The IMID Forum

Join us for the latest axSpA podcast brought to you by the Immune-mediated Inflammatory Disease forum! This month, Dr Sofia Ramiro is joined by Professors Hideto Kameda, Atul Deodhar and Xenofon Baraliakos to discuss the long-term etanercept response in patients with radiographic axSpA and the comparison of tofacitinib and adalimumab in a real-world clinical context.

Join us for the latest axSpA podcast brought to you by the CSF! This month Dr Sofia Ramiro, consultant rheumatologist and senior researcher at Leiden University Medical Centre and Zuyderland Medical Centre, is joined once again by experts with a wealth of clinical knowledge. Joining her is Hideto Kameda, Professor of Internal Medicine at Toho University as well as Atul Deodhar, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Rheumatology Clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, USA. Also joining this insightful group is Xenofon Baraliakos, Professor of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Ruhr-University in Bochum, and Medical Director of the rheumatology centre Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet in Herne, Germany In the first paper discussed, the authors compared the efficacy and safety of bimekizumab with biologic/targeted synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in nr-axSpA and AS. Our second paper then goes on to identify distinct clinical clusters based on patient demographics and baseline clinical indicators from the clinical development programme of secukinumab in patients with a variety of rheumatological conditions.

Join Professor Iain McInnes for the first episode on The Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum, where he discusses the latest information and data in rheumatology. In this episode, he discusses two papers that aimed to advise on treatment of rheumatic diseases in a real-world setting. In our first paper, Emma Dures and her colleagues compiled the 2023 EULAR recommendations for the management of fatigue in people with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases. Our second paper is from Kehinde Sunmboye and his colleagues, where they investigated the incidence of MACE in a multi-ethnic population that were treated with JAK inhibitors. To access detailed summary slides for the papers discussed today, visit imidforum.com.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Blanca Hernández-Cruz, a rheumatologist at Virgen Macarena University Hospital in Seville, as they discuss her recent paper ‘Janus kinase inhibitors and tumour necrosis factor inhibitors show a favourable safety profile and similar persistence in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis and spondyloarthritis: real-world data from the BIOBADASER registry’.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dr Adam Goldman, an epidemiology researcher at The Chaim Sheba Medical Center in Tel-Hashomer, and an epidemiology researcher and lecturer at Tel-Aviv University, as they discuss his recent paper ‘Adverse cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with JAK inhibitors: An analysis of postmarketing spontaneous safety reports’, published in Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism on 17th May 2024.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Professor Daniel Blockmans, from the Department of Internal Medicine at the University Hospitals Leuven, as they discuss his recent paper ‘Efficacy and safety of upadacitinib in patients with giant cell arteritis (SELECT-GCA): A double-blind, randomized controlled Phase 3 trial’, published in Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases on June 2024.

Join Professor Iain McInnes and guest Professor Maurizio Cutolo for the latest episode on The Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum, where they discuss the latest information and data in RA. In this episode, two papers that cover important topics in rheumatology are highlighted: the first paper presents the 5-year efficacy and safety results of upadacitinib in RA, while the second provides an overview of the literature and guidance on discussing outcomes regarding children born of mothers with autoimmune rheumatic diseases.

Join Professors Iain McInnes, Peter Nash, and Maurizio Cutolo for the latest episode on The Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum, where they discuss the latest information and data in RA. In this episode they discuss two papers, one that investigated the long-term safety of filgotinib in moderate-to-severe RA, and the other a postmarketing analysis of adverse cardiovascular events with JAKi treatments in RA.

Join Dr Sofia Ramiro, Professor Rieke Alten, and Associate Professor Laura Coates as they review their top sessions in RA, PsA, and axSpA from EULAR 2024, providing insight into how these data will shape clinical practice going forward.

Join Dr Sofia Ramiro as she summarises her top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 1 of EULAR 2024 (Saturday, June 15).

Join Dr Sofia Ramiro as she summarises her top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 3 of EULAR 2024 (Friday, June 14).

