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MTX Doubles Hepatotoxicity Risk in Psoriasis Patients

A study from the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine was published in the Journal of Investigative Dermatology showing that the risk of incident liver disease doubled when patients with psoriasis (PsO) or psoriatic arthritis (PsA) take methotrexate (MTX), but not when

Podcast of ACR17 - Day 4

Care to learn what you missed at last weeks ACR 2017 meeting in San Diego?  Here are 4 one hour audio podcasts - each with a compliation of 2-4 minute reports from Drs. Cush, Kavanaugh, the RheumNow Faculty and other rheumatology thought leaders and researchers.  Another good way to learn from RheumNow.

The ACR17 RheumNow Week in Review - 10 November 2017

This special edition of the RheumNow Week in Review covers highlights of selected sessions from the 2017 ACR annual meeting in San Diego. Dr.

Podcast of ACR 17 - Day 3

Check out this compilation of our ACR17 Day 3 broadcasts, merged into a single one hour podcast !

Several Agents Score on Radiographic Progression in Psoriatic Arthritis

Reduction on radiographic progression has now become the standard of care in the therapies used to treat psoriatic arthritis and, during the 2017 ACR Meeting, several agents reported the results of their studies with radiographic endpoints.

ACR 2017 - Day 3 and 4 Highlights

Day 3 at the annual meeting was rich with information. Yet the most anticipated and best attended session was the Late Breaking Abstracts and the session revealing the new ACR/NPF Guidelines for Psoriatic Arthritis (more on the latter in another report).  Day 4 was full of review sessions and a modicum of original content and for me, the 7:30AM Rheumatology Roundup.

My ACR Takeaways

With ACR 2017 winding down and the sheer volume of information seemingly overwhelming, I wanted to take the time to write an article regarding a few tips I learned that I will use in clinical practice.

 

Health Economics of SLE

A number of presentations over the past few days have addressed the health economics of SLE.

Practice Patterns of PJP Prophylaxis Among ID Physicians

While the incidence of pneumocystis pneumonia (PJP) is low is patients with rheumatologic diseases the mortality is quite high compared to PJP in patients with HIV and infection can be prevented with appropriate prophylaxis.

Two Lupus Studies

In this session we were given new data on ustekinumab for SLE (

Cardiovascular Events: Allopurinol vs. Febuxostat

In the registration trials for febuxostat there were concerns about a cardiovascular (CV) safety signal. In studies of the effect of allopurinol on CV risk/events allopurinol has found to be protective so whether febuxostat is different is a point to clarify.

EULAR/ACR SLE Classification Criteria Update

Today the draft of the new EULAR/ACR lupus classification criteria was presented at the ACR 2017.

Comparative Risk of Biologic Therapies in RA Patients Undergoing Elective Arthroplasty

During today’s plenary session Micheal D. George, et al. presented results of a study that sought to compare risk of post-op infections in RA patients undergoing arthroplasty exposed to biologic DMARDs versus methotrexate.

2017 MIPs Reporting, What You Need to Know

As a follow up to Dr. Will Harvey’s lecture at ACR 2017 (session title: Holy MACRA! How to Survive and Thrive in the New Era of MACRA, MIPS, and APMs), here are the keys for reporting your collections.

IL-17 Inhibition with Secukinumab in PsA: X-Ray Outcomes

With the emergence of new MOAs for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis in recent years, the most burning question remained if newer agents would perform as well in terms of radiographic progression as they did in clinical domains.

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