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Tapering biologics, csDMARDs leads to increased flares in patients with RA
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis who underwent a biologic and/or disease-modifying antirheumatic drug taper were more likely to experience flares and have a shorter time to flare, said a speaker at ACR Convergence 2021.
COVID-19 pandemic led to fewer initial rheumatology visits, autoimmunity lab tests
The COVID-19 pandemic brought with it a significant decrease in autoimmunity laboratory testing, first rheumatology visits and diagnoses from 2019 to 2020, according to Italian data published in The Journal of Rheumatology.
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Less than 20% of adults with arthritis attend self-management classes
A median of just 16.2% of adults with arthritis attended a self-management class in 2019, while that same year 69.3% received counseling for physical activity from their provider, according to CDC researchers.
Patients, physicians share decision-making when choosing RA therapy
Most patients with rheumatoid arthritis were involved in conversations about treatment decisions with their rheumatologist, according results of a multinational European survey presented at ACR Convergence 2021.
Rituximab increased odds of COVID-19 hospitalization vs. DMARDs for patients with RA
Baseline use of rituximab compared with conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs was associated with worse COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, according to a presenter at ACR Convergence 2021.
Female sex predictive of nausea, alopecia in patients with RA starting methotrexate
Female sex was identified as a baseline predictor of increased odds of both nausea and alopecia in patients with rheumatoid arthritis beginning methotrexate treatment, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.
Risk for venous thromboembolism in patients with RA considered when starting new therapy
A 2019 European Medicines Agency warning that tofacitinib could increase risk for venous thromboembolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis did not affect characteristics of patients starting the drug since then, according to a study.
VIDEO: Results from ARIAA study presented at ACR
In this video, Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc, provides a review of the ARIAA study presented at ACR Convergence 2021.
Plasma calprotectin may be biomarker of active synovitis in patients with RA
Calprotectin was found to be related to ultrasound synovitis scores in patients with rheumatoid arthritis treated with interleukin-6 inhibitors and janus kinase inhibitors, according to a poster presented at ACR Convergence 2021.
VIDEO: Real-world multimorbidity patterns in patients with RA assessed
In this video, Jeffrey A. Sparks, MD, MMSc, discusses cluster-analysis data from ACR Convergence 2021, which investigated multimorbidity patterns among patients with rheumatoid arthritis.
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