ALLMedicine™ Ankylosing Spondylitis Center

Jan 29th, 2023 - Ankylosing spondylitis (AS) is an autoimmune-related inflammatory arthritis. The association between the DNA methylation and mRNA expression of PDCD1 gene with the susceptibility to AS remains unclear. In this case-control study, the methylation l...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Key clinical point: Uveitis related to psoriatic arthritis (PsA) had a prevalence of approximately 5%, presented as an acute and recurrent disease with anterior and unilateral involvement, and was associated with impaired quality of life and incre.

Jan 26th, 2023 - Major orthopedic procedures, including total joint replacement and spine surgeries, are among the most common procedures in the population. Learning about how often these surgeries are performed can give indications of whether the treatment of art...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Spinal fusion is the clinical, radiological, and pathological hallmark of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, spinal fusion occurs slowly in AS. Serial radiographs rarely show changes over 2 years, and often 5 or more years are needed to demonst...

Jan 26th, 2023 - After the baseline visit, data will be collected for each patient prospectively every 6 months for up to 2 years. At each visit, effectiveness parameters, as well as the patients' QoL and treatment pattern will be documented.

Aug 23rd, 2019 - To update evidence-based recommendations for the treatment of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA). We conducted updated systematic literature reviews for 20 clinical questions on pharmacologi...

Feb 6th, 2019 - Interventional pain management involves diagnosis and treatment of chronic pain. This specialty utilizes minimally invasive procedures to target therapeutics to the central nervous system and the spinal column. A subset of patients encountered in ...

Mar 6th, 2018 - Therapeutic targets have been defined for axial and peripheral spondyloarthritis (SpA) in 2012, but the evidence for these recommendations was only of indirect nature. These recommendations were re-evaluated in light of new insights. Based on the ...

Jan 15th, 2017 - To update and integrate the recommendations for ankylosing spondylitis and the recommendations for the use of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) into one set applicable to the full spectrum of patients with...

Oct 5th, 2016 - Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and other inflammatory joint disorders (IJD) have increased cardiovascular disease (CVD) risk compared with the general population. In 2009, the European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) taskforce recommend...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Major orthopedic procedures, including total joint replacement and spine surgeries, are among the most common procedures in the population. Learning about how often these surgeries are performed can give indications of whether the treatment of art...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Spinal fusion is the clinical, radiological, and pathological hallmark of ankylosing spondylitis (AS). However, spinal fusion occurs slowly in AS. Serial radiographs rarely show changes over 2 years, and often 5 or more years are needed to demonst...

Jan 26th, 2023 - After the baseline visit, data will be collected for each patient prospectively every 6 months for up to 2 years. At each visit, effectiveness parameters, as well as the patients' QoL and treatment pattern will be documented.

Jan 26th, 2023 - Axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), which encompasses radiographic axSpA (r-axSpA, also known as ankylosing spondylitis [AS]) is an immune-mediated inflammatory disease primarily affecting the axial skeleton. This study will assess how effective Rinv...

Jan 25th, 2023 - Axial spondyloarthritis (AxSpA) is a chronic inflammatory disease that affects the axial skeleton mainly leading to significant pain and disability. Early diagnosis of AxSpA is important for better management of symptoms and to limit spinal damage...

Jan 26th, 2023 - Key clinical point: Uveitis related to psoriatic arthritis (PsA) had a prevalence of approximately 5%, presented as an acute and recurrent disease with anterior and unilateral involvement, and was associated with impaired quality of life and incre.

Jan 24th, 2023 - Key clinical point: Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) increased the risk for septic arthritis in patients with seropositive rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with higher incidences within 1 year of initiating TNFi. Major finding: Patients with sero.

Jan 17th, 2023 - Bimekizumab, an investigational biologic drug targeting interleukin (IL)-17A/F, appeared highly effective in patients with axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA), researchers said. With nearly 600 patients enrolled in two parallel phase III trials, 45% a...

Dec 14th, 2022 - Key clinical point: Axial psoriatic arthritis (PsA) can be categorized as a distinct subtype of PsA because it exhibits clinical and radiological symptoms that are different from those of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) with psoriasis. Major finding:.

Dec 7th, 2022 - The degree to which the oral rheumatology drug tofacitinib (Xeljanz) seems to promote new malignancies is now fleshed out in the latest, and at least somewhat reassuring, report from a landmark safety study. Tofacitinib at either 5 or 10 mg twice ...