Lupus
On the last day of ACR21 Annual Meeting, the RheumNow faculty selected these as their favorite reports:
DAS-28 independently associated survival in RA-ILD. As I keep saying, treating the…
A treat-to-target strategy has been shown to improve clinical outcomes in patients with rheumatic diseases like rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis including systemic…
3 years 1 month ago
#ACR21 The Great Debate: Belimumab vs Voclosporin as Add-On Therapy in #LupusNephritis | Dr. Petri & Dr. Rovin
Audience Vote 🗳: What would you add to mycophenolate first?
Belimumab 71%, Voclosporin 29%
#ACRAmbassador @ACRheum
Summary of Pros & Cons of Each⬇️ https://t.co/OtLxs8IYr9
3 years 1 month ago
#ACR21 TM26. Familial chilblains lupus seen in genetic mutation in Three Prime Repair Exonuclease 1 (TREX1). Suspected due to onset in infancy.
@Rheumnow https://t.co/ZryOpeoJT8 https://t.co/LqZqoGDAL2
3 years 1 month ago
Update on Safety, Effectiveness of SARS-CoV-2 vaccines in SLE from Dr. Yuz Yusof ( @Yuz6Yusof)
It's almost a year since the Pfizer-BioNTech SARS-CoV-2 vaccine has been made available by the FDA under EUA. But is the vaccine safe for people with lupus?
https://t.co/i3HeCvS6El https://t.co/Tn0nWKrK4T
3 years 1 month ago
GRA @rheum_covid data presented by @mugartegil. African-American and Hispanic individuals with SLE have MUCH worse COVID-19 outcomes. Likely related socioeconomic and health disparities. Abstr#1933 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/YUoOeIxN7O
3 years 1 month ago
#ACR21 #Abstr1909 📢We need to stress the importance of hydroxychloroquine adherence to our patients. Adherence (>90% of the time) reduced premature CVD mortality by 52% in #rheumatoidarthritis and #lupus. The study didn’t adjust for smoking @RheumNow https://t.co/D9pGqwWhje https://t.co/R6r3cSexUB
3 years 1 month ago
HCQ adherence (>90%) associated with 52% reduced cardiovascular mortality in RA and SLE. Seen for MI, stroke, not VTE. Abstr#1909 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/5UncmqZVNp
3 years 1 month ago
Claims data looked at 21,114 #RA & #SLE pts - 4.3% had CV Death. The risk of CVD was worse w/ HCQ nonadherence (HR 1.08; 0.91-1.31) and better w/ HCQ adherence (HR 0.51;0.42-.66) HCQ nonadherence shows higher CV mortality #ACR21 Abst# 1909 https://t.co/di1mBliMN6