💤Our PsA patients are not sleeping well 💤 Abstract #0387 #ACR22 @RheumNow 😴 247 patients, sleep quality measured via PSQI 🛌 63% had poor sleep quality 💤 Worse sleep associated with female sex, higher disease activity, fatigue, anxiety/depression https://t.co/Wy20qx2Ah4

To taper or not to taper? In this prospective study by Dr. Cho, #SLE patients in complete remission had a longer time to flare upon drug tapering vs. those in LLDAS or clinical remission states. #ACR22 @RheumNow ABST#0996 #ACRBEst @rheumarhyme https://t.co/bSGlkc7Tvk

#ACR22 Abs 1752 finds rates of incident cancer did not differ between patients treated with anti-TNF and other bDMARDs or tsDMARDs. @RheumNow https://t.co/ycnQzrmAjw https://t.co/CSgDq2Gazg

• Cancer Risk in Patients with Rheumatic Diseases Exposed to Different Biologic a…

Abs 1757 at #ACR22 finds women w/ gout have a higher risk of all-cause mortality, which is primarily driven by higher risk of CVD deaths. @RheumNow https://t.co/kPDL2VYRCN https://t.co/9qARr7T4fI

• The Independent Impact of Gout on Mortality and Risk of Coronary Heart Disease …

Abs L04 reviews novel humanized murine model of PsA disease phenotypes mediated by CD8 T Cells. Perhaps this is a step forward in personalized medicine. #ACR22 @RheumNow https://t.co/fPoElqFLI7 https://t.co/4pxBKoPnym

• Psoriatic Arthritis Disease Subtypes Mediated by CD8 T Cells Are Phenocopied in…

Prof Petri presents mortality data of their #lupus cohort 🔅55 yrs - ave age of death from all causes Top 4 common causes of death: 🔅SLE 🔅CVD 🔅Cancer 🔅Infection African-americans had ⬆️proportions of death from infections & renal causes #ACR22 @RheumNow #ABST2068 https://t.co/B5cAfZiRJp

Is sustained B cell depletion assoc w/⬇️dse flares in #lupus nephritis? In this study by Dr D Zisa, pts treated w/ BCA & had sustained Bcell depletion = ⬇️dse flares 👉Rapid repletion to BCC>100c/uL was assocd w/ 15.2x risk for flares #ACR22 @RheumNow ABST2065 https://t.co/ivSjm98YvZ

Is there a difference between IL-17i and TNFi in preventing radiographic progression in radiographic axSpA? Head to head study secukinumab vs. adalimumab biosimilar shows no sig difference with low radiographic progression. #ACRBest Abs#L15 @RheumNow #ACR22 https://t.co/UiHMtakaPz

Clinical pearl! Abs 1790 at #ACR22 finds bilateral US assessment of knees, wrists and hips provided the best sensitivity and specificity for diagnosing CPPD. @RheumNow https://t.co/3zlrNGCek4 https://t.co/hPK3eMH6iY

• Ultrasound Diagnosis of Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal Deposition: Which Sites S…

Are we screening & tx approp. for HBV in #IIM? Abstr #1864 found: - 78% IIM pts were screened for HBV (mean time 21 months from time of dx) - 73% Hep B Core Ab+ on RTX received Ppx tx - IIM pts Hep B Core Ab+ ↑ % +myositis spec ab and reach remission w/ IVIG @RheumNow #ACR22 https://t.co/QlQxGlkIhh

Denosumab for erosive hand OA? Abs L05 shows less erosive progression at week 24 with enhancement, including pain symptom improvement, at week 48. I can't wait to see more on this! #ACRbest #ACR22 @RheumNow https://t.co/aYb1biVgqt https://t.co/xHXj7nu1IJ

• Effect of Denosumab on Structure Modification in Erosive Hand Osteoarthritis: R…

Uric acid appears to be negatively associated with bone mineral density in premenopausal but not in postmenopausal women with RA in Abs 1826 #ACR22 @RheumNow https://t.co/Cus73EeMDP https://t.co/e6mrEw4mR4

• Association of High Uric Acid Levels with Low Bone Mineral Density in Pre- but …

#lupus pts w/ SKIN involvement had lower HRQoL by SF-36 than those w/o skin involvement as reported by Dr Alician Van from their study. Significance?⬆️ awareness so we can improve coping strategies & support for these pts. #ACR22 @RheumNow ABST#2089 @rheumarhyme @doktora_ging https://t.co/BKKl8BCN9y

Are we seeing ↑ MDA-5 associated DM post-COVID? Abstr #1857 found since start of pandemic - ↑ in % of myositis specific ab testing - ↑ +MDA-5 since onset of pandemic Conclusion: It is possible but we need more data (n = and longitudinal f/u) @RheumNow #ACR22 https://t.co/ZdfDdFc2hZ

#Abst1669 #ACR22 @RheumNow retrospective study of pts w/checkpoint inhibitor associated arthritis: Rx w/ TNFi ± MTX or IL6Ri ± MTX assoctd w/shorter time to cancer progression but faster arthritis control vs pts treated w/MTX alone. optimal approach yet to be identified #ACRBest https://t.co/lyR2C6zR80