Systemic Lupus Erythematosus News

• Patients With Lupus Report More Flares, Different Symptoms Symptoms that patients with lupus experience might surprise some physicians, which can lead to communication challenges in the clinic, results from a patient survey suggest.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• ACR 2018Checkpoint Inhibitors, Wearables Among Hot Topics at ACR Immunotherapy has opened up exciting options for cancer treatment, but it can also lead to significant complications, which specialists will assess at the American College of Rheumatology meeting.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Arthritis Tied to Higher Risk for Anxiety, Depression 'The high prevalence of symptoms of anxiety and depression among adults with arthritis warrants awareness, screening, and subsequent treatment of these conditions,' researchers say.
  Medscape Medical News, October 2018
• Depression Tied to Double the Risk for Lupus in Women A new study adds to the growing evidence that depression may be a causal risk factor for autoimmune disease.
  Medscape Medical News, September 2018
• Immunosuppressive Combo Quells Type B Insulin Resistance Combined immunosuppressive therapy is highly effective against a rare but potentially deadly and hard-to-control type of diabetes, according to a prospective study.
  Reuters Health Information, September 2018
• AstraZeneca Lupus Drug Fails to Meet Main Goal in Study AstraZeneca's experimental drug anifrolumab failed to meet its main target in a late-stage clinical study treating patients with moderate to severe lupus, the British drugmaker said on Friday.
  Reuters Health Information, August 2018
• CMR May Detect Silent Heart Disease in New-Onset SLE CMR detected subclinical cardiac disease in patients with new-onset lupus, enabling earlier treatment, a study found; larger studies are needed to assess prognosis of earlier detection.
  Medscape Medical News, August 2018
• Delayed Adverse Skin Effects After PD-1-Inhibitor Therapy Eczema, psoriasis, and lupuslike reactions can occur even months after starting or stopping these drugs, so patients need to be monitored on an ongoing basis.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• Drug Combination Boosts Older Adults' Immunity in Early Trial A phase 2a randomized, placebo-controlled clinical trial showed that a combination of drugs decreases the incidence of infections, including influenza and pneumonia, in older adults.
  Medscape Medical News, July 2018
• Physician Groups: Court Ruling May Harm Vulnerable Patients The Department of Justice recently lent unexpected support to a group of Republican attorneys general who are challenging the constitutionality of the Affordable Care Act in federal court.
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Lilly's Lupus Treatment Succeeds in Mid-Stage Trial Eli Lilly & Co said its drug to treat autoimmune disease lupus met the main goal of a mid-stage trial, positioning the drugmaker to begin a bigger study later this year.
  Reuters Health Information, June 2018
• EULAR 2018New Osteoarthritis Treatments Garnering Attention at EULAR Interest in osteoarthritis is growing as new treatment options emerge, and insights will be discussed at the upcoming European League Against Rheumatism Congress (EULAR).
  Medscape Medical News, June 2018
• Subcutaneous Belimumab Improves Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Outcomes
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• Germany's Merck Seeks Partners for Cancer and Immune System Drugs Merck KGaA will seek development partners for experimental treatments including tepotinib as the German company looks to licensing deals to help fund clinical trials, according to its head of drug R&D.
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• Epstein-Barr Virus Transcription Factor Implicated in Seven Autoimmune Diseases
  Reuters Health Information, April 2018
• Patient Advocacy Groups Take in Millions From Drugmakers. Is There Payback? Kaiser Health News launches 'Pre$cription for Power,' a groundbreaking database to expose Big Pharma’s ties to patient groups.
  Kaiser Health News, April 2018
• ENDO 2018Adult-Onset Type 1 Diabetes, Other Autoimmune Diseases Linked The risk of developing additional autoimmune conditions rises with age of type 1 diabetes onset.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Biologics in Pregnancy Safe, Pose No Preterm or SGA Risk Previous studies finding a link between biologics exposure and preterm birth or SGA did not adequately account for potential confounders, researchers note.
  Medscape Medical News, March 2018
• Off-label Lenalidomide Might Be Alternative to Thalidomide for Erythema Multiforme Lenalidomide might be considered as off-label treatment for chronic erythema multiforme (EM) if the adverse effects of thalidomide are not acceptable, according to French researchers.
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018
• Synovial Analysis Identifies Distinct Rheumatoid Arthritis Subtypes Synovial gene expression and histology can be used to divide rheumatoid arthritis (RA) into high, low, and mixed inflammatory subtypes, according to results from the Accelerating Medicine Partnership: RA/SLE Network.
  Reuters Health Information, March 2018