Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-01DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152910
Sıla Atamyıldız Uçar, Eray Tunce, Betül Sözeri
{"title":"Biologic switching challenges in psoriatic arthritis: A pediatric reflection, letter to \"biologic switching in psoriatic arthritis: Insights from real-world data and key risk factors\"","authors":"Sıla Atamyıldız Uçar, Eray Tunce, Betül Sözeri","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152910","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152910","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 152910"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145927942","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-31DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152908
Chi-Lan Kao , Shih-Ming Chen , Chih-Cheng Hsieh , Tzu-Rong Peng , Pei-Yun Tsai , Chia-Yu Lin , Ming-Chia Lee
Background
Knee osteoarthritis (KOA) is a leading cause of disability worldwide; however current therapies offer only symptomatic relief. Metformin, a widely used antidiabetic agent, has been demonstrated to have anti-inflammatory and chondroprotective effects in preclinical models, suggesting its KOA modifying properties.
Methods
We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials evaluating the effects of metformin in patients with KOA. A comprehensive search of PubMed, Embase, and Cochrane Library was performed up to May 2025. Two reviewers independently screened studies and extracted data. Statistical analyses were conducted using a random-effects model to account for between-study heterogeneity. Subgroup analyses based on formulation, treatment duration, and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) co-administration were also performed.
Results
Five studies (n = 337) were included. Metformin significantly reduced pain scores (standardized mean difference [SMD] = −1.295; 95 % confidence interval [CI]: −2.063 to −0.526) and stiffness (SMD = −0.746; 95 % CI: −1.385 to −0.107), improved physical function (SMD = −2.042; 95 % CI: −3.372 to −0.712), and health-related quality of life (SMD = −1.505; 95 % CI: −2.896 to −0.115). Effects were consistent regardless of oral or topical metformin use, treatment duration, and NSAID use, although the benefits were greater when metformin was combined with NSAIDs.
Conclusion
While metformin demonstrated consistent benefits in pain and functional outcomes, these findings should be interpreted as symptomatic and adjunctive effects rather than definitive disease modification. Future trials incorporating structural endpoints are needed to confirm disease-modifying potential.
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Transparent reporting of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) is essential to ensure research integrity. While registration practices of RCTs are improving, concerns remain regarding the adequacy of outcome registration and the consistency of outcome reporting in publications.
Objectives
To evaluate the adequacy of primary outcome registration and the consistency of outcome reporting between registry entries and publications in rheumatology RCTs.
Methods
We conducted a meta-research study including primary reports of RCTs in rheumatology published from 2009 to 2022. We assessed whether primary outcomes were adequately registered (presence of SPIRIT-based criteria: measurement, analysis metric, and time points). For adequately registered outcomes, we evaluated consistency between the registry and the published report. Logistic regression was used to explore factors associated with inadequate registration and inconsistent reporting.
Results
We analyzed 947 RCTs involving 1679 primary outcomes. Only 38% of trials adequately described all their primary outcomes in the registry. Of these adequately registered trials, 67% reported their primary outcomes consistently in the corresponding publication, meaning just 25% of trials met both criteria. The most common gap in outcome description was missing participant-level analysis metric, while the most prevalent inconsistency was related to changes in the timing of outcome assessment.
Registration of adequately described primary outcome improved between 2009 and 2013 before plateauing, while consistency in reporting showed no improvement over time.
Conclusion
Despite improvements in trial registration practices, major gaps persist in outcome specification and reporting consistency in rheumatology RCTs.
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-30DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152905
Tate M. Johnson , Bryant R. England
{"title":"Risk and temporal trends of heart failure subtype risk in Rheumatoid Arthritis","authors":"Tate M. Johnson , Bryant R. England","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152905","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152905","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 152905"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145872463","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-10DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152915
Yanxia Chen , Jinlin Liu
{"title":"Correspondence to 'Nailfold capillaroscopy as a predictor of major cardiovascular events and mortality in systemic sclerosis'","authors":"Yanxia Chen , Jinlin Liu","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152915","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152915","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 152915"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978978","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-04DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152913
YV Raghava Neelapala , C Thomas Appleton , Luciana Macedo , Steve Hanna , Dylan Kobsar , Trevor B Birmingham , Lisa C. Carlesso
Objectives
To examine (i) the association of adiposity with pain intensity and/or effusion-synovitis in people with knee osteoarthritis (OA), adjusting for body mass index (BMI), and (ii) whether indicators of systemic immune inflammation (i.e., the systemic immune-inflammation index (SII) and the systemic immune response index (SIRI)) moderate the above associations.
