Lupus News

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus who are vaccinated for COVID-19 demonstrate reduced antibody levels compared with vaccinated controls, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Assistive reproductive therapy is safe and demonstrates “satisfactory outcomes” in patients with systemic lupus erythematous in stable disease, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Several new drugs and promising therapies, including chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, have ushered in a “lupus renaissance,” said a speaker at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

Patients with systemic lupus erythematosus receiving anifrolumab are more likely to achieve earlier, more frequent and longer low disease activity, compared with those taking placebo, according to data.

Older patients with rheumatic diseases are less to report “vigorous” levels of physical activity, compared with other age groups, which may lead to more lifestyle difficulties, according to data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.

Adverse events and outcomes are more common in pregnant patients with rheumatoid arthritis and systemic lupus erythematosus, and their infants, vs. those without rheumatic diseases, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Remission should be the primary goal for patients with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus, according to new points to consider for treat-to-target endorsed by the Pediatric Rheumatology European Society.

There is an unmet need among African American youth for more plentiful education and resources regarding lupus, according to data published in BMC Rheumatology.

A novel, fully automated multiparametric autoantibody analysis may improve the early diagnosis of connective tissue diseases, particularly lupus and Sjögren’s syndrome, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Black and Hispanic patients with systemic lupus erythematous demonstrate more severe COVID-19 outcomes than white patients, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.