Spondyloarthropathies News

Hour-long, virtual exercise classes that cover Pilates, yoga and tai chi are safe and improved health outcomes in patients with musculoskeletal disease, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Secukinumab is efficacious in children and adolescents with psoriatic arthritis and enthesitis-related arthritis, resulting in a significantly longer time to flare versus placebo, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

While there is a cross-section of drugs that are FDA-approved for the treatment of axial spondyloarthritis, clinicians and researchers continue to struggle with axial psoriatic arthritis, according to a presenter at ACR Convergence 2021.

A newly developed artificial neural network can accurately detect radiographic sacroiliitis in patients with suspected axial spondyloarthritis, according to data presented at ACR Convergence 2021.

Therapeutic drug monitoring, in which serum levels are regularly checked to adjust dose and intervals, is more effective at controlling disease than standard therapy with infliximab, 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.

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.

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.

Treat-to-target tapering of TNF inhibitors in patients with psoriatic arthritis or axial spondyloarthritis does not result in any negative impact on disease activity, compared with the full dose, according to data published in Rheumatology.

Compared to the Rotterdam Early Arthritis Cohort referral rule, the Clinical Arthritis Rule had superior specificity and overall diagnostic performance in recognizing inflammatory arthritis and inflammatory rheumatic disease in primary care.