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Contents
+ EDITORIAL BOARD 4
+ WELCOME 7
+ FOREWORD 9
+ CONGRESS REVIEW
Review of The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Congress 10
2019, held in Madrid, Spain, 12th–15th June, 2019.
+ CONGRESS INTERVIEWS
Meet the Editorial Board 25
Meet the Organisers 29
+ SYMPOSIUM REVIEWS
Optimising Patient Management in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Can We Live Up 33
to Patient Expectat
Contents + EDITORIAL BOARD
“A wide range of novel topics related to clinical
Editorial Board Editor-in-Chief Dr Ian C. Chikanz
Aims and Scope The European Medical Journal (EMJ)
EMJ Rheumatol. Chief Executive Officer Spencer Go
Welcome It is with great pleasure that I once aga
Simple. Fast. Precise. ELEVATING RHEUMATOLOGY GE
Foreword Dear colleagues, It is with great pleasu
Congress Review Review of the European League
congress in order to help each achieve the very b
"In his opening ceremony discussion, Prof Bi
Rheumatoid Arthritis Could be Treated with Elect
Cyprus Sees Creation of a Rheumatology Nur
Risk of Rheumatoid Arthritis Increased
Room for Improvement in Rheumatoid
Encouraging Results from Tildrakizumab
Pain Causing Suicidal Ideation in 10%
Time2Work Launched to Help the Unemployed
Post-Denosumab Discontinuation Bone Mineral Den
Psoriatic Arthritis Severity Linked to
Pain and Function in Hand Osteoarthritis Improved
CLINICAL DIAGNOSTICS Therapeutic Dr
Meet the Editorial Board T he
Q5 the leaders of major projects in rheumatology,
Dr Suzanne Verstappenen Reader in Musculoskeletal
Q5 consideration could be work, for another it mi
Meet the Organisers E ach year, the
Q5 With PRES celebrating "I
Dieter Wiek en EULAR Vice President representing
Q6 Is there a session that you are particular
Optimising Patient Management in Rheumatoid Art
Introduction Anti-TNF biologics have revolutionis
Clinical considerations • Length of time with
stored all biological DMARD (bDMARD) packages wit
a biosimilar, a therapy will have demonstrated eq
The Therapeutic Window of Opportunity: Halting D
TDM may be helpful in facilitating cost-effective
rheumatology: Emerging concepts and their implica
Considering the Patient Perspective: Challenges F
for the management of PsA, minimal disease activi
Gender differences have also been observed in mal
Additionally, women with definite sacroiliitis may
how effectively antibodies are transferred across
Rheumatologists therefore need to see beyond clin
In contrast, anxiety, depression, or both, has be
potential of tumor necrosis 2
to consider for use of antirheumatic drugs before
Metacognition in Rheumatoid Arthritis: Thinking
of RA: how we define remission, how we measure rem
between physicians and patient, offers a way fo
Reasons for this include a lack of awareness amon
results.35-37 In the ARCTIC study, ultrasoun
MONARCH trial show that patients switched from ad
Following the failure of a TNFi, EULA
Diabetic patients Greater reduction in H
Interventionstoincreaseempathiccommunication have
current perspective. Rheumatol Int. 2016;36(5):68
a treat-to-target approach in 58
Fine-Tuning the Treatment of Psoriatic Arthritis:
rationale for targeting the IL-12/23 pathway. He
Spondylitis Enthesitis Score (MASES) at 24 w
Focus on the IL-23 Pathway Professor Georg Schett
of Rheumatology criteria (ACR20) at Week 24,
Retained efficacy, even after switching from
significantly higher PASI 90 and 100 rates than fo
Panel Discussion and Concluding Remarks The facul
References 1. Siebert S et al. Why did IL-23
phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitor. Ann Rheum Dis. 201
Abstract Reviews Our congress team have handpic
UCB, Eisai, Chugai, Ono, Gilead; and received spe
During the 24-week double-blind period, 190
Acknowledgements: This work has been supported by
total number of patients still on the treatment a
Keywords: Preclinical phases, rheumatoid arthriti
METHODS Next-generation sequencing of the
Comparison of PAXgene and Tempus Whole Blood
can use either tubes for IFN score determination
Immunogenicity constitutes an important
Immunometabolism in Rheumatic Disease: The Role
the pathogenesis of systemic lupus erythematosus,
This has resulted in further research investigati
osteoarthritis (OA). OA chondrocytes stimulated b
Mitochondrial oxygen consumption was also not
associated with driving further dyslipidaemia
kinase/fructose-2,6-bisphosphatase 3 (PFKFB3) in
to immunometabolism for immunologists. Nat Rev Im
2005;32(12):2311-6. 49. Toms TE et al. Dyslipida
Postmenopausal Osteoporosis: A Mini Review Auth
including bisphosphonates, denosumab, oestroge
Oestrogen Mesenchymal stem cell
Bone morphogenetic proteins (BMP), TGF-β, ins
Traditional Diagnostic Regimen BMD-derived, nor
However, the limitations of these biomarkers
respectively.1 However, it has been reported to c
Table 1 continued. Total
dynamics of BMD and bone turnover markers contr
estrogen receptor expression in human osteoblasts
54. de Villiers TJ, Stevenson JC. The WHI:
Update on the Diagnosis and Anticoagulant Treatm
EPIDEMIOLOGY Although aPL are reported in 1–5% of
During the evolution of APS, a number of u
and one laboratory criterion (LAC, aCL, or
The second test should be a sensitive activated t
young patients with provoked VTE, recurrent spont
Table 2: Randomised controlled trials evaluating
Table 2 continued. Study Number of patients Patie
were enrolled in the RCT evaluating the VKA.47,48
diagnosis of APS needs the simultaneous
37. Andreoli L et al. Clinical character
Secukinumab in the Management of Psoriatic
PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS IL-17 IN THE PATHOGENESIS OF
Table 1: Efficacy of secukinumab on the basis of
Patients of the placebo group were re-randomised
Table 2: Efficacy of secukinumab in the resolutio
Table 3: Efficacy of secukinumab in the resolutio
PROGRESSION EFFECT ON RADIOGRAPHIC Retardation
and 58.4% of patients in the placebo group).10 Mo
year data of secukinumab has also shown sus
30. DeSelm CJ et al. IL-17 mediates estr
A Review of Adalimumab Biosimilars for the Trea
INTRODUCTION Adalimumab is a recombinant full
Adalimumab biosimilar candidates were tested agai
not considered by the regulatory agencies to comp
Table 2 continued. Biosimilar Trial phase
Table 3: Phase III clinical trials for each appro
Table 3 continued. Biosimilar Trial phase
Table 3 continued. Biosimilar Trial phase
MSB11022 performed similarly to reference drug in
of adalimumab indicate that switching resulted in
growing market share of 10%, 35%, 60%, and 90%, s
501 and adalimumab. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017;76(3):526
Real-World Experience of Apremilast in Treating
PsA.3-6 There is, however, limited real-world dat
(Figure 2). The reduction in joint counts at Week
Week 0 Week 16 Week 52
Week 0 Week 16
will inform the authors as to any benefits of thes