RheumNow Podcast – Cardiovascular Risk in Psoriatic Disease (9.25.20) Save

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and Journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com.

1. Rheums Win Big in 2021! According to the estimates from the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS), endocrinologists and rheumatologists are the big winners, at 17% and 16% projected increases, respectively https://t.co/I6etQZnFlv

2. The EMAs Committee for Medicinal Products for Human Use (CHMP) has recommended baricitinib for approval in adults with moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis who are candidates for systemic therapy https://t.co/goEacN1C8X

3. Cluster analysis of 168 antiphospholipid pts shows that having arterial thromboses and cardiovascular risk factors was associated with mortality and poorest prognosis in APS. https://t.co/Nb7lZNu4jT

4. Ann Int Med shows again that steroids increase serious infection risk in a dose dependent manner, but even 5 mg of prednisone or less also gives a small but significant risk of serious infection in RA patients on DMARDs (claims data from Medicare & Optum) https://t.co/bj41SqKP0K

5. A machine-learning algorithm was developed using MRI data from the Osteoarthritis Initiative capable of predicting osteoarthritic progressors from baseline cartilage texture maps ; Had a test accuracy of 78% in detecting OA progression 3 y prior to Sxs https://t.co/OPw9KGb4jr

6. Outcomes survey of 229 relapsing polychondritis patients shows that 59% had auricular-onset (AO) and 21% had respiratory -onset (RO), 20% w/ miscellaneous-onset (MO- eye MSK CNS). Poorer prognosis seen in RO & MO subgroups than AO subgroups https://t.co/rzVU42z3EA

7. 6.6% Risk of Late-onset Neutropenia (ANC<1000) in a single center study of 738 Rx w/ Rituximab (107 LON in 71 patients). Incidence was 7.2/100PYs. Higher risk w/ SLE or CTX Rx. 40% had Sxs, Fever 31%, sepsis in 8.5%. Rechallenge in 87% & 21% recurrent LON https://t.co/XXFV1lH9jS

8. Metanalysis presented at European Association for the Study of Diabetes (EASD), involving1,629,854 participants and found #RA was associated with a 23% higher chance of developing T2D, compared to the diabetes risk within the general population https://t.co/Qff7gpzves

9. Ustekinumab Early Risk for Cardiovascular Events

10. High-risk coronary plaques (LRNC) assessed by Coronary CT scores in 209 biologic naive Psoriasis pts. LNRC correlated w/ Framingham risk & Dz activity. After 1 year those on biologics had signif reduction in LRNC, but those not on biologics had no change https://bit.ly/2G0PY0x

11. CXCR3 and Restricted T Cells in Psoriatic Arthritis Inflammation

12. Young Adults are Driving Up COVID-19 Rates

13. As of 20 Sept, CDC reports total US COVID-19 deaths to be 198,754. In the last 7 days 281,490 new Cases. Trends flat averaging ~40,000 Cases per day and ~600-1100 deaths per day. https://t.co/CPLVhz6qeH

14. Romilkimab Effective in Early Diffuse Systemic Sclerosis