A research team at Yale School of Medicine successfully treated a person with disfiguring sarcoidosis with Xeljanz (tofacitinib) — an existing approved treatment against rheumatoid arthritis — resulting in a near-complete disappearance of skin lesions. The findings were published in the New England Journal of Medicine in an…

After the U.S. Food and Drug Administration accepted aTyr Pharma‘s investigational new drug application for ATYR1923, the company announced it will initiate a Phase 1b/2a clinical trial in patients with pulmonary sarcoidosis. The company will collaborate with the Foundation for Sarcoidosis Research (FSR) for the…

Low levels of white blood cells in the blood — a condition known as lymphopaenia — could be a useful, noninvasive biomarker for the diagnosis of ocular sarcoidosis, a study reports. The study, “Lymphopaenia as a predictor of sarcoidosis in patients with a first episode of uveitis,”…

More studies describing symptoms and disease severity in people with sarcoidosis and psoriasis are urgently needed to understand how the diseases may increase the risk of other medical conditions, a cross-sectional study says. “Examining the epidemiology of coincident psoriasis and sarcoidosis: An observational cross-sectional study,” was published in the…

Researchers have reported a new case of cutaneous sarcoidosis in a Finnish woman previously treated for Hodgkin’s lymphoma — a type of blood cancer — noting that sarcoidosis development after lymphoma may be underreported. These insights were highlighted in a correspondence titled “Cutaneous sarcoidosis after Hodgkin…

Treatment with Rituxan (rituximab) provided marked disease remission and was well-tolerated by three patients with refractory neurosarcoidosis, according to a new case report. The study, “Successful therapy with rituximab in three patients with probable neurosarcoidosis,” was published in the journal Therapeutic Advances in Neurological…

Adalimumab — marketed by (Abbvie) as Humira  — can help treat patients with verrucous sarcoidosis — a rare type of cutaneous (skin) sarcoidosis — associated with human papillomavirus (HPV) infection, according to a new case report. The study, “Chronic verrucous sarcoidosis associated with human papillomavirus infection:…

Cardiac arrhythmias are increasing among sarcoidosis patients, and they are linked with higher hospital admission and mortality rates, a U.S. patient population study finds. These results, published in the study, “The burden of cardiac arrhythmias in sarcoidosis: a population-based inpatient analysis,” highlight the need for timely diagnosis…

The presence of certain types of bacteria, specifically gram-negative bacteria other than Pseudomonas aeruginosa, increases the risk of death, admission to an intensive care unit (ICU), and the need for vasopressors in patients with sarcoidosis or other interstitial lung diseases (ILD) who are hospitalized, a study…

A 49-year-old woman in Australia was simultaneously diagnosed with a rare case of cutaneous sarcoidosis and recurrent metastatic breast cancer, according to a case report. The study “Concurrent diagnoses of cutaneous sarcoidosis and recurrent metastatic breast cancer: more than a coincidental occurrence?” was published in the journal…