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Rheumatology
Naveen Ravichandran, Shivika Guleria, Namita Mohindra, Amita Aggarwal
Summary: This study assessed the long-term functional outcomes in ERA patients from China and found that delay in diagnosis was the sole predictor of poor functional outcome.
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Rheumatology
Christina Charles-Schoeman, Ernest Choy, Iain B. McInnes, Eduardo Mysler, Peter Nash, Kunihiro Yamaoka, Ralph Lippe, Nasser Khan, Anna K. Shmagel, Hannah Palac, Jessica Suboticki, Jeffrey R. Curtis
Summary: This study provides an integrated analysis of major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs) and venous thromboembolism (VTE) events in rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), and ankylosing spondylitis (AS) patients treated with upadacitinib. The results show that the rates of MACEs and VTE events with upadacitinib are similar to those reported for conventional synthetic and biologic disease-modifying drugs, and comparable to adalimumab and methotrexate.
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Immunology
Sanjukta Majumder, Shivika Guleria, Amita Aggarwal
Summary: IL-36 may play a role in the pathogenesis of juvenile spondyloarthropathies. Elevated levels of IL-36 gamma in ERA patients are associated with disease activity. Pro-inflammatory cytokines can upregulate IL-36 gamma and IL-6 expression, potentially leading to an inflammatory feedback loop in ERA.
CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL IMMUNOLOGY
(2022)
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Rheumatology
Anton Jonatan Landgren, Mats Dehlin, Lennart Jacobsson, Ulrika Bergsten, Eva Klingberg
Summary: The study aimed to compare traditional cardiovascular risk factors among patients with different rheumatic diseases, and found that hypertension was the most common comorbidity, with patients with gout having the highest prevalence of traditional CVRFs. Significant differences in occurrence of CVRFs by sex were also observed among patients with PsA, RA and AS.
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Medicine, General & Internal
Vandana Bhushan, Susan Lester, Liz Briggs, Raif Hijjawi, E. Michael Shanahan, Eliza Pontifex, Jem Ninan, Catherine Hill, Fin Cai, Jennifer Walker, Fiona Goldblatt, Mihir D. Wechalekar
Summary: Similar retention rates of the second and third compared to the first b/tsDMARD in RA, PsA, and AS support a differential b/tsDMARDs use strategy based on patient presentation. The risk of b/tsDMARD failure was halved in PsA patients, and covariates were not associated with the risk of bDMARD failure. The most common reason for switching was treatment failure.
FRONTIERS IN MEDICINE
(2021)
Editorial Material
Rheumatology
Juergen Braun, Dietmar Krause, Uta Kiltz
Summary: This editorial discusses the impact evaluation of a nurse-led program for patient self-assessment and self-management in axial spondyloarthritis, presented in a prospective, multicenter, randomized, controlled trial (COMEDSPA) conducted by Anna Molto et al.
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Rheumatology
Gerd R. Burmester, Stanley B. Cohen, Kevin L. Winthrop, Peter Nash, Alan D. Irvine, Atul Deodhar, Eduardo Mysler, Yoshiya Tanaka, John Liu, Ana P. Lacerda, Hannah Palac, Tim Shaw, Philip J. Mease, Emma Guttman-Yassky
Summary: This study evaluated the long-term safety of upadacitinib in patients with RA, PsA, AS, and AD. The analysis of safety data from clinical trials showed that upadacitinib was generally well tolerated in these diseases, with some differences in safety profiles.
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Rheumatology
Xabier Michelena, Clementina Lopez-Medina, Alba Erra, Xavier Juanola, Pilar Font-Ugalde, Eduardo Collantes, Helena Marzo-Ortega
Summary: This study compared the clinical and radiographical characteristics of axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with psoriasis. It found that axial PsA is predominantly HLA-B27 negative and has different manifestations compared to AS with psoriasis. There is great heterogeneity in the definition of axial PsA from a clinical and imaging perspective.
