ACR Convergence 2021—The Great Debate at the meeting sparked a thoughtful discussion on the future of lupus nephritis treatment strategies, with experts saying clinicians should be open to new ways of approaching patient care. In the past year, approvals of the monoclonal antibody belimumab and the calcineurin inhibitor voclosporin for use in lupus nephritis (when…
Predicting a patient’s disease course is difficult, especially in SLE. A recent study examined the link between a patient’s 2019 EULAR/ACR SLE Classification Criteria score at diagnosis to subsequent disease severity, finding a score of 20 or more may predict a more severe disease course.
An update on the state of RA management was presented by Dr. Bryant England, a co-author of the 2021 ACR Guideline on the Management of Rheumatoid Arthrits, during the Review Course held during ACR Convergence 2021.
ACR Convergence 2021—On Nov. 5, Karen H. Costenbader, MD, MPH, professor of medicine, Harvard Medical School, and director of the lupus program, Brigham and Women’s Hospital, Boston, gave a whirlwind review of the most important clinical rheumatology publications of the past year. Testing New Medications for Rheumatic Disease ADVOCATE Trial of Avacopan Dr. Costenbader first…
A presentation at ACR Convergence 2021 discussed the 2020 ACR Guideline for the Management of Gout, the latest information on the risk of cardiovascular death associated with febuxostat and the use of pegloticase for patients with gout.
Dr. Pisetsky’s picks for the top research in lupus presented at ACR Convergence 2021.
Large granular lymphocytic (LGL) leukemia is a rare, chronic, lymphoproliferative disorder of cytotoxic T cell or natural killer cell lineage with an annual incidence of 0.72 cases per 1 million people in the U.S.1 The most common subtype of LGL leukemia, T-LGL leukemia, follows an indolent disease course and accounts for approximately 85% of cases….
ACR CONVERGENCE 2021—Rheumatologists are often left in a challenging space when managing medications for patients with rheumatic diseases in relation to contraception, pregnancy and breastfeeding, especially with many novel immunosuppressants and often a dearth of pregnancy safety data. On Nov. 6 during ACR Convergence 2021, leading reproductive health experts came together to speak on this…
Dr. Lisa Stamp helps filter the noise to get to the key insights from the research abstracts on gout presented at ACR Convergence 2021.
(Reuters Health)—Nail salon drying lamps that emit ultraviolet (UV) light may contribute to periungual cutaneous lupus erythematosus lesions, according to case reports detailed in a recent publication.1 Exposure to the sun has long been linked to exacerbations of skin lupus, and, more recently, other types of light sources including surgical lamps have been connected to…