Background: Avacopan, a first-in-class oral C5aR antagonist, was shown to be superior to a prednisone taper in sustaining remission, and was associated with improved estimated glomerular filtration ...
Objective To assess the efficacy/safety of tofacitinib in adult patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS). Methods This phase III, randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled study enrolled ...
Correspondence to Dr Naotomo Kambe, Department of Dermatology, Kyoto University Graduate School of Medicine, Kyoto, Kyoto 606-8507, Japan; nkambe{at}kuhp.kyoto-u.ac.jp Results The study population ...
Objectives The prevalence and clinical outcomes of COVID-19 in patients with autoimmune diseases who are frequently treated with disease modifying therapies remains poorly understood. This ...
Background Methotrexate is the anchor drug used most widely as monotherapy or combination therapy with other DMARDS & biologics in treatment of RA. It is widely perceived by clinicians to have ...
Objectives Syntenin-1, a novel endogenous ligand, was discovered to be enriched in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) specimens compared with osteoarthritis synovial fluid and normal synovial tissue (ST).
1 University Hospitals of Strasbourg, French National Reference Center for Rare Auto-immune Diseases (RESO), Department of Rheumatology, Strasbourg, France 2 Maple Health Group, LLC, New York, United ...
1 Alice Ho Miu Ling Nethersole Hospital, Department of Medicine, Tai Po, Hong Kong (SAR) 2 The Prince of Wales Hospital, The Chinese University of Hong Kong, Department of Medicine and Therapeutics, ...
Background Since the publication of the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) recommendations for the management of large vessel vasculitis (LVV) in 2009, several relevant randomised clinical ...
Correspondence to Dr Zhiqi Zhang, Department of Joint Surgery, Sun Yat-sen University First Affiliated Hospital, Guangzhou 510080, China; zhzhiqi{at}mail.sysu.edu.cn; Dr Weiming Liao; ...
Objective: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of adding sulfasalazine to leflunomide treatment compared with switching to sulfasalazine alone in patients with RA with an inadequate response to ...
1 Sorbonne Université, Assistance Publique–Hôpitaux de Paris, Groupement Hospitalier Pitié–Salpêtrière, French National Referral Center for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Antiphospholipid Antibody ...