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Rheumatology
Georg Schett, Xenofon Baraliakos, Filip Van den Bosch, Atul Deodhar, Mikkel Ostergaard, Ayan Das Gupta, Shephard Mpofu, Todd Fox, Adam Winseck, Brian Porter, Abhijit Shete, Lianne S. Gensler
Summary: The study demonstrated that Secukinumab has significant efficacy in improving enthesitis in patients with ankylosing spondylitis, particularly in the axial and overall MASES scores, showing substantial improvements in patients.
JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
(2021)
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Rheumatology
Sanjana Tarannum, Jessica Widdifield, C. Fangyun Wu, Sindhu R. Johnson, Paula Rochon, Lihi Eder
Summary: This study compared patterns of healthcare utilization between male and female patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA). The findings showed that female patients had higher healthcare utilization than male patients before and after diagnosis, possibly indicating biological differences in disease course or sociocultural differences in healthcare-seeking behavior.
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2023)
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Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Krzysztof Bonek, Ewa Kuca Warnawin, Anna Kornatka, Magdalena Plebanczyk, Tomasz Burakowski, Wlodzimierz Maslinski, Malgorzata Wislowska, Piotr Gluszko, Marzena Ciechomska
Summary: This study investigates the associations between miR signatures and cytokines, serum lipids, and disease activity in patients with PsA, AS, and RA. The results show the superiority of miR expressions in distinguishing between RA, PsA, and AS, and a unique regulatory pathway in PsA.
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Rheumatology
Walter Reinisch, Wayne Hellstrom, Radboud J. E. M. Dolhain, Suresh Sikka, Rene Westhovens, Rajiv Mehta, Timothy Ritter, Ursula Seidler, Oleksandr Golovchenko, Vladimir Simanenkov, Olena Garmish, Slawomir Jeka, Radka Moravcova, Vijay Rajendran, Franck-Olivier Le Brun, Sarah Arterburn, Timothy R. Watkins, Robin Besuyen, Dirk Vanderschueren
Summary: The phase 2 MANTA and MANTA-RAy studies aimed to determine the impact of the oral Janus kinase 1 inhibitor filgotinib on semen parameters and sex hormones in men with inflammatory diseases. Results showed that once daily filgotinib 200 mg for 13 weeks had no measurable impact on semen parameters or sex hormones.
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2023)
Article
Rheumatology
Luis Fernando Perez-Garcia, Esther Roder, Robbert J. Goekoop, Johanna M. W. Hazes, Marc R. Kok, Hieronymus T. W. Smeele, Ilja Tchetverikov, Annette H. M. Van der Helm-van Mil, Jos H. van der Kaap, Petra Kok, Bouwe P. Krijthe, Radboud J. E. M. Dolhain
Summary: This study is the first to demonstrate that inflammatory arthritis can impact male fertility. Men diagnosed with IA before and during the peak reproductive years have lower fertility rates, higher rates of childlessness, and more fertility problems.
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2021)
Article
Rheumatology
Timothy S. H. Kwok, Mitchell Sutton, Daniel Pereira, Richard J. Cook, Vinod Chandran, Nigil Haroon, Robert D. Inman, Dafna D. Gladman
Summary: Isolated axial PsA and AS with psoriasis are relatively uncommon. HLA-B*27 positivity is associated with isolated axial PsA and may predict the development of peripheral disease. Isolated axial PsA is associated with better functional status. Isolated axial PsA appears clinically distinct from isolated axial AS with psoriasis.
ANNALS OF THE RHEUMATIC DISEASES
(2022)
Article
Rheumatology
Elana Meer, Telma Thrastardottir, Xingmei Wang, Maureen Dubreuil, Yong Chen, Joel M. Gelfand, Thorvardur J. Love, Alexis Ogdie
Summary: This study identified shared and different risk factors for PsA, PsO, RA, and AS, including obesity, alcohol intake, infections, and other factors. Smoking, anemia, inflammatory bowel disease, etc. also had an impact on the onset of RA and AS.
JOURNAL OF RHEUMATOLOGY
(2022)