Methods
Individuals with knee OA were sampled from the Western Ontario Registry for Early Osteoarthritis Knee Study. Total body and visceral fat percentages were measured using bioimpedance analysis, and effusion-synovitis was graded using knee ultrasonography. Multiple regression models with interaction terms were used to examine the association between fat percentages and pain intensity (linear)/effusion-synovitis (logistic), and the interaction effect of fat and SII/SIRI on pain intensity/effusion-synovitis. The analyses were adjusted for confounders (age, sex, BMI, radiographic severity of the opposite knee, and anxio-depressive symptoms).
Results
Data from 225 participants (mean age: 61.1 (10.9), 68% female, mean BMI: 31.7 (7.7)) were analyzed. The associations for adjusted fat and pain intensity models were as follows: total body fat: β): - 0.03 (-0.54 to 0.46) and visceral fat: β (: -0.25 (-1.03 to 0.51)., The odds ratios for adjusted fat and effusion-synovitis models were total body fat: OR): 0.98 (0.92 to 1.05) and visceral fat: OR (): 1.01 (0.91 to 1.11)). Neither the main nor the interaction effects were significant.
Conclusion
Our preliminary results do not support an association of adiposity and its interaction with generalized inflammation with pain/effusion-synovitis adjusted for BMI. Further studies are needed.
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Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-23DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152931
Sung Hae Chang , Misti L. Paudel , Eun Young Lee , Jeffrey A. Sparks
{"title":"Response to Wang regarding correspondence to “Development of a prediction model for progression of rheumatoid arthritis-associated interstitial lung disease using serologic and clinical factors: The prospective KORAIL cohort”","authors":"Sung Hae Chang , Misti L. Paudel , Eun Young Lee , Jeffrey A. Sparks","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152931","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152931","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 152931"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"146078675","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2026-01-11DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152923
Javier Llorca , Iván Ferraz-Amaro , María José Moreno-Martínez , Zulema Plaza , Fernando Sánchez-Alonso , Manuel José Moreno-Ramos , Carmen García-Gómez , Santos Castañeda , Carlos González-Juanatey , Miguel Ángel González-Gay
Objective
To identify predictors of cardiovascular (CV) events in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients from the CARdiovascular in RheuMAtology (CARMA) project during 10 years of prospective follow-up.
Methods
Between July 2010 and January 2012, 725 PsA patients were enrolled from 67 Spanish hospitals. Analyses focused on 682 patients without prior CV events at baseline. At 10-year follow-up, CV event occurrence, patient-years, and linearized event rates were evaluated. Cox regression analyses were performed, both crude and adjusted for the PREVENT-CVD score.
Results
Over 6397 patient-years, 85 patients (12.46%) experienced CV events, yielding a rate of 1.33 per 100 patient-years. Patients with CV events were older (67.1 ± 11.1 vs. 56.7 ± 11.8 years, p < 0.001), more often male (68.2% vs. 51.9%, p = 0.005), and had higher frequencies of hypertension (60.0% vs. 21.8%, p < 0.001), diabetes (18.8% vs. 6.0%, p = 0.001), and dyslipidemia (56.5% vs. 29.8%, p < 0.001). They also showed greater abdominal perimeter and body mass index (p < 0.05 for both). After adjusting for PREVENT-CVD, the highest tertile of DAS28-ESR remained a significant predictor of CV events (HR 1.79; 95%CI: 1.03–3.14; p = 0.04). Urate in the highest tertile was also independently associated in the crude model (HR 1.88; 95%CI: 1.11–3.20; p = 0.02). When stratified (<6.5, 6.5–8.9, and ≥9.0 mg/dl), urate≥9.0 mg/dl was also associated with increased risk of CV events in the adjusted model (HR 3.50; 95%CI: 1.10–11.2; p = 0.02). While HAQ score in the third tertile was associated with increased CV risk in the crude analysis (HR 1.70; p = 0.04), this association did not persist after adjustment.
