The EMA has recently published their recommendation for extending the indication of a treatment called Nucala to include patients diagnosed with relapsing-remitting or refractory eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Specifically,…
Sometimes, certain drugs may be approved in different countries and not in others. However, drug approval spanning multiple countries highlights the importance of getting drugs and treatments into the hands…
According to a story from ANCA Vasculitis News, the biopharmaceutical company ChemoCentryx has recently made an amendment to its approval application for its investigational therapy. This therapy, called avacopan, is…
According to a news release from pharmaceutical company Citryll, the first healthy volunteer was dosed with CIT-013 in a Phase 1 clinical trial. Altogether, the drug is being developed to…
According to a story from Healio, recent research has suggested that giant cell arteritis, a rare immune-mediated disease, could be made worse from the use of checkpoint inhibitors, a class…
According to a story on the Renal Fellow Network, rituximab has emerged in recent years as an effective therapy for ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). This is a group of autoimmune diseases…
According to an article in Healio, Dr. Anisha Dua recently addressed attendees at the ACR Clinical Symposium on the subject of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis. Dr. Dua is the…
According to a story from ANCA Vasculitis News, the month of May is recognized as Vasculitis Awareness Month, a time for spreading awareness about vasculitis among the general public and…
Welcome to Study of the Week from Patient Worthy. In this segment, we select a study we posted about from the previous week that we think is of particular interest…
A recent study has found that thrombosis may be the first manifestation of granulomatosis with polyangiitis disease in children following the very first report of its presentation in a 13…
Clinical trials can be beneficial in many ways. For one, these trials show researchers whether a treatment’s impact is durable and sustained. Determining this often requires some follow-up period. According…
A study published in Physician's Weekly investigated the visual outcomes, clinical features, and treatment of individuals with occlusive retinal vasculitis (ORV), a condition that is characterized by inflammation in the vessels of…
According to a story from wndu.com, a fundraiser that was held in Berrien Springs, Michigan, is helping to raise money for Carter Sheline, who recently graduated from high school and…
According to ANCA Vasculitis News, the FDA recently approved Riabni (rituximab-arrx) for the treatment of adult patients with two specific subtypes of ANCA vasculitis: microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and granulomatosis with…
Suzanna DePaolis views her life with a rare disease as a battle, one that she is conquering. This battle began fourteen years ago when she was diagnosed with eosinophilic granulomatosis…
A review of COVID-19 data from the UK shows that patients with rare autoimmune rheumatic disease (RAIRD) face a higher mortality risk, according to an article in Healio. The study,…
The American College of Rheumatology presented new findings on November 5, 2020 at their virtual conference. They found that in patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), hypothyroidism is associated with positive…
According to a story from ANCA Vasculitis News, a recent study has determined that monitoring changes in autoantibodies targeting the PR3 protein is useful for predicting ANCA vasculitis remission after…
Michael George and his team from the University of Pennsylvania have recently uncovered new insights regarding autoimmune patient’s comfortability with care during COVID-19. They've been working since the pandemic began…
Recently, the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) virtually held ACR Convergence 2020, the organization's annual meeting. At the meeting, researchers shared new insights in the realm of rheumatology; these were…
According to a story from PR Newswire, The Autoimmune Registry, Inc. (ARI) has recently released its first ever autoimmune diseases list. This list includes a total of over 150 distinct…
On November 3, 2020, biopharmaceutical company ChemoCentryx and global pharmaceutical company Vifor Pharma Group's sub-business Vifor Fresenius Medical Care Renal Pharma (VFMCRP) announced that the European Medicines Agency will review…
In a recent study published in Clinical and Experimental Immunology, researchers determined that patients with high ANCA antibody levels are at an increased risk of having ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) relapses. According…
/ Duke Researchers Create a Type 1, Type 2 Lupus Disease Model Duke Researchers Create a Type 1, Type 2 Lupus Disease Model October 20, 2020 Print-Friendly Version / Save…
Dr. Jasvinder Singh, a rheumatologist at Alabama’s University in Birmingham is the author of a study that was featured in Arthritis Care and Research. During a recent interview with MedPageToday,…
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