Osteoarthritis

Partial vs Total Knee Replacement: Is One Superior? Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) primarily affecting only one knee joint compartment did just as well with partial knee replacement (PKR) as with total arthroplasty after 10 years in a randomized trial -- and maybe a little https://t.co/KOZwedtnxo
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Coccyx and Sacrococcygeal Joint Disorders

Jack Cush, MD

Pain from coccygeal or sacrococcygeal disorders is rare, often presenting as a diagnostic challenge. Coccygeal pain is often mistaken for lumbosacral, pelvic, or gastrointestinal disorders. This review presents the epidemiology, anatomy, biomechanics, presentations, diagnostic evaluation,

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Partial vs Total Knee Replacement: Is One Superior?

Patients with osteoarthritis (OA) primarily affecting only one knee joint compartment did just as well with partial knee replacement (PKR) as with total arthroplasty after 10 years in a randomized trial -- and maybe a little bit better. Final results of the landmark TOPKAT study indicated that

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Colchicine prevents total joint arthroplasty (TJA). Study of 31,478 colchicine initiators, followed 4.5 yrs. W/ an overall 12% lower risk of TJA (HR 0.88 95% CI 0.81 to 0.96), and a 23% lower risk of TJA in those with knee/hip OA (HR 0.77) https://t.co/1JsZd8K0sI

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Vitamin D and Lupus Outcomes (11.21.2025)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from this past week on RheumNow.com.

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Target emulation trial of 12,145 Pts (87% female; age 80 yrs), shows that compared to teriparatide, Rx w/ romosozumab was assoc w/ significantly lower risk of osteoarthritis (RR 0.79); especially for knee OA (0.79). https://t.co/nEdENoNae7 https://t.co/JiyRd6ThXu

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Treating During Pregnancy (11.14.2025)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the journal articles, news and guidelines from this past week on RheumNow.com

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Can EMR Treatment Suggestions Improve Decision Making?

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In a new study involving 402 U.S.-based primary care physicians, researchers from Northwestern University and the University of Sydney identified a “sweet spot” in clinical decision-making. By presenting just the right number of treatment alternatives in the electronic health record (EHR) system

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There is a growing burden of #OA among middle-aged adults, rising by 123.7%, from 11.8 million in 1990 to 26.4 million in 2021. 56.5% of incident cases & 38% of prevalent cases occur in middle-aged group (70% higher than the elderly (>60 years) population). Highest in hi-income. https://t.co/JVpZ96qe0E
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RETREAT study was a 12 wk RCT of Tai Chi in 178 knee OA pts Rx w/ online OA info vs same plus free web based tai chi video program. Tai Chi group had signif improved knee pain (−2.7 v -1.2); (−12 v −6.9) & achieved a minimal pain & function (73% v 47%); and Its free! https://t.co/WLzQ9YHrcu
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In the epidemiology session on the final day of #ACR25, a large cohort study (>430k pts) showed that GLP-1 receptor agonists were linked to lower incidence of RA, gout & OA vs DPP-4 inhibitors. Adds to the growing case for GLP-1 benefits beyond glucose control. @RheumNow #2657

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Disease activity associated with symtomatic knee OA and increased with increased KL grades Abst#2625 #ACR25 @RheumNow https://t.co/uCrdnVXk0J

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A new IA drug in OA 🚨 Cell therapy of apoptotic PBMCs ENX-CL-05-001 RCT Ph2A moderate to severe OA 134 pts 3 injections vs. PBO Pain improvement 24% Better response in people > 60 and more so 65yo Potential improvement for > 6mo Safety mainly local reactions to compound https://t.co/m2MZN3i22b

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GLP-1 in Knee Osteoarthritis https://t.co/SxyVEAK1CZ @bella_mehta Discusses role of GLP1 in OA and possible mechanisms of effectiveness ? weight reduction ? or doses it have anti-inflammatory -anti-fibrotic role ? @RheumNow #ACR25

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GLP1 receptors are present on cartilage, synovial and specific cells such as macrophages. Also endogenous GLP1 seemed to protect the cartilage in animal models #ACR25 @RheumNow https://t.co/ekNWbtPO4b

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Many GLP-1 drugs in the pipeline for management in #OA #ACR25 @rheumnow https://t.co/y3UCp0CcUb

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Semaglitide did help in weight loss and decrease in pain in knee OA https://t.co/240sR5An3m #acr25 @rheumnow Question is that is the pain decrease is secondary to weight loss or an independent effect? https://t.co/R2v5YDP3A5

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List of GLP1 agonists approved currently..would they have effects in #OA Session title is should we gave them to everyone? #ACR25 @RheumNow https://t.co/dXwB6Jkg8C

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#0852 LEVI-04, a novel p75NTR-Fc fusion protein, significantly reduces MRI bone marrow lesions in knee #OA 🦵📉 Phase II RCT (n=518): dose-dependent BML reduction (p<0.001) + correlated improvement in pain & function. Promising structure-modifying OA therapy @RheumNow #ACR25 https://t.co/huA8OaFGSd

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In this ph2 trial of LEVI-04 for knee #osteoarthritis, At wk 20, LEVI-04 ⬇️ bone marrow lesions (BML), greater ⬇️ in BML area even w/ higher KL grades Promising treatment. #ACR25 @RheumNow Abs0852 #ACRBest https://t.co/MrmLPlFiDs

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GLP-1 Receptor Agonists: Impacts Beyond Metabolism?

Mrinalini Dey, MD

The GLP-1 story has been hard to miss this year, and at ACR Convergence, it’s clear that these drugs are starting to make real waves in rheumatology. Across multiple abstracts, investigators have used a large real-world dataset, the TriNetX network, to explore how GLP-1 receptor agonists (GLP-

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Meniscal tears - Systematic review of 46 studies - Incidence of 66 per 100,000 - Annual cost of 5 billion to US healthcare - Trend to preserve the meniscus, do less removal, more preservation - Biologic Rx (platelet-rich plasma & stem cell Rx) inconclusive results https://t.co/IPyRFad9GX
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UK National Joint Registry study of 1.5 million TKR and THA (2010 to 2022); trends show median Length of hosp stay (LOS) decreased from 4.3d to 2.75 d for THR; & from 4.35d to 2.9d for TKR; & from 3.2d to 1.9d for UKR (unilat. knee replacement). Longer LOS with comorbidity, https://t.co/DNBZTPFRsl
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Whole Body MRI for Arthritis Whole-body MRI (wbMRI) reviews have increasingly appeared in the medical literature, owing to better scanners, faster imaging times and reduced costs. Use of such non-oncologic musculoskeletal imaging provides high-contrast resolution images of the https://t.co/RQBPDhf1Vb
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Bad Actor Cofactor (10.17.2025)

Jack Cush, MD

Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports, discusses pediatric reports, pregnancy data, diet and nutrition and more.

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