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Pearls on EGPA:
1. GC are mainstay for mild
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2. Organ threatening/relapsing➡️CYP (RTX alternative)
3. W/o organ threatening➡️ anti-IL-5/IL-5R.
4. IL5i are less effective for ENT
5. Consider sx for nasal polyps.
#EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/zoJEWxafsN
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Adela Castro @AdelaCastro222 ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
EULAR FMF recommendations 2025:
still emphasis on colchicine adherence to maximal dose
+/- bDMARDs if needed for control
+/- csDMARDs for residual chronic MSK involvement
new: consider tapering bDMARD if remission >6mo
See the treatment algorithm below⬇️
#EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/Hy6DOKzfUL
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David Liew @drdavidliew ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
Key summary slide of research in the use of CD19 CAR T cells in rheumatology indications
Dinesh Khanna @RheumNow #EULAR2025 https://t.co/CoFHqaE1L1
Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
Despite the evolution of anti-synthetase antibodies, there’s a clear need for better ways to define the disease.
Enter the ACR/EULAR CLASS initiative - classification criteria for anti-synthetase syndrome
⬇️ see the next tweet
#EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/Z3rPOt1vlx
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David Liew @drdavidliew ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
FMF #Recommendations
🔺️Start Colchicine in All (& continue for confirmed pts)
🔺️Single or divided dose, depend on adherence & tolerance
🔺️Max dose 2 mg children, 3 mg adults
🔺️if failure: add IL1i (6 RCT) (2 for IL6i)
🔺️Add c or bDMARd if MSK
#EULAR2025
@RheumNow https://t.co/fPyQrLbb6S
Nelly ZIADE 🍀 @Nellziade ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
FMF #Recommendations
During attack:
🔺️No use of increasing Colchicine
🔺️No use for corticosteroids and opioid
🔺️Use NSAIDs
#EULAR2025
@RheumNow https://t.co/jJjWJra7yr
Nelly ZIADE 🍀 @Nellziade ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
Autologous CAR T cell production, administration and monitoring
Dinesh Khanna @RheumNow #EULAR2025 https://t.co/zrXjxSCRgl
Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
EULAR/ACR Classification Criteria for #ASyS, the new acronym of Antisynthetase Syndrome
🔺️Do not apply if patient is positive for other antibodies like SSA
#EULAR2025
@RheumNow https://t.co/AD5tTipBtt
Nelly ZIADE 🍀 @Nellziade ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
FMF #Recommendations
#Colchicine can be fatal
🔺️Monitor regularly
#EULAR2025
@RheumNow https://t.co/VJZYPaBrvE
Nelly ZIADE 🍀 @Nellziade ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
Why do people not respond to psoriatic arthritis therapies?
#EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/VGLN0R3TyY
David Liew @drdavidliew ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
What is the difference between difficult to treat, and treatment-refractory?
(see these criteria for PsA)
Treatment refractory means that co-morbidities, psychosocial issues and other factors have been managed adequately, but inflammation keeps on going
#EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/Fzpf0eiCWY
David Liew @drdavidliew ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago
FMF #Recommendations
#Colchicine can be fatal
🔺️Beware of drug interactions
🔺️Mostly statins in adults
🔺️Macrolides in children
#EULAR2025
@RheumNow https://t.co/SYGLpAJXFu
Nelly ZIADE 🍀 @Nellziade ( View Tweet )
10 months 1 week ago


