Analysis indicated that patients with chronic refractory gout, not achieving a protocol-defined biochemical response, might still have significant clinical benefits with pegloticase treatment.
In patients with early rheumatoid arthritis, higher levels of baseline global DNA methylation have been linked to decreased clinical response to methotrexate therapy.
Researchers posit that data shows inhibition of interleukin-6 is associated with increased markers of new bone formation.
In patients with knee osteoarthritis, thiazide diuretic use was associated with a higher risk of knee replacement than with loop diuretic use.
Patient-reported flares in rheumatoid arthritis indicated increased disease activity concordant with clinical examinations.
SPCCT can detect, differentiate between, and quantify, a variety of deposits present in crystal arthritis.
Researchers observed a global reduction trend for arthrodesis in total hip arthroplasty in patients under 80 years of age, and in total knee arthroplasty and upper limb arthroplasty in patients under 60 years of age among patients with rheumatoid arthritis in Spain.
Researchers conducted a study to examine the frequency of VTEs in ANCA-associated vasculitis, and to identify its novel risk factors.
Investigators continue to find advanced radiologic imaging techniques for surgeons to use during interventions in cervical spine involvement in rheumatoid arthritis.
In an observational study, researchers found fundamental differences in the biochemistry of tumor necrosis factor inhibitors that makes comparison of clinical outcomes unfeasible.
