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Patients with psoriatic arthritis exhibit reduced hand grip strength, with the deterioration of skill, coordination, and functionality of hand commensurate with the severity of psoriatic arthritis, a study has found.

Treatment with the monoclonal antibody targeting interleukin [IL]-23p19 guselkumab 100 mg, given either every 4 (Q4W) or 8 weeks (Q8W), is well tolerated in patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA), with no new safety concerns through 1 year, according to pooled results of the DISCOVER-1 and DISCOVER-2 phase III trials.

The monoclonal antibody ixekizumab improved the signs and symptoms of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in PsA patients with inadequate response to one or two tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFis), suggests results from a post hoc subanalysis of the SPIRIT-P2 trial.

Circulating homocysteine and C677T variant in methylenetetrahydrofolate reductase (MTHFR) appear to influence the prevalence rate and ensuing progression of spinal osteoarthritis (OA), respectively, in postmenopausal women, a study has shown.

The interleukin (IL)-23p19-subunit inhibitor guselkumab appears to produce improvements in multiple disease domains of psoriatic arthritis (PsA) with no unexpected safety findings through 2 years of treatment in biologic-naïve patients, according to the phase III DISCOVER-2 trial.

Chronic pain frequently occurs in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), with no differences seen in any pain measures between those with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axSpA, a recent study has shown. In addition, higher pain sensitivity is predictive of having worse disease and health outcomes.