IBD-Associated Arthritis News

About a quarter of patients with inflammatory bowel disease had evidence of heel enthesitis and spondyloarthritis on ultrasound, but the findings did not correlate with serum levels of vitamin D, according to recently presented research.

Mylan has expanded its voluntary recall to the hospital / user level for select lots of methotrexate, gemcitabine and other products designed for injection use due to the presence of visible particulate matter, according to a company press release.

Patients at a single rheumatology tertiary center in the United Kingdom gave correct responses about half of the time, on average, to questions about clinical trial details, but respondents who had higher knowledge about clinical trials were more willing to participate in research, according to recently published study findings.

The inappropriate use of NSAIDs, defined by the Italian Agency of Medicines as use for 21 days or more, for chronic pain associated with osteoarthritis, rheumatoid arthritis and other conditions may be prevalent in European patients, according to recently published research.

Fatigue was reported by 98% of patients with autoimmune disorders polled, and fatigue that prevented completion of everyday tasks was reported by 68% of the patients, according to a press release from the American Autoimmune Disease Related Diseases Association.

Compared with patients with Crohn’s disease, patients with both spondyloarthritis and Crohn’s disease, and healthy participants, an active mobilization of endothelial cells was seen in patients with spondyloarthritis alone, according to researchers in Florence, Italy.

Overlapping but distinct genetic susceptibility loci were seen in patients with ankylosing spondylitis and acute anterior uveitis, as well as in patients with inflammatory bowel disease with two interleukins.