Psoriatic Arthritis News

The Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index and the Patient-Reported Outcomes Measurement Information System-Physical Function had excellent agreement in finding psoriatic arthritis minimal disease activity, according to findings.

COVID-19 outcomes are worse among patients with inflammatory arthritis receiving glucocorticoids, but not in those receiving anticytokine therapy, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Common “pitfalls” among rheumatologists when prescribing topical steroids include doses that are too weak or low in volume, and a failure to advise patients on side effects, said a speaker at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

There is much to look forward to in the management of psoriatic arthritis, according to a presenter at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

Patients with immune checkpoint therapy-induced inflammatory arthritis report significant social, functional and emotional impacts, compared with cancer and other side effects, according to findings published in BMC Rheumatology.

The risk for hospital-diagnosed COVID-19 among patients with autoimmune or immune-mediated disease may depend on age, specific disease and prior therapy, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

This episode investigates the history of how psoriatic arthritis became recognized as a distinct disease. Then explores the bone changes and radiographic findings of PsA.

Ixekizumab demonstrated significantly greater joint and skin improvement, through week 52, than adalimumab among patients with psoriatic arthritis, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

August marks Psoriasis Awareness Month, a time to spread information about the disease and its treatment options, as well as to support those who experience its manifestations.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis have much to be hopeful about, with understanding of the disease increasing and an expanded range of treatment options available, according to a presenter at the 2020 Rheumatology Nurses Society Annual Conference.