Join Dr Sofia Ramiro as she summarises her top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 2 of EULAR 2024 (Thursday, June 13).

Join Dr Sofia Ramiro as she summarises her top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 1 of EULAR 2024 (Wednesday, June 12).

Join Dr Sofia Ramiro, Professor Rieke Alten, and Associate Professor Laura Coates as they guide you through their top selections in RA, PsA, and axSpA at EULAR 2024, so that you can better plan your time at what will be a busy and exciting congress.

Join Professor Iain McInnes and guests Professor Janet Pope and Dr Sofia Ramiro for the latest episode on The Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum, where he discusses the latest information and data in RA. In this episode, he discusses two papers that investigated the long-term safety of JAK inhibitors from Phase 3 trials. In our first paper, Maya Buch and colleagues examined extended MACE endpoints with tofacitinib versus TNFi. Our second paper is from Gerd Burmester and colleagues present long-term efficacy and safety data for upadacitinib through five years. To access detailed summary slides for the papers discussed today, visit imidforum.com.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dorthe Berthelsen, a PhD student and physiotherapist at the Parker Institute in Copenhagen and at the University of Southern Denmark, as they discuss her recent paper ‘“I couldn't carry on taking a drug like that”: A qualitative study of patient perspectives on side effects from rheumatology drugs.’

Webinar Highlights Podcast: Join Professor Iain McInnes and Associate Professor Laura Coates on the Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum in their discussion on the recent webinar “Evolving Therapeutic Strategies for Psoriatic Diseases: Not all IL-23s are Created Similar”. Watch them discuss key highlights from the webinar including the burden of PsA and PsO, the pathophysiology of IL-23 inhibitors compared with TNF and IL-17 inhibitor therapies, and the relationship between IL-23 inhibitor MOA variation and real-world patient data.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dr Jake Weddell, an academic rheumatology trainee at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, as they discuss his recent paper ‘Real-world experience of IL-17Ai drug survival in a large cohort of axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis.’

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Professor Frank Verhoeven, an Assistant Professor in Rheumatology at the CHU Besancon in France, as they discuss his recent paper ‘Effects of disease‑modifying anti‑rheumatic drugs on sacroiliac MRI score in axial spondyloarthritis: A systematic review and meta‑analysis.’

Join Professor Iain McInnes for the latest episode on The Immune-Mediated Inflammatory Disease Forum, where he discusses the latest information and data in RA. In this episode, he discusses two papers related to the long-term safety of JAK inhibitors compared to TNF inhibitors. In our first paper, Christina Charles-Schoeman and colleagues assessed the risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with RA initiating tofacitinib or TNFi. Our second paper is from Roy Fleischmann and colleagues compare the long-term efficacy and safety data of upadacitinib switched from adalimumab and in adalimumab switched from upadacitinib. To access detailed summary slides for the papers discussed today, visit imidforum.com.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Maria Antonietta D’Agostino, the Head of the Rheumatology Department at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart in Rome, as they discuss her recent paper 'Effects of Secukinumab on Synovitis and Enthesitis in Patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: 52-week Clinical and Ultrasound Results from the Randomised, Double-blind ULTIMATE Trial with Open Label Extension'.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Professor Dennis McGonagle, a Clinical Professor at the University of Leeds School of Medicine, as they discuss his recent paper ‘Association of the Clinical Components in the Distal Interphalangeal Joint Synovio-entheseal Complex and Subsequent Response to Ixekizumab or Adalimumab in Psoriatic Arthritis.’

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dr Jürgen Rech, a Senior Physician at the Friedrich-Alexander University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, as they discuss his recent paper ‘Abatacept Inhibits Inflammation and Onset of Rheumatoid Arthritis in Individuals at High Risk (ARIAA): A Randomised, International, Multicentre, Double-blind, Placebo-controlled Trial.’

