Drug Safety
1 year 5 months ago
@RheumNow Safety is pretty good too - this is abatacept we are talking about here. Cost is a different question, as is the pharmacoeconomics, but at least it’s safe. One other thing about the study ⬇️ #EULAR2023
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The pharmacology treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) is a rapidly expanding field of research that provides excitement and optimism to both the patients and the clinicians. As we have…
In the last 2 years, there has been more caution and vigilance with the use of JAK inhibitors in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) due to the risk of cardiovascular (CV) events. These CV…
1 year 5 months ago
Metanalysis of 62 RCTs, 16 LTEs, 82 366 Pt-Yrs JAK exposure. JAKi malignancy incid rate = 1.15/100 PYs in RCTs (1.26/100PYs overall). Network meta-analyses show no diff betw JAK & PBO or MTX in NMSC, but signif increased malignancy risk (IRR 1.50) https://t.co/kk12pa17Nn https://t.co/qEcRatKRSf
Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a severe extra articular manifestation of RA, with limited treatment strategies and poor prognosis. While for a long time RA treatments, such as methotrexate (MTX…
1 year 5 months ago
EULAR PtoC management of targeted therapies in pts w/ IA & Hx cancer
1) If remission, initiate targeted therapy w/out delay
2) Prefer anti-cytokine bDMARDs if Hx solid cancer
3) B cell depleting therapy if Hx lymphoma
4) Use JAK inhibitors and abatacept with caution 🛑 https://t.co/cKhQVZwGh1
1 year 5 months ago
Provan et al. large scandinavian registry study: 🫁ILD risk in RA & PsA initiating b/tsDMARDs
HR ILD RA=10
HR ILD PsA=5
No increase risk w/ MTX and b/tsDMARDs but RA HR ILD 1.7 RTX vs. ETA: confounding by indication?
https://t.co/CF1ysNkQxU OP0006 #EULAR23 @Rheumnow https://t.co/DgDE1uFeUs
1 year 5 months ago
New benefit/risk outlook 👀 on ORAL surveillance
2 subgrps:
🟢RA w/ no previous Hx of atherosclerotic CV dis = TOFA at least as good as TNFi
AND risk of MACE is comparable 🛑RA w/ HxASCVD = efficacy TOFA = TNFi AND > risk of MACE
https://t.co/VOxNQSoyY4 OP0043 #EULAR23 @Rheumnow https://t.co/m98eSMG03U
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