Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

The emergence of a multisystem inflammatory syndrome in children with COVID-19 has forced pediatric rheumatologists to elevate the understanding of inflammatory events in their patients, according to a presenter at the 2020 Congress of Clinical Rheumatology-East.

In a survey of adult and pediatric rheumatologists, 73% reported that they view Down syndrome-associated arthritis as the same disease as juvenile idiopathic arthritis, with 94% stating they use NSAIDs as treatment, according to findings published in Pediatric Rheumatology.

Treatment with canakinumab resulted in rapid, sustained improvements in active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, regardless of whether the patient had a fever at initiation, according to data published in Arthritis & Rheumatology.

Patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis are more likely to develop concurrent autoimmune disease than those with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.

An estimated 2.95 million children and young people worldwide live with clubfoot, juvenile idiopathic arthritis or juvenile systemic lupus erythematosus, with the greatest prevalence in South Asia, researchers reported.

The FDA has approved Novartis’ Ilaris injection for the treatment of active and adult-onset Still’s disease, according to a press release.

Ultrasound can assist clinical examinations in precisely identifying inflamed sites in ankles among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to findings published in Arthritis Care & Research.

Many patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis see little benefit from treatment with their first or second biologic, according to data published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

Tocilizumab failed to meet its primary endpoint of treatment response in patients with uveitis associated with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, according to phase 2 trial findings published in The Lancet Rheumatology.

MAUI, Hawaii — Lung complications in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis are gaining more attention due to increased incidence, according to a presenter at the 2020 Rheumatology Winter Clinical Symposium.