{"title":"Rheumatoid Arthritis Treatment Has Changed Dramatically Over the Past 3 Decades, but Has the Disease Itself Changed?","authors":"Carol A Hitchon, Hani S El-Gabalawy","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-1160","DOIUrl":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-1160","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"109-111"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142840057","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Niamh C Fanning, John F Pearson, Nicola Dalbeth, Huti Watson, Tony R Merriman, Lisa K Stamp
{"title":"Association of Past Smoking Status With Gout in Māori People in Aotearoa New Zealand.","authors":"Niamh C Fanning, John F Pearson, Nicola Dalbeth, Huti Watson, Tony R Merriman, Lisa K Stamp","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0239","DOIUrl":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0239","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Evidence for an association of smoking with gout is conflicting. We assessed associations of current and past smoking with gout in an Aotearoa New Zealand (NZ) population.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Multivariable logistic regression analysis was performed on cross-sectional data from participants of NZ Māori (from 2 studies: Genetics of Gout in Aotearoa [GGA] study of 293 participants with gout and 431 without; and Ngāti Porou Hauora [NPH] study of 111 participants with gout and 42 without), Pacific people (257 participants with gout and 357 without), and European (694 participants with gout and 688 without) ancestry.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Current smoking was not associated with gout in NZ Māori (GGA: adjusted odds ratio [aOR] 1.54, <i>P</i> = 0.13; NPH: aOR 3.02, <i>P</i> = 0.10), Pacific people (aOR 0.64, <i>P</i> = 0.21), or European (aOR 0.92, <i>P</i> = 0.80) cohorts. Ex-smoker status was associated with higher gout prevalence in Māori cohorts (GGA: aOR 1.71, <i>P</i> = 0.02; NPH: aOR 7.95, <i>P</i> < 0.001), but not in Pacific people (aOR 1.10, <i>P</i> = 0.69) or European (aOR 1.18, <i>P</i> = 0.22) cohorts. Associations were independent of age, sex, BMI, alcohol intake, kidney function, hypertension, diabetes, physical activity, sugary drink consumption, education, and employment. No association of smoker status with serum urate concentrations was observed in participants without gout.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Ex-smoker status was associated with higher gout prevalence in people of NZ Māori ancestry. No association of current smoking with gout was observed across ancestral groups, raising uncertainties about the relevance of an association specific to ex-smokers.</p>","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"181-186"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142640134","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Amanda Steiman, Katie Lundon, Laura Passalent, Leslie Soever, Deborah M Levy, Christopher Nielsen, Rachel Shupak
{"title":"What's in a Name: The Value of Defining Core Competencies for Extended Role Practitioners in Arthritis Care.","authors":"Amanda Steiman, Katie Lundon, Laura Passalent, Leslie Soever, Deborah M Levy, Christopher Nielsen, Rachel Shupak","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0995","DOIUrl":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0995","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"194"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142840087","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Early Course of Radiographic Progression in Axial Spondyloarthritis: Have We Missed Something?","authors":"Jürgen Braun","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0807","DOIUrl":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0807","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"116-118"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142774198","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Tiphaine Goulenok, Arthur Mageau, Chrystelle François, Claire Dossier, Eric Hachulla, Thomas Papo, Karim Sacré
{"title":"Knowledge About Human Papillomavirus Among Patients With Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Diseases.","authors":"Tiphaine Goulenok, Arthur Mageau, Chrystelle François, Claire Dossier, Eric Hachulla, Thomas Papo, Karim Sacré","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0959","DOIUrl":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0959","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"192-194"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142840050","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Marco A Cimmino, Cynthia S Crowson, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Michael Schirmer, Christian Dejaco, Carlo Salvarani, Eric L Matteson, Dario Camellino
