AS/Spondyloarthritis

Dr. Rachel Tate
1 year 10 months ago
Risk of CKD in AS patients was associated with comorbidities, not NSAID use. #ACR23 Abs #1394 https://t.co/cbOPvjOCyq @rheumnow https://t.co/O0rhbMFiOX


Robert B Chao, MD
1 year 10 months ago
Majority of pts with axSpA had below avg aerobic capacity indicating high risk of morbidity.
Importance of supporting pts with axSpA to lead healthy lifestyle and improved aerobic capacity by exercise!
@RheumNow #ACR23 Abs#1395 https://t.co/SFAStGQaK0


Robert B Chao, MD
1 year 10 months ago
What if you have a first degree relative with ankylosing spondylitis?
100 pts w/o previous rheum dx w/ 1st degree AS relative
17% had MRI sacroiliitis
25% met classification criteria
14% dx with AS
@RheumNow #ACR23 Abs#1403 https://t.co/Z0juhRnLki


Dr. Rachel Tate
1 year 10 months ago
15-year results from Abs #1389 at #ACR23 found only low back pain to be predictor of spinal radiographic progression in axSpA pts. Mean and median progression changes by mSASSS per year less in this cohort than previously documented. https://t.co/VKTEZWvH7f @rheumnow https://t.co/6sjPrcw2dD


Robert B Chao, MD
1 year 10 months ago
Biologics are working for ankylosing spondylitis, even in reducing cardiovascular mortality!
Large retrospective study of over 4k pts over 20 years showed decrease in CV mortality from 34% in 1999 to 21% in 2020
@RheumNow #ACR23 Abs#1399
#ACRbest https://t.co/wKCIXHza0v


Dr. Rachel Tate
1 year 10 months ago
Although general agreement that dz activity monitoring is important, implementation of AS/axSpA guideline recommendations is lacking. Guideline uptake & implementation should be considered in future updates of axSpA/AS tx recs. #ACR23 Abs #1385 https://t.co/RsyDppe3aR @rheumnow https://t.co/xxZ9pa77h9


sheila
1 year 10 months ago
In this updated pooled safety analysis from clinical trials of PsO, PsA & axSpA pts given SEC 150 &/or 300mg SC (ADeodhar et al)
⬆️freq AEs: nasopharyngitis & URTI
Low EAIRs/100pt yrs for IBD, malignancies & MACE
No new safety signals
Reassuring data.
#ACR23 ABST1436 @RheumNow https://t.co/guF0gC4hQM


Dr. Antoni Chan
1 year 10 months ago
In axSpA, the mean and median progression were 0.54 and 0.38 points in mSASSS per year respectively, lower than what has been reported in similar cohorts, LBP before diagnosis was a strong predictor of progression, Granados R Abst#1389 #ACR23 @RheumNow https://t.co/fvkOzhUG97 https://t.co/k18HxWswbs


Dr. Antoni Chan
1 year 10 months ago
Telemedicine tools with central evaluation of clinical and imaging (+/- MRI SIJs) information may be helpful in the diagnostic process for patients with suspected axSpA. This reduces the risk of overdiagnosis, Poddubnyy D, Abst#1392 #ACR23 @RheumNow https://t.co/kYEMdqmQF8 https://t.co/2lRg2byGjK


Robert B Chao, MD
1 year 10 months ago
Pooled safety analysis of 48 phase II/III/IV trials on secukinumab for tx of PsO, PsA and axSpA
Well tolerated
No new long term safety signals
IBD, malginancy, MACE remain low
@RheumNow #ACR23 Abs#1436 https://t.co/6dzdO5Vpuc


Dr. Antoni Chan
1 year 10 months ago
Using deep neural network for spinal inflammation in axial SpA, the area under the curve of the receiver operating characteristic (AUC-ROC) curve of the algorithm was 0.87±0.02, comparable with general radiologist Chan S et al Abst#1398 #ACR23 @RheumNow https://t.co/lrQRfc2RwN https://t.co/Fra8cDtQE5


Dr. Rachel Tate
1 year 10 months ago
#ACR23 Abs #0844 posterior element inflammation & facet joint ankylosis on MRI uncommon in r-axSpA patients. However, when FJ inflammation is present (vs w/o) the likelihood of developing facet joint ankylosis after 1 year is over 3 x higher. https://t.co/1Kln1pNH3p @rheumnow https://t.co/BatNTFfTG2


Dr. Rachel Tate
1 year 10 months ago
Validation is needed, but SPARTAN + add'l stakeholders developed the first draft SPARTAN recommendations for referral of adults with chronic back pain to a rheumatologist for evaluation of axSpA! Check out #ACR23 Abs #0841 https://t.co/ISv2lgHyka @rheumnow https://t.co/Qvy8LlzOw0

The RheumNow faculty reporters have been scouring the meeting for what they believe to be the best presentations from the first day at ACR 2023 in San Diego. From hundreds of online presentations, the poster floor and the plenary podium, here are some of the best abstracts from Sunday Nov. 12th. You can spot these on Twitter by looking for the (#ACRbest) hashtag.