Cytokine Signalling Forum

Join Professor Xavier Mariette as he goes through our top abstracts, posters, and presentations from Day 1 of EULAR 2023 today (Wednesday 31 May). They're all available right here on the CSF YouTube channel, so make sure you don't miss them!

Join Professor Peter Nash as he previews our highlights this EULAR, introducing some of the top abstracts we’ve chosen so that you can better plan your time at what will be a busy and exciting congress.

Join Professors Peter Nash, Laura Coates, and Frank Behrens as they discuss the latest top research in PsA. The papers covered in this topical discussion highlight two fascinating therapeutics used in PsA treatment. This includes the latest evaluation of the efficacy and safety of guselkumab in DISCOVER-1 patients with active PsA by prior use of TNFi, as well as the latest investigation into the efficacy of secukinumab in patients with dactylitis at baseline over 2 years.

Dr Shikha Singla, Assistant Professor of Medicine at the Medical College of Wisconsin where she is also Medical Director of the psoriatic arthritis program. In this edition, Dr Singla discusses ehr latest paper 'Association between biological immunotherapy for psoriasis and time to incident inflammatory arthritis: a retrospective cohort study.'

Join Dr. Sofia Ramiro and Professor Hideto Kameda 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. The first of our publications discusses the incidence of MACEs in French patients newly benefiting from the French Long-term Illness scheme (LTI) for AS and to evaluate the effect of various treatments on the risk of MACE occurrence. Our second paper the goes on to evaluate the long-term safety profile for upadacitinib across RA, PsA, AS and AD.

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers that help to broaden our understanding and knowledge on the safety of biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs. In the first of today’s papers, Matthew Baker and colleagues determine the risk of developing interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with RA, undergoing treatment with different biologic and targeted synthetic DMARDs. In the second paper, Lars Kristensen and team analyse data from ORAL Surveillance to help identify subpopulations with different relative risk (i.e., ’high-risk’ and ’low-risk’) with tofacitinib versus TNFi. To access detailed summary slides of the papers discussed today, visit cytokinesignalling.com.

Join Professors Iain McInnes, Laura Coates, and Peter Nash as they discuss the latest top research in PsA. The first paper we will discuss aimed to systematically review the incidence of HZ among RA, PsA, AS and UC patients treated with either TOFA, BARI or UPA. The second paper then goes on to describe the methodology being undertaken in the ground-breaking Phase 3b APEX study, which seeks to further assess the effects of guselkumab Q4W and Q8W on PsA outcomes.

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers. In the first of today’s papers, Jeffrey Curtis and colleagues aimed to evaluate malignancies and their associations with baseline risk factors and CV risk scores with tofacitinib vs TNFi in a CV risk-enriched RA population from the ORAL Surveillance study. In the second paper today, Peter Taylor and his team analyse data from the baricitinib clinical trial programme for rheumatoid arthritis, atopic dermatitis, and alopecia areata, to help further characterise adverse events of special interest for JAK inhibitors in ‘at-risk’ populations.

Dr. Charis Meng, a rheumatologist at the Hospital for Special Surgery and Assistant Professor at Weill Cornell Medical College in New York. In this edition, Dr Meng discusses her latest paper ‘Can Patients with Controlled Rheumatoid Arthritis Taper Methotrexate from Targeted Therapy and Sustain Remission? A Systematic Review and Meta-analysis.’

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers. In the first paper, Professor Maxime Dougados and colleagues shed some more light into the findings from the ORAL Surveillance trial, in comparison to those seen in the tofacitinib clinical development programme. And, in the second paper, Professor Kevin Winthrop and colleagues continue to report on safety by providing us with the latest findings from their review into opportunistic infections associated with JAK inhibitor treatment for RA.

Join Professors Atul Deodhar, Hideto Kameda, Xenofon Baraliakos 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. The first of our publications discusses new and emerging treatments for SpA. In particular it shines a light on treatments within axSpA. Following this, our second paper sought to assess the long-term safety, tolerability, and efficacy of bimekizumab in patients with active AS.

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers. In the first paper the authors cover aspects from mean disease activity scores after tapering to radiographic outcomes and safety, to help ascertain whether it is possible to withdraw MTX while maintaining disease control. The second paper then goes on to also analyse MTX withdrawal data, but this time to evaluate the performance of disease activity metrics. Everything discussed is available in a more detailed slide format in the publications section at cytokinesignalling.com

Professor Kevin Winthrop, Professor of Infectious Diseases, Public Health and Preventive Medicine, and Ophthalmology, from Oregon Health and Science University, USA, as well as a CSF Steering Committee member. In this edition Professor Winthrop discusses his recent paper 'Influenza Adverse Events in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis, Ulcerative Colitis, or Psoriatic Arthritis in the Tofacitinib Clinical Development Programs.'

Join Professor Philip Mease and Dr Frank Behrens as they discuss the latest top research in PsA. In this edition, our Steering Committee members look at two key papers published in December 2022. The first of our papers discusses the latest trial of a novel scoring system for inflammation and tissue damage, whilst the second paper compares adjunctive therapy usage in patients treated with IL-17A inhibitors.

Dr Rebecca Haberman from the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology, New York University Grossman School of Medicine and Psoriatic Arthritis Center, USA. In this edition Dr Haberman disucsses her recent paper ‘Efficacy of guselkumab, a selective IL-23 inhibitor, in Preventing Arthritis in a Multicentre Psoriasis At-Risk cohort (PAMPA): protocol of a randomised, double-blind, placebo controlled multicentre trial.’

Professor Roy Fleischmann, Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of Texas Southwestern Medical Centre. In this addition Professor Fleischmann discusses his recent paper 'Analysis of Disease Activity Metrics in a Methotrexate Withdrawal Study among Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis Treated with Tofacitinib plus Methotrexate.'

Dr Claudia Salinas, Director Pharmacoepidemiology at Eli Lilly and Company, Indianapolis, USA. In this addition Dr Salinas discusses her recent paper 'Evaluation of VTE, MACE, and Serious Infections Among Patients with RA Treated with Baricitinib Compared to TNFi: A Multi-Database Study of Patients in Routine Care Using Disease registries and Claims Databases.'

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers. The first highlights one of the three systematic literature reviews carried out to inform the 2022 EULAR RA management recommendations task force with the available evidence published since 2019. The second paper in today’s podcast looks at the recommendations themselves, by Smolen, et al, and I’ll highlight what’s remained the same and what’s changed from the 2019 recommendations. Everything discussed is available in a more detailed slide format in the publications section at cytokinesignalling.com.

Join Professor Xenofon Baraliakos 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. The first of our publications details the 2022 ASAS-EULAR recommendations for the management of axial spondyloarthritis. The second of today’s papers explores the efficacy and safety of bDMARDs in axSpA managment. Everything discussed is available in a more detailed slide format in the publications section at cytokinesignalling.com.

Join Prof Iain McInnes as he reviews two interesting papers. The first paper aimed to compare the risk of MACEs and VTEs for patients initiating a JAKinib (tofacitinib and baricitinib) and those initiating adalimumab (TNFi) among a large and comprehensive real-world population of patients with RA. Our second paper aimed to evaluate the efficacy and safety of FIL200 and FIL100 compared with placebo and ADA, all with background MTX, in patients with MTX-IR RA in subgroups of those with all four PPFs versus those with fewer than four PPFs. Everything discussed is available in a more detailed slide format in the publications section at cytokinesignalling.com.