American College of Rheumatology

About: American College of Rheumatology is a nonprofit organization based out in Atlanta, Georgia, United States. It is known for research contribution in the topics: Guideline & Population. The organization has 141 authors who have published 117 publications receiving 33521 citations.

Opinion #2: Daniel Hamaty, MD

Abstract: From the point of view of a behavioral medicine professional, confidentiality was probably violated. From the view of a rehabilitation medicine professional, it was not. It is vital that all members of a pain center who are treating the client be provided information impacting the ability to communicate with the patient or a member of the team. In this context, extending a …

Reply to Commentary on the ACR "COVID-19 Vaccine Clinical Guidance Summary for Patients with Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases".

Abstract: We appreciate the letter by Mortezavi et. al. describing vaccine response and the frequency of disease worsening in patients receiving tofacitinib. The ACR COVID Vaccine Guidance Task Force was aware of the two studies cited and appreciate their summary of the results. We would point out that in the rheumatoid arthritis study by Winthrop et. al., patients receiving tofacitinib in Study A had a lower likelihood of a satisfactory response to pneumococcal vaccination (45.1%) compared to placebo-treated patients (68.4%), a difference of 23.3%, 95% CI -36.6 to -9.6%. The differences were numerically even larger for patients receiving concomitant tofacitinib and methotrexate (31.6% of patients with a satisfactory response, difference of -30.2%, 95% CI -47.3 to -11.4%) compared to methotrexate monotherapy.