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Top vasculitis takeaways from ACR 2021

d Janet Pope, MD, MPH, FRCPC

There were several hot topics at ACR21. Here I concentrate on top abstracts in vasculitis. 

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GLORIA Study - Is Prednisone Harmful in Elder RA?

d Jack Cush, MD

The GLORIA study (ABST# 1678) was a pragmatic, blinded placebo-controlled randomized trial from Dr. Martin Boers and colleagues where they assessed whether prednisolone (vs. placebo) use would alter clinical outcomes over 2 years.

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An Old Friend – Methotrexate in Psoriatic Arthritis

d Pedro Castillo

Methotrexate (MTX) remains one of our most used and reliable tools against a variety of rheumatic diseases, including PsA. When the time comes, as it often does, to escalate from a MTX-monotherapy approach, we have several options. In clinic, initiation of these other medications has often been in the form of addition rather than substitution. But what do the patients want, and how much more is the MTX adding in those cases?

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Data from ASN Kidney Wk 2021; US Renal Data System of 275,651 dialysis pts - 15% had gout Vs 85% without gout; Gout pts were older, more male, obese, had more hospitalizations (66 vs 57%), mortality, more CVD, PVD and MI https://t.co/m1d0SJEJjw

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Best of SpA Abstracts Day 2: Dr. Robert Chao ( @doctorRBC) shares the best of SpA Abstracts from Day 2 of #ACR21. https://t.co/8oZipxMLCm https://t.co/jAifqBRgVc

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Early Rheumatoid Arthritis: Dr. Janet Pope ( @Janetbirdope) interviews Dr. Vivian Bykerk about her work in early RA and CATCH (Canadian Early Arthritis Cohort) Study Group, during the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/DGazNdTFTU https://t.co/K318MIkxvy

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Vitamin D and Hydroxychloroquine Studies: Dr. Michelle Petri discussed studies regarding Vitamin D supplementation and as well as data on hydroxychloroquine that was presented Saturday at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/CU8wFVYhNg

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Vitamin D and Omega-3 Fatty Acids Reduce Risk of Autoimmune Diseases: Dr. Chao ( @doctorRBC) discusses abstract #0957 presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/h6CpY1Zn2r https://t.co/hebsz6tge3

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An Old Friend – Methotrexate in Psoriatic Arthritis Methotrexate (MTX) remains one of our most used and reliable tools against a variety of rheumatic diseases, particularly in the care of peripheral arthritis such as PsA. https://t.co/zIsbL3KFlZ #ACR21 @_Castillo_Pedro https://t.co/Efm2kAx85x

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Cytokines & Chemokines Predict Incident MACE in RA Veterans: Dr. El Ramahi ( @MeralElRamahiMD) discusses abstract #0572 presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/nM2YBuAzMh https://t.co/Pv8tVQOzol

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Are you Aware of COPA Syndrome? Dr. Meral El Ramahi ( @MeralElRamahiMD) discusses abstract #0529 at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/vsOvPV5JQp https://t.co/E7ugLvt5uO

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Health Information Use by SLE Patients: Dr. Sheila Reyes ( @RHEUMarampa) discusses abstract #0880 presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/48KOK413lO

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Twin Studies on Psoriasis Microbiome: Dr. Robert Chao ( @doctorRBC) discusses abstract #0944 presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/NCGkuEkued https://t.co/N03gPIqwvQ

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Poverty and Length of Hospital Stays for Children with Lupus: Dr. Bella Mehta ( @bella_mehta) discusses abstract #0768 presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/86ZTH99QN7 https://t.co/KCAkmmgmsP

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Is it time to go back to big F2F conferences? Yes if you get VAX'd, Carded & Temp'd AND you Mask-up, Back-up and Wash-up! It might could be safe! https://t.co/Ut6LxAEmiT
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Filgotinib (Jyseleca) was approved by European Commission approved for EU use in adults with moderately to severely active Ulcerative colitis (not responding to conventional therapy or a biologic). Rec based on Phase 2b/3 SELECTION trial. https://t.co/vMGNMKhy34

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Improving Our Everyday RA Practice: Dr. David Liew ( @drdavidliew) discusses abstracts #0830 and #0815 presented at the #ACR21 annual meeting. https://t.co/63oTD80hrD https://t.co/iQPVYWoIuF

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Perspectives on CV safety: JAK inhibitor (Tofacitinib) and TNF inhibitors https://t.co/yBnIsgU62y https://t.co/zT1PM08wjN

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More severe COVID-19 outcomes in African American, Hispanic individuals with SLE https://t.co/ZHmj5wXEtS https://t.co/c88a0y2i7K

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