Adding aerobic and resistance exercise to treatment plans may benefit patients with fibromyalgia
1. Aerobic exercise seemed to reduce pain perception, depression, improved quality of life as well as mental and physical health-related...
Rheumatology
Upadacitinib is safe and effective for treatment of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis
1. Significantly more patients in the upadacitinib group achieved ASAS40 response at week 14 compared to the placebo group. 2....
Gout flares associated with a transient increase in subsequent risk of cardiovascular events
1. Amongst patients with gout, those who experienced a cardiovascular event were likely to have recently experienced a preceding gout...
Litifilimab associated with reduced disease severity in patients with cutaneous lupus erythematosus
1. Litifilimab significantly decreased cutaneous lupus erythematosus (CLE) disease area and severity index scale (CLASI-A) after 16 weeks of treatment....
Methotrexate reduces functional burden of disease in patients with arthralgia at-risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis
1. Compared to placebo, methotrexate did not significantly reduce the risk of the development of clinical arthritis in at-risk patients....
Abrocitinib is more effective than dupilumab for treatment of moderate-to-severe atopic dermatitis
1. The co-primary endpoints at weeks 2 and 4 were significantly greater with abrocitinib than dupilumab. 2. Overall incidence of...
Exercise therapy combined with corticosteroid injections associated with clinical improvement of Achilles tendinopathy
1. This randomized controlled trial demonstrated that among 100 patients, exercise therapy combined with corticosteroid injections for the treatment of...
Survival is similar for patients with autoimmune disease treated with immune checkpoint inhibitors compared to patients with no autoimmune disease
1. There was no significant difference in efficacy of ICIs in cancer patients with or without AID. 2. Immune-related toxic...
ACKR1 variant increases risk of azathioprine-related hematopoietic toxicity
1. Patients with the ACKR1 variant (CC genotype) had an elevated risk of azathioprine discontinuation attributed to hematopoietic toxicity. 2....
Incidence of Kawasaki disease found to be lower during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States
1. This multicenter cohort study of 3922 children with Kawasaki disease (KD) demonstrated that there was a 28.2% decline in...
