https://rheumatologydigest.org/tags/prognosis/Recent content in Prognosis on Rheumatology DigestHugoen-usWed, 01 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0530https://rheumatologydigest.org/posts/joint-pattern-ra-treatment-response/Wed, 01 Jul 2026 05:00:00 +0530https://rheumatologydigest.org/posts/joint-pattern-ra-treatment-response/A combined individual-patient-data analysis of the NORD-STAR and BeSt trials shows that where early RA is distributed carries prognostic signal: hand-dominant disease (JIP-Hand) predicts better treatment response and polyarthritis (JIP-Poly) worse — independent of sex and serology, and equally across csDMARDs and bDMARDs, with ACPA/RF showing no association with short-term activity response.