Anti-Rheumatic Rx

Eric Dein ericdeinmd
3 years 4 months ago
#EULAR2022 ASAS/EULAR AxSpA Recs
⭐️Last: 2016
▶️All: education, exercise, 🚭
▶️❌csDMARD for axial disease
▶️TNF/IL17 (or JAK) with high disease: ASDAS>/=2.1
▶️Monoclonal TNF for uveitis/IBD, high PsO: IL-17
▶️Sustained remission: tapering of bDMARD "can be considered"
@RheumNow https://t.co/3yYU0Vb37r


TheDaoIndex KDAO2011
3 years 4 months ago
Proof that MTX doesn't affect sperm! Sperm morphology, motility, concentration, semen volume, testosterone/LH/FSH similar b/f and after exposure; DNA fragmentat'n was⬆️in pre-MTX exposure (possible reason high dz activity contributes to infertility) #EULAR2022 @rheumnow OP0131 https://t.co/JWLEggRhAY


Richard Conway RichardPAConway
3 years 4 months ago
Hamroun @annamolto et al. Factors assoc with increased time to conception in SpA. 56 pregnancies. Multivariate model, age (HR 1.22 (1.08-1.40)) and preconception NSAID use (HR 3.01 (2.15-3.85)) assoc increase time to conception. @RheumNow #EULAR2022 OP0153 https://t.co/y2EAyAdRmk https://t.co/28aLimRInE


Richard Conway RichardPAConway
3 years 4 months ago
Perez-Garcia et al. MTX effect on semen parameters. I still frequently get queries about this. 48 participants here. No significant effect! @RheumNow #EULAR2022 OP0131 https://t.co/33NG6isehm https://t.co/g7Xn33i96u


David Liew drdavidliew
3 years 4 months ago
Patient with 12 weeks inflamm-sounding arthralgias and functional impairment, high titre RF/CCP, osteitis on MRI, no clinical synovitis on exam.
Do you suggest to patient to treat with methotrexate?
#EULAR2022 @RheumNow

Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo
3 years 4 months ago
🚨 Study on MTX and male fertility
Analysis of semen parameters in
🙋🏼♂️HC
🙋🏼♂️RA, PsA and PsO MTX naive
🙋🏼♂️Post MTX
Reassuring data as NO significant effect of MTX was observed on several semen parameters.
#EULAR2022 @RheumNow
OP0131 https://t.co/Fq32lzAMAx


Dr. Antoni Chan synovialjoints
3 years 4 months ago
Hamroun S et al for the GR2 Cohort showed that age HR 1.22 and use of NSAIDs HR 3.01 in the pre-conception period was associated with a longer time to conception in women with SpA. Research is needed on continuous NSAID use in the preconception period #EULAR2022 @RheumNow OP0153 https://t.co/hl6jUlK5PN

It’s good to be back into full, big meeting mode.
Highlights included a EULAR Recommendation Session, where updated guidelines were presented for the management of a) ANCA-associated Vasculitis, b) ASAS/EULAR recommendations for axSpA and c) RA. Here are a few of my favorites from Day 1.

Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo
3 years 4 months ago
MIRACLE study: High or Low dose MTX w/ ADA in eRA?
✨ LOWd (6-8mg/w) 38.4% non-inferior to HIGHd (>10mg/w) 44.8%
✨But safety profile looks better 9.1% vs 22.1% 👀
Are you already looking for minimal dose of MTX in patients treated w/ biologics?
#OP0062 @Rheumnow #EULAR2022 https://t.co/dq0EIKSnOe

Intervention in individuals predisposed to develop rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with a holy grail of prevention of RA, has long been a hot topic. It is well known that seropositivity for rheumatoid factor and antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptides (ACPA) can precede RA disease by many years. Many, but by no means all, patients also seem to go through a pre-RA arthalgia phase of varying duration characterised by the presence of increasing

Robert B Chao, MD doctorRBC
3 years 4 months ago
6 psoriatic disease specific risk factors associated with incident cardiovascular events in PsA/PsO patients: PsO area, TJC, SJC, HAQ score, ESR, daily use of NSAIDs
@RheumNow #EULAR2022 #ABSTOP0030

Aurelie Najm AurelieRheumo
3 years 4 months ago
NORD-STAR substudy of coagulation and fibrinolytic parameters:
〽️Impairement in eRA
⚡️Biologic parameters restored by ttmt.
Effect seemed ▶️ with Biologic vs. MTX + GCs
❕No adjustment on disease activity #OP0059 #EULAR2022 @RheumNow https://t.co/CJHldOimBn


Janet Pope Janetbirdope
3 years 4 months ago
Cdn cohort of #PsA and CV events - u risk factors were associated with MACE and NSAIDS ⬆️ risk and TNFi ⬇️risk and poor HAQ⬆️ risk. #OP0030 @RheumNow @eular_org Too small events, lipids often absent and spanning 30+ yrs.