Gout News

Individuals with a family history of gout and who are either obese or heavy alcohol consumers demonstrate a “markedly increased risk” for gout, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The holidays for many people represent a time of indulgence in food and drink, but for patients with gout, these feasts can be veritable minefields that can trigger painful flares.

Adding methotrexate to pegloticase increased treatment response, compared with pegloticase alone, in patients with uncontrolled gout, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Patients with gout, and especially women, may be at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes regardless of vaccination status, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers have identified “dozens” of new causal genes and pathways responsible for disease activity in patients with gout, according to a presenter at ACR Convergence 2022.

ORLANDO — In this video from ASN Kidney Week, Abdul A. Abdellatif, MD, discusses the efficacy of pegloticase treatment in conjunction with methotrexate for patients with uncontrolled gout.

The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for anakinra injection in the treatment of COVID-19 among hospitalized adults with pneumonia requiring supplemental oxygen.

Sarcopenia and weight loss occur more frequently in patients with lower concentrations of serum urate, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

In patients with ischemic heart disease older than 60 years, the uric acid-lowering drug allopurinol did not improve CV outcomes, according to results of the ALL-HEART trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.

Black adults showed a higher prevalence for gout than white adults during a 10-year period, even after adjusting for diet, social determinants of health and chronic kidney disease, according to data published in JAMA Network.