Thomas Dörner, Simon J Bowman, Robert Fox, Xavier Mariette, Athena Papas, Thomas Grader-Beck, Benjamin A Fisher, Filipe Barcelos, Salvatore De Vita, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Robert J Moots, Guido Junge, Janice Woznicki, Monika Sopala, Alexandre Avrameas, Wen-Lin Luo, Wolfgang Hueber
{"title":"Safety and Efficacy of Ianalumab in Patients With Sjögren's Disease: 52-Week Results From a Randomized, Placebo-Controlled, Phase 2b Dose-Ranging Study.","authors":"Thomas Dörner, Simon J Bowman, Robert Fox, Xavier Mariette, Athena Papas, Thomas Grader-Beck, Benjamin A Fisher, Filipe Barcelos, Salvatore De Vita, Hendrik Schulze-Koops, Robert J Moots, Guido Junge, Janice Woznicki, Monika Sopala, Alexandre Avrameas, Wen-Lin Luo, Wolfgang Hueber","doi":"10.1002/art.43059","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/art.43059","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To report 52-week safety and efficacy of ianalumab from phase 2b dose-finding study in patients with Sjögren's disease (SjD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients randomly received (1:1:1:1) ianalumab (5, 50, or 300 mg) or placebo subcutaneously every 4 weeks till week 24 (treatment period [TP]1). At week 24, patients on 300 mg were re-randomized to continue 300 mg or receive placebo till week 52 (TP2), patients on placebo were switched to ianalumab 150 mg, while patients on 5 and 50 mg directly entered post treatment safety follow-up. Patients who discontinued treatment early or completed treatment entered safety follow-up (≥20 weeks).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>During TP1, 190 patients were randomized (placebo=49, 5 mg=47, 50 mg=47, 300 mg=47). Of these 190 patients, 90 (47.4 %; 43 continued 300 mg and 47 received placebo) entered TP2, and 81/90 (90.0%) completed the study treatment. By week 52, efficacy was sustained in patients who continued 300 mg in TP2 (ESSDAI, ESSPRI, PaGA, PhGA change from week 24: -1.45, -0.46, -4.69, -6.86, respectively). Stimulated salivary flow rates and autoantibody levels numerically improved in the 300 mg group. Treatment-emergent adverse events were not dose-dependent, except for injection-site reactions. Cases of decreased neutrophil counts (CTCAE v4.03 grade 3 according to laboratory listings) were observed in 3 patients during the post-treatment follow-up, occurring at 3.5, 5.5, and 3 months, after the last ianalumab administration. None were associated with infection except one incidental finding of asymptomatic cytomegalovirus infection (IgM+).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>In patients with SjD, ianalumab 300 mg demonstrated sustained efficacy through week 52 and a favorable safety profile up to two years of follow-up.</p>","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666485","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Living with Sjögren's Disease: Prospects for Disease-Modifying Therapies.","authors":"E William St Clair","doi":"10.1002/art.43060","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/art.43060","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-18","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142666483","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
S. Louis Bridges, Kenneth G. Saag, William J. Koopman
{"title":"J. Claude Bennett, MD, 1933–2024","authors":"S. Louis Bridges, Kenneth G. Saag, William J. Koopman","doi":"10.1002/art.43056","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/art.43056","url":null,"abstract":"Click on the article title to read more.","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":"13 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2024-11-17","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142670419","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Winner of the 2024 American College of Rheumatology Annual Image Competition.","authors":"","doi":"10.1002/art.42991","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/art.42991","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-16","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142643521","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Do we need distinct paediatric classification criteria for rheumatic diseases that affect both children and adults?","authors":"Coziana Ciurtin, Marija Jelusic, Seza Ozen","doi":"10.1002/art.43058","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/art.43058","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613240","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jacqueline A Madison, Sean P Ferris, Marianne Kerski, Grace Hile, Sophia Matossian, Cara Komisar, Peter J Strouse, Elizabeth Ames, Erin Neil Knierbein, Jessica L Turnier
{"title":"Expert Perspective: Diagnostic Approach to Differentiating Juvenile Dermatomyositis from Muscular Dystrophy.","authors":"Jacqueline A Madison, Sean P Ferris, Marianne Kerski, Grace Hile, Sophia Matossian, Cara Komisar, Peter J Strouse, Elizabeth Ames, Erin Neil Knierbein, Jessica L Turnier","doi":"10.1002/art.43057","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1002/art.43057","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.4,"publicationDate":"2024-11-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142613141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Maria De Santis, Antonio Tonutti, Francesca Motta, Stefano Rodolfi, Natasa Isailovic, Carlo Selmi
{"title":"Serum autoantibodies and the risk of cancer in systemic sclerosis over time","authors":"Maria De Santis, Antonio Tonutti, Francesca Motta, Stefano Rodolfi, Natasa Isailovic, Carlo Selmi","doi":"10.1002/art.42701","DOIUrl":"10.1002/art.42701","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":"76 2","pages":"314-315"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10223386","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Bonnie L. Bermas, Irene Blanco, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Ashira D. Blazer, Megan E. B. Clowse, Cuoghi Edens, Greer Donley, Leslie Pierce, Catherine Wright, Mehret Birru Talabi
