Patient and clinician views on an app for rheumatoid arthritis disease monitoring: function, implementation and implications

R Grainger, HR Townsley, CA Ferguson… - International Journal …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Aim Best practice management for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) involves regular clinical
assessment of RA disease activity. This is not achievable with current rheumatology systems …

Current treatment options and safety considerations when treating adult-onset Still's disease

G Cavalli, N Farina, C Campochiaro… - Expert Opinion on …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Adult onset Still disease (AOSD) is a rare systemic inflammatory
condition. The clinical spectrum of this disease ranges from self-limiting forms with mild …

Glucocorticoids in rheumatoid arthritis: the silent companion in the therapeutic strategy

O Berardicurti, P Ruscitti, V Pavlych… - Expert Review of …, 2020 - Taylor & Francis
ABSTRACT Introduction Glucocorticoids (GCs) are key actors in RA management, despite
the increasing number of available drugs. In fact, due to their efficacy and safety, the …

Frequencies and predictors of the Lupus Low Disease Activity State and remission in treatment-naïve patients with systemic lupus erythematosus

D Gao, Y Hao, L Mu, W Xie, Y Fan, L Ji… - Rheumatology, 2020 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To evaluate the attainability of Lupus Low Disease Activity State (LLDAS) and
definitions of remission in SLE (DORIS) in a treatment-naïve cohort of SLE. Methods …

Timing matters: real-world effectiveness of early combination of biologic and conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs for treating newly …

B Huang, T Qiu, C Chen, Y Zhang, M Seid, D Lovell… - RMD open, 2020 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives To compare real-world effectiveness of two adaptive treatment strategies of
disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in treating children with newly diagnosed …

[HTML][HTML] A smartphone app for self-monitoring of rheumatoid arthritis disease activity to assist patient-initiated care: protocol for a randomized controlled trial

BF Seppen, MJ L'ami… - JMIR research …, 2020 - researchprotocols.org
Background: Telemedicine based on self-measurement of disease activity could be one of
the key components to create the health care system of the future. Previous publications in …

Patients' Views on Routine Collection of Patient‐Reported Outcomes in Rheumatology Outpatient Care: A Multicenter Focus Group Study

J Primdahl, DV Jensen, RH Meincke… - Arthritis care & …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
Objective To explore the patients' views of the collection and use of patient‐reported
outcomes as part of routine care in patients with inflammatory arthritis. Methods We …

Tofacitinib and baricitinib are taken up by different uptake mechanisms determining the efficacy of both drugs in RA

J Amrhein, S Drynda, L Schlatt, U Karst… - International Journal of …, 2020 - mdpi.com
Background: Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a systemic autoimmune disease in which synovial
fibroblasts (SF) play a key role. Baricitinib and Tofacitinib both act intracellularly, blocking …

Decipher manifestations and Treg/Th17 imbalance in multi-staging rheumatoid arthritis and correlation with TSDR/RORC methylation

Y Huang, H Wang, X Ba, Z Chen, Y Wang, K Qin… - Molecular …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract T regulatory (Treg)/T-helper (Th) 17 imbalance has been shown to integrate with
epigenetics to result in the development of autoimmune diseases. We aim to investigate the …

Differential diagnosis of inflammatory arthropathies by musculoskeletal ultrasonography: a systematic literature review

G Sakellariou, CA Scirè, A Adinolfi, A Batticciotto… - Frontiers in …, 2020 - frontiersin.org
Background: Differential diagnosis in early arthritis is challenging, especially early after
symptom onset. Several studies applied musculoskeletal ultrasound in this setting, however …