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dr Mahta Mortezavi, a Clinical Director for Drug Discovery and Early Development as part of the Anti-infectives Research Unit at Pfizer, as they discuss her recent paper ‘Rheumatoid arthritis disease activity and adverse events in patients receiving tofacitinib or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors: a post hoc analysis of ORAL Surveillance.’

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, as well as Professors Andrew Cope, Professor of Rheumatology and Head of the Centre for Rheumatic Diseases at Kings College London, Professor Paul Emery, Clinical Professor and Director of the Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, and Professor John Isaacs, Professor of clinical immunology and Director of Newcastle Biomedicine Versus Arthritis Experimental Arthritis Treatment Centre. Together they discuss the recent paper ‘Abatacept in individuals at high risk of rheumatoid arthritis (APIPPRA): a randomised, double-blind, multicentre, parallel, placebo-controlled, phase 2b clinical trial’, published in The Lancet on 13th February 2024.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dr Kehinde Sunmboye, a consultant rheumatologist at the University Hospitals of Leicester NHS Trust, in this episode of the Author Interview series. Dr Sunmboye discusses his recent paper 'Cardiovascular safety of Janus Kinase inhibitor therapy in a multi-ethnic population' with Professor Nash in this exclusive interview.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Professor Andrea Rubbert-Roth, a doctor of rheumatology and internal medicine at the Kantonsspital St Gallen in Switzerland, as they discuss her recent paper 'Malignancy in the Upadacitinib Clinical Trials for Rheumatoid Arthritis, Psoriatic Arthritis, Ankylosing Spondylitis, and Non-radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis'.

Join Professor Iain McInnes in this month's CSF Podcast, where he discusses the latest information and data in rheumatology. In this episode, he discusses two papers that compare the efficacy and safety of JAK inhibitors as RA therapies. In our first paper, Shinya Hayashi and his colleagues carried out a retrospective study to compare the efficacy of JAK inhibitors in treating RA. For our second paper, Christina Charles-Schoeman and her colleagues compared the incidence of MACE and VTE in RA and PsA patients treated with upadacitinib, adalimumab and MTX.

Join Philip Mease, Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine and Director of Rheumatology Research at the Swedish Medical Centre in Seattle, USA, and Laura Coates, an Associate Professor, NIHR clinician scientist and senior clinical research fellow at the Oxford Psoriatic Arthritis Centre, as they discuss two important topics from the world of contemporary PsA treatment. The first of the publications they will be reviewing sought to compare patient characteristics and efficacy and safety of advanced therapies between male and female patients with PsA participating in RCTs. They then go on to discuss a second publication describing malignancies in patients with a variety of rheumatic conditions treated with upadacitinib or active comparators.

Join Doctor Sofia Ramiro as she is joined by Professors Atul Deodhar and Xenofon Baraliakos to discuss the latest top clinical research in the world of axSpA. In the first paper discussed, the authors evaluated the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib in bDMARD-naïve and TNF-IR AS patients. The second paper presents the results of two parallel clinical trials that investigated the safety and efficacy of bimekizumab.

Join Doctor Sofia Ramiro as she is joined by Professors Atul Deodhar and Xenofon Baraliakos to discuss the latest top clinical research in the world of axSpA. In the first paper discussed, the authors evaluated the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib in bDMARD-naïve and TNF-IR AS patients. The second paper presents the results of two parallel clinical trials that investigated the safety and efficacy of bimekizumab.

Join Peter Nash, Professor at the School of Medicine, Griffith University, and Director of the Rheumatology Research Unit on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, Philip Mease, Professor at the University of Washington School of Medicine, and Director of Rheumatology Research at the Swedish Medical Centre in Seattle, USA, as well as Laura Coates, an Associate Professor, NIHR clinician scientist and senior clinical research fellow at the Oxford Psoriatic Arthritis Centre as they discuss two intriguing aspects of the contemporary PsA treatment landscape. The first of the publications relates to the effects of gender on disease characteristics, treatment impact and treatment persistence. The second publication explores the long-term safety profile of guselkumab in the treatment of PsO and PsA.

