Axial Spondyloarthritis Treatment Recommendations in 2024: Where Are We Now?

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  • Sherry Rohekar, BSc, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Clin. Epi) Western University, London, Ontario

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https://doi.org/10.58931/crt.2024.1252

Abstract

As 2024 continues to evolve, so do treatment recommendations for the management of spondyloarthritis (SpA), including ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA). From a Canadian perspective, we eagerly await the publication of the Canadian Rheumatology Association (CRA)/Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada (SPARCC) Living Treatment Recommendations for the Management of Axial Spondyloarthritis (axSpA), currently in press. Until these recommendations for axSpA treatment with a Canadian perspective arrive  – where are we now?

Author Biography

Sherry Rohekar, BSc, MD, FRCPC, MSc (Clin. Epi), Western University, London, Ontario

Dr. Sherry Rohekar completed medical school at the University of Western Ontario, and then went on to train in general internal medicine at Queen’s University and rheumatology at the University of Toronto. She also has a Master’s of Clinical Epidemiology from UWO. She is now an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Rheumatology at UWO. Her research and clinical interest is spondyloarthritis, including ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis. She is currently on the executive committee the SPondyloArthritis Research Consortium of Canada, and member of the International Psoriasis and Arthritis Research Team, the Group for Research and Assessment of Psoriasis and Psoriatic Arthritis and the SPondyloArthritis Research & Treatment Network.

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2024-09-17

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Rohekar S. Axial Spondyloarthritis Treatment Recommendations in 2024: Where Are We Now?. Can Rheumatol Today [Internet]. 2024 Sep. 17 [cited 2024 Nov. 14];1(2):41–46. Available from: https://canadianrheumatologytoday.com/article/view/1-2-Rohekar

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