View and download slide summaries of the latest original articles focusing on therapies in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases including rheumatology, dermatology, and gastroenterology. All materials produced by the team are subsequently reviewed and approved by individual Steering Committee members.
Rheumatol Ther 2023;10(4):1073–1087 doi 10.1007/s40744-023-00570-0
Kristensen, et al. used mediation modelling to show that tofacitinib indirectly improved fatigue symptoms via back pain and morning stiffness. This study was carried out using FACIT-F- and BASDAI Q1-based models to determine the relationship between these variables.
Lancet. 2023;402(10401):555–570 doi 10.1016/S0140-6736(23)00921-2
Phase 3 trial of baricitinib demonstrates efficacy with acceptable safety profile in polyarticular and extended oligoarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis, juvenile psoriatic arthritis and enthesitis-related arthritis.
ACR Open Rheumatol. 2023;5(7):345-353 doi 10.1002/acr2.11577
Cicirello, et al. present results showing that baricitinib is comparable in treatment persistence with TNF inhibitors. However, treatment persistence up to 24 months was significantly longer for baricitinib, but the effect size of one month is not clinically meaningful.
Mod Rheumatol 2023;34(3):453–65 doi: 10.1093/mr/road059
Pots hoc analysis of peficitinib Phase 3 trials shows that continued treatment with peficitinib up to Week 52 is linked to improved remission rates in Asian patients with RA.
Int J Rheum Dis. 2023;26(9):1729–1736 doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.14801
This single-centre study by Khan, et al. suggests that high-dose methotrexate (25 mg/week, subcutaneously) may be as efficacious as tofacitinib in patients with established RA who are DMARD naïve or have not received a therapeutic dose of DMARDs.
Autoimmunity Reviews 22 (2023) 103357
The study demonstrated that obesity is a factor that could play a role in treatment decision-making in people living with inflammatory arthritis (IA). It appears that efficacy of TNFi is affected by patients’ weight/BMI in all forms of IA, while this is not the case for TCZ and ABA in RA, as well for IL-17 and IL-23 inhibitors in PsA.
Rheumatol Ther. 2023;10(4):849-860 doi: 10.1007/s40744-023-00548-y
Secukinumab reduced disease activity across a range of outcome measures by week 12, with sustained responses through 52 weeks.
Clin Cosmet Investig Dermatol. 2023;16:879–881 doi 10.2147/CCID.S406164
Ixekizumab, has been shown to be efficacious against paradoxical palmoplantar pustulosis which has been reported following the administration of therapeutic TNFi. Following the increased use of biologic therapies that improve patients’ quality of life are causing paradoxical adverse effects
Reumatol Clin. 19 (2023); 175–179 doi 10.1016/j.reumae.2022.03.007
Secukinumab, an IL-17A monoclonal antibody, was shown to have remarkable efficacy for axSpA in the MEASURE 2 and MEASURE 3 trials. Previous studies have concluded that secukinumab was more efficacious in TNFi-naïve patients.
Int JMol Sci 2023;24(8):6967 doi 10.3390/ijms24086967
A prospective observational study showed that recombinant zoster vaccine (RZV) immunogenicity is not impaired in RA patients on JAK inhibitors or anti-cellular bDMARDs.
