André L. Ribeiro , Leandro L. Leite , Raphael Micheroli , Daniela B. Tovar-Batisdas , Maria-Angeliki Gkini , Fabian Proft
{"title":"Pipeline treatments on psoriatic disease","authors":"André L. Ribeiro , Leandro L. Leite , Raphael Micheroli , Daniela B. Tovar-Batisdas , Maria-Angeliki Gkini , Fabian Proft","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102090","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102090","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Psoriatic disease is a heterogeneous and multifaceted disease affecting musculoskeletal, dermatologic, and systemic domains, with low sustained remission rates despite advances in therapy. Current treatments, primarily targeting TNF, IL-17, IL-23, PDE4 inhibitors and JAK-STAT pathways, remain insufficient for many patients, highlighting the need for novel therapeutic approaches. This review explores pipeline treatments in psoriatic disease, including new JAK-STAT inhibitors (TYK2, JAK1), next-generation IL-17 inhibitors, IL-23-targeted therapies, and novel immune-modulating agents. The emerging role of combination therapy is also discussed, with dual biologic and small-molecule approaches showing potential in refractory disease. Additionally, microbiome-targeted therapies and metabolic interventions, including probiotics and GLP-1 receptor agonists, are being investigated as adjunctive strategies to improve disease control. While these innovations offer exciting opportunities for personalized medicine, challenges remain regarding long-term safety, optimal treatment sequencing, and combination strategies. Further randomized controlled trials and real-world data are necessary to define the most effective and sustainable treatment approaches for psoriatic disease.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 4","pages":"Article 102090"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145132501","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":"Novel therapies in SSc","authors":"Janet Pope","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102104","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102104","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Systemic sclerosis (SSc) is an autoimmune connective tissue disease that is rare and targets fibrosis and vasculopathy with autoantibodies present. There are guidelines in SSc that are evidence based and can facilitate appropriate treatment for many patients with SSc. However, there is no cure and in many patients the quality and quantity of life are significantly affected. Thus, novel therapies in SSc are warranted in order to try to prevent damage and increase quality of life and improve survival. This update will expand where the standard of care treatment in SSc may be enhanced by novel therapies and recent or ongoing trials. As few studies of Raynaud's phenomenon, digital ulcers, gastrointestinal, cardiac, renal and musculoskeletal systems in SSc are ongoing, they will not be included. This paper will concentrate on immune modification for skin involvement and interstitial lung disease and pulmonary hypertension. Potentially transformative treatments will be highlighted and where they may fit into a future improved standard of care for SSc patients.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 4","pages":"Article 102104"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145208158","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}
Cristina Pelkas , Kyle B. Franke , Fabien B. Vincent , Maureen Rischmueller
{"title":"Novel therapies in Sjögren’s disease: A systematic review of the literature","authors":"Cristina Pelkas , Kyle B. Franke , Fabien B. Vincent , Maureen Rischmueller","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102084","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102084","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sjögren's disease (SjD) is a chronic systemic autoimmune disorder that primarily involves lymphocytic infiltration of exocrine glands, with frequent extra-glandular manifestations. Historically, treatment options for SjD have been limited to alleviating symptoms, rather than treating the underlying cause or preventing disease progression. Furthermore, past clinical trials of therapies such as rituximab failed to demonstrate improvement in symptoms or disease activity. Recently, novel therapeutic strategies targeting underlying disease pathogenesis – including transcription factors, circulating RNA, and B and T cell activity – herald a paradigm shift. Given the complexities of diagnosis, clinical assessment and treatment in SjD, improved clinical trial design with enhanced patient stratification, greater inclusivity and better outcome measures are paramount in evaluating new therapeutics. This systematic review aims to provide a comprehensive overview of recent SjD therapeutic advances, assess trial inclusivity with respect to sex/gender and ethnicity, critically examine negative pivotal trials and highlight promising directions for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 4","pages":"Article 102084"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144592802","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}
