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Development of prediction models to select older RA patients with comorbidities...
Hartman, Linda; Silva, José A. P. da; Buttgereit, Frank; Cutolo, Maurizio; Opris-Belinski, Daniela; Szekanecz, Zoltan; Masaryk, PavolObjective: To develop prediction models for individual patient harm and benefit outcomes in elderly patients with RA and comorbidities treated with chronic low-dose glucocorticoid therapy or placebo. Methods: In the Glucocorticoid Low-dose Outcome in Rheumatoid Arthritis (GLORIA) study, 451 RA patients 65 years of age were randomized to 2 years 5 mg/day prednisolone or placebo. Eight prediction models were deve...
EULAR recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis with synthetic...
Smolen, Josef S.; Landewé, Robert B. M.; Bergstra, Sytske Anne; Kerschbaumer, Andreas; Sepriano, Alexandre; Aletaha, Daniel; Caporali, RobertoObjectives: To provide an update of the EULAR rheumatoid arthritis (RA) management recommendations addressing the most recent developments in the field. Methods: An international task force was formed and solicited three systematic literature research activities on safety and efficacy of disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) and glucocorticoids (GCs). The new evidence was discussed in light of the last...
ERN ReCONNET points to consider for treating patients living with autoimmune rh...
Talarico, Rosaria; Ramirez, Giuseppe Alvise; Barreira, Sofia; Cardamone, Chiara; Triggianese, Paola; Aguilera, Silvia; Andersen, Jeanette; Avcin, TadejRecent studies have shown that people who are immunocompromised may inadvertently play a role in spurring the mutations of the virus that create new variants. This is because some immunocompromised individuals remain at risk of getting COVID-19 despite vaccination, experience more severe disease, are susceptible to being chronically infected and remain contagious for longer if they become infected and consideri...
Gender, body mass index and rheumatoid arthritis disease activity: Results from...
Jawaheer, Damini; Olsen, Jørn; Lahiff, Maureen; Forsberg, Sinikka; Lähteenmäki, Jukka; da Silveira, Ines Guimaraes; Rocha, Francisco AirtonMade available in DSpace on 2022-04-28T18:56:40Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2010-12-01; Objective: To investigate whether body mass index (BMI), as a proxy for body fat, influences rheumatoid arthritis (RA) disease activity in a gender-specific manner. Methods: Consecutive patients with RA were enrolled from 25 countries into the QUEST-RA program between 2005 and 2008. Clinical and demogra...
Clinical spectrum time course in non-Asian patients positive for anti-MDA5 anti...
Cavagna, Lorenzo; Meloni, Federica; Meyer, Alain; Sambataro, Gianluca; Belliato, Mirko; De Langhe, Ellen; Cavazzana, Ilaria; Pipitone, NicolòObjectives: To define the clinical spectrum time-course and prognosis of non-Asian patients positive for anti-MDA5 antibodies. Methods: We conducted a multicentre, international, retrospective cohort study. Results: 149 anti-MDA5 positive patients (median onset age 53 years, median disease duration 18 months), mainly females (100, 67%), were included. Dermatomyositis (64, 43%) and amyopathic dermatomyositis (47...
Treatment of relapsing polychondritis: a systematic review
Petitdemange, Arthur; Sztejkowski, Cédric; Damian, Laura; Martin, Thierry; Mouthon, Luc; Amoura, Zahir; Cutolo, Maurizio; Burmester, Gerd R.Objectives: Due to the rarity of relapsing polychondritis (RP), no randomised clinical trial has been conducted to date and treatment remains empirical. We performed a systematic literature review to assess the efficacy of the main conventional immunosuppressants and biotherapies used in RP. Methods: We searched MEDLINE for original articles without language restriction. Abstracts from American College of Rheum...
Rare within rare. Necrotising scleritis and peripheral ulcerative keratitis: ey...
Damian, Laura; Pamfil, Cristina; Bucșa, Camelia; Nicula, Cristina; Mouthon, Luc; Amoura, Zahir; Cutolo, Maurizio; Burmester, Gerd R.Objectives: Relapsing polychondritis (RP) evolves with variable and intermittent involvement of cartilage and proteoglycan-rich structures. Ocular manifestations are present in up to two-thirds of RP patients. Necrotising scleritis (NS) and peripheral ulcerative keratitis (PUK) may be inaugural and may lead to eye perforation and vision loss. We aimed to review NS and PUK in RP, in order to characterise them, t...
The impact of COVID-19 on rare and complex connective tissue diseases : the exp...
Talarico, Rosaria; Aguilera, Silvia; Alexander, Tobias; Amoura, Zahir; Antunes, Ana M.; Arnaud, Laurent; Avcin, Tadej; Beretta, LorenzoDuring the COVID-19 pandemic, the need to provide high-level care for a large number of patients with COVID-19 has affected resourcing for, and limited the routine care of, all other conditions. The impact of this health emergency is particularly relevant in the rare connective tissue diseases (rCTDs) communities, as discussed in this Perspective article by the multi-stakeholder European Reference Network on Ra...
Mixed connective tissue disease : state of the art on clinical practice guidelines
Chaigne, Benjamin; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Talarico, Rosaria; Alexander, Tobias; Amoura, Zahir; Avcin, Tadej; Beretta, Lorenzo; Doria, AndreaMixed connective tissue disease (MCTD) is a complex overlap disease with features of different autoimmune connective tissue diseases (CTDs) namely systemic sclerosis, poly/dermatomyositis and systemic lupus erythematous in patients with antibodies targeting the U1 small nuclear ribonucleoprotein particle. In this narrative review, we summarise the results of a systematic literature research which was performed ...
Undifferentiated connective tissue disease : state of the art on clinical pract...
Antunes, Margarida; Scirè, Carlo Alberto; Talarico, Rosaria; Alexander, Tobias; Avcin, Tadej; Belocchi, Chiara; Doria, Andrea; Franceschini, FrancoThe term 'undifferentiated connective tissue disease' (UCTD) is generally used to describe clinical entities characterised by clinical and serological manifestations of systemic autoimmune diseases but not fulfilling the criteria for defined connective tissue diseases (CTDs). In this narrative review, we summarise the results of a systematic literature research, which was performed as part of the ERN ReCONNET p...