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HSC Medicine, Dentistry and Healthcare Sciences Current Awareness Bulletins: Rheumatology

Rheumatology current awareness bulletin

Frequency: Bi-monthly

Links to articles in the current and previous 2 issues of this bulletin are displayed below.

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August 2025

25 years of biologics for the treatment of pediatric rheumatic disease: advances in prognosis and ongoing challenges

Advancing rheumatologic care in older adults: highlights from the 2024 American Geriatrics Society Annual Scientific Meeting

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases collection on axial spondyloarthritis (2022-2024): advances in the field

Diagnostic delay and less intensive therapy for people with psoriatic arthritis compared with rheumatoid arthritis: a study nested within an English and Welsh audit data set

Efficacy of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international consensus statement

Environmental risk factors for systemic lupus erythematosus through the lens of social determinants of health

EULAR/PReS endorsed recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever (FMF): 2024 update

EULAR recommendations for use of antirheumatic drugs in reproduction, pregnancy, and lactation: 2024 update

Expert consensus statement on the treatment of immune-mediated inflammatory diseases with Janus kinase inhibitors: 2024 update

Expert perspective: diagnostic approach to differentiating juvenile dermatomyositis from muscular dystrophy

Gout flares after stopping anti-inflammatory prophylaxis: a rapid literature review and meta-analysis

Inflammatory bowel disease and risk of rheumatoid arthritis: a UK Biobank cohort study

Management of relapses in giant cell arteritis

Obesity substantially impacts rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases: time to act

Physician views and attitudes regarding tobacco-cessation strategies for patients with rheumatoid arthritis

Potentially elevated rheumatoid arthritis risk due to chemotherapy-induced inflammation in prostate cancer with bone metastasis

Safety and efficacy of ianalumab in patients with Sjögren's disease: 52-week results from a randomized, placebo-controlled, phase 2b dose-ranging study

Safety of colchicine on fertility, pregnancy, and lactation: a systematic review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR/PReS recommendations for familial Mediterranean fever

Safety of Janus kinase inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory diseases – a systematic literature review informing the 2024 update of an international expert consensus statement

Sources

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (May-Jun); Arthritis & Rheumatology (May-Jun); Arthritis Care & Research (May-Jun); International Journal of Rheumatic Diseases (Jun)

June 2025

Angular assessment of joints in juvenile idiopathic arthritis

Animal models informing the role of the microbiome and its metabolites in rheumatoid arthritis

The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society (ASAS) consensus-based expert definition of difficult-to-manage, including treatment-refractory, axial spondyloarthritis

Association of walking with incident knee osteoarthritis: a prospective cohort study using data from the UK Biobank

Autoimmune connective tissue diseases: systemic lupus erythematosus and rheumatoid arthritis

Determinants of self-management behavior in gout: a scoping review

Dual-energy computed tomography applications in rheumatology

Exploring the mucosal immune response in axial spondyloarthritis through immunoglobulin A-coated microbiota

Gut and joint microbiomes

How to treat undifferentiated arthritis today or tomorrow? A consideration of treatment recommendations in light of current evidence

Improving identification of at-risk behaviors in adolescents with rheumatic disease

It takes a village (the microbiome of juvenile idiopathic arthritis)

Macrophage activation syndrome (review article)

Newer immunosuppressants for rheumatologic disease

Profile and attributes of physician assistants/associates in rheumatology: an in-depth analysis

Recommendations for aligned nomenclature of peripheral nervous system disorders across rheumatology and neurology

Stem cell injections for osteoarthritis of the knee (new Cochrane intervention review)

Systematic literature review and meta-analysis informing the EULAR points to consider on the initiation of targeted therapies in patients with inflammatory arthritis and a history of cancer

Sources

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Apr); Arthritis & Rheumatology (Apr); Arthritis Care & Research (Apr); Cochrane Library (Mar-Apr); Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America (May); Rheumatology and Immunology Research (Mar)

April 2025

2024 EULAR points to consider on the initiation of targeted therapies in patients with inflammatory arthritis and a history of cancer

Axial spondyloarthritis (JAMA review)

Cure as a treatment target in rheumatoid arthritis and systemic sclerosis—achievable aim or mission impossible? FOREUM stimulates new industry-academia collaboration

Disease activity of rheumatoid arthritis and kidney function decline: a large prospective registry study

EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis: 2023 update

See also: Results from the international collaborative systematic literature review informing the 2023 EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis

Evidence that autoantibody production may be driven by acute Epstein-Barr virus infection in Sjögren's disease

Expert consensus recommendations for the diagnosis and treatment of chronic non-bacterial osteitis (CNO) in adults

Exploring the role of neutrophil extracellular traps in systemic lupus erythematosus

IĸBζ as a central modulator of inflammatory arthritis pathogenesis

Long COVID for the rheumatologist: current understanding and approach to management

Lupus and inflammatory bowel disease share a common set of microbiome features distinct from other autoimmune disorders

Microbiome research in autoimmune and immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: lessons, advances and unmet needs

Multimorbidity patterns and rheumatoid arthritis disease outcomes: findings from a multicenter, prospective cohort

Patterns of imaging requests by general practitioners for people with musculoskeletal complaints

Rheum for improvement? Delayed diagnosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a narrative review

Risk of developing psoriatic arthritis in patients with psoriasis initiating treatment with different classes of biologics

Therapeutic interception in individuals at risk of rheumatoid arthritis to prevent clinically impactful disease

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (new Cochrane intervention review)

Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors for psoriatic arthritis (new Cochrane intervention review)

Uncovering specific genetic-respiratory disease endotypes for rheumatoid arthritis risk

Sources

Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases (Jan-Mar); Arthritis & Rheumatology (Feb-Mar); Arthritis Care & Research (Feb-Mar); Cochrane Library (Jan-Feb); JAMA (Feb); Rheumatic Disease Clinics of North America (Feb)

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