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A cohort of 9 patients with Anti-MDA5 DM with RPILD who was treated with combination of RTX, JAKi, and GCS had significantly bettery survival compared to historical cohort in this abstract! #ACR24 @RheumNow https://t.co/2t8xcYJ3UV
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This is likely an oversimplification, but I've been looking for exactly this diagram
Inhibiting various TYKs/JAKs corresponds to various downstream cytokine inhibition
@EricFMorand does it make sense to see this as anifrolumab+ustekinumab? No?
@rheumnow #ACR24 Abstr#0662 https://t.co/thti6s5TR3
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FDA has given FDA Breakthrough Therapy designation to Nipocalimab for treatment of adults w/ moderate-to-severe Sjögren’s disease. NIPO is an Ab to neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn), & was tested and shown effective in Sjog in the Phase 2 DAHLIAS study - a plenary presentation at… https://t.co/aQDp7iPKXD https://t.co/hJ8fe6JwxC
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De Lorenzis et al. MMF in LcSSc. Target Trial Emulation. 1435 patients. Incidence vasodilator treatment escalation over 41 months, 1/100py in MMF vs 7.3/100py in controls. @RheumNow #ACR24 Abstr#0688 https://t.co/D3qTUHyIIc https://t.co/6azvaS0ElL
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The risk of discontinuing first line biologics was twice higher in non-radiographic female patients compared to males. Abstr#0572 @RheumNow #ACR24 https://t.co/1tQUhsbqUu
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Dhir et al. RCT of increasing folic acid from 5-10mg per week to 15-35mg per week if MTX intolerance. No benefit! Although significant placebo response and folic acid is relatively benign. @RheumNow #ACR24 Abstr#0525 https://t.co/D3yfV6a8t6 https://t.co/QpDa1alvMz
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Shu et al. Rituximab followed by Telitacicept in refractory/severe APS. Significantly fewer new clinical events in Telitacicept group over 24 weeks (1/21 vs. 6/20) @RheumNow #ACR24 Abstr#0129 https://t.co/hjUQkNNk5w https://t.co/QLQbZ3wQx0
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Serrano-Combarro et al. Baricitinib in RA-ILD . 72 patient case series. PFTs in picture. HRCT stable/improved in 72% over 24 months. Dyspnoea stable/improved in 90%. @RheumNow #ACR24 Abstr#0476 https://t.co/aVI2kRZkMN https://t.co/4l5GKsFKtm
For many years glucocorticoids were the mainstay of our treatment of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA). The paradigm shifted with cyclophosphamide and then again with rituximab, and we used less…
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🚨Therapeutic target in PsO?
Abst#0067 from Cleveland Clinic evaluated pts w/ PsO at high risk for PsA (HR-PsO).
- HR-PsO: ⬆️percentage in migratory dendritic cells with elevated expression of CXCR4.
- Migratory effect ⬇️ after selective CXCR4 inhibitor. #ACR24 @ElaineHusniMD… https://t.co/nVoAThUxi1 https://t.co/8d1K3nkttI