University College London
Botulinum toxin reduces pain, disability in Raynaud’s syndrome secondary to scleroderma
Botulinum toxin injections in the hand led to significant reductions in pain and disability for patients with Raynaud’s syndrome secondary to scleroderma, according to data published in Clinical Rheumatology.
Pulmonary vein isolation benefits patients with atrial fibrillation vs. sham procedure
Pulmonary vein isolation was associated with genuine improvements in patients with atrial fibrillation at 6 months that cannot be attributed to a placebo effect, researchers reported at the European Society of Cardiology Congress.
Training the ‘inner voice to be kind’ critical for young patients with rheumatic diseases
ORLANDO, Fla. — Cognitive behavioral therapy can help children and adolescents with rheumatic diseases cope with the challenges of their condition, according to a presenter at the 2024 Rheumatology Nurses Society annual conference.
Efanesoctocog alfa offers ‘highly efficacious protection’ to children with hemophilia A
Efanesoctocog alfa prophylaxis exhibited high sustained factor VIII activity among younger children with severe hemophilia, according to findings published in The New England Journal of Medicine.
Obesity in young adulthood linked to adverse heart structure, function later in life
People with excess adiposity in young adulthood were more likely to have adverse cardiac structure and function later in life compared with people without it, researchers reported in the European Heart Journal.
Serology ‘significantly different’ between membranous vs. proliferative lupus nephritis
Proteinuria levels are not predictive of membranous lupus nephritis vs. proliferative lupus nephritis, according to data published in Rheumatology.
Enzyme replacement therapy curbs bleeding events in congenital blood clotting disorder
Among patients with congenital thrombotic thrombocytopenic purpura, prophylactic therapy with recombinant ADAMTS13 restored normal levels of the enzyme, according to results of a randomized phase 3 study.
Childhood ‘lazy eye’ may be tied to future cardiometabolic risk
Childhood amblyopia, or “lazy eye,” was associated with increased likelihood of cardiometabolic risk factors in adulthood and a potential for increased risk for heart attack and death, researchers reported.
CAR-T shows ‘superior outcomes’ in adults with post-transplant relapsed leukemia
Patients with post-transplant relapsed B-cell acute lymphoblastic leukemia who received chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy had superior outcomes compared with alternative approaches, study results showed.
‘Across the board’ benefits seen with acoramidis for transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy
Acoramidis, an investigational treatment for symptomatic transthyretin amyloid cardiomyopathy, was associated with marked improvements in all-cause mortality and CV-related hospitalizations compared with placebo, data show.