Gout News

Hour-long, virtual exercise classes that cover Pilates, yoga and tai chi are safe and improved health outcomes in patients with musculoskeletal disease, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis, gout, polydermatomyositis, vasculitis and those with multiple rheumatic diseases were at greatest risk for breakthrough COVID-19 infection, despite full or partial vaccination vs. those without rheumatic disease.

Adding immunomodulatory therapy to pegloticase for gout improves treatment persistence, according to data from a large observational registry presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Patients with chronic inflammatory disease on immunosuppressants, especially B-cell depleting agents, mycophenolate and glucocorticoids, exhibited poor antibody responses to the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, according to a presenter here.

The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application for ANI Pharmaceutical’s Cortrophin Gel to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and certain other autoimmune diseases, according to a company press release.

Among patients with arthritis who engaged in physical activity in the past month, about 71% reported walking as one of their two most frequent activities, followed by gardening and weightlifting, according to CDC researchers.

Compared to the Rotterdam Early Arthritis Cohort referral rule, the Clinical Arthritis Rule had superior specificity and overall diagnostic performance in recognizing inflammatory arthritis and inflammatory rheumatic disease in primary care.

An estimated 58.5 million adults in the United States — nearly one-quarter of the country’s adult population — had arthritis, while 25.7 million demonstrated arthritis-related activity limitations, during 2016 to 2018, according to data.

Healio announced the launch of Rheum and Boards, a quiz-based, online learning resource for rheumatologists, according to a Healio press release.

Reviewing old data and challenging conventional wisdom may yield benefits in managing gout flares, according to a presenter at the 2021 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-West.