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Eular 2025 PsA Topic Panel https://t.co/wJ08aKGZfJ https://t.co/6OvkIeOT76

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Remission in Axial Spondyloarthritis Unrelated to Gut Inflammation

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Most patients with early, active axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) who quickly received a tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitor experienced remission, and it didn't matter whether or not they had intestinal inflammation at baseline, a small single-arm study found.

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Survey of 154 Saudi established #RA pts on MTX >3mos; 64% claiming #MTX intolerance & 36% w/ MTX Intolerance Severity Score (MISS) >6. But MTX intolerance was NOT related to dose or route of administration, meal or time of day. These were not new MTX starters https://t.co/6KWGcZvx4o
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Simple Measures are Effective in Knee Osteoarthritis

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Knee braces, water therapy and exercise are the most promising non-drug therapies for treating knee osteoarthritis, according to a new meta-analysis publishing June 18, 2025 in the open-access journal PLOS One by Yuan Luo of the First People’s Hospital of Neijiang, China.

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Social Determinants of Health in SLE Dr. Mrinalini Dey interviews Dr. Elena Nikiphorou about the topic of social determinants of health in systemic lupus erythematosus, and data being presented at the EULAR 2025 meeting in Barcelona, Spain. https://t.co/gSFIV8uIuE https://t.co/VpqzVRSwh9

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Nurse-Led Treat-to-Target Clinics New studies shared at the 2025 annual EULAR congress in Barcelona highlight the benefits that nurse-led care can bring for both patients and healthcare systems. https://t.co/sV8IHhnwbm https://t.co/IrJKvceyez

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What we need in very early arthritis

David Liew, FRACP

It's easy to think that in our current world that we've done it all for rheumatoid arthritis, that there's nothing left to be done after b/tsDMARDs have become relatively widespread and accessible. If we aren’t satisfied that we’ve done all we can for our RA patients, how can we make their

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From Domains to Decisions: Personalizing PsA Care with Data At EULAR 2025, Dr. Laura Coates (Oxford) took the plenary stage to reframe how we think about treating psoriatic arthritis. The message was clear: in 2025, PsA treatment is no longer about following a linear algorithm; https://t.co/tzgE7U4eSj
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Persistent Burden in Early RA Despite Disease Control: insights from CareRA Trials

Mrinalini Dey, MD

Advances in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, particularly the treat-to-target strategy and the introduction of effective DMARDs, have improved the management of inflammation in RA. However, improved inflammatory markers do not always translate into a resolution of patients’ symptoms or

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Using Combination csDMARDs in PsA Dr. Eric Ruderman shares his insights on abstracts OP0093, OP0106, and POS0106, which discuss the effectiveness of combination csDMARD therapy, long-term outcomes of methotrexate and leflunomide, and a real-world treat-to-target strategy in https://t.co/Pv4YEyYShm
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Social Determinants of Health in SLE SDH, such as socioeconomic status and educational background are factors that are increasingly recognised as critical contributors to health outcomes in chronic diseases. Understanding how certain factors impact different RMDs is important, https://t.co/Xf2bR7ap5m
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Nurse-Led Treat-to-Target Clinics

EurekAlert!

New studies shared at the 2025 annual EULAR congress in Barcelona highlight the benefits that nurse-led care can bring for both patients and healthcare systems.

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Pregnancy outcomes in autoinflammatory disease

EurekAlert!

To address this, a French multi-centre prospective pregnancy observational cohort was set up, to analyse disease activity, treatment, pregnancy outcomes, delivery, and neonatal health. The work – presented at the 2025 annual congress of EULAR – showcased findings from 97 women with an

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From Domains to Decisions: Personalizing PsA Care with Data

Jiha Lee, MD

At EULAR 2025, Dr. Laura Coates (Oxford) took the plenary stage to reframe how we think about treating psoriatic arthritis. The message was clear: in 2025, PsA treatment is no longer about following a linear algorithm; it’s about understanding the unique constellation of domains, comorbidities,

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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

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David Liew @drdavidliew( View Tweet )
Joint pain and fatigue are actually the biggest issues for people living with haemochromatosis, but we in rheumatology don’t have organized care for them. A call to action from Patrick Kiely, to do better by these patients #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/h3Zvov642L

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David Liew @drdavidliew( View Tweet )
RCT of a digital intervention in RMDs? It was long awaited, and all the lights are green🟢! German national Bechterew-App RCT of App based intervention AXIA, control group was standard of care 200pts 12wks ASAS20 response 51% vs. 9% ASAS40 response rate 23% vs. 3% BASDAI:

Aurelie Najm @AurelieRheumo( View Tweet )

The key changes for the new 2025 EULAR recommendations on RA treatment #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/dp5LnoFdpW

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David Liew @drdavidliew( View Tweet )
EULAR PtC for the definition of #TR (Trt Refractory) #Psoriatic_Arthritis #D2M 1️⃣ Failure >= 2 b/tsDMARDs 2️⃣ Problematic 3️⃣ Evidence of persistent disease (inflammation is mandatory) + 4️⃣ Exclude comorbidities, psychosocial factors, failure due to SE/CI #EULAR2025 @RheumNow https://t.co/8nx26mWX3C

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Nelly ZIADE 🍀 @Nellziade( View Tweet )
Self-management of rheum disease is ripe for apps, gamification. How well does it work though? This app (Axia) in axSpA was basically as good as a biologic. Maybe you downplay non-pharm management, prob because we don’t do it well. This changes that #EULAR2025 LB0002 @RheumNow https://t.co/sfhEJFsF89

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David Liew @drdavidliew( View Tweet )
#RA #recommendations #update Some recommendations were merged For sure some regions will consider #Combination #csDMARDs or Switch to another 👇🤔 #sulfasalazine #leflunomide Depends on access, pt preference, disease activity/severity #EULAR2025 @RheumNow @eular_org https://t.co/QDPcHhvQiV

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Janet Pope @Janetbirdope( View Tweet )
Presenting our abstract on remote monitoring in rheumatology at #EULAR2025 @RBNHSFT @UniofReading @HenleyBSchool @RheumNow https://t.co/palWjtX3gM

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Antoni Chan MD (Prof) @synovialjoints( View Tweet )
Leaky pipeline in rheumatology: In a 23-country survey, women left hospital practice earlier—26% at trainee level vs 7% of men. Top reasons? 🚫 Unfair promotion 🚫 Poor communication 🚫 No career path Workplace equity still lags. POS0407 @RheumNow #EULAR2025

Jiha Lee @JihaRheum( View Tweet )

Recommendations for RA management at #EULAR2025 - MTX [or other csDMARDs] and steroids still remain the first line- nothing beats that! - ofcourse minimize steroids! - rather than stopping meds at remission, reducing doses may be a better solution. Not much changed. @RheumNow https://t.co/NK5ejsgjWV

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Bella Mehta @bella_mehta( View Tweet )
Proud to present the 1st #ARCH_ArLAR prospective interventional study #EULAR2025 Large awareness campaign ➡️ 🔺️Proportion new referred CIRDs pts ⬆️ from 31 to 37% 🔺️Time 2 see a rheuma ⬇️ 14 to 10 mo 🔺️Time 2 diagnosis ⬇️ 18 to 12 mo POS1310 @RheumNow @ArLARheumatolog https://t.co/eKrRKHNXMZ

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Nelly ZIADE 🍀 @Nellziade( View Tweet )

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