Bradley van Paridon

Researchers of a systematic review assessed the evidence of the effect of periodontal therapy on measures of disease activity and inflammatory burden in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

In this systematic review and meta-analysis, study authors aimed to evaluate the health-related quality of life of men with osteoporosis or osteoporotic fractures.

In a multicenter study, researchers evaluated the characteristics of hematologic involvement and assessed the association in patients with pediatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

Researchers conducted a nationwide cohort study to determine the association between autoimmune inflammatory rheumatic diseases and COVID-19 in South Korea, early in the pandemic.

Researchers studied the perspectives of patients with rheumatoid arthritis and RA providers to understand the barriers and facilitators regarding coverage of the influenza and pneumococcal vaccines.

In this review, the author discusses the use of autoantibodies as biomarkers for the differential diagnosis of neuropsychiatric systemic lupus erythematosus.

For the first time, researchers have assessed the relationship of antibody interactions with response to anti-TNF therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Researchers compared the efficacy and adverse events of reduced-dose and high-dose glucocorticoid plus rituximab regimens for remission induction of ANCA-associated vasculitis.

A phase 2a-b study was conducted in South Africa to assess the safety and efficacy of the NVX-CoV2373 vaccine.

Study authors assessed malignancy risk among patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving combination therapy with Janus kinase inhibitors and methotrexate vs MTX alone.

According to data from a press release, which were later presented at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress, “Anifrolumab was consistently associated with improvements in both skin rash and arthritis across three different disease measures…in patients with moderate to severe SLE.”

In a study presented at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress, researchers evaluated the safety and efficacy of intravenous immunoglobulin therapy in adult patients with dermatomyositis.

In this study presented at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress, researchers examined the demographics and comorbidities of patients with uncontrolled gout receiving pegloticase.

In a study presented at the EULAR 2021 Virtual Congress, researchers evaluated the safety and efficacy of guselkumab in patients with psoriatic arthritis with an inadequate response to TNF inhibition.

Researchers aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of calcineurin inhibitor voclosporin for the treatment of lupus nephritis.

Researchers studied the association between steroid therapy and glucocorticoid toxicity in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Researchers studied gingival crevicular fluid cytokines in older patients with rheumatoid arthritis with and without a diagnosis of periodontitis.

The review was aimed at describing the current literature on the efficacy and safety of gout flare prophylaxis and therapy in patients with chronic kidney disease.

Researchers identified the frequency and predictors of desire to breastfeed in women with rheumatic diseases.

Researchers assessed the use of warfarin vs direct oral anticoagulants in risk for knee and hip replacements, as a reflection of end-stage osteoarthritis.

Researchers studied subclinical inflammation in intercritical gout and its association with the size of monosodium urate crystal deposition and cardiovascular risk factors.

Investigators assessed whether interleukin-6 inhibitors reduced the odds of in-hospital COVID-related mortality.

Researchers identified a prognostic BAS2IC score to assist physicians in identifying patients at high-risk of developing early severe COVID-19.

Trimethoprim-sulfamethoxazole (TMP-SMX) for Pneumocystis jirovecii pneumonia (PCP) prophylaxis in combination with methotrexate (MTX) was shown to be successful and well-tolerated in patients with chronic inflammatory/autoimmune diseases.

Patients with chronic hepatitis C (HCV) achieving sustained virologic response to pegylated interferon plus ribavirin therapy did not exhibit an effect on the incidence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) or rheumatoid arthritis.

Researchers found the distance between urban parks best explained whether I scapularis ticks were present and that flow centrality of parks had the largest positive effect on the density and infection prevalence.

Suppressing cytomegalovirus may improve the immune response to a T cell-dependent pneumococcal vaccination in patients experiencing ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Researchers reported on the first outbreak of an Asian lineage of chikungunya virus in Aruba.