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A call for ANA stewardship?
Abstract 1931: Educating clinicians on wise ANA ordering via EMR Alert plus removing the comprehensive ANA panel -->
- ↓ ANA testing (outpatient 15.9%→7.4%, inpatient 25.5%→6.4%)
↓ costs ($440k→$130k)
#ACR24 @RheumNow
Akhil Sood MD @AkhilSoodMD ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
Study of 25K+ patients using TrinetX on immune checkpoint inhibitors shows no significant mortality difference between those with pre-existing autoimmune disease (AID) and those without.
Mortality rates:
AID: 39.8%
Non-AID: 40.2%
Large-scale evidence supports ICIs in AID… https://t.co/BI5jK9jsoM
Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
A#2531 @AlisaMueller
CRISPR deletion of fibroblasts, gave cytokine activation to mimic inflamm
Are there gene depletions that affect inflamm pathways?
👉SIX1 reduces inflamm potentiation
👉NFIL3 deletion promotes inflamm, degradation
@RheumNow #ACR24 https://t.co/Nqghb5UaBR
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Eric Dein @ericdeinmd ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
A#2532
Pre-existing AID for immunoRx?
Excluded from trials
4 prior studies showed no diff in mortality w AID
Propensity-matched cohort study
Followed median 250 days
Hazard ratio: 1.07 (unmatched), 0.97 (matched) - no diff. Mortality about 40% in grps
@RheumNow #ACR24 https://t.co/zyVCPts6s6
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Eric Dein @ericdeinmd ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
#ACR24 Guidelines #LupusNephritis for refractory dz @RheumNow https://t.co/LlSixkggKK
TheDaoIndex @KDAO2011 ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
Imaging in TAK Diagnosis
@KQuinnRheum @RheumNow
⭐ Take homes ⭐
👉location of renal artery stenosis (RAS) key to making Dx with proximal RAS in TAK
👉FDG PET -focal uptake in TAK vs diffuse in GCA
👉MRI good surrogate for disease activity where PET unavailable
#ACR24 https://t.co/UWxTAZScIt
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Patricia Harkins @DrTrishHarkins ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
Mental health, sex, and comorbidities are key factors in determining recalcitrant psoriatic arthritis (PsA).
Key findings:
- 21.7% of patients required ≥4 biologic/targeted synthetic DMARDs.
- Female patients and those with depression were more likely to be recalcitrant.
- No… https://t.co/I9YYoRnLwh https://t.co/VtnPceVLOZ
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Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
#ACR24 - Featured Industry Presentations
Many of the great presentations for this meeting come from industry sponsored clinical trials and reports. Often these become the pivotal studies for regulatory approval and the annual congresses are their first look.… https://t.co/I6LMQ5xMUx https://t.co/UzTeqWUSdo
Dr. John Cush @RheumNow ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
The precise mechanism of action of GIOP is not known. Decrease in osteocyte LCN is observed. Abstr#2528 @RheumNow #ACR24 https://t.co/fazUUy03fQ
Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
In earlier studies of Vit D, there were conflicting evidence as to whether it reduced or increased the risk of RA and #SLE
@RheumNow #ACR24 @rheumarhyme https://t.co/PvjjmhHaOd
sheila @RHEUMarampa ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
A Bayesian Network Meta-analysis Phase II/III/IV, placebo-controlled, randomised clinical trials and long-term extension studies of JAKi and TNFi, in adults with RA, PsO, PsA, axial
spondyloarthritis axSpA and IBD showed the following:
- TNFi was associated with a significantly… https://t.co/FWHgemEAvG https://t.co/3D0nldwmwA
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Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints ( View Tweet )
1 week ago
Gottenberg et al. A positive RCT in pSS! DAHLIAS study. Phase 2. 163 patients. Nipocalimab, anti-neonatal Fc receptor (FcRn) mAb. @RheumNow #ACR24 Abstr#2527 https://t.co/M7li4ZoKeY https://t.co/gV9MGnswdR
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Richard Conway @RichardPAConway ( View Tweet )
1 week ago