Conclusions
Disease activity and elevated urate levels independently predict CV events in PsA, highlighting their value as markers of CV risk beyond traditional factors captured by the PREVENT-CVD score.
{"title":"Disease activity and hyperuricemia predict the development of cardiovascular events in patients with Psoriatic Arthritis: results of the 10-year prospective evaluation in the CARMA cohort","authors":"Javier Llorca , Iván Ferraz-Amaro , María José Moreno-Martínez , Zulema Plaza , Fernando Sánchez-Alonso , Manuel José Moreno-Ramos , Carmen García-Gómez , Santos Castañeda , Carlos González-Juanatey , Miguel Ángel González-Gay","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152923","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2026.152923","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objective</h3><div>To identify predictors of cardiovascular (CV) events in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) patients from the CARdiovascular in RheuMAtology (CARMA) project during 10 years of prospective follow-up.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>Between July 2010 and January 2012, 725 PsA patients were enrolled from 67 Spanish hospitals. Analyses focused on 682 patients without prior CV events at baseline. At 10-year follow-up, CV event occurrence, patient-years, and linearized event rates were evaluated. Cox regression analyses were performed, both crude and adjusted for the PREVENT-CVD score.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>Over 6397 patient-years, 85 patients (12.46%) experienced CV events, yielding a rate of 1.33 per 100 patient-years. Patients with CV events were older (67.1 ± 11.1 vs. 56.7 ± 11.8 years, <em>p</em> < 0.001), more often male (68.2% vs. 51.9%, <em>p</em> = 0.005), and had higher frequencies of hypertension (60.0% vs. 21.8%, <em>p</em> < 0.001), diabetes (18.8% vs. 6.0%, <em>p</em> = 0.001), and dyslipidemia (56.5% vs. 29.8%, <em>p</em> < 0.001). They also showed greater abdominal perimeter and body mass index (<em>p</em> < 0.05 for both). After adjusting for PREVENT-CVD, the highest tertile of DAS28-ESR remained a significant predictor of CV events (HR 1.79; 95%CI: 1.03–3.14; <em>p</em> = 0.04). Urate in the highest tertile was also independently associated in the crude model (HR 1.88; 95%CI: 1.11–3.20; <em>p</em> = 0.02). When stratified (<6.5, 6.5–8.9, and ≥9.0 mg/dl), urate≥9.0 mg/dl was also associated with increased risk of CV events in the adjusted model (HR 3.50; 95%CI: 1.10–11.2; <em>p</em> = 0.02). While HAQ score in the third tertile was associated with increased CV risk in the crude analysis (HR 1.70; <em>p</em> = 0.04), this association did not persist after adjustment.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>Disease activity and elevated urate levels independently predict CV events in PsA, highlighting their value as markers of CV risk beyond traditional factors captured by the PREVENT-CVD score.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 152923"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145978926","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pub Date : 2026-04-01Epub Date: 2025-12-29DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152907
Ying-Ying Leung , Tobias Haugegaard , Tommy Kok Annfeldt , Richard Holland , Vibeke Strand , Philip Mease , Peter Tugwell , George A. Wells , Beverley J. Shea , Ashish J. Mathew , Niti Goel , Christine Lindsay , Alexis Ogdie , Ana-Maria Orbai , Laura C. Coates , Dafna D. Gladman , William Tillett , Jeffrey Chau , Robin Christensen
Objectives
To empirically compare the discriminant capacities of three outcome measurement instruments for assessment of physical functioning for psoriatic arthritis (PsA): HAQ-DI, SF36-PF and SF36-PCS.
