2013

OSTEORHEUMATOLOGY 2013

International Congress on Bone Involvement in Arthritis
October 14th – 15th 2013 - Genoa

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SYMPOSIUM:
UPDATES ON THE TREATMENT OF OSTEOPOROSIS AND OSTEOARTHRITIS

Chairmen: Gerolamo Bianchi – Andrea Giusti

 

FIRST SESSION

GENERAL LECTURES
Chairmen: Gerolamo Bianchi, Maurizio Cutolo

  • Osteopenia: a diagnostic and therapeutic challenge – Piet Geusens
  • Overview of bone remodeling in arthritis – Steven Goldring
  • Pathogenesis of pain and the effect of treatment in osteoarthritis – Marta Favero
  • Management of osteoporosis with iv bisphosphonates – Andrea Giusti
  • Jak-Stat pathway: a new therapeutic target in RA -Marco Matucci Cerinic

 

SECOND SESSION

BONE INVOLVEMENT IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS
Chairmen: Steven Goldring, Luigi Sinigaglia

  • The role of the Wnt and BMP pathways in the spondyloarthropathies – Rik Lories
  • Enthesitis: inflammation-bone interphase – Peggy Jacques
  • How to predict and to retard development of structural damage in the spine in patients with ankylosing spondylitis? – Denis Poddubny
  • The comparison of peripheral involvement in SpA vs. RA vs. PsA. – Xenofon Baralia

THIRD SESSION THERAPEUTIC OPTIONS
Chairmen: Gerolamo Bianchi, Luigi Sinigaglia

  • Early diagnosis and tight control: the key to therapeutic efficacy – Roberto Caporali
  • Update on methotrexate treatment for RA – Rosaria Talarico
  • Head to head studies of biologic treatments for RA – Ennio Giulio Favalli
  • Tailored patient approach for rheumatic diseases – Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini
  • Goal-directed treatment in osteoporosis – Sandro Giannini
  • Biologic treatments for osteoporosis – Socrates Papapoulosko

FOURTH SESSION BONE INVOLVEMENT IN OSTEOARTHRITIS
Chairmen: Piet Geusens, Georg Schett

  • Chondrocyte and cartilagemetabolism in OA – Mary Goldring
  • Osteoarthritis: a bone disease? – Gabriel Herrero-Beaumont
  • Vertebral endplate MRI signal and spine OA – Francois Rannou
  • New treatments for OA – Xavier Chevalier
  • Discussion

FIFTH SESSION BONE INVOLVEMENT IN RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS
Chairmen: Gerolamo Bianchi, Willem Lems

  • Mechanisms, diagnosis and treatment of bone erosions in RA – Georg Schett
  • Assessment of bone erosions in RA: CT – Stephanie Finzel
  • Assessment of bone erosions in RA: MRI – Mikkel Ostergaard
  • Assessment of bone erosions in RA: US – Oscar Epis
  • The relationship between joint space narrowing and erosions in RA – Willem Lems
  • The disconnection between disease activity and joint damage: a therapeutic challenge – Orazio De Lucia
  • Discussion
  • Closing remarks