission 2.2
But no longer significant at 10yrs
OR sustained remission 10yrs 1.91
OR single bioDMARDs 10yrs 2.64
Less 1% D2T
#Poster0027 #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/sL2XCbxPbl
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

Access inequity across Europe is real.
New #RheumaFacts data show major gaps in RMD care:
🔹 Full tsDMARD access in just 4% of countries
🔹 Self-referral possible in 57%
🔹 Rheum physio reimbursed in 63%
🔹 Psych care? Only 30%.
Abstract#OP0025
@RheumNow #EULAR2025
Jiha Lee JihaRheum ( View Tweet)

🎩REGENCY: Obinutuzumab + standard therapy improved renal outcomes in #lupus nephritis across all tested response definitions (REGENCY, BLISS-LN, AURORA-1). Week 76 CRR consistently 13–16% higher vs placebo. Results hold despite variable thresholds.
@RheumNow #EULAR2025 #OP0006
Mrinalini Dey DrMiniDey ( View Tweet)

MONITOR-PsA (n=218):
•36.5% had >1 csDMARD
•Of those, 49.2% tried combination (combo) csDMARDs
•63.6% of combo csDMARD users in MDA at 48wks
•61.1% stopped due to side effects—not inefficacy
Real-world support for csDMARD combos where biologics delayed. Abstract#OP0093 https://t.co/3Anme39VXk
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Comparative efficacy of tofacitinib vs. adalimumab in RA - metanalysis of 9 RCTs, 24,643 pts finds Tofa signif superior to ADA for ACR20 (RR 1.28), HAQ-DI, VAS, but no difference in adverse events (RR 0.96) or DAS28-CRP improvement https://t.co/5mVY2Qvdms https://t.co/czxnlYHEAl
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Ph 2 open label RCT TOFA in RA-ILD 52 wks
39pts 92% AE 8% 3 deaths FVC decline -69 ml
No diff between UIP, NSIP or antifibrotic
No control group
#POS0619 #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/3lqEUfObG9
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

What’s worse for infection in GCA: tail end steroid taper, or a JAK inhibitor?
This is exactly SELECT-GCA in the second 6mo. What happened?
upa skews better on serious infection, worse on HZ
JAKi might have infection risk, but not like steroids. OP0057 #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/FigxviOW3e
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Early PsA? Treat fast, treat hard.
The STAMP RCT showed that early secukinumab + MTX led to faster ACR50 and PASI90 responses vs standard care in a T2T strategy. By 12 months, outcomes were similar, but early SEC needed fewer escalations.
Abstract#OP0092
@RheumNow #EULAR2025 https://t.co/cAZTc9eN16
Jiha Lee JihaRheum ( View Tweet)

Combination therapies in PsA not so far away:
-Case series of 22 patients from large PsA cohort.
-Combination therapy in PsA used when difficult to treat skin and msk involvement.
-Deucravacitinib was the agent mostly used in combination with bDMARDs.
-No major serious adverse https://t.co/YUyvuaJcsE
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#OP0066 Danish registry study finds no increased risk of cancer recurrence with bDMARDs vs csDMARDs in RA patients with prior solid tumor in remission. IPTW-adjusted HR for any bDMARD: 0.92 (95% CI 0.38–2.21).
📉 TNFi, ,RTX also not associated with recurrence
@RheumNow #EULAR2025
Jiha Lee JihaRheum ( View Tweet)

Case series of 22 PsA pts treats w/ combination bioDMARDs & JAKi,TYK2i or APR
IL17i + JAKi 10.5 PY = 1 mild infectious stomatitis
IL23i + JAKi 3.7 PY = no AE
IL-17i + TYK2i 8.5 PY = 2 mild upper respiratory infections
IL-23i + TYK2i 8.3 PY = 2 mild URIs, 1 folliculitis
TNFi + https://t.co/Qg9HIwuslJ
Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo ( View Tweet)

Can IL-17F signalling be modulated by treatment with TNFi?
In PsA pts non responders to previous TNFi, there was increased expression of IL17F-related gene signature. Suggesting a potential mechanism for the consistent level of clinical response observed with BKZ.
Abstract https://t.co/D6fvp18UTz
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In #InflammatoryArthritis, baseline depression was linked to ↑ presenteeism & ↓ QoL at baseline + 3mo, but not absenteeism. Data from 9-country study provide further evidence that mental health is key to supporting work outcomes in RA, PsA & axSpA.
@RheumNow #EULAR2025 #OP0028
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