Scleroderma News

“Aggressive” combination therapy for gastroesophageal reflux disease improved survival among patients with systemic sclerosis and interstitial lung disease, according to data published in Arthritis Research & Therapy.

ORLANDO, Fla. — Including multiple specialists to treat the various facets of systemic sclerosis improves outcomes but can have its own challenges, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.

Nearly 1 year ago, I wrote my first editorial about the emergence and excitement surrounding the early experience with CAR T cells — CAR T Cells in Autoimmunity: A Potential Therapy About to Explode.

It has been at least 2 years since the first cohort of patients with lupus underwent chimeric antigen receptor T-cell treatment, and, at least so far, for every one of them, each new dawn represents another day spent in full remission.

Internal organ, heart and kidney involvement, as well as pulmonary arterial hypertension, are “much more” common in cases of systemic sclerosis that develop after age 60 years, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.

On June 13, the U.S. Supreme Court rejected a lawsuit that challenged the FDA’s approach to regulating the abortion pill mifepristone.

Men with systemic sclerosis who smoke demonstrate a greater risk for death than women with SSc who smoke, according to a study published in RMD Open.

The next evolution of gene therapies may involve pitting T cells with different modifications against one another in a “race” inside a human to determine which edits produce the best results against a tumor, an expert panel predicted.

DESTIN, Fla. — Detection and treatment of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis calls for early and aggressive action, according to data presented at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.

DESTIN, Fla. — Ongoing, frank discussions about reproductive health with patients of childbearing age is critical to safe pregnancy outcomes, according to a presenter at the Congress of Clinical Rheumatology East.