Fatigue and frailty, two common comorbidities of inflammatory rheumatic diseases, often receive insufficient attention in rheumatologic care settings. Fatigue significantly reduces quality of life, while frailty is associated with numerous risks and is not limited to older adults, according to Klaus Krüger, MD, head of the St. Bonifatius Rheumatology Practice Center in Munich, Germany. Speaking … Read more
People with vasculitis may need at least three or four vaccinations for COVID-19 before they start to show an immune response against severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) infection, new research has suggested. In a longitudinal retrospective study, serum antibody neutralization against the Omicron variant of the virus and its descendants was found to … Read more
Baricitinib can effectively treat polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR) without the use of oral glucocorticoids, according to results from a small, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study. Among the 18 patients randomly assigned to the oral Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitor baricitinib, 14 achieved a C-reactive protein PMR activity score (CRP PMR-AS) of 10 or less after 12 weeks of … Read more