Sherief Ghozy , Jonathan W. Revels , Aakanksha Sriwastwa , Lily L. Wang , Jennifer S. Weaver , Sherry S. Wang
{"title":"Imaging in sarcoid disease","authors":"Sherief Ghozy , Jonathan W. Revels , Aakanksha Sriwastwa , Lily L. Wang , Jennifer S. Weaver , Sherry S. Wang","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102054","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102054","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Sarcoidosis is a complex multisystem inflammatory disease characterized by noncaseating granulomas and variable clinical manifestations, most commonly affecting the lungs, skin, heart, and nervous system. Imaging is central in its diagnosis, staging, and management, providing essential insights into organ involvement and disease activity. Pulmonary manifestations remain the hallmark, with modalities such as high-resolution chest computed tomography (CT) and chest radiography offering critical diagnostic clues. Imaging techniques, including Fluorodeoxyglucose Positron Emission Tomography (FDG-PET) and cardiac magnetic resonance imaging, are invaluable for identifying cardiac and systemic involvement, including cutaneous and musculoskeletal, while abdominal MRI and ultrasound help delineate hepatic and splenic manifestations. Neurosarcoidosis requires MRI for precise evaluation, supplemented by FDG-PET to guide biopsy and monitor treatment response. This chapter synthesizes the imaging features of sarcoidosis across organ systems, emphasizing practical approaches to diagnosis and management while identifying key areas for future research.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 3","pages":"Article 102054"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143630980","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":"Imaging of crystal-induced arthropathies in 2025","authors":"Silvia Sirotti , Tristan Pascart , Ralf Thiele , Georgios Filippou","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102063","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102063","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>In recent years, imaging has become an essential tool in the assessment of crystal-induced arthropathies (CIAs), including gout, calcium pyrophosphate deposition disease, and basic calcium phosphate crystal deposition. Advances in imaging have improved diagnosis and disease monitoring, leading to its integration into classification criteria and clinical guidelines.</div><div>Ultrasound (US), conventional radiography (CR), and dual-energy computed tomography (DECT) each offer unique advantages. US is a widely accessible, cost-effective, and dynamic tool, while DECT provides crystal-specific images, aiding particularly in gout diagnosis. CR, though less sensitive to early crystal deposition, remains valuable for evaluating structural damage and chronic changes.</div><div>Despite these advances, challenges remain. The specificity and sensitivity of imaging findings need further validation, and the clinical relevance of certain imaging features is debated. This review summarizes recent developments, highlights key strengths, and discusses unresolved issues, emphasizing areas where future research is needed to optimize imaging use in CIAs.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 3","pages":"Article 102063"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144008126","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":"New developments in ultrasound and MRI imaging of pediatric rheumatic diseases","authors":"Johannes Roth , Clara Malattia","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102069","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102069","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span><span>The evidence base for ultrasound and MRI imaging in </span>pediatric<span><span> rheumatic diseases continues to grow, enabling the routine clinical use of the two techniques that complement each other. </span>Ultrasound imaging<span><span> has a superior spatial resolution, the ability to assess several joints at the same time without sedation and provides very detailed assessments of important structures like the entheses. MRI has advantages in the assessment of osteochondral damage and certain anatomic regions like the </span>temporomandibular joint (TMJ) and the </span></span></span>axial skeleton<span><span>. Significant progress in the standardization of image acquisition and quantification of findings allows the utilisation of both techniques as an outcome measure. This will improve the standard of care in pediatric rheumatic diseases where objective measurements of </span>disease activity are urgently needed. Finally, the integration of artificial intelligence (AI) represents a groundbreaking development in the field and potential applications will be discussed.