Chair: OD Messina and W Lems

Members: G Adami, C Arguissain, N Binkley, J Carey, P Clark, F Cons Molina, A Cruz Priego, W Dankers, G Kluwak, JL Mansur, J Morales Torres, H Raterman, JJ Scali, LF Vidal Neira, M Vidal Wilman, L Zakraoui, C Zerbini

To review the impact of inflammation and treatments on bone health and to produce recommendations on the role of different treatments, including biological agents.

• The COFOSAR project: A cohort study of osteoporotic fractures in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
• Glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis and chronic inflammation of bone structure
• Osteoimmunology and bone protection in rheumatoid arthritis

1. Messina, O.D., et al., Chronic arthritides and bone structure: focus on rheumatoid arthritis—an update. Aging Clin Exp Res (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s40520-023-02432-9
2. Zerbini, C.A.F., Clark, P., Mendez-Sanchez, L. et al. Biologic therapies and bone loss in rheumatoid arthritis. Osteoporos Int 28, 429–446 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00198-016-3769-2