Podcasts

Discussing RA: March 2024

Join Professor Iain McInnes for the latest episode on The Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum, where he discusses the latest information and data in rheumatology. In this episode, he discusses two papers that that add to the knowledge of common treatments relating to RA. In our first paper, Juergen Rech and colleagues present the results of the ARIAA study, which shows that abatacept inhibits inflammation symptoms and progression to RA in high-risk patients. Our second paper is from Juergen Rech and colleagues, where they present the results of the ARIAA study which investigated whether abatacept inhibits inflammation symptoms and progression to RA in high-risk patients. To access detailed summary slides for the papers discussed today, visit imidforum.com.

Discussing AxSpA: Risk of Uveitis with Different bDMARDs & PROs following Secukinumab Treatment

Join us for the latest axSpA podcast brought to you by the Immune-mediated Inflammatory Disease forum! This month Dr Sofia Ramiro is joined by Professors Hideto Kameda, Atul Deodhar and Xenofon Baraliakos to discuss the risk of acute anterior uveitis across different bDMARDs in patients with AS. Our faculty then move on to discuss another publication, which compares patient-reported outcomes (PROs) and 24-month retention rates between patients with axSpA and PsA that were treated with secukinumab.

Discussing RA: February 2024

Join Professor Iain McInnes for the latest episode on The Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum, where he discusses the latest information and data in rheumatology. In this episode, he discusses two papers that show the long-term safety and efficacy of JAK inhibitors, both of which have a study period of 6.5 years. In our first paper, Roberto Caporali and colleagues show long-term safety and efficacy data for baricitinib as an RA therapy. Our second paper is from Christina Charles-Schoeman and her colleagues, where they present long-term data on the effect of upadacitinib on laboratory parameters in people with RA. To access detailed summary slides for the papers discussed today, visit imidforum.com.

Discussing PsA: Clinical Response to Guselkumab & Sequential Lines of b/tsDMARDs

Join Professors Peter Nash, Philip Mease, and Laura Coates as they discuss the top publications in the world of PsA. They discuss two highly relevant topics in the field, including the clinical response to guselkumab and the research surrounding sequential lines of b/tsDMARDs.

Author Interview: Dr Mahta Mortezavi, 2024

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dr Mahta Mortezavi, a Clinical Director for Drug Discovery and Early Development as part of the Anti-infectives Research Unit at Pfizer, as they discuss her recent paper ‘Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and adverse events in patients receiving tofacitinib or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: a post hoc analysis of ORAL Surveillance.’

Author Interview: Professor Andrew Cope, Professor Paul Emery and Professor John Issacs

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, as well as Professors Andrew Cope, Professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Centre for Rheumatic Diseases at Kings College London, Professor Paul Emery, Clinical Professor and Director of the Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, and Professor John Isaacs, Professor of clinical immunology and Director of Newcastle Biomedicine Versus Arthritis Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre.

Together they discuss the recent paper ‘Abatacept in individuals at high risk of rheumatoid arthritis (APIPPRA): a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, parallel, placebo-controlled, phase 2b clinical trial’, published in The Lancet on 13th February 2024.