Background Low-dose glucocorticoid (GC) therapy is widely used in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) but the balance of benefit and harm is still unclear. Methods The GLORIA (Glucocorticoid LOw-dose in ...

A century ago syphilis was regarded as the great masquerader. Its modern equivalent is lupus. It may present to a wide range of specialists and its outcome, while much improved, remains uncertain in a ...

Objective To compare the relative bioavailability, safety and tolerability of oral methotrexate (MTX) and subcutaneous (SC) MTX administered via an auto-injector (MTXAI) in patients with rheumatoid ...

Objective To develop and validate revised classification criteria for eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Methods Patients with vasculitis or comparator diseases were recruited into ...

Objectives To investigate the role of mechanical stress in cartilage ageing and identify the mechanistic association during osteoarthritis (OA) progression. Methods F-box and WD repeat domain ...

Gout is the most common inflammatory arthritis and one in which pathogenesis and risk factors are best understood. One of the treatment objectives in current guidelines is ‘cure’. However, audits show ...

Objectives To evaluate the efficacy and safety of upadacitinib, a Janus kinase inhibitor, in patients with active ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with an inadequate response (IR) to biological ...

Objective To evaluate the efficacy and safety of an oral selective tyrosine kinase 2 (TYK2) inhibitor, deucravacitinib, in patients with active psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Methods In this double-blind, ...

Background Chronic pain affects 30% of all patients in developed countries, accounting for up to 35% of prescriptions in acute care settings. Non-opioid pain medications are widely utilized for ...

Background: The novel therapeutic principle of complement C5 inhibition by avacopan was approved for the treatment of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), in particular for granulomatosis with ...

Background An increased risk of malignancy was reported in patients with Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE) [1-3]. Objectives To estimate the prevalence of cancer in a Portuguese cohort of patients ...

Objectives The objective of this study is to develop classification criteria for overall hand osteoarthritis (OA), interphalangeal OA and thumb base OA based on self-reported data and radiographic ...