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Positive COVID-19 vaccine responses persist in patients with RA receiving rituximab
In patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving rituximab, a positive humoral response following COVID-19 vaccination persists regardless of continued rituximab infusion, according to data published in Rheumatology.
‘Never meant to be elementary’: Why rheumatologists should avoid diagnoses of exclusion
Although the phrase “diagnosis of exclusion” may conjure images of Sherlock Holmes solving mysteries through deductive reasoning, the practice of arriving at a diagnosis by excluding others should be avoided, a group of experts wrote.
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Major cardiac events not more common in patients receiving JAK inhibitors vs adalimumab
The risks for major adverse cardiac events and venous thromboembolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis did not significantly differ between those receiving Janus kinase inhibitors or adalimumab, according to data.
TNF inhibitor use during pregnancy in RA reduces risk for low birth weight
TNF inhibitor use in pregnant patients with well-controlled rheumatoid arthritis reduces the risk for children born small-for-gestational-age, according to data published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Evusheld, aggressive therapy may reduce COVID-19 severity in patients on B-cell depletion
Pre-exposure prophylaxis with Evusheld, combined with aggressive outpatient treatment, may reduce COVID-19 severity in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disease on B-cell depletion, according to a letter published in RMB Open.
Patients with IMIDs demonstrate lower, less durable COVID-19 vaccine response
Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases demonstrate a lower, less durable COVID-19 vaccine response and are at risk for losing humoral immune protection, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.
‘Our friend and our enemy’: Rheumatologists continue to grapple with steroids
The movement away from long-term steroid use has reached all corners of rheumatology, and for good reason: Extended use of glucocorticoids can be associated with a raft of adverse outcomes.
Short telomeres associated with prevalent ILD in rheumatoid arthritis
Short telomeres were strongly associated with prevalent interstitial lung disease among patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to cross-sectional study results published in Respiratory Medicine.
Infections more common in patients with RA receiving tofacitinib vs TNF inhibitors
Infections are more common in patients with rheumatoid arthritis who receive tofacitinib compared with those who receive TNF inhibitors, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.
Pirfenidone may slow lung function decline in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-ILD
In the phase 2 TRAIL1 trial, treatment with pirfenidone slowed the rate of lung function decline in patients with rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease and demonstrated a similar safety profile to that observed in other trials of the drug.
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