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Patients with higher platelet or neutrophil counts or platelet/lymphocyte ratios and systemic immune/inflammation index scores were more resistant to conventional systemic agents.

Statistically significant improvements were observed in all 10 PROMIS domains analyzed.

An analysis of patient-reported outcomes data from more than 15,000 people with rheumatic disease sheds light on the apparent differences in impact on quality of life between psoriatic arthritis and rheumatoid arthritis.

The analyses emphasized the early and sustained resolution of enthesitis through 52 weeks with both adalimumab and secukinumab.

A fibromyalgia diagnosis was significantly associated with GERD, IBS, Crohn’s disease, ulcerative colitis, and celiac disease.

Significant improvements in pain intensity, health-related quality of life, and depression were observed in patients receiving an online pain management intervention.

At the 12-week mark, the change from baseline in the DAS28-CRP was significantly greater in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving 700 mg peresolimab when compared with the placebo group.

Leveraging data from the 2020 UPLIFT survey, investigators offer an overview of the quality of life and treatment satisfaction among people with psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis in the US.

At the 2-year mark after methotrexate initiation, 71% of patients with psoriatic arthritis and 76% of patients with rheumatoid arthritis remained on methotrexate.

Patients with fibromyalgia reported significantly less recreational, transportation-related, and total physical activity levels when compared with controls.

An analysis of the Clinical Practice Research Datalink provides an overview of trends and prevalence of long-term opioid use among patients with 1 of 6 rheumatic or musculoskeletal diseases using 3 definitions of long-term opioid use.

In addition to demonstrating efficacy, the numbers and incidence rates of treatment-emergent adverse events and treatment-emergent infections decreased throughout the 10-year follow-up.

Pooled results proved that telerehabilitation improved the Fibromyalgia Impact Questionnaire score and quality of life in patients with fibromyalgia when compared with controls.

Sustained low disease activity/remission was associated with functional and health-related quality of life improvements.

The findings suggest rural patients treated for gout had higher treatment adherence compared with urban patients.

A phase 3 trial comparing QL1206, a denosumab biosimilar, to the reference agent has returned results demonstrating the efficacy, safety, and pharmacokinetic equivalency of the biosimilar to the reference agent.

The long-term extension SENSCIS-ON trial shows patients receiving nintedanib over 3 years were not at significantly greater risk of serious adverse events or outcomes.

A study leveraging DoD data provides a comprehensive overview of clinical features, treatment choices, and outcomes of patients with immune mediated necrotizing myopathy relative to those of patients with other idiopathy inflammatory myopathies.

According to the study, these findings can inform policy decisions and assist in developing interventions aimed at reducing absenteeism and promoting the productivity of individuals with idiopathic inflammatory rheumatic diseases.

At the 12-month mark, 52% of patients in the axSpA cohort and 76% of those in the IBD cohort achieved clinical remission.

An analysis of data obtained from urine samples in the MUSE and TULIP-1 trial sheds new light on the clinical utility of the RAIL score for identifying disease activity and treatment responders in SLE patients with and without lupus nephritis, respectively

CCR East 2023 data show ixekizumab bettered adalimumab on measures of joint pain and quality of life in patients with PsA and concomitant nail plus DIP involvement.

An analysis of Medcare claims data offers clinicians an overview or the effectiveness of sarilumab and tocilizumab in second- and third-line polymyalgia rheumatica treatments relative to conventional immunomodulators, such as methotrexate or azathioprine.

Post-hoc analysis from DISCOVER-2 show patients who achieve a clinical response by week 8 generally go on to see quality-of-life improvements past 1 year.

An analysis of data from the National Inpatient Sample offers an overview of risk for adverse delivery outcomes associated with Takayasu arteritis among a real-world cohort of US-based patients.

Results highlight the need for physicians to consider rheumatoid arthritis in patients with microscopic colitis presenting with arthralgia or other joint symptoms.

An analysis of 11 late-stage clinical trials shows guselkumab provides a consistent and comparable safety profile to placebo in treated patients.

Therapies including biologics and corticosteroids were more frequently used among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus who developed severe COVID-19.

Chronic tophaceous gout was demonstrated to be an independent risk factor linked to the development of colorectal cancer.