Spondyloarthropathies
Conference Coverage
NSAIDs for spondyloarthritis may affect time to conception
“If a woman is requiring regular NSAIDs for symptom control, the results of this study might encourage me to consider a biologic agent sooner to...
Conference Coverage
Retention rates high after biosimilar-to-biosimilar switch for inflammatory arthritis
Danish investigators studied how a government-mandated switch from one infliximab biosimilar to another affected patients with inflammatory...
From the Journals
Therapeutic drug monitoring pays off for arthritis patients
Patients who reduced their dosage of TNF-alpha inhibitor had less treatment failure and similar risk of adverse events, compared with standard...
From the Journals
Two biologics equally effective for extraintestinal manifestations of IBD
Ustekinumab and vedolizumab have similar effects on extraintestinal manifestations of inflammatory bowel disease, a real-world, retrospective...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves upadacitinib (Rinvoq) for sixth indication
Upadacitinib’s approval for nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis marks the sixth indication in the United States for the Janus kinase inhibitor...
From the Journals
Who are the patients with longstanding ankylosing spondylitis without syndesmophytes?
A small minority of patients with longstanding ankylosing spondylitis and fused sacroiliac joints lack syndesmosphytes, and these patients were...
Feature
Breakthrough COVID studies lend support to use of new boosters in immunosuppressed patients
The findings of two studies underscore the importance of booster vaccine doses in those with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases who are taking...
Conference Coverage
Sex differences seen in inflammatory arthritis health care use
Women’s higher risk of conditions such as osteoarthritis and pain and fatigue may help to explain why overall healthcare resource use was higher...
Conference Coverage
Hormones’ impact described in transgender rheumatology patients
Gender-affirming hormone therapy does not need to be a strict contraindication in transgender patients with rheumatic disease, an author of a new...
Conference Coverage
Around 10% of back pain patients referred by chiropractors have undiagnosed SpA
“Chiropractors need education for axSpA, when to suspect, and when to refer.”
Conference Coverage
Spondyloarthritis disease activity measurement with ASDAS not influenced by gender
Researchers studied how gender affects the reporting of patient outcomes across commonly used scoring methods and indices in the spectrum of...