AS/Spondyloarthritis
1 month ago
The 2009 ASAS classification criteria did not meet the set targets of 75% sensitivity and 90% specificity in the CLASSIC cohort, indicating the need for revision of these criteria to increase its performance and validity in classification of axSpA.
Abst#0820 #ACR24 #ACRBest… https://t.co/lF3QbRUpx3 https://t.co/SHPMpCjizS
1 month ago
Gender based response in Axial SpA. A hot topic at ACR @ACRheum @RheumNow @hac28 @SPARTAN_Updates https://t.co/zbnE6kjQhL
1 month ago
Ab#0458 #ACR24
10 year outcomes of 176 patients with seroneg RA
32 pts (18%) had change in dx - SpA (11), seropos RA (6), OA (5), crystal (3), CTD (3), Ifn-related/paraneopl/RS3PE, sarcoid (1)
40 (23%) had drug-free remission
30 (17%) started b/tsDMARD
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1 month ago
Gender differences in axSpA extend to dse activity assessment tools.
PREDICT-SpA:
🔶️BASDAI score performed better in women.
🔶️ ASDAS-CRP homogenous performance on both genders.
Consider BASDAI for assessing dse activity in women?
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1 month ago
A study from the EuroSpA collaboration validates new BASDAI cut-offs for disease activity in axial spondyloarthritis based in ASDAS: <1.4 for remission, <2.8 for low activity, and >5.9 for very high activity. This research enhances our understanding of disease states and their… https://t.co/OkPiTwSHz6 https://t.co/NjIDeme9dm
1 month ago
A 6-year study of the link between alcohol consumption and spinal radiographic progression in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA). Results indicate that alcohol may worsen spinal damage, particularly in males and those with radiographic axSpA. Future research should explore… https://t.co/IIvTyq7kBe
1 month ago
Using #MachineLearning for predicting flares in axSpA @DiegoBenavent et al, data from METEOR-SpA registry showed the ff predictors of flares thru the reduced logistic regression model:
🔅lower ASDAS
🔅enthesitis
🔅prior flares
🔅longer treatment duration
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1 month ago
Characteristics of difficult-to-treat AS accdg to a retrospective study by @DaoudAnsaam @mmagrey1 et al
⬆️ BMI
+ comorbidities: HTN, CKD, depression
+ EAMs: IBD, Pso, iridocyclitis
+ HLA-B27
Interesting real world data.
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1 month ago
Data from the study by Dr. Aguilar et al showed that high dose NSAID use was not assoc'd with incident HTN in their cohort of early axSpA patients.
Shows important role of NSAIDs in #axSpA but still should be used judiciously
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