Rheumatoid Arthritis News

The use of vitamin D3 or omega-3 fatty acid supplements over a 5-year period may reduce the incidence of autoimmune disease in older adults by 25% to 30%, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

The benefits of statin use to prevent cardiovascular disease and mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis outweigh the risks for developing type 2 diabetes, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Abatacept is superior to placebo in improving subclinical inflammation in patients who are at high risk for rheumatoid arthritis, and in slowing arthritis progression, at 6 months, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Patients with chronic inflammatory disease on immunosuppressants, especially B-cell depleting agents, mycophenolate and glucocorticoids, exhibited poor antibody responses to the mRNA vaccine for COVID-19, according to a presenter here.

Approximately half of patients who reduced their disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs while in stable rheumatoid arthritis remission maintained their remission status, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

The FDA has approved a supplemental new drug application for ANI Pharmaceutical’s Cortrophin Gel to treat rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis and certain other autoimmune diseases, according to a company press release.

Among patients treated with TNF inhibitors, the risk for serious infection was “significantly lower” in those with psoriatic arthritis compared with rheumatoid arthritis, according to data published in the Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases.

Physical activity can lead to improved quality of life and self-reported function in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

The use of rehabilitation services is low among Black patients with rheumatoid arthritis, with use linked to disability but not disease activity, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Among patients with arthritis who engaged in physical activity in the past month, about 71% reported walking as one of their two most frequent activities, followed by gardening and weightlifting, according to CDC researchers.