Management Updates for a Spectrum of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases

An ongoing challenge arises from the rarity of these diseases, which poses barriers in performing trials. Although numbers of trials in these diseases have increased over the past fifteen years, the research evidence base for current recommendations is still quite limited. Dr. Lapidus suggested, “We should consider basket clinical trials and organizing diseases based on mechanism. This will lead to larger groups within rare diseases that we can actually study.”

For more insights and updates on SAIDs, including talks by Fatma Dedeoglu, MD, of Boston’s Children’s Hospital and Erkan Demirkaya, MD, of the University of Western Ontario, Canada,  review the full Convergence scientific session: Comprehensive Care for Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases.

Ruth Jessen Hickman, MD, is a graduate of the Indiana University School of Medicine. She is a freelance medical and science writer living in Bloomington, Ind.

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