{"title":"Symptom Severity and Glucocorticoid Dosing in Patients With Polymyalgia Rheumatica and Obesity.","authors":"Marco A Cimmino, Cynthia S Crowson, Bhaskar Dasgupta, Michael Schirmer, Christian Dejaco, Carlo Salvarani, Eric L Matteson, Dario Camellino","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0353","DOIUrl":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0353","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) is an inflammatory disorder of the elderly characterized by girdle pain and stiffness. Obesity has an influence on disease activity and outcome in rheumatic diseases like osteoarthritis and rheumatoid arthritis. We aimed to investigate the relationship between high BMI and the severity and outcome of PMR, which is incompletely understood.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In a post hoc analysis, 83 patients with recent-onset PMR were studied over 6 months using clinical examination, laboratory evaluation, and girdle ultrasound (US). The modified Health Assessment Questionnaire (mHAQ), 36-item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36), and PMR visual analog scale (VAS) scores, as well as prednisone therapy data, were recorded. Patients were grouped according to their BMI.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>At baseline, the 12 patients with obesity had significantly more shoulder pain (<i>P</i> = 0.03), global pain (<i>P</i> = 0.03), PMR VAS (<i>P</i> < 0.01), and fatigue (<i>P</i> = 0.03); higher mHAQ (<i>P</i> = 0.01); and lower SF-36 physical component summary (<i>P</i> = 0.048) and SF-36 pain index (<i>P</i> < 0.001). The mean initial prednisone dose was similar among groups, but patients with obesity received a lower dose/kg (1.9 [SD 0.7] mg vs 2.2 [SD 0.7] mg; <i>P</i> < 0.01). At 6 months, patients with obesity were being treated with higher mean daily prednisone doses (8.5 [SD 3.2] mg/d vs 6.2 [SD 5.2] mg/d; <i>P</i> = 0.02), and 40% of them were receiving higher daily prednisone doses than the standard protocol compared with 14% patients without obesity (<i>P</i> = 0.048). Clinical features, laboratory results, and US results were similar between patients with and without obesity.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Obesity affects both symptom severity and prednisone utilization in patients with PMR. The reason for this may relate to different subjective pain perception rather than increased inflammation in patients with obesity. BMI should be considered when interpreting symptoms in patients with PMR and deciding their prednisone doses.</p>","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"151-157"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142564973","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gelsomina Alle, Clementina Lopez-Medina, Stefan Siebert, Frédéric Lavie, Wim Noel, Josef S Smolen, Laure Gossec
{"title":"Patient Profiles in Randomized Controlled Trials Versus a Real-World Study in Psoriatic Arthritis: Scoping Review and Metaanalysis.","authors":"Gelsomina Alle, Clementina Lopez-Medina, Stefan Siebert, Frédéric Lavie, Wim Noel, Josef S Smolen, Laure Gossec","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0653","DOIUrl":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0653","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Patients with psoriatic arthritis (PsA) in randomized controlled trials (RCTs) may not reflect patients with PsA in clinical practice. Our objective was to perform a metaanalysis comparing the characteristics of patients with PsA in RCTs of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) to patient profiles in a real-world study.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Data sources included (1) a scoping literature review of phase III RCTs of bDMARDs in PsA published between 2015 and 2020, and (2) an international observational study of patients with PsA starting a bDMARD enrolled between 2015 and 2018 (PsABio; ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT02627768). Data collected at baseline included swollen and tender joint counts (SJC/TJC), presence of enthesitis, skin involvement (body surface area [BSA]), C-reactive protein (CRP), physician global assessment (PGA), and patient-reported outcomes (PROs; Health Assessment Questionnaire [HAQ], pain). Univariate random effects metaanalysis was conducted to calculate pooled means and proportions.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Overall, 5654 patients from 10 RCTs were compared to 930 PsABio patients. Demographic data were similar. SJC/TJC were higher in RCTs than in PsABio (pooled means: 11.8/21.5 vs 5.7/11.9), and enthesitis was more frequent in RCTs (64.7% vs 48.2%), as were patients with a BSA ≥ 3% (62.2% vs 54%). PGA was higher in RCTs (59.7 vs 54.1). In contrast, PROs were similar, whereas CRP was significantly higher in PsABio (1.4 vs 1.1 mg/dL).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with PsA starting a bDMARD in RCTs had highly active disease and a high patient-reported disease burden. In contrast, PsABio real-world patients starting a bDMARD had lower SJC/TJC, skin involvement, and PGA, but presented with similar patient-reported disease burden. The extrapolation of RCT data in clinical practice should take these elements into account.</p>","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":"138-144"},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142640138","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Caroline Mazeda, Sofia Azevedo, Sérgio Sousa, Anabela Barcelos
{"title":"Not Everything is Osteoporosis: Multiple Low-Impact Fractures in an Adult Female Patient.","authors":"Caroline Mazeda, Sofia Azevedo, Sérgio Sousa, Anabela Barcelos","doi":"10.3899/jrheum.2024-0672","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.3899/jrheum.2024-0672","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":50064,"journal":{"name":"Journal of Rheumatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.6,"publicationDate":"2025-02-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143076110","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}