PROGRAM

SECOND EULAR COURSE ON SYSTEMIC LUPUS ERYTHEMATOSUS
San Miniato, Italy – September 4 – 9, 2005
PROGRAM

SUNDAY 4 SEPTEMBER 2005
17.30-18.00 S. Bombardieri Presentation of the Course
18.00-19.00 G.R.V. Hughes Lupus in 2005. Success and failure.
MONDAY 5 SEPTEMBER 2005
  Pharmacodynamics and pharmacokinetics of traditional and new drugs in SLE
08.30-08.50 M. Del Tacca Introduction
08.50-09.20 R. Danesi Pharmacogenomics: a key for understanding drugs response in SLE
09.50-10.20 G. Ferraccioli Pharmacogenomics and SLE: the example of Methotrexate and Azatioprine
10.20-10.50 M. Cutolo

Corticosteroids and SLE

10.50-11.15   Break
11.15-11.45 F. Houssiau Cyclophosphamide and SLE
11.45-12.15 A. Doria Mycophenolate mofetil and SLE
12.15-12.45 P.L. Meroni Statins, anticoagulant and antithrombotic drugs
  Therapy of SLE: safety
14.30-15.00 O. Di Munno Drug therapy and osteoporosis in SLE
15.00-15.30 A.G. Tzioufas Drug therapy and prevention of infertility in SLE
15.30-16.00 A. Tincani Drug therapy and toxicity in pregnancy and lactation in SLE
16.00-16.30 G. Valesini Drugs interactions in SLE
16.30- 17.00 A. Tyndall Stem cell transplantation in SLE and other autoimmune diseases
TUESDAY 6 SEPTEMBER 2005
  Kidney involvement
08.30-09.00 J. Berden Role of anti-chromatin autoantibodies in the pathogenesis of lupus nephritis
09.00-09.30 P. Migliorini Other pathogenetic antibodies in lupus nephritis
  Clinical picture and monitoring:
09.30-10.00 C. Ponticelli

Histological and clinical features of lupus nephritis

10.00-10.30 G. Moroni

Optimizing the clinical monitoring of lupus nephritis and evaluation of prognostic factors in lupus nephritis

10.30-11.00 D. Boumpas Therapeutic algorhytms in lupus nephritis
11.00-11.30   Break
11.30-13.00   Discussion of clinical cases
  Particular issues
14.30-15.00 M.A. Khamashta Pregnancy and SLE
15.00-15.30 F. Conti Vaccination in SLE
15.30-16.00 C.M. Montecucco Fever and SLE
16.00-16.30 M. Mosca Undifferentiated connective tissue diseases
WEDNESDAY