Mike Backhouse

100 participants recruited!

Huge thanks to all our participants and sites, we couldn’t do this without you.

Special thanks to Dorset Healthcare university NHS Trust for randomising the 100th participant—congratulations!

#BigTOETrial #ClinicalTrials #ResearchMatters @warwickmed.bsky.social

Calling all healthcare professionals who see people with #AxialSpondyloarthritis!

Please spare 2-3 minutes to complete this short survey to help us understand current practices when requesting MRIs for axSpA patients:

forms.cloud.microsoft/e/CQWu6e2LVy

Please share with colleagues!

Health Professionals Research Grant | EULAR

The @eular.org HPR Research Grant call is now open. Up to €45,000 available with a submission deadline of 23 October 2025 www.eular.org/health-profe...

Research posts on Bluesky are more original — and get better engagement Bluesky posts about science garner more likes and reposts than similar ones on X.

Interesting article here in @nature.com about greater engagement on Bluesky rather than X. Love the irony that there's a button to share it on Twitter (with bird logo) but not Bluesky 😂

EXPLORE-PsA Online surveys is a powerful, easy to use tool for creating online surveys. Run by Jisc, online surveys is used by over 300 different organisations in the UK...

Are you a rheumatologist or AHP who routinely sees or assess PsA patients?
Please consider filling in the EXPLORE-PsA survey (5-10mins).

Further info (and a link to the survey) is available from:
app.onlinesurveys.jisc.ac.uk/s/oxford/exp...

Over recent weeks I have heard about some trials struggling with the phenomenon known as “Lasagne’s Law.” I’ve flagged this issue before, but always good to revisit it and discuss what can be done to minimise it 1/7
#MethodologyMonday #121

Sharing this for the Southampton team....

Semaglutide and walking capacity in people with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and type 2 diabetes (STRIDE): a phase 3b, double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled trial Semaglutide increased walking distance in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and type 2 diabetes. Research implications include the need for future studies to further elucidate mechan...

This seems a big step forward.... Semaglutide increased walking distance in patients with symptomatic peripheral artery disease and type 2 diabetes

Research at the centre of UK health-care delivery to fix clinical academia Clinical academia is on a steep decline globally. In the UK, a 6% reduction in the number of clinical academics since 2012 has been reported, with the number of senior lecturer level researchers havin...

Great letter from Helena Marzo-Ortega here: Research at the centre of UK health-care delivery to fix clinical academia

Longitudinal risk of serious infections in patients with inflammatory arthritis on immunomodulating therapy compared to controls AbstractObjectives. To compare the risk of serious infection across time cohorts in patients with inflammatory arthritis (IA) initiating their first biolog

Serious infections in inflammatory arthritis: Are we making progress?🤔

Patients with #IA starting their first b/tsDMARD have 2x higher risk of serious infections as the general population

Has this changed over the last decade?

See #EditorChoice doi.org/10.1093/rap/...
@rheumatologyuk.bsky.social

📢 Calling all #physiotherapists working in/near rheumatology!
Do you treat or screen for inflammatory MSK conditions in your clinic?
💬 We need to hear your thoughts on the Rheumatology Physio Capabilities Framework (even if you have not yet used it)

🔗 buff.ly/ZPdmNXd

Great to see the British Society for Rheumatology's new Foot Health Guideline for people with inflammatory arthritis! full guideline, audit tool and (crucially) a podcast available here www.rheumatology.org.uk/guidelines
Thanks to everyone who helped with it

Rheumatology Advances in Practice is recruiting Associate Editors!

✅Lead peer review
✅Flexible (1-2 hrs/week)
✅Training provided
📅Apply by 7 Mar 2025

@rheumatologyuk.bsky.social

List of expertise needed www.rheumatology.org.uk/news/details...

Skype announces it will close in May The internet chat and phone service, which is owned by Microsoft, made the announcement on X.

I remember when Skype was the future.....

Foot osteoarthritis research: a bibliometric analysis To conduct a bibliographic analysis of English language, non-surgical research pertaining to foot osteoarthritis (OA).

Really interesting analysis of foot OA research by @hyltonmenz.bsky.social @hannanmt.bsky.social & team. Small numbers all round but not good that only 26% of papers focussed on evaluating treatments & 42% of all papers weren't funded.
Need more adequately funded trials in this common condition

Do you work on clinical trials?

We need your help to understand the challenges to designing & delivering greener trials. Only 30 responses so far but we can all have a say on this topic. Please take 10 minutes to tell us what you think tinyurl.com/GreenTrials

Please share across your networks

This sounds like an interesting piece of work in a PhD looking at plantar pressure measurement to reduce foot ulcers in diabetes. I'm not involved but contact c.scott9@edu.salford.ac.uk for more info

Now you will have to put your feet up over Christmas! Glad to hear you were well looked after 👍

YouTube video by EULAR What makes a successful EULAR 2025 Abstract: Insights from the Scientific Programme

Are you looking to submit an abstract to EULAR 2025 in Barcelona? Watch this great webinar by conference programme chair Christian Dejaco for tips and advice. Deadline 15th Jan

Still time to view and comment on our British Society for Rheumatology guideline on the management of foot health in people with inflammatory arthritis ahead of publication

#primarycare GPs, practice nurses, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, podiatrists etc, we want to hear your voices about #musculoskeletalpain in children and young people!
Online focus groups, ~1.5hrs, email in bio
NEXT GROUP 13th NOVEMBER