Dermatology News

Patients with psoriasis who received biologic drugs demonstrated a lower risk — that was statistically and clinically significant — for developing psoriatic arthritis, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

The NIH has launched a clinical trial to examine antibody responses to a COVID-19 vaccine booster dose in patients with autoimmune disease who failed to respond to the initial vaccine regimen.

The mean annual direct and indirect costs related to idiopathic inflammatory myopathies are three to five times higher than in the general population, and begin increasing 2 years before diagnosis, according to data from a Swedish registry.

Male patients diagnosed with inflammatory arthritis at or before peak reproductive age have a lower fertility rate, a higher childlessness rate, and more fertility issues, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Psoriasis is “mostly mild” in patients with psoriatic arthritis yet still impacts quality of life when measured using a dermatology-specific questionnaire, according to data published in Rheumatology.

So-called “COVID toes” and other cutaneous manifestations of the virus are not the only dermatologic challenges that a rheumatologist may face, according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

Greater training in hidradenitis suppurativa diagnosis and treatment in pediatric patients could lead to more effective management and fewer high-cost emergency department visits, according to a retrospective cohort study.

A thorough physical exam and attention to a patient’s medical history are integral to differentiating dermatomyositis from cutaneous dermatomyositis with similar features, according to a presenter here.

Sex and gender differences between patients with psoriatic arthritis and axial spondyloarthritis may explain why women experience longer diagnostic delays, higher burden and lower drug survival in these diseases, noted a speaker here.

Providers should avoid monotherapy when treating hidradenitis suppurativa, and instead use a “layered and rotated” approach that also addresses the isolating psychosocial aspects of the disease, noted a speaker here.