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Multimorbidity Burden in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Crowson and colleagues at the Mayo Clinic have shown that rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients have a higher prevalence of multimorbidity with as many as 44 different morbidities of interest in RA.
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Acute Inflammatory Responses Needed to Resolve Chronic Pain
Science Translational Medicine has published results of a Canadian study of low back pain (LBP) suggests that pain control by anti-inflammatory treatments might have negative effects on pain duration and may be counterproductive for long-term pain outcomes.
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Bimekizumab Development Delayed by FDA
UCB announced they have received a Complete Response Letter (CRL) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) regarding the Biologics License Application (BLA) for bimekizumab for the treatment of adults with moderate to severe plaque psoriasis (PSO).
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Data from Scleroderma Lung Study (CTX vs MMF in PSS) shows that early progression of ILD by CXR scoring (≥ 2% at 12 or 24 months) experienced significantly worse long-term survival than those with stable Xrays (P = .014). https://t.co/BVy0WEE6G8 https://t.co/e6NN7nxNDt
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24 week, Phase II RCT of baricitinib in 314 active #SLE patients showed significant reductions in levels of dsDNA, IgG, Sm & ACL Abs; but had no effect on C3/C4, RNP, SSA, SSB. Changes in dsDNA did not correlate with SRI-4 responses though.https://t.co/cF6rHbtvf9 https://t.co/zXnUImaLHF
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FDA has approved baricitinib (Olumiant) for the Treatment of Certain Hospitalized Patients with COVID-19 who require supplemental O2, mechanical ventilation, ECMO. Rec dose: 4-mg once daily for 14 days or until hospital discharge https://t.co/RiEp01tc0v https://t.co/f3RvUAzdRp
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Cool NEJM Case of Spinal Gout in 82-yr-old woman with 3-wk hx of severe LBP, rigors, anorexia, incomplete urination. Hx of PsA, CKD, CHF treated w/ Humira, HCQ, diuretics. Imaging tophi in spine, responded to steroids and allopurinol. https://t.co/JgH2bPsDeu https://t.co/RAPNxohe55
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New podcast available on Methotrexate Monitoring. Download wherever you get your podcasts.
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.
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Study of 198 RMD pts, vaccinated 91% JAKi and 80% MTX mono pts were Ab+ for spike protein. Adjusting MTX or JAKi did not significantly alter the immunogenicity (S1 spike Abs). DMARD adjustments w/ COVID-19 VAX may not be needed. https://t.co/ebw172M5I4 https://t.co/vjXqTbuD5t
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ASCORE: Seropositivity Favors Abatacept Drug Survival
The ASCORE study evaluated efficacy, safety, and drug retention (durability) of ABA in moderate-to-severe RA and found consistently better ABA durability in those who were seropositive.
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Can You Reduce Frequency of Methotrexate Monitoring?
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Wiki Guidelines Approach to Pyogenic Osteomyelitis
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Polygenic Risk Scores to Identfy Severe Knee and Hip Osteoarthritis
This study identified genetic risk variants from genome-wide association analysis of OA patients to calculate PRSs associated with subsequent need for joint replacement surgery.
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Lumbar spinal stenosis affects 103 million worldwide (11% of older adults in US). 1st line Rx is activity modification, analgesia, PT. Benefits of epidural steroids havent been established. Decompressive surgery only for selected pts w/ pain & limitation https://t.co/qdC8VXC1ko https://t.co/C67sB6IFVL
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NEJM has published results of 2 phase 3 trials (BRAVE-AA1, BRAVE-AA2) demonstrating the efficacy of Baricitinib in aduls with severe alopecia areata - BARI was superior to placebo in hair regrowth by week 36 https://t.co/I88bvuU4cg https://t.co/4xNH0IZnGA
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Small RCT 39 pts with #PMR given tocilizumab or placebo. Steroid-free remission at wk 16 was 64% on tocilizumab (63.2%) and 12% placebo. Mean time to first relapse was shorter with PBO (82 vs 130days). 5 SAE PBO, 1 TCZ https://t.co/FJjDxm7wfQ https://t.co/EiuSGaXgeh
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Acne with JAK Inhibitors
JAK inhibitors have become enormously popular and while their side effect profile has been delineated and reviewed, little mention is made of acne – an adverse event that may affect up to one-quarter of patients taking JAKi.
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Welcome to the latest update from #SLEEducatorsNetwork, with Dr. Askanase, Director of the Lupus Center @Columbia who explains why a deeper understanding of SLE pathophysiology may help us better address its underlying mechanisms. Sponsored by GSK USMA.
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Early results from the U-ENDURE, Phase 3 RCT of upadacitinib in adult Crohns disease. Pts responding to UPA 45 mg/d were given PBO or UPA (15 or 30 mg). 52 wk UPA achieved CDAI (37% & 48% vs 15% PBO)& endoscopic remission (28% & 40% vs 7%) https://t.co/eo2KtNOUW8 https://t.co/MKnTxVEkth
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2019 Gabapentin Rx=69 million; 7th most common Rx in USA. MMWR: 62,652 overdose deaths, 52% had Pos. gabapentin test. OD deaths w/ GAB involved usually involved illicitly manufactured fentanyls. GAB+Opioids=BAD COMBO! https://t.co/qQbPmwzAgJ
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