[Effectiveness, therapeutic maintenance and reasons for stopping tocilizumab (TCZ): A retrospective and monocentric study in 88 patients followed for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) at the Reims university hospital].

Objective: Study the therapeutic maintenance, efficacy and reasons for tocilizumab stop in daily practice.

Patients And Methods: A monocentric, retrospective study of patients treated for rheumatoid arthritis who received at least one TCZ infusion between January 2009 and December 2015. Therapeutic maintenance was evaluated using the Kaplan-Meier method.

[Efficacy and safety of ustekinumab in psoriatic arthritis after anti-TNFα failure in routine practice].

Purpose: Evaluation of effectiveness and safety of ustekinumab in psoriatic arthritis after anti-TNFα failure.

Methods: We conducted a retrospective and monocentric study. The evaluation of articular and cutaneous effectiveness by the patient was made with numeric scale and satisfaction scale and by the physician during a rhumatological-dermatological consultation.

Achilles tendinitis in systemic lupus erythematosus: search for an associated inflammatory disease.

Objectives: Except for traumatic and iatrogenic causes, Achilles tendinitis (AT) is mostly encountered in the context of inflammatory rheumatic diseases. This study aimed to describe AT in systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE).

Patients And Methods: Among 158 SLE patients who fulfilled the SLE criteria of the ACR classification followed between 1980 and 2013, we selected those who experienced at least one episode of AT not caused by traumatic or toxicity factors.