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An Interim Report Of The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Working Groups, M. Baron, B. Kahaleh, E. J. Bernstein, L. Chung, P. J. Clements, C. Denton, R. T. Domsic, N. Ferdowsi, S. Narain, A. Vacca, +12 Additional Authors

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© The Author(s) 2018. The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium represents many of the clinical researchers in the world who are interested in improving the efficiency of clinical trials in systemic sclerosis. The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium has established 11 working groups to develop and validate better ways of measuring and recording multiple aspects of this heterogeneous disease. These include groups working on arthritis, disease damage, disease activity, cardiac disease, juvenile systemic sclerosis, the gastrointestinal tract, vascular component, calcinosis, scleroderma renal crisis, interstitial lung disease, and skin measurement. Members of the Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium may join any one or more …

Phase Iii, Multicentre, Randomised, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled, 104-Week Study Of Subcutaneous Belimumab Administered In Combination With Rituximab In Adults With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (Sle): Bliss-Believe Study Protocol, Y. K. Onno Teng, I. N. Bruce, B. Diamond, R. A. Furie, R. F. Van Vollenhoven, D. Gordon, J. Groark, R. B. Henderson, M. Oldham, P. P. Tak

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© 2019 Author(s) (or their employer(s)). Re-use permitted under CC BY-NC. No commercial re-use. See rights and permissions. Published by BMJ. Introduction Belimumab, an anti-B-lymphocyte-stimulator antibody, is approved for the treatment of active, autoantibody-positive systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Rituximab, a B cell-depleting anti-CD20 antibody, remains in the SLE treatment armamentarium despite failed trials in lupus nephritis and extrarenal lupus. These biologics, which operate through complementary mechanisms, might result in an enhanced depletion of circulating and tissue-resident autoreactive B lymphocytes when administered together. Thus, belimumab and rituximab combination may be a highly effective treatment of SLE. This study aims to evaluate …

Delivering Challenging News: An Illness-Trajectory Communication Curriculum For Multispecialty Oncology Residents And Fellows, D. Cannone, M. Atlas, A. Fornari, M. L. Barilla-Labarca, M. Hoffman

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Introduction: Published curricula to teach communication skills for postgraduate fellows in oncology are few in number despite the fact that oncologists conduct many difficult discussions with their patients and their families. Such discussions may include disclosing initial diagnosis or relapse of a patient's cancer or relaying a poor prognosis or change to palliative care. Methods: An eight-module course on communication in oncology practice was delivered over 2 months for palliative and oncology fellows and radiation oncology residents. Learners were given a precourse survey in which they were asked to rate their proficiency in various communication tasks. Each learner then participated …

Safety And Efficacy Of Belimumab Plus Standard Therapy For Up To Thirteen Years In Patients With Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, D. J. Wallace, E. M. Ginzler, J. T. Merrill, R. A. Furie, W. Stohl, W. W. Chatham, A. Weinstein, J. D. Mckay, W. J. Mccune, A. Heath, +4 Additional Authors

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© 2019 The Authors. Arthritis & Rheumatology published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc. on behalf of American College of Rheumatology. Objective: To investigate the long-term safety and efficacy of intravenous (IV) belimumab plus standard of care (SOC) therapy for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) in patients with active, autoantibody-positive SLE. Methods: The study was designed as a multicenter, open-label, continuation study of IV belimumab given every 4 weeks in conjunction with SOC therapy in patients with SLE who completed a phase II, double-blind study. Adverse events (AEs) and laboratory data were monitored from the first belimumab dose (in either study) until 24 …

Monoclonal Antibody Targeting Bdca2 Ameliorates Skin Lesions In Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, R. Furie, V. P. Werth, J. F. Merola, L. Stevenson, T. L. Reynolds, H. Naik, W. Wang, R. Christmann, A. Gardet, N. Franchimont, +6 Additional Authors

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Randomised Prospective Trial To Assess The Clinical Utility Of Multianalyte Assay Panel With Complement Activation Products For The Diagnosis Of Sle., D. J. Wallace, R. V. Alexander, T. O'Malley, A. Khosroshahi, M. Hojjati, K. Loupasakis, J. Alper, Y. Sherrer, S. Narain, T. Dervieux, +6 Additional Authors

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Objective: We compared the physician-assessed diagnostic likelihood of SLE resulting from standard diagnosis laboratory testing (SDLT) to that resulting from multianalyte assay panel (MAP) with cell-bound complement activation products (MAP/CB-CAPs), which reports a two-tiered index test result having 80% sensitivity and 86% specificity for SLE.

Methods: Patients (n=145) with a history of positive antinuclear antibody status were evaluated clinically by rheumatologists and randomised to SDLT arm (tests ordered at the discretion of the rheumatologists) or to MAP/CB-CAPs testing arm. The primary endpoint was based on the change in the physician likelihood of SLE on a five-point Likert scale collected before …