Initial findings from a phase 2b clinical trial demonstrate the safety and efficacy of three different daily doses of SAP-001 to lower the serum urate levels of patients with refractory gout.
The FDA approved an oral solution of colchicine for the prevention of gout flare in adults. Its dosage can be easily adjusted on the basis of patient needs.
Experts addressed how education and follow-up for patients with gout can improve disease management and highlighted the need for a better construction of gout remission.
Dr. Khaled Elsaid discussed synovial macrophages/monocytes and monosodium urate crystal interactions at a session during ACR Convergence, exploring potential new gout pharmacology targets via the lubricin/CD44/protein phosphatase 2A (PP2A) pathway.
An ACR Convergence 2024 session will discuss strategies to educate patients about their disease and review the progress toward the concept of remission in gout to better guide physicians.
Lisa Stamp, MBChB, PhD, is here to help the busy clinician by curating a collection of the most significant and notable abstracts in gout research to be presented at ACR Convergence 2024.
Frailty & Prefrailty in Patients with RA TNF-α inhibitors associated with higher infection risk By Namrata Singh, MD, MSCI, Katherine D. Wysham, MD, James S. Andrews, MD, & Una E. Makris, MD Why was this study done? Frailty and prefrailty are more common and occur at a younger age in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA)…