Methods
We applied a network meta-analysis technique in a sample of randomized trials (RCTs) for PsA. For randomized comparison, we calculated net effect size estimates for each outcome measurement instrument using standardized mean differences (SMDs); positive values indicated a beneficial effect of the intervention compared to the control groups. We analyzed the differences between outcome measurement instruments at the trial level by applying a multiple-treatment meta-analysis to compare the SMDs within and across randomized comparisons for each outcome measurement instrument.
Results
From 42 articles (31 RCTs), 57, 18, and 18 randomized comparisons enabled a direct comparison between HAQ-DI and SF36-PCS (difference in SMDs: 0.057, 95 % confidence interval, CI: 0.003 to 0.110), SF36-PF and SF36-PCS (difference in SMDs: 0.101, 95 % CI: 0.018 to 0.184); and HAQ-DI and SF36-PF (difference in SMDs:0.059, 95 % CI:0.142 to 0.024), respectively. The network meta-analysis technique confirmed that both HAQ-DI and SF36-PF were more responsive to change than SF36-PCS, with differences between SMDs of 0.057 (95 % CI: 0.003 to 0.110) and 0.109 (95 % CI: 0.032 to 0.185), respectively. No difference in discriminatory capacity between HAQ-DI and SF36-PF was noted.
Conclusions
HAQ-DI and SF-36-PF were equally responsive to change and superior to SF36-PCS in PsA RCTs. We illustrated a new method for quantitative comparison of the performance of different outcome measurement instruments for a particular domain.
{"title":"Determining the best discriminatory physical functioning outcome measurement instrument for psoriatic arthritis trials: A meta-epidemiological study","authors":"Ying-Ying Leung , Tobias Haugegaard , Tommy Kok Annfeldt , Richard Holland , Vibeke Strand , Philip Mease , Peter Tugwell , George A. Wells , Beverley J. Shea , Ashish J. Mathew , Niti Goel , Christine Lindsay , Alexis Ogdie , Ana-Maria Orbai , Laura C. Coates , Dafna D. Gladman , William Tillett , Jeffrey Chau , Robin Christensen","doi":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152907","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.semarthrit.2025.152907","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Objectives</h3><div>To empirically compare the discriminant capacities of three outcome measurement instruments for assessment of physical functioning for psoriatic arthritis (PsA): HAQ-DI, SF36-PF and SF36-PCS.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We applied a network meta-analysis technique in a sample of randomized trials (RCTs) for PsA. For randomized comparison, we calculated net effect size estimates for each outcome measurement instrument using standardized mean differences (SMDs); positive values indicated a beneficial effect of the intervention compared to the control groups. We analyzed the differences between outcome measurement instruments at the trial level by applying a multiple-treatment meta-analysis to compare the SMDs within and across randomized comparisons for each outcome measurement instrument.</div></div><div><h3>Results</h3><div>From 42 articles (31 RCTs), 57, 18, and 18 randomized comparisons enabled a direct comparison between HAQ-DI and SF36-PCS (difference in SMDs: 0.057, 95 % confidence interval, CI: 0.003 to 0.110), SF36-PF and SF36-PCS (difference in SMDs: 0.101, 95 % CI: 0.018 to 0.184); and HAQ-DI and SF36-PF (difference in SMDs:0.059, 95 % CI:0.142 to 0.024), respectively. The network meta-analysis technique confirmed that both HAQ-DI and SF36-PF were more responsive to change than SF36-PCS, with differences between SMDs of 0.057 (95 % CI: 0.003 to 0.110) and 0.109 (95 % CI: 0.032 to 0.185), respectively. No difference in discriminatory capacity between HAQ-DI and SF36-PF was noted.</div></div><div><h3>Conclusions</h3><div>HAQ-DI and SF-36-PF were equally responsive to change and superior to SF36-PCS in PsA RCTs. We illustrated a new method for quantitative comparison of the performance of different outcome measurement instruments for a particular domain.</div></div>","PeriodicalId":21715,"journal":{"name":"Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism","volume":"77 ","pages":"Article 152907"},"PeriodicalIF":4.4,"publicationDate":"2026-04-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145912736","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":2,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}