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Featured Abstracts from Industry at EULAR 2021

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Many great presentations this week at EULAR 2021 will feature industry sponsored clinical trials and reports.  Often these become the pivotal studies for regulatory approval and the annual congresses are their first look.

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Foot Pain Commonly Overlooked in RA

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Foot pain is a common but underappreciated symptom of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and can be associated with worse disease, European researchers found.

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Best Interventions for Gout Flares

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A recent metanalysis assessed the comparative efficacy of current first-line pharmacologic antiinflammatory interventions for gout flares and surmised that canakinumab and intravenous or intramuscular corticosteroids are superior to  nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs [NSAIDs].

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COLCORONA: Protective Effect of Colchicine in COVID-19

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Lancet Respiratory Medicine has reported the results of the COLCORONA trial, showing that in patients with PCR-confirmed COVID-19 infection, colchicine led to a significantly lower rate of death or hospital admission from COVID.

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Hands-Down Rheumatology - Gout doesnt get to the hands until its done its damage below (MTP, ankle, knee) and usually only in those with severe tophaceous goutdCan also present as dactylitis or Carpal tunnel. Women on diuretics w/ CKD can get gout in Nodal OA joints https://t.co/EpBpdC31J6
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Hands-Down Rheumatology - Whats your diagnosis - Erosive Hand OA or Psoriati https://t.co/abYqBNhFyX arthritis?

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Starting Thursday we'll be covering EULAR. Tune in for coverage on KOL perspective highlights, clinical trial highlights and much more. https://t.co/L7ryiQ5HdV
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RNL 2021 - ACR COVID Vaccine Guidance: Dr. Jeff Curtis https://t.co/nJgbwB1RdA https://t.co/0Jir2vtaFH

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Hands-Down Rheumatology - Sarcoidosis usually presents as a monarthritis or oligoarthritis. Late sarcoid arthritis affects knees, ankles, fingers (dactylitis). Bony lesions show honeycomb trabecular pattern). https://t.co/lmXBbJz6ts

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Top May Tweet: Belimumab now approved in the EU for lupus nephritis. The EMA has approved intravenous and subcutaneous Benlysta (belimumab) in combination with background immunosuppressive therapies for adults with active lupus nephritis https://t.co/Twbe1ClT5w

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Hands-Down Rheumatology - Mechanics hands - rough, thickened/caloused, cracks/fissures; seen in 20-70% of dermatomyositis; associated with the anti-synthetase syndrome, but also w/ lung dz and amyopathic DM https://t.co/bkCI3SUXNh https://t.co/jrOGkKAm9z

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Hands-Down Rheumatology - Swollen Hands In Rheumatoid Arthritis - could be from synovitis, tenosynovitis, edema, effusion, bony hypertrophy, nodules, secondary OA. https://t.co/dRCMzgdHqf

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Hands-Down Rheumatology - Erosive hand osteoarthritis (EHOA) affects 2.6% of knee OA pts (from Osteoarthritis Initiative) Risk factors - older [RR 0.76), female (RR=1.73), greater OA severity, and "thinner bones" https://t.co/3s8E4F6QDR

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News: Triple DMARD Therapy Bested by Biologics in Swedish Registry The Swedish Register compared outcomes of 1502 RA patients initiating either biologics plus MTX or triple therapy and showed similar rates of sustained remission. https://t.co/7JJxGF1tHz https://t.co/ht6kAsJkb9

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RheumNow Podcast – Heart, Lung & Liver (5.28.2021) Dr Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow. https://t.co/a9fvgaJVnQ https://t.co/r3nbf2Ftdb

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News: EULAR Guidelines on Intraarticular Therapy EULAR has published evidence-based recommendations on the use of intra-articular therapies (IAT) based on the literature review and recommendations of a multidisciplinary international task force. https://t.co/Z6vC0x9zY1 https://t.co/gVCWMIJxtu

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Study of National inpatient sample database (2015 to 2017) showed the frequency of atrial fibrillation in rheumatic disease (RD) pts finding that AF frequency highest in gout followed by vasculitis, and PMR. RD Mortality was 2 fold higher with AF. https://t.co/enno6hrKOI

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A trial of sarilumab in 431 hospitalized COVID-19 patients on supplemental oxygen, Compared to placebo, sarilumab did not improve COVID outcomes https://t.co/postv1eK3F

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Kidney biopsies in patients with lupus – how early and how often? Dr. Fogo and Dr.Hogan explain why a kidney biopsy is critical for diagnosis and characterization of kidney involvement by SLE #SLEEducatorsNetwork. Sponsored by GSK US Medical Affairs https://t.co/ta3hliB9ls https://t.co/hJE6BNlNqk

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Pirfenidone, studied in 127 pts w/ CVD/CTD ILD, fibrotic interstitial pneumonia, chr hypersensitivity pneumonitis, & asbestoslung fibrosis. Pirefenidone had significantly less FVC% decline compared with placebo (p=0·043) https://t.co/H1s6ut4NhG

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