Gout

The benefit of dapagliflozin was consistent among adults with HF with and without gout and was associated with reduced initiation of new treatments for hyperuricemia and gout, according to a post hoc analysis of DAPA-HF and DELIVER.

The holidays for many people represent a time of indulgence in food and drink, but for patients with gout, these feasts can be veritable minefields that can trigger painful flares.

Adding methotrexate to pegloticase increased treatment response, compared with pegloticase alone, in patients with uncontrolled gout, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Patients with gout, and especially women, may be at higher risk for SARS-CoV-2 infection and severe outcomes regardless of vaccination status, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

PHILADELPHIA — Researchers have identified “dozens” of new causal genes and pathways responsible for disease activity in patients with gout, according to a presenter at ACR Convergence 2022.

The FDA has issued an emergency use authorization for anakinra injection in the treatment of COVID-19 among hospitalized adults with pneumonia requiring supplemental oxygen.

Allopurinol compared with usual care in patients with ischemic heart disease.

Sarcopenia and weight loss occur more frequently in patients with lower concentrations of serum urate, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

In patients with ischemic heart disease older than 60 years, the uric acid-lowering drug allopurinol did not improve CV outcomes, according to results of the ALL-HEART trial presented at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.