Takayasu arteritis (TAK) remains a therapeutic challenge, and some patients develop refractory disease despite conventional ...

Background The aim of this systematic review and meta-analysis was to examine autoantibody positive individuals and define: (a) the relative risk of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) compared with ...

Objectives To assess the effectiveness of switching biological or targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (b/tsDMARDs) in patients with low-inflammatory difficult-to-treat rheumatoid ...

Objectives Female sex and anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are associated with higher disease activity in ...

Objectives To assess the impact of rheumatoid factor (RF) levels and previous inadequate responses/intolerance to tumour necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi-IR) on the efficacy of certolizumab pegol (CZP ...

Since their first use for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in the late 1940s, glucocorticoids (GCs) have been representing a substantial part of the therapeutic arsenal for RA. However, even if GCs ...

Objective Persistent articular inflammation in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) is associated with radiographic damage. Despite advances in diagnosis and therapy, radiographic structural damage remains ...

Objectives To assess for the first time a combination of new and established markers of macrovascular damage in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) using oscillometry and greyscale/colour ...

Objectives To compare the efficacy of ozoralizumab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), with or without large joint involvement (LJI). Methods A post hoc analysis was conducted for Japanese ...

Objectives To assess the long-term safety and efficacy of the Janus kinase inhibitor upadacitinib versus adalimumab over 3 years in the ongoing long-term extension (LTE) of SELECT-COMPARE, a ...

Objective Interstitial lung disease (ILD) represents the most common and severe organ manifestation observed in patients diagnosed with connective tissue diseases (CTDs). The aim of this retrospective ...

Music therapy is recognised as a complementary or alternative therapy for osteoarthritis and fibromyalgia, but playing music can have health repercussions for musicians in the field of rheumatology.