Rheumatoid Arthritis News

For patients with rheumatoid arthritis and inadequate response to JAK inhibitors, cycling to another JAK inhibitor is a more effective option than switching to a biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drug, according to data.

Depression and anxiety among patients with inflammatory arthritis is significantly undertreated, with large proportions not receiving minimally adequate care, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

Treatment with TNF inhibitors yielded no differences in outcomes vs. other antirheumatic therapies among U.S. veterans with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

The FDA has approved a third biosimilar for tocilizumab, called Avtozma, the second such biosimilar to be available in both intravenous and subcutaneous formulations, according to a press release.

While you wait for the groundhog to make his determination this weekend, take some time to buff up your knowledge of rheumatoid arthritis, a chronic autoimmune disease that affects about 1.5 million people in the United States.

In a large cohort of patients with autoimmune diseases, treatment with biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs was associated with reduced incidence of Parkinson’s disease, data show.

Exposure to various air pollutants, such as PM2.5 and nitrogen oxides, increases the risk for several autoimmune diseases, including psoriasis, lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in Scientific Reports.

Although sustained remission free of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs “does not seem attainable” for patients with rheumatoid arthritis requiring biological DMARDs, it is possible for those who do not require them, according to data.

Targeted therapies for active inflammatory arthritis should be started “without delay” for patients with cancer in remission, according to new EULAR points to consider published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.