Despite the wide spread adoption of electronic health records, many systems are unable to exchange data, creating the potential for fragmented care. New research examined the effect of care fragmentation on patients with SLE in the Chicago HealthLNK Data Repository, finding that care fragmentation plays an independent role in an increased frequency of infection and disease-related morbidity damage. Researchers also found a relationship between care fragmentation, race and public insurance…
Opioid Use in U.S. RA Patients
Nationally, opioid use and addiction are drawing increased scrutiny. An increase in the number of overdoses and addiction to heroin and prescription pain relievers in the past decade has been attributed in part to increased prescribing of opioids for the treatment of pain by physicians. National trends suggest the rate of opioid prescribing plateaued in…
Tofacitinib After Live Shingles Vaccination Does Not Impair Immunogenicity
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Tofacitinib begun two to three weeks after live zoster vaccination does not impair immunogenicity, and vaccination appears to be safe in patients with pre-existing varicella zoster virus (VZV) immunity, researchers report. Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are about twice as likely as healthy adults to develop herpes zoster, or shingles, and the…
Tocilizumab Is Effective to Treat GCA
In a recent clinical trial, tocilizumab helped sustain glucocorticoid-free remission in patients with giant cell arteritis. Patients also received a prednisone taper, and 50% of tocilizumab-treated patients achieved prednisone-free remission and were less likely to experience disease flare compared with placebo…
New SLE Criteria Under Development: A Joint Effort of the ACR & EULAR
MADRID—Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) experts in North America and Europe are working together to refine the classification system for the disease, with the goal of producing a new set of criteria that is simpler to use and more scientifically rigorous than any classification approach previously published, speakers involved with the process said at the 2017…
FDA Committee Recommends Tofacitinib Approval
The FDA Arthritis Advisory Committee voted 10 to 1 to recommend approval of tofacitinib to treat psoriatic arthritis…
FDA Approves Duzallo for Hyperuricemia in Patients with Uncontrolled Gout
(Reuters)—Ironwood Pharmaceuticals Inc. said on Monday the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved its oral drug to treat a condition associated with gout. The company’s once-daily drug, Duzallo (lesinurad and allopurinol), was approved to treat hyperuricemia in patients with gout, Ironwood said. Duzallo combines the standard-of-care treatment, allopurinol, with Ironwood’s lesinurad to treat inefficient…
Alendronate Decreases Hip Fracture Risk in Older Patients Using Oral Prednisolone
New research found that older patients on prednisolone who are also treated with alendronate experience a significantly lower risk of hip fracture. Alendronate use was also associated with a lower risk of death…
Switching from Bisphosphonates to Teriparatide May Improve BMD in Women with RA
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Switching women with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) from oral bisphosphonates to teriparatide increases bone mineral density (BMD) and trabecular bone score, according to a new report. Researchers in Japan conducted an 18-month observational study of more than 175 women with RA (mean age: 66) who remained on oral bisphosphonates, switched to denosumab (DMAb),…
Lipids, Statin Treatment Linked to Revision Rate After Rotator Cuff Repair
NEW YORK (Reuters Health)—Elevated lipid levels are associated with an increased revision-surgery rate after arthroscopic rotator cuff repair, while statin use appears to mitigate that increase, according to a database review. “[Although] it supported our hypothesis, we found it interesting to finally demonstrate a link between hyperlipidemia and rotator cuff-repair failure resulting in revision surgery…
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