{"title":"The impact of US abortion policy on rheumatology clinical practice: a cross-sectional survey of rheumatologists","authors":"Bonnie L. Bermas, Irene Blanco, Rosalind Ramsey-Goldman, Ashira D. Blazer, Megan E. B. Clowse, Cuoghi Edens, Greer Donley, Leslie Pierce, Catherine Wright, Mehret Birru Talabi","doi":"10.1002/art.42699","DOIUrl":"10.1002/art.42699","url":null,"abstract":"<p>\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure></p>","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":"76 3","pages":"485-486"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/art.42699","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10223391","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Keith Colaco, Ker-Ai Lee, Shadi Akhtari, Raz Winer, Vinod Chandran, Paula Harvey, Richard J. Cook, Vincent Piguet, Dafna D. Gladman, Lihi Eder
{"title":"Derivation and Internal Validation of a Disease-Specific Cardiovascular Risk Prediction Model for Patients With Psoriatic Arthritis and Psoriasis","authors":"Keith Colaco, Ker-Ai Lee, Shadi Akhtari, Raz Winer, Vinod Chandran, Paula Harvey, Richard J. Cook, Vincent Piguet, Dafna D. Gladman, Lihi Eder","doi":"10.1002/art.42694","DOIUrl":"10.1002/art.42694","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>To address suboptimal cardiovascular risk prediction in patients with psoriatic disease (PsD), we developed and internally validated a five-year disease-specific cardiovascular risk prediction model.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We analyzed data from a prospective cohort of participants with PsD without a history of cardiovascular events. Traditional cardiovascular risk factors and PsD-related measures of disease activity were considered as potential predictors. The study outcome included nonfatal and fatal cardiovascular events. A base prediction model included 10 traditional cardiovascular risk factors. Eight PsD-related factors were assessed by adding them to the base model to create expanded models, which were controlled for PsD therapies. Variable selection was performed using Least Absolute Shrinkage and Selection Operator (LASSO) penalized regression with 10-fold cross-validation. Model performance was assessed using measures of discrimination and calibration and measures of sensitivity and specificity.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Between 1992 and 2020, 85 of 1,336 participants developed cardiovascular events. Discrimination of the base model (with traditional cardiovascular risk factors alone) was excellent, with an area under the receiver operator characteristic curve (AUC) of 85.5 (95% confidence interval [CI] 81.9–89.1). Optimal models did not select any of the tested disease-specific factors. In a sensitivity analysis, which excluded lipid lowering and antihypertensive treatments, the number of damaged joints was selected in the expanded model. However, this model did not improve risk discrimination compared to the base model (AUC 85.5, 95% CI 82.0–89.1).</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>Traditional cardiovascular risk factors alone are effective in predicting cardiovascular risk in patients with PsD. A risk score based on these factors performed well, indicating excellent discrimination and calibration.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":"76 2","pages":"238-246"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/art.42694","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10257143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Francisca C. Venegas, Ricardo Sánchez-Rodríguez, Roberto Luisetto, Roberta Angioni, Antonella Viola, Marcella Canton
{"title":"Oxidative Stress by the Mitochondrial Monoamine Oxidase B Mediates Calcium Pyrophosphate Crystal–Induced Arthritis","authors":"Francisca C. Venegas, Ricardo Sánchez-Rodríguez, Roberto Luisetto, Roberta Angioni, Antonella Viola, Marcella Canton","doi":"10.1002/art.42697","DOIUrl":"10.1002/art.42697","url":null,"abstract":"<div>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Objective</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Calcium pyrophosphate (CPP) crystal deposition in the joints is associated with a heterogeneous set of debilitating syndromes characterized by inflammation and pain, for which no effective therapies are currently available. Because we found that the mitochondrial enzyme monoamine oxidase B (MAO-B) plays a fundamental role in promoting inflammatory pathways, this study aims at assessing the efficacy of two clinical-grade inhibitors (iMAO-Bs) in preclinical models of this disease to pave the way for a novel treatment.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Methods</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>We tested our hypothesis in two murine models of CPP-induced arthritis, by measuring cytokine and chemokine levels, along with immune cell recruitment. iMAO-Bs (rasagiline and safinamide) were administered either before or after crystal injection. To elucidate the molecular mechanism, we challenged in vitro primed macrophages with CPP crystals and assessed the impact of iMAO-Bs in dampening proinflammatory cytokines and in preserving mitochondrial function.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Results</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <p>Both in preventive and therapeutic in vivo protocols, iMAO-Bs blunted the release of proinflammatory cytokines (interleukin [IL]-6 and IL1-β) and chemokines (CXCL10, CXCL1, CCL2 and CCL5) (n > 6 mice/group). Importantly, they also significantly reduced ankle swelling (50.3% vs 17.1%; <i>P</i> < 0.001 and 23.1%; <i>P</i> = 0.005 for rasagiline and safinamide, respectively). Mechanistically, iMAO-Bs dampened the burst of reactive oxygen species and the mitochondrial dysfunction triggered by CPP crystals in isolated macrophages. Moreover, iMAO-Bs blunted cytokine secretion and NLRP3 inflammasome activation through inhibition of the NF-κB and STAT3 pathways.</p>\u0000 </section>\u0000 \u0000 <section>\u0000 \u0000 <h3> Conclusion</h3>\u0000 \u0000 <div>iMAO-Bs dampen inflammation in murine models of crystal-induced arthropathy, thereby uncovering MAO-B as a promising target to treat these diseases.\u0000\u0000 <figure>\u0000 <div><picture>\u0000 <source></source></picture><p></p>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </figure>\u0000 </div>\u0000 </section>\u0000 </div>","PeriodicalId":129,"journal":{"name":"Arthritis & Rheumatology","volume":"76 2","pages":"279-284"},"PeriodicalIF":13.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-11","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1002/art.42697","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10571277","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}