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Shorter flare duration best indicator of treatment success in gout
Shorter flare duration best indicator of treatment success in gout
14 Dec 2021

Patients with gout consider flare duration, flare frequency, and pain severity when thinking about treatment efficacy over time, according to a study. Of these factors, shorter flare duration is deemed to be the most common indicator of successful treatment.

Shorter flare duration best indicator of treatment success in gout
14 Dec 2021
Opioid medication linked to patients’ familiarity, perceptions of efficacy
Opioid medication linked to patients’ familiarity, perceptions of efficacy
13 Dec 2021

Use of opioid among adults with knee and/or hip osteoarthritis (OA) often leads to being familiar with the treatment and believing that the medication is beneficial and low-risk, reveals a recent study.

Opioid medication linked to patients’ familiarity, perceptions of efficacy
13 Dec 2021
Psoriatic arthritis weakens hand strength
Psoriatic arthritis weakens hand strength
12 Dec 2021

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.

Psoriatic arthritis weakens hand strength
12 Dec 2021
Guselkumab safe, well tolerated in patients with psoriatic arthritis
Guselkumab safe, well tolerated in patients with psoriatic arthritis
10 Dec 2021
Ixekizumab effective for difficult-to-treat psoriatic arthritis
Ixekizumab effective for difficult-to-treat psoriatic arthritis
08 Dec 2021 byAudrey Abella

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.

Ixekizumab effective for difficult-to-treat psoriatic arthritis
08 Dec 2021
Guselkumab yields durable benefit in biologic-naïve PsA patients
Guselkumab yields durable benefit in biologic-naïve PsA patients
23 Nov 2021

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.

Guselkumab yields durable benefit in biologic-naïve PsA patients
23 Nov 2021