Anti-Rheumatic Rx

Dr. Jack Cush reviews and highlights his favorite abstracts and presentations from last week's virtual EULAR 2021 meeting. COSMOS: Guselkumab in TNF-IR PsA. # OP0230m Coates LC, et al. C-…

Given its multiple domains, there remains much discussion over the best disease activity scoring method in PsA. The proverbial "holy grail" would be a measure that is quick, intuitive, domain…

An analysis of SLE samples from SLE 1760 patients with active disease from RCTs illustrated several known and some new targets for SLE treatment (POS0351). Markers of pathways altered in these…

Here are a few notable presentations from Day 3. BEAT- LUPUS Trial: OP0129 – I would consider this a pilot trial as it only included 52 patients with active SLE, but the gist was that active SLE…

Dr. Philip Mease et al presented results of a phase II trial (OP0227) at EULAR 2021 that shows the efficacy and safety of an oral tyrosine kinase inhibitor (TYKi), deucravacitinib, for treatment of…

The question as to how autoimmune rheumatic disease patients fare with the COVID vaccine is one being asked in rheumatologists’ offices everywhere this year, and at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress,…

Check out this compilation of our EULAR 2021 Day 2 broadcasts below. You can also follow the EULAR 2021 RheumNow podcasts on iTunes and Soundcloud.com Listen by Clicking below: 1.…

Dr Jack Cush reviews highlight presentations from the first 3 days of EULAR 2021.

The second day of EULAR 2021 took a big leap in online content.  #EULAR2021 generated 2500 tweets yesterday. Here is a compilation (with links) of presentations were the “Best” as seen by our…

During Day 2 there were great sessions devoted to RA, spondylarthritis, fatigue and more.  Here are some of my highlights from Day 2. Elderly Can Safety Receive Biologics and JAKs: OP0116 -…