Spondyloarthropathies
Conference Coverage
Filgotinib reduces flare risk in uveitis in phase 2 study
Phase 2 data on filgotinib show a reduction in risk of flare in patients with uveitis and good tolerance in one of the first studies of a JAK...
Conference Coverage
COX-2, TNF inhibitor combo appear to have limited role in reducing axSpA spinal damage progression
Despite no statistical significance, there was a strong numerical signal of reduction in spinal structural damage of adding in a selective COX-2...
Conference Coverage
Bimekizumab effective for axSpA with or without prior TNFi treatment
Data after 24 weeks of treatment with bimekizumab in patients with nonradiographic and radiographic axial spondyloarthritis show good responses in...
Conference Coverage
AI algorithm detects erosions, ankylosis with high accuracy in patients with sacroiliitis
Preliminary data from an AI algorithm designed to detect erosions and ankylosis in patients with sacroiliitis show nearly 90% accuracy and is...
From the Journals
Should patients with PsA or ankylosing spondylitis with axial disease be ‘lumped’ or ‘split’?
Patients with isolated axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) were older at diagnosis, more likely to have psoriatic nail lesions, and less likely to...
20th Anniversary
OMERACT continues to set standards on research outcomes, enhancing the patient voice
OMERACT arose from a need to streamline clinical outcome measures in rheumatology, and now with 30 years of...
From the Journals
Autoimmune disease patients’ waxing, waning response to COVID vaccination studied in-depth
Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases have weaker vaccine-induced immunity to COVID but are able to build a humoral immune response...
News from the FDA/CDC
FDA approves adalimumab-bwwd biosimilar (Hadlima) in high-concentration form
The 100-mg/mL version of adalimumab-bwwd (Hadlima) is indicated for the same seven conditions as its 50-mg/mL counterpart.
From the Journals
Biosimilar-to-biosimilar switches deemed safe and effective, systematic review reveals
While switches between biosimilars of the same reference biologic already occur for biosimilars with indications in different specialties, they do...
Guidelines
ACR makes changes to adult, pediatric vaccinations guidance
The pneumococcal, recombinant zoster, and HPV vaccines are among those recommended for patients taking immunosuppressive medications.
From the Journals
Many patients with acute anterior uveitis may have undiagnosed spondyloarthritis
A cross-sectional study’s finding that more than half of patients with noninfectious acute anterior uveitis also had spondyloarthritis suggests...