Rheumatoid Arthritis News

One out of three registered randomized controlled trials on connective tissue diseases are never completed or published, representing a “waste of energy or resources” that may skew meta-analyses, according to researchers.

Tenosynovitis detected through power Doppler ultrasound predicts rheumatoid and inflammatory arthritis development in patients with clinically suspect arthralgia, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

There are no clinically relevant differences in treatment retention among patients receiving biosimilar or originator biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs as first exposure to that drug, data published in Rheumatology show.

Although vaccines reduce the overall risk for COVID-19 regardless of immune status, patients with immune dysfunction are at a “substantial risk” for breakthrough infection versus those without, according to data.

Approximately 61% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis or psoriatic arthritis who use methotrexate report side effects following weekly dosing, including fatigue and nausea, according to data published in Rheumatology and Therapy.