Join Professor Iain McInnes in this month's CSF Podcast, where he discusses the latest information and data in rheumatology. In this episode, he discusses two papers that look at the incidence of disease. The first paper, the GBD 2021 Other Musculoskeletal Disorders Collaborators systematically analysed the global burden of musculoskeletal disorders, and used these data to predict prevalence up to 2050 and the second paper, Yvette Meissner and her colleagues used the German RABBIT registry to investigate the relationship between MACE risk and JAK inhibitors, TNF inhibitors, and DMARDs. To access detailed summary slides for the papers discussed today, visit cytokinesignalling.com.

Join Sofia Ramiro as she goes through our top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 4 of ACR 2023 today (Wednesday 15 November). They're all available right here on the CSF YouTube channel, so make sure you don't miss them!

Join Grace Wright as she goes through our top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 3 of ACR 2023 today (Tuesday 14 November). They're all available right here on the CSF YouTube channel, so make sure you don't miss them!

Join Laura Coates as she goes through our top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 2 of ACR 2023 today (Monday 13 November). They're all available right here on the CSF YouTube channel, so make sure you don't miss them!

Join Iain McInnes as he goes through our top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 1 of ACR 2023 today (Sunday 12 November). They're all available right here on the CSF YouTube channel, so make sure you don't miss them!

Join Dr Sofia Ramiro as she previews our highlights this ACR, introducing some of the top abstracts and posters we’ve chosen so that you can better plan your time at what will be a busy and exciting congress.

Join Peter Nash, Professor at the School of Medicine, Griffith University, and Director of the Rheumatology Research Unit on the Sunshine Coast, Australia and Laura Coates, an Associate Professor, NIHR clinician scientist and senior clinical research fellow at the Oxford Psoriatic Arthritis Centre, discussing two intriguing aspects of the contemporary PsA treatment landscape. The first of the publications relates to the safety and efficacy of bimekizumab in bDMARD-naïve patients with PsA through 52 weeks and the second is a publication exploring the real-world safety and efficacy of upadacitinib in patients with PsA and an inadequate response to csDMARDs or bDMARDs.

Professor Hideto Kameda, Professor of Internal Medicine at Toho University in Japan, is joined by Professor Xenofon Baraliakos, Professor of Internal Medicine and Rheumatology at the Ruhr-University in Bochum, and a senior consultant and scientific coordinator of the rheumatology centre Rheumazentrum Ruhrgebiet in Herne, Germany, Dr Sofia Ramiro, consultant rheumatologist and senior researcher at Zuyderland Medical Centre and Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands as well as, Atul Deodhar Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Rheumatology Clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, USA, to discuss the safety and efficacy of Upadacitinib. The first paper evaluated the 52-week safety, tolerability, and efficacy of updacitinib in the SELECT-AXIS 2 study in patients with AS and an inadequate response to bDMARDs and the second paper then goes on to describe, via a narrative review, the safety and efficacy of updacitinib in axSpA

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, and Dr. David Martin, executive medical director at Pfizer in Massachusetts, USA as they discuss his recent paper 'Biomarkers to predict risk of venous thromboembolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis receiving tofacitinib or tumour necrosis factor inhibitors' Detailed summary slides of this paper and many more publications, are free to view and download in the publications section at cytokinesignalling.com.

Join Professor Iain McInnes in this month's CSF Podcast, where he discusses the latest information and data in rheumatology. In this episode, he discusses two papers that look at the epidemiology of autoimmune diseases. The first paper, the GBD 2021 Rheumatoid Arthritis Collaborators systematically reviewed the global RA burden, and used these data to predict prevalence up to 2050 and the second paper, Nathalie Conrad and her colleagues reported the incidence and prevalence of 19 different autoimmune disorders in the United Kingdom, while also stratifying by age, sex, and socioeconomic status. To access detailed summary slides for the papers discussed today, visit cytokinesignalling.com.

