RheumNow Podcast – Lupus Delights (9.18.20)
Sep 18, 2020
Dr Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow.com:
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Retrospective cohort study of 213 IMID patients, 36.2% tested positive for COVID-19, who had no greater risk of hospitalized or ventilation and immunosuppressive use was not shown to worsened the course of disease (TNFi decreased risk of hospitalization) https://t.c
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Sep 16, 2020
Discontinuing TNFi before wk 20 is feasible in RA and JIA pregnancy with well- controlled Dz. OTIS study of 490 women compared 25% who D/C TNFi before wk 20 vs 41% taking TNFi after wk 20. D/C TNF not assoc w/ clinical worsening in the 3rd trimester.
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Sep 12, 2020
Systematic review of Paternal DMARD exposure prior to pregnancy shows no firm evidence of harm with TNFi, ABA, RTX, azathioprine, cyclosporine, HCQ, leflunomide, MTX or mycophenolate mofetil.
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Sep 11, 2020
ICYMI - 11 Pearls for Pregnancy Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Sep 09, 2020
Rheumatoid arthritis affects women in their child-bearing years and many will face the issue of pregnancy and RA management at some point. Here are11 considerations for those managing RA patients who wish to become pregnant.
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RheumNow Podcast – To Celiac Test or Not? (9.4.20)
Sep 04, 2020
Dr Jack Cush reviews the news, journal articles and takes a few Back Talk questions this week:
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RheumNow Podcast is Up! Rheum Lives Matter. More about social change, HCQ, JAKs & skin, growing cartilage, FM exercise. Watch it here>https://t.co/LLvADsDJ5O or listen to the Podcast here>https://t.co/pCXzaJUS9s
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Aug 29, 2020
UK safety reminder that Baricitinib (Olumiant) has an increased risk of diverticulitis (incidence rate 0.16 per 100PY), esp. in those taking Steroids or NSAIDs. https://t.co/IfcV03e1p7
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Aug 28, 2020
Mayo case controlled study of 212 autoimmune pts - half w/ CNS inflamm dz and half without.
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Aug 24, 2020
Responses to switching TNFi in SpA go down w/ the 2nd TNFi. 1st TNFi @ 3 mos ASAS CII 51%; 2nd TNFi 41%; BASDAI @6 mo, 1st 46%, 2nd TNFi 33%.
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Aug 24, 2020
Selective Biologic Responses in Seropositive RA
Aug 20, 2020
The Journal of Rheuatology reports a pooled analysis of patients from 16 observational RA registries that examined the association between seropositivity (RF or ACPA) with biologic DMARDs responses; they showed better clinical responses when seropositive RA patients receive abatacept (ABA) or
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RheumNow Podcast – The Bad News That’s Fit to Print (8.21.20)
Aug 20, 2020
Dr Jack Cush reviews the news and journal reports from the past week on RheumNow: filgotinib rejection, delays in diagnosis, metformin benefits COVID, Abx and IBD, and UPA beats MTX.
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Study of 2 Canadian centers finds amongst 2095 patients taking biologics for #Psoriasis, 23 (1.1%) stopped their biologic for "COVID-19 related concerns". 5/23 restarted biologic for PSO flares.
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Aug 20, 2020
Forward study of 18,754 RA patients who experienced 1,801 CVD events and found CVD risk reduction with TNFi (HR 0.82 [95% CI 0.72-0.94]) and abatacept (HR 0.50 [95% CI 0.30-0.83]) compared to csDMARDs over & above MTX alone (use vs.
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Aug 19, 2020
Upadacitinib is Superior to Methotrexate in Early RA
Aug 17, 2020
In a head-to-head trial against methotrexate, JAK1 inhibition with upadacitinib was shown to be more effective in early, DMARD-naive RA patients. Here are the primary results.
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RheumNow Podcast - The SARS-CoV-2 Update (8-14-20)
Aug 14, 2020
Dr. Jack Cush updates the news and journal articles from the past week on RheumNow.com, with information on enthesitis, nr-Ax-SpA, UAB, Blockbuster Rheum Drugs and use of ACE inhibitors.
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Rheumatic Diseases, Drugs and COVID-19 Guidelines
Aug 13, 2020
Several recent publications have focused on the risk and outcomes of rheumatic disease (RDD) and autoimmune patients who become infected with SARs-CoV-2.
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Infliximab Use Near Surgery is Safe
Aug 11, 2020
Risk factors for perioperative infections include age, comorbidity, rheumatoid arthritis and steroids to name a few; whether concurrent use of TNF inhibitor (TNFI) therapy adds to this risk has been debated. In a study of elderly patients receiving infliximab infusions, infliximab use prior to
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RheumNow Podcast - Top 13 Rheumatology Centers (7-31-20)
Jul 31, 2020
Dr. Jack Cush reviews the news and TOP 13 list of Best Rheumatology Hospitals.
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GI Perforations with Tocilizumab Greater than Other Biologics
Jul 27, 2020
A study from a Swedish population shows the real-world risk of gastrointestinal (GI) perforations in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients taking biologics finds that the risk was greatest in RA patients taking tocilizumab (TCZ), compared with RA patient taking tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (
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The RheumNow Podcast is up - COVID-19 Responds to Steroids & TCZ, statin myopathy, Lung Dz in AOSD, TNFi & Liver, IL-23 in Psoriasis.
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Jul 24, 2020
CORRONA Registry shows no difference in 1 year outcomes when RA patients are given 1st line TNF inhibitors compared to 1st line non-TNF biologics (ABA, TCZ, RTX, anakinra, TOFA: thus supporting current RA guidelines, recommending individualised care https://t.co/Y
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Jul 24, 2020
Literature review suggests that TNF inhibitors are safe to use in NAFLD and may show a beneficial effect on hepatic tissue. TNFi should be prescribed with caution in patients w/ cirrhosis as the data are conflicting. https://t.co/uynkNNCxdt
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Jul 22, 2020
Risankizumab Outduels Secukinumab in Psoriasis
Jul 20, 2020
The IMMerge trial has demonstrated the superiority of interleukin (IL)‐23 over IL-17A inhibition adults with plaque psoriasis.
This multicenter, phase 3, open‐label study enrolled 327 adult patients with chronic, moderate‐to‐severe plaque psoriasis who were randomised risankizumab (
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Single center retrospective Korean study of 1280 Ankylosing Spondylitis patients (595 exposed to TNFi) showed that TNFi was associated with significantly decreased Xray change rate (mSASSS) (β=−0.112, p=0.004). https://t.co/W4j0Ckt0R2
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Jul 20, 2020
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