Reactive Arthritis News

WASHINGTON — Among patients with systemic autoimmune rheumatic diseases, circulating interleukin-18 levels were lower in those with long COVID vs. those without, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2024.

SAN DIEGO — New imaging technologies, and improved use of the ones currently available, may move rheumatology closer to precision medicine in inflammatory arthritis, according to a speaker at the 2024 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology West.

The ability to view laboratory results, track symptoms and sharing them with a provider were rated as the most useful potential app functions by patients with rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, according to data.

Fatigue in patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases should be addressed with tailored physical activity, psychoeducational interventions or possibly immunomodulatory treatment, according to EULAR recommendations.

Poverty and chronic inflammation together may have a “synergistic” impact leading to higher all-cause mortality, including a 127% increased heart disease mortality risk and a 196% higher risk for cancer mortality, according to data.

Patients with immune checkpoint inhibitor-associated inflammatory arthritis who receive a biologic DMARD demonstrate quicker arthritis control, but also experience faster cancer progression, vs. methotrexate, according to data.

Routine, proactive therapeutic drug monitoring for patients receiving biopharmaceuticals for rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases is not recommended, according to new points-to-consider published by EULAR.

United Rheumatology and CreakyJoints have announced a partnership to launch the Rheumatoid Arthritis Wellness Center, a digital resource that aims to offer support to patients living with RA, according to a press release.

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and infectious complications, and up until recently, the emergence new treatments were rendering the current guidelines outdated.