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The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis (2025)
Journal Article
Biddle, K., Jade, J., Wilson-Morkeh, H., Adikari, M., Yaghchi, C. A., Anastasa, Z., Basu, N., Brogan, P., Chanouzas, D., Dass, S., D'Cruz, D., Del Pero, M. M., Dhillon, E., Ducker, G., Griffin, S., Hollick, R. J., Jackson, D., King, C., Marlais, M., Mason, A., …Harper, L. (in press). The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology, Article keaf240. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf240

ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) is comprised of three specific conditions: granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) and eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA). Since the publication of the last British Soc... Read More about The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Executive summary: The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis (2025)
Journal Article
Biddle, K., Jade, J., Wilson-Morkeh, H., Adikari, M., Al Yaghchi, C., Anastasa, Z., Basu, N., Brogan, P., Chanouzas, D., Dass, S., D'Cruz, D., Martinez Del Pero, M., Dhillon, E., Ducker, G., Griffin, S., Hollick, R. J., Jackson, D., King, C., Marlais, M., Mason, A., …Ciurtin, C. (in press). Executive summary: The 2025 British Society for Rheumatology management recommendations for ANCA-associated vasculitis. Rheumatology, Article keaf242. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf242

Key features of effective yoga interventions in addition to standard medical treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2025)
Journal Article
Biswas, I., Kaur, J., Pearce, F., Lewis, S., & Chattopadhyay, K. (2025). Key features of effective yoga interventions in addition to standard medical treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. ACR Open Rheumatology, 7(5), Article e70054. https://doi.org/10.1002/acr2.70054

Objective: This systematic review aimed to synthesise the content, structure, and delivery characteristics of effective yoga interventions in addition to standard medical treatment for rheumatoid arthritis (RA).

Methods: JBI guidelines were follow... Read More about Key features of effective yoga interventions in addition to standard medical treatment for rheumatoid arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

Patient perspectives on the impact of appearance and weight changes attributed to systemic glucocorticoid treatment of rheumatic diseases (2025)
Journal Article
Lax, S. J., Dures, E., Bridgewater, S., Silverthorne, C. A., Lowndes, V., Richards, P., Ferreira, A., Shepherd, M. A., Dawson, J., Hill, C., Goodman, S., Mackie, S. L., Ndosi, M., Pearce, F. A., & Robson, J. C. (2025). Patient perspectives on the impact of appearance and weight changes attributed to systemic glucocorticoid treatment of rheumatic diseases. Rheumatology, 64(6), 3854–3862. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaf121

Objective

To explore patients’ perspectives on the impact of appearance changes attributed to glucocorticoid treatment.

Methods

A secondary inductive thematic analysis was conducted of the ‘Steroid PRO’ semi-structured interviews with patien... Read More about Patient perspectives on the impact of appearance and weight changes attributed to systemic glucocorticoid treatment of rheumatic diseases.

Impact of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody positivity on infection and hospitalisation rates in immunosuppressed populations during the omicron period: the MELODY study (2025)
Journal Article
Mumford, L., Hogg, R., Taylor, A., Lanyon, P., Bythell, M., McPhail, S., Chilcot, J., Powter, G., Cooke, G. S., Ward, H., Thomas, H., McAdoo, S. P., Lightstone, L., Lim, S. H., Pettigrew, G. J., Pearce, F. A., & Willicombe, M. (2025). Impact of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody positivity on infection and hospitalisation rates in immunosuppressed populations during the omicron period: the MELODY study. Lancet, 405(10475), 314-328. https://doi.org/10.1016/S0140-6736%2824%2902560-1

Background: In the UK, booster COVID-19 vaccinations have been recommended biannually to people considered immune vulnerable. We investigated, at a population level, whether the absence of detectable anti-SARS-CoV-2 spike protein IgG antibody (anti-S... Read More about Impact of SARS-CoV-2 spike antibody positivity on infection and hospitalisation rates in immunosuppressed populations during the omicron period: the MELODY study.

A meta-analysis and systematic review of the use of transition tools for patients transitioning from paediatric to adult rheumatology services (2024)
Journal Article
Griffin, K., Pearce, F., & Packham, J. (2024). A meta-analysis and systematic review of the use of transition tools for patients transitioning from paediatric to adult rheumatology services. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(4), Article rkae130. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkae130

Introduction: Transition from paediatric to adult care can be challenging, but transition tools are designed to increase successful rates of transfer.
Objectives: Conduct a meta-analysis and systematic review into the use of transition tools on tran... Read More about A meta-analysis and systematic review of the use of transition tools for patients transitioning from paediatric to adult rheumatology services.

Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s phenomenon, Sjögren’s syndrome, and scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews (2024)
Journal Article
Chen, A., Lax, S. J., Grainge, M. J., Lanyon, P. C., & Pearce, F. A. (2024). Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s phenomenon, Sjögren’s syndrome, and scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 8(3), Article rkae086. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkae086

Objectives:

To comprehensively review systematic reviews of prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Raynaud’s, Sjögren’s, and Scleroderma, and to identify any research gaps.

Methods:

An umbrella review of English language systematic review... Read More about Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s phenomenon, Sjögren’s syndrome, and scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.

Antibody response to four doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an observational study (2023)
Journal Article
Gumber, L., Jackson, H., Gomez, N., Hopkins, G., Tucis, D., Chakravorty, M., Tighe, P., Grainge, M. J., Rutter, M., Ferraro, A., Power, S., Pradère, M.-J., Lanyon, P. C., Pearce, F. A., & Fairclough, L. (2023). Antibody response to four doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an observational study. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 7(3), Article rkad097. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rkad097

Objective: Antibody responses to coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19) vaccines are reduced among immunocompromised patients but are not well quantified among people with rare disease. We conducted an observational study to evaluate the antibody respon... Read More about Antibody response to four doses of SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases: an observational study.

Long-term outcomes (beyond 5 years) of liver transplant recipients - a transatlantic multicentre study (2023)
Journal Article
Palaniyappan, N., Peach, E., Pearce, F., Dhaliwal, A., Campos-Varela, I., Cant, M. R., Dopazo, C., Trotter, J., Divani-Patel, S., AZ Hatta, A., Hopkins, L., Testa, G., Bilbao, A., Kasmani, Z., Faloon, S., Mirza, D. F., Klintmalm, G. B., Bilbao, I., Asrani, S. K., Rajoriya, N., & Aravinthan, A. D. (2024). Long-term outcomes (beyond 5 years) of liver transplant recipients - a transatlantic multicentre study. Liver Transplantation, 30(2), 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1097/LVT.0000000000000244

The long-term (>5 year) outcomes following liver transplantation (LT) have not been extensively reported. The aim was to evaluate outcomes of LT recipients who have survived the first 5 years. A
multicentre retrospective analysis of prospectively... Read More about Long-term outcomes (beyond 5 years) of liver transplant recipients - a transatlantic multicentre study.