Martin Feuchtenberger

TL;DR: This randomised controlled study testing three different treatment strategies in patients with RA in sustained remission demonstrated that more than half of the patients maintain in remission after tapering or stopping conventional and biological DMARD treatment.

TL;DR: MBDA improved the prediction of relapses in patients with RA in stable remission undergoing DMARD tapering, and if combined with ACPA testing, allowed prediction of relapse in more than 80% of the patients.

TL;DR: In patient populations with low rates of TB incidence and BCG vaccination, the use of both TST and IGRA may maximise sensitivity in detecting LTBI but may also reduce specificity.

TL;DR: It is concluded that abnormal chemokine expression in an epithelial tumour, MNT, can promote the recruitment of MALT, the emergence of monoclonal B cells, and, eventually, the subsequent development of mediastinal lymphomas.

TL;DR: There was a discrepancy between vaccination awareness and actual vaccination rates for all cohorts and awareness of infectious complications was more present in patients treated with biologicals, and also, the rate of patients vaccinated against Streptococcus pneumoniae increased significantly depending on the underlying treatment.