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RHEUMATOLOGY
ISSN 2056-6395 Vol 3.1 • July 2016 • emjreviews.com
INSIDE
Review of
EULAR 2016
London, UK
CONTENTS
EDITORIAL BOARD......................................................................................................................................... 5
CONGRESS REVIEW........................................................................................................................................ 10
• Review of the 17th European League Against Rheumatology (EULAR) Annual
Congress of Rheumatology, held in London, UK, 8th–11th June 2016
SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS
• INTRODUCING NEW BIOSIMILARS INTO CURRENT TREATMENT ALGORITHMS..................... 28
• OPTIMISING PATIENT OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT THE RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS PATIENT
JOURNEY: THE EXCEPTION, THE STANDARD, AND THE RULE.
RHEUMATOLOGY ISSN 2056-6395
CONTENTS EDITORIAL BOARD.......................
RHEUMATOLOGY • THE RELEVANCE OF HYPERURICAEMI
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HYPERURICEMIA WITH DEPOSITION: A SYSTEMIC DISEASE
Foreword
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Congress Highlights Discovery of a G
the management of SLE, and ultimately t
Genetic profiling is an approach which could provi
There is therefore a need to develop a new tool t
These findings are exciting as anti-CCP antibodies
and restricted movement of joints, pain
can have a seriously detrimental impact on a coup
controls, with a between-group difference of 2.20
Dr Arumugam Moorthy, Department of Rheuma
Association Between Juvenile Inflammatory Arthriti
the drug from the body, potentially leading to a
Other research presented at EULAR 2016 demon
Dr Yasser El Miedany, Department o
Methotrexate is often the first step of drug treat
physician evaluation of the disease was
INTRODUCING NEW BIOSIMILARS INTO CURRENT TREATM
moderate-to-severe rheumatoid arthritis despite t
antibodies, published in 2012,6 and the guideline
Residual uncertainty (potential for clinical diff
To show pharmacokinetic equivalence,
fell within the pre-specified equivalence mar
PHARMACOVIGILANCE As with all pharmaceuticals, r
REFERENCES 1. European Medicines Agency, Committ
OPTIMISING PATIENT OUTCOMES THROUGHOUT THE RHEUMA
College of Rheumatology (ACR) 70% response (
Figure 1 continued. *2010 ACR-EULAR classificatio
Given the available evidence, it could
RA patients than in normal or overweight patients
16.0% at 24 weeks (p=0.001) and 18.1% vers
action do not overlap completely; some patients m
There is currently no clinical evidence to suppor
REFERENCES 1. Smolen JS et al.
opportunities and challenges. Nat Rev Rheumatol.
Extension of the previous Symposium Review: Optim
burden of rheumatic disease, symptoms o
UNRAVELLING THE MYSTERY BETWEEN STRUCTURE
How Biologics Work: What We Know and Wha
‘biosimilar’ used by the European Medicines Agenc
Post-translational modification of pro
methods available to detect anti-drug antibodies,
Transition study Reference drug Biosimilar Singl
traceability through the pharmaceutical suppl
5. Smolen JS et al. EULAR rec
org.uk/about_bsr/press_releases/bsr_ supports_the
PRECISION MEDICINE: MAXIMISING TREATMENT BENEFIT
Average daily dose (mg/day) No use <7.5 ≥7.5 Dea
prescription for a GC at some point in th
Mean change from baseline in DAS28 0.0 -0.5 -1.0
effectiveness of tocilizumab monotherapy.32 CDAI
before they become apparent; therefore, surrogate
the reasons behind the phenomenon are complex and
Canadian population. RMD Open. 2015; 1(1):e000078
in Patients With RA Who Are Biologic Naïve: 6-Mon
THINK RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: CAUSES
Dendritic cell Antigen-presenting cell pre
Lymphoid 40% Myeloid 40%
characterisation that could identify the pathway
broadening the repertoire of cells that bec
inflammatory disease, and have no tenderness in th
At baseline, patients had high CRP le
10. Komatsu N, Takayanagi H. Infla
Abstract Reviews NATURALLY OCCURRING LUBRICANTS
EULAR 2016 DNA METHYLATION AND OSTEOARTHRITIS
Abstract Reviews the OA hip samples formed two d
EULAR 2016 A DMS location within the g
Abstract Reviews 5. Reynard LN et al. CpG methyl
EULAR 2016 Thus the EULAR taskforce set out
Abstract Reviews complete characterisation o
EULAR 2016 PERSONALISED MEDICINE The knowledge o
Abstract Reviews mediated by CB , more often exp
EULAR 2016 (TNF-α, BAFF), interleukins ([IL]-
Abstract Reviews the patient/population, inter
EULAR 2016 A B C D E Figure 1: Immunohistology a
Abstract Reviews expression of the myofibrobla
EULAR 2016 modulation may represent a novel
Abstract Reviews NO synthase type 1 (NOS1/nNOS)
EULAR 2016 We have begun to examine whether
Abstract Reviews variable results. The use o
Exclusive Interviews from the American Coll
EDITOR’S PICK Diag
INTRODUCTION Sjögren’s syndrome (SjS) is a chron
disease progression can be arrested at vari
indicated that the Fas antigen is expressed
Type 1 diabetes. The significance of these studies
6 Relative gene expression (8 weeks of age) 5
transcriptome database from B6.NOD-Aec1Aec2 mi
and the Mer receptor tyrosine kinase: a mechanis
THE RELEVANCE OF HYPERURICAEMIA *Jan
in women than men. This study also found
Table 1: Change in estimated glomerular filtration
improvement in eGFR of 1 mL/min from the u
associated with microalbuminuria in prehype
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NON-INVASIVE CARDIOVASCULAR IMAGING FOR C
CV risk was 2-fold higher in female RA patients t
Table 1: Comparison of traditional and modified ca
Table 2: Comparison of non-invasive cardiovascula
ATHEROSCLEROSIS AND ITS SURROGATE MARKERS FOR CAR
(maximum diameter-baseline diameter)/baseline d
at which aortic pressure waves travel, is
17. Hansel S et al. Endothelial dysfunction in
PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS: A REVIEW *Farrouq Ma
resulting in signs such as scaly skin plaques and
disease from the other SPAs and inflammatory
and steroids which treat the inflammation but not
THERAPIES IN THE PIPELINE FOR
used ‘off-label’, especially in refractory c
Table 1 continued. Therapy Target Clinica
a placebo arm. Although after 12 weeks of
AGS 009) or its receptor (anifrolumab [ANIFR]), a
The lack of dose response was likely due to the f
arm; the response rates were 39.8% and 36.8% in t
BAFF antagonists may be used in the treatment of
this can be accomplished by several regimen
29. Mariette X, Gottenberg J-E. Patho
IDIOPATHIC INFLAMMATORY MYOPATHIES: ASSOCIATION
with cancer (CAM).1,2 This criteria has how
more clearly define OM as a stand-alone entity. In
In other studies, the definition of OS has
anti-PM/Scl antibody was significantly associated
Raynaud’s phenomenon, and ILD.4 However,
Rigolet et al.42 studied a cohort of patients who
Ann Neurol. 1984;16(2):193-208. 15. Dalakas
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