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ACR20 Day 2.3 Podcast

Another great way to get highlights from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in for faculty reports and overviews.

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ACR20 Day 3.1 Podcast

Another great way to get highlights from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in for faculty reports and overviews.

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ACR20 Day 3.2 Podcast

Another great way to get highlights from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in for faculty reports and overviews.

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ACR20 Best Abstracts - Day 2

The RheumNow faculty reporters have been scouring and reporting on the best abstracts from the ACR. Here is a sampling of their choice abstract presentations reported during ACR 2020 Day 2 (#ACRbest).

ACR20 Day 1.1 Podcast

Another great way to get highlights from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in to faculty reports and overviews.

ACR20 Day 1.2 Podcast

Another great way to get highlights from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in to faculty reports and overviews.

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Decreasing immunogenicity, improving efficacy of pegloticase in gout

At #ACR20 three different medications are reviewed in different studies to decrease the immunogenicity of pegloticase – Methotrexate, Azathioprine and Mycophenolate Mofetil.  

Outcomes Switching to Monotherapy: SEAM-RA Trial

Combination therapy with biologic and conventional DMARDs can be highly effective at inducing remission in patients with RA. Once controlled, patients are often interested in stopping combination drug therapy due to concerns related to medication burdens, side effect profiles, or safety. 

Mitigating Immunogenicity When Using Uricase Therapies as ULT

ACR20 convergence highlights a shift in gout management and uric acid lowering therapy (ULT). The new biologics pegdriticase and pegloticase are associated with risk of immunogenicity and loss of biological effects.

ACR20 - Opening Day Podcast

Another great way to get highlights from the ACR 2020 meeting - listen in to faculty reports and overviews.

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ACR20 – Day 1 Report

Friday was the first full day of scientific sessions at the 2020 Virtual ACR/ARP annual meeting. Here are my highlights from day one:

Best Imaging Techniques for non ANCA Vasculitis  

Large vessel vasculitis (LVV) and CNS vasculitis are rare subsets of vasculitis. The challenges related to these diseases are well known to the rheumatologists who treat around the world.

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