JAK/TYK2
3 years 1 month ago
Does #baricitinib affect #fatigue in RA patients?
👉🏼Results from RA-BEAM and RA-BEACON
👉🏼4mg baricitinib significantly reduced fatigue, starting week 16, compared to placebo
👉🏼Effect independent of disease activity in active RA
Abs#1235 #ACR21 @RheumNow
https://t.co/0SKhUKJHd7 https://t.co/R76wc56u6I
3 years 1 month ago
FDA Update session: Proven Benefit of Baricitinib in Hospitalized COVID-19 from the ACT2 and COV-BARRIER Studies, showing it does not need to be given with Remdesivir (4 mg qd maz 14days) #ACR21 https://t.co/r6crPtu3ZH
3 years 1 month ago
#RA pts on #baricitinib less likely to discontinue treatment & more likely to achieve remission than pts receiving biologic /other tsDMARD.
👉🏼Results from RA-BE-REAL observational study
👉🏼Bari(2 or 4mg) vs biologic/other tsDMARD
Abs#1223 #ACR21 @RheumNow
https://t.co/WRN1OCX9Bq https://t.co/UCFF6hAY7G
3 years 1 month ago
Effect of BMI on PRO treatment response in PsA. Increasing BMI associated with lower response. More pronounced in TNFi than IL-17 or JAKi. Abstr#1327 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/qhgVlW72uM
3 years 1 month ago
Wk 12 disease activity predicts wk 24/26 remission/low disease activity with #upadacitinib 15mg in MTX-naïve or inadequate responders to MTX and/or TNFi pts.
≥50% improvement in SJC/TJC at Wk 12 was assoc with wk 24/26 remission/low disease activity.
Abs#1237 #ACR21 @RheumNow https://t.co/PAaCe5MAcu
3 years 1 month ago
Baricitinib for *relapsing* GCA (Th1+Th17)
w abbreviated steroid wean (15-22w)
Despite being tougher to treat:
100% off steroids at 24w
93% off steroids at 52w
no ischemic Sx
promising as another GCA Rx option!
(post-cessation 4pts flared)
@MayoClinic #ACR21 ABST1396 @RheumNow https://t.co/dqFnHQYogk
Januse kinase (JAK) inhibitors are targeted synthetic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (tsDMARDs) that have risen in popularity as earlier treatment options for rheumatoid arthritis. With…