Acute and postacute COVID-19 outcomes for patients with rheumatoid arthritis: lessons learned and emerging directions 3 years into the pandemic

A Zaccardelli, ZS Wallace… - Current opinion in …, 2023 - journals.lww.com
Although COVID-19 outcomes have improved over the pandemic for patients with RA, some
experience poor acute and postacute outcomes after COVID-19. Clinicians and patients …

Glucocorticoids in the treatment of IgG4-related disease—Prospects for new international treatment guidelines

H Yoshifuji, H Umehara - Modern Rheumatology, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Immunoglobulin G4-related disease (IgG4-RD) is a chronic fibro-inflammatory disease that
may cause dysfunction in various organs. Worldwide multidisciplinary experts attending the …

Factors associated with COVID-19 breakthrough infection among vaccinated patients with rheumatic diseases: a cohort study

NJ Patel, X Wang, X Fu, Y Kawano, C Cook… - Seminars in arthritis and …, 2023 - Elsevier
Objective Rheumatic disease patients on certain immunomodulators are at increased risk of
impaired humoral response to SARS-CoV-2 vaccines. We aimed to identify factors …

Risk of severe COVID-19 outcomes associated with rheumatoid arthritis and phenotypic subgroups: a retrospective, comparative, multicentre cohort study

G Figueroa-Parra, EL Gilbert… - The Lancet …, 2022 - thelancet.com
Background Rheumatoid arthritis has been associated with severe COVID-19, but few
studies have investigated how phenotypes of rheumatoid arthritis affect these associations …

Different COVID-19 outcomes among systemic rheumatic diseases: a nation-wide cohort study

VK Bournia, GE Fragoulis, P Mitrou… - …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
Objectives To investigate coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19)-associated risk of
hospitalization and death in RA, AS, PsA, SLE and SSc in comparison with the general …

COVID-19 outcomes in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with biologic or targeted synthetic DMARDs

JJ Tsai, LT Liu, CH Chen, LJ Chen, SI Wang… - RMD open, 2023 - rmdopen.bmj.com
Objectives We aimed to investigate the role of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with biologic or
targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARD) exposure in COVID …

Older age, a high titre of neutralising antibodies and therapy with conventional DMARDs are associated with protection from breakthrough infection in rheumatoid …

A Picchianti-Diamanti, A Navarra, A Aiello, B Laganà… - Vaccines, 2023 - mdpi.com
Objectives: We aimed to analyse the incidence and severity of breakthrough infections (BIs)
in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients after a COronaVIrus Disease 2019 (COVID-19) …

Role of rituximab in the treatment of systemic sclerosis: A literature review

H Yoshifuji, K Yomono, Y Yamano… - Modern …, 2023 - academic.oup.com
This literature review aimed to evaluate the effectiveness of rituximab (RTX) in patients with
systemic sclerosis (SSc). PubMed was searched for articles, published through 31 March …

Should we vaccinate during an active rheumatic disease?

M Bijl, J Westra, S Mancuso, P Bearzi, R Giacomelli… - Autoimmunity …, 2023 - Elsevier
Timing of vaccination and its relationship with concomitant immunosuppressive therapy has
been a matter of debate in the field of AutoImmune Inflammatory Rheumatic Diseases …

Novel insights into the management of rheumatoid arthritis: one year in review 2023

C Garaffoni, A Adinolfi, A Bortoluzzi… - Clinical and …, 2023 - sfera.unife.it
New evidence from 2022 slightly changed some perspectives for rheumatoid arthritis (RA)
management. Real-world data on the efficacy and safety of disease-modifying anti …