It has been two months since the implementation of ICD-10, so everyone has gotten a feel for the new code set. Let’s see how well you are doing in your diagnosis coding for rheumatology-specific conditions. A 55-year-old female patient presents for a follow-up visit of idiopathic chronic gout of multiple joints without tophi. She complains…
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SAP-001 Promising for Refractory Gout
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.
Top Research in Gout from ACR Convergence 2024 at a Glance
Dr. Lisa Stamp helps filter the noise to get to the key insights from the research abstracts on gout presented at ACR Convergence 2024.
Better Education on Gout
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.
Lubricin/CD44/PP2A Pathway Offers New Therapeutic Targets for Patients with Gout
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.
3 AC&R Study Summaries: Frailty & Prefrailty in RA, Premature Mortality in Gout & Using Recruitment & Multidisciplinary Care Incentives to Improve Access
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)…
Gout & Its Comorbidities
At ACR Convergence 2023, experts addressed important topics in gout research, including treating and preventing gout flares, lowering urate levels and managing comorbidities, as well as racial inequities in gout treatment, disease burden and outcomes.
Old Disease, New Tricks: A Novel Approach to Understanding Gout
SAN DIEGO—Gout has sometimes been called the disease of kings, not only because of the fact that purine-rich foods were long affordable only to wealthier individuals, but also because the disease has been around since the monarchies that existed centuries ago. However, with groundbreaking research leading to a better understanding of gout, we can now…
Tigulixostat Promising for Patients with Gout & Hyperuricemia
In a dose-finding, clinical trial, Terkeltaub et al. examined the safety and efficacy of tigulixostat, a nonpurine xanthine oxidase inhibitor, for lowering the serum urate levels of patients with gout and hyperuricemia.
3 AC&R Study Summaries: Treat to Target in Gout, Response to Biologics in Patients with JIA, & Rehabilitation Dose in Adults with RA
Treat to Target in Gout Monitoring & achievement of target serum urate levels By Jing Li & Gabriela Schmajuk, MD, MS Why was this study done? The ACR’s 2020 guideline for the management of gout recommends using a treat-to-target (T2T) approach to lower serum urate (SU). Using the ACR’s RISE registry, we examined the use…
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