At the ACR Convergence 2024 Year in Review lecture, experts discussed advancements in disease understanding and treatments, as well as in basic science.
Case Report: Voriconazole-Induced Periostitis
In this case report, a patient with voriconazole-induced periostitis exhibits classic symptoms & elevated ALP levels, which quickly resolve following the discontinuation of voriconazole.
Fracture & an Aging World
Insights into osteoporosis treatments as societies around the world age.
LEVI-04 Promising for Relieving Knee OA Pain
In a study, all doses of LEVI-04 demonstrated significant pain relief for patients with knee osteoarthritis compared with placebo.
Case Report: Hip Pain in End-Stage Renal Disease
Renal osteodystrophy is associated with chronic kidney disease (CKD) and its associated metabolic derangements, most commonly CKD stages 3–5. It is often subclassified into four histological subtypes, with definite distinctions unable to be made clinically. These four subtypes, which may only be differentiated by bone biopsy, include: osteitis fibrosa cystica, mixed uremic osteodystrophy, osteomalacia and…
Flipbooks: Patient and Family Education Tools
A school science project demonstrates that flipbooks can be a useful educational tool for patients and their families to learn about rheumatic conditions and their treatment.
Methotrexate Shows Promise for Hand Arthritis
Methotrexate—an affordable, established drug for rheumatoid arthritis—may also be helpful for patients suffering from osteoarthritis (OA) of the hand, a recent study reports.1 Treatment of hand OA and inflammation with 20 mg of methotrexate for six months had a moderate, but potentially clinically meaningful, effect on reducing pain and stiffness in patients with symptomatic hand…
Biosimilars to Denosumab Approved with an Interchangeable Designation
The FDA has approved the first interchangeable biosimilars for denosumab.
Research Review of Plant-Based Diet for Patients with Osteoarthritis or Rheumatoid Arthritis
About 30 years ago, early in his career as a rheumatologist, Dirkjan van Schaardenburg, PhD, says patients with osteoarthritis experienced terrible problems with inflammation. The landscape has improved to the point that “people can live with it now,” he says. But they still need help. For example, osteoarthritis affects 7% of the global population, according…
Can Repeat Injections Improve Knee OA Pain?
Promising Results from a Phase 3 Study SAN DIEGO—An investigational liposomal formulation of dexamethasone sodium phosphate (TLC599) for intra-articular injection is being studied to treat patients with knee osteoarthritis (OA). George Spencer-Green, MD, MS, chief medical officer of Taiwan Liposome Company (TLC), Cambridge, Mass., presented recent data on this agent in a late-breaking abstract session…
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