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A recent study has shown modest drug survival and primary response of a second biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drug (bDMARD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) switching due to failure of a nontumour necrosis factor inhibitor (non-TNFi) bDMARD as the first agent.

Current smoking reduces the response of patients with early rheumatoid arthritis (RA) to methotrexate (MTX) in a dose-responsive manner, regardless of concomitant prednisone use, a recent study has found.

In hospitalized COVID-19 patients, treatment with the novel GM-CSF* neutralizing monoclonal antibody lenzilumab led to a significant improvement in survival without invasive mechanical ventilation (SWOV), findings from the phase III LIVE-AIR study suggest.

The osteoporosis drug alendronate halves the risk of developing type 2 diabetes (T2D) in a nationwide, retrospective, case-control study of nearly 700,000 patients from Denmark.

Patients with heart failure and preserved ejection fraction (HFpEF) treated with dapagliflozin experienced improvements in symptoms and physical limitations, according to results of the PRESERVED-HF study presented at HFSA 2021.

Dual antiplatelet therapy (DAPT) with cilostazol performs better than either aspirin or clopidogrel alone at reducing the risk of recurrent stroke or vascular events without increasing the incidence of bleeding for patients with ischaemic stroke and intracranial arterial stenosis, according to the results of the CSPS.com* trial.

Older age and elevated levels of the inflammatory marker C-reactive protein (CRP) may predict mortality in COVID-19 patients, particularly if coupled with diabetes, the retrospective ACCREDIT study has shown.