Join Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane and Dr. Andreas Kerschbaumer of the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, Medical University of Vienna, Austria, as they discuss an important presentation from this year’s EULAR congress. ‘EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Psoriatic Arthritis: 2023 Update’.

Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, is joined by Professor Martin Bergman, a Clinical Associate Professor of Medicine at the Drexel University College of Medicine in Philadelphia, to discuss his recent paper ‘One-Year Medication Adherence and Persistence in Rheumatoid Arthritis in Clinical Practice: A Retrospective Analysis of Upadacitinib, Adalimumab, Baricitinib, and Tofacitinib.’ Detailed summary slides of this paper and many more publications, are free to view and download in the publications section at cytokinesignalling.com.

Peter Nash, Professor at the School of Medicine, Griffith University, and Director of the Rheumatology Research Unit on the Sunshine Coast, Australia, is joined by Laura Coates, an Associate Professor, NIHR clinician scientist and senior clinical research fellow at the Oxford Psoriatic Arthritis Centre as well as Doctor Frank Behrens, Medical director at Goethe-University. The papers covered in this topical discussion highlight two interesting areas of the modern PsA therapeutic landscape. The first of the publications discusses the safety and efficacy of upadacitinib in the treatment of patients with PsA and an inadequate response to bDMARDs through a three-year study. The second, explores an analysis of the real-world safety profile of tofacitinib in the treatment of patients with PsA. If you would like to read more about the topics discussed, head over to cytokinesignalling.com, where you’ll find detailed summary slides of each of the papers.

Dr Sofia Ramiro, consultant rheumatologist and senior researcher at Zuyderland Medical Centre and Leiden University Medical Centre in the Netherlands, is joined by Professor Hideto Kameda, Professor of Internal Medicine at Toho University and Atul Deodhar, Professor of Medicine and Medical Director of Rheumatology Clinics in the Division of Arthritis & Rheumatic Diseases at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, USA to discuss the Efficacy and Safety of Ixekizumab & Tildrakizumab. In the first paper discussed, it describes the safety and efficacy of ixekizumab treatment in patients with r-axSpA and nr-axSpA for up to 156 weeks. The second study discussed goes on to assess the safety and efficacy of tildrakizumab in patients with active AS.

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers , that retrospectively investigate the properties of JAK inhibitors. In our first paper, Peter Taylor and his colleagues review the pharmacological differences between JAK inhibitors, and how these may affect safety and efficacy. In the second, Qige Wei and colleagues carried out a network meta-analysis of 14 RCTS to identify any associations between RA therapies and MACE or all-cause mortality. To access detailed summary slides of the papers discussed, visit cytokinesignalling.com.

Professor Peter Nash from the Griffith University in Brisbane, is joined by Doctor Sofia Ramiro, a Consultant Rheumatologist and Senior Researcher at Leiden University Medical Centre to discuss her recent paper 'Do Fatty Lesions Explain the Effect of Inflammation on New Syndesmophytes in Patients with Radiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis? Results From the SIAS Cohort and ASSERT Trial'

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers. Our first paper today by Charles-Schoeman and colleagues compared paraoxonase activity in RA patients treated with tofacitinib, with a focus of PON1 genotypes. Furthermore, the relationship between PON1 genotypes and the risk of MACE and malignancy were also investigated. In our second paper, Peter Taylor and colleagues evaluated the results of several baricitinib RCTs and real-world evidence studies.

Join Professor Hideto Kameda, and Dr Sofia Ramiro as they discuss the latest top research in axSpA. In this edition, our Steering Committee members discuss two of the latest papers in the field of axSpA therapeutics, providing their own insights and experience into two very interesting publications. Our first paper aimed to use mediation modelling to determine whether tofacitinib improved fatigue symptoms directly or indirectly. Our second paper shows that IV-golimumab reduces fatigue symptoms in patients with ankylosing spondylitis.