</span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 3","pages":"Article 102069"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143995039","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":"Advances in imaging techniques for Sjogren's disease","authors":"Baptiste Quéré , Sandrine Jousse-Joulin","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102087","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102087","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>Imaging of salivary glands (SG), particularly Salivary Glands Ultrasonography (SGUS) is increasingly used in patients with suspected Sjogren's disease (SD). SGUS is the first-line imaging modality. Numerous studies have highlighted this non-invasive, non-irradiating, and low-cost imaging modality. The OMERACT group has established a classification of SG structural damage based on B-mode findings, ranging from grade 0 (normal) to 3 (severe structural damage). SGUS abnormalities (≥ grade 2) have been reported in approximately 63 % of patients with SD. More recently, Hocevar et al. described a Doppler-based classification assessing SG parenchymal vascularization, graded from 0 (normal) to 3 (Doppler signals occupying the entire glandular surface) and could be used as a marker of disease activity and as a biomarker of response to therapy. Moreover, SGUS can be useful for looking for complications such as lymphoma. New ultrasound techniques are currently being developed, including elastography for assessing tissue stiffness, analysis of microvascularization using contrast-enhanced ultrasound with microbubbles, and analysis of minor salivary glands using the ultra-high frequency probe. The combination of several US modalities enhances both sensitivity and specificity of the technique, allowing for the development of a comprehensive multimodal imaging approach. Other imaging techniques can be performed for SD, such as MRI of the parotid glands, allowing analysis of the glandular parenchyma (“salt and pepper” appearance), and certain sequences (DWI-MR) should be performed when lymphoma or other tumors are suspected. 18-FDG PET-CT may be useful to detect systemic manifestations or complications in SD and new PET tracers are currently being developed.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 3","pages":"Article 102087"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144977587","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}
Natalya Horbal , Krystel Aouad , Xenofon Baraliakos , Nelly Ziade , Walter P. Maksymowych
{"title":"Update of imaging in the assessment of axial spondyloarthritis","authors":"Natalya Horbal , Krystel Aouad , Xenofon Baraliakos , Nelly Ziade , Walter P. Maksymowych","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102064","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102064","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div>This update addresses new developments in imaging of axial spondyloarthritis from the past 5 years. These have focused mostly on enhanced CT and MRI-based technologies that bring greater precision to the assessment of both inflammatory and structural lesions in the sacroiliac joint. An international consensus has recommended a 4-sequence MRI for routine diagnostic evaluation of the sacroiliac joint aimed at depicting the location and extent of inflammation as well as an erosion-sensitive sequence for structural damage. The latter include high resolution thin slice sequences that accentuate the interface between subchondral bone and the overlying cartilage and joint space as well as synthetic CT, a deep learning-based technique that transforms certain MRI sequences into images resembling CT. Algorithms based on deep learning derived from plain radiographic, CT, and MRI datasets are increasingly more accurate at identifying sacroiliitis and individual lesions observed on images of the sacroiliac joints and spine.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 3","pages":"Article 102064"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144025638","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}
John P. Lichtenberger , Sean Hagaman , Wesley Jong , Sydney Yee , Darwish Alabyad , Nadeem Kandalaft
{"title":"Interstitial lung disease imaging for autoimmune diseases","authors":"John P. Lichtenberger , Sean Hagaman , Wesley Jong , Sydney Yee , Darwish Alabyad , Nadeem Kandalaft","doi":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102065","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.berh.2025.102065","url":null,"abstract":"<div><div><span><span>Imaging plays a central role in the diagnosis and surveillance of patients with rheumatic diseases complicated by </span>lung disease. This lung disease ranges from </span>acute lung injury<span><span> to chronic, diffuse lung disease attributed to their underlying autoimmune condition. Whether screening for lung disease or evaluating respiratory symptoms in patients with rheumatic diseases, chest radiography and </span>computed tomography<span> remain the most common and important diagnostic imaging tests. MRI remains an evolving modality for the evaluation of lung disease, but it is an important test in evaluating vascular disease or involvement of the heart and chest wall. This work aims to illustrate the role of diagnostic imaging in interstitial lung disease and other thoracic manifestations of autoimmune disease.</span></span></div></div>","PeriodicalId":50983,"journal":{"name":"Best Practice & Research in Clinical Rheumatology","volume":"39 3","pages":"Article 102065"},"PeriodicalIF":4.8,"publicationDate":"2025-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"144049691","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}