EULAR 2025 Congress

Use of JAK inhibitors to treat rheumatoid arthritis is not associated with an increased risk for cancer compared with TNF inhibitors.

The recombinant zoster vaccine is well tolerated by patients with inflammatory rheumatic and musculoskeletal diseases, with only a few incidences of flare and serious adverse events.

Meeting serum urate targets within a year of initiating urate-lowering treatment may significantly lower the risk for major adverse cardiovascular events in people with gout.

A new app-based digital therapy leads to significant improvements in disease activity, functional status, and quality of life in patients with stable, treated axial spondyloarthritis.

Early treatment with secukinumab according to a treat-to-target strategy in patients with psoriatic arthritis led to a significant clinical response within 3 months.

Ventricular gradient optimized for right ventricular pressure overload is higher in systemic sclerosis patients with pulmonary hypertension.

The Rheumafacts study has found that in about half of European countries, patients do not have full access to modern medication and reimbursement for non-pharmacological treatments.

The presence of patient-reported residual symptoms during inactive disease or low disease activity is associated with an increased flare risk in people with axial spondyloarthritis.

Children of mothers who have undergone fertility treatment may have a higher risk for developing juvenile idiopathic arthritis.

Patients with psoriatic arthritis treated with ixekizumab have a higher chance of remission than those given interleukin-12/23 and interleukin-23 inhibitors.

Both patients with rheumatic diseases and healthcare professionals find social robots potentially valuable in outpatient settings, especially for information delivery and patient education support.

A physiotherapist-led, work-focused intervention did not lead to better work-related outcomes in people with rheumatoid arthritis or axial spondyloarthritis, but it may prove to be cost-effective.