Exploring Best Practices for Diagnosis & Management of Adult-Onset Still's Disease
AOSD Podcast
4 episodes
4 days ago
Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare, polygenic autoinflammatory syndrome with a pathogenesis similar to systemic juvenile inflammatory arthritis. Join Drs. Petros Efthimiou and Olga Petryna as they discuss making the diagnosis of AOSD through interpretation of clinical and laboratory findings and careful exclusion of other diseases. The faculty review the evidence related to the variety of medications often used to treat patients with AOSD, focusing on canakinumab, the only medication approved in the United States for the disease.
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Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare, polygenic autoinflammatory syndrome with a pathogenesis similar to systemic juvenile inflammatory arthritis. Join Drs. Petros Efthimiou and Olga Petryna as they discuss making the diagnosis of AOSD through interpretation of clinical and laboratory findings and careful exclusion of other diseases. The faculty review the evidence related to the variety of medications often used to treat patients with AOSD, focusing on canakinumab, the only medication approved in the United States for the disease.
Exploring Best Practices for Diagnosis & Management of Adult-Onset Still's Disease
9 minutes 46 seconds
4 years ago
Case Studies
The diagnosis of adult-onset Still’s disease requires extensive evaluation guided by whether systemic or joint signs/symptoms predominate
Initial disease-modifying therapy with methotrexate is often inadequate to provide symptom relief
Treatment modification with targeted biologic treatment is generally required to achieve treatment goals
Exploring Best Practices for Diagnosis & Management of Adult-Onset Still's Disease
Adult-onset Still’s disease (AOSD) is a rare, polygenic autoinflammatory syndrome with a pathogenesis similar to systemic juvenile inflammatory arthritis. Join Drs. Petros Efthimiou and Olga Petryna as they discuss making the diagnosis of AOSD through interpretation of clinical and laboratory findings and careful exclusion of other diseases. The faculty review the evidence related to the variety of medications often used to treat patients with AOSD, focusing on canakinumab, the only medication approved in the United States for the disease.
