Scleroderma News

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to BLR-200, an investigational therapy for the treatment of scleroderma, according to a press release from manufacturer.

Nearly three-quarters of patients with systemic sclerosis demonstrate symptom burden that met the threshold for needing specialist palliative care, according to data published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Patients with immune-mediated diseases have higher rates of adverse pregnancy outcomes such as preeclampsia and pre-term delivery, with lupus and systemic sclerosis conferring the largest risks, according to data published in Rheumatology.

The FDA has granted orphan drug designation to Cabaletta Bio’s CAR T-cell investigational therapy for the treatment of systemic sclerosis, according to a press release from the manufacturer.

Pregnant patients with lupus or antiphospholipid syndrome have a higher risk for preterm birth, although immune-mediated inflammatory diseases in general are “only weakly associated” with adverse pregnancy outcomes, according to data.

It’s not too often one sees Feb. 29 on the calendar, which makes it a perfect time for Rare Disease Day, dedicated to recognizing conditions that, in the words of the European Commission on Public Health, require “special combined efforts.”

Single injections of CD19 chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy brought long-lasting remission to 15 patients with three different autoimmune diseases, according to data published in The New England Journal of Medicine.

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy had “unprecedented” and “astonishing” results in lupus, but whether it will truly revolutionize rheumatology care remains to be seen, according to a speaker.

Hispanic patients with systemic sclerosis are more likely to have concurrent systemic lupus erythematosus and U1-RNP positivity, and face greater mortality rates vs. non-Hispanic white patients, according to data.

Chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy produced persistent, drug-free remission in patients with one of three different B-cell autoimmune diseases, researchers reported at ASH Annual Meeting and Exhibition.