Lupus News

DESTIN, Fla. — Hydroxychloroquine may no longer be the optimal treatment option for systemic dermatomyositis, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

DESTIN, Fla. — Systemic lupus erythematosus may benefit from being redefined and further subdivided, depending on the autoantibody profile of the patient, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East 2022.

DESTIN, Fla. — Nephritis and phospholipid antibodies should be considered as contributors to cardiovascular disease risk in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus, according to a speaker at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

Although patients with lupus nephritis may require prednisone maintenance, attempts should be made to reduce their steroid doses, said a speaker at The Future of Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Diagnosis and Treatment meeting.

People of color with lupus are more likely to experience delayed diagnosis along with greater rates of morbidity and mortality, compared with white patients, according to data.

Children and adolescents with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases who contract COVID-19 are not likely to require hospitalization, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Joint replacement in patients with inflammatory arthritis is often beset with pitfalls like disease flares and infectious complications, and up until recently, the emergence new treatments were rendering the current guidelines outdated.

Researchers found that long-term remission of cutaneous lupus erythematosus occurred in nearly 20% of patients, according to a study published in the Journal of American Academy of Dermatology.

Children with lupus of all racial and ethnic groups have experienced reduced of end-stage renal disease and dialysis, but the overall improvement has failed to close the outcome gap between Black and white patients, researchers noted.

Patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases should engage in both aerobic and strengthening exercises, aiming for at least moderate intensity, according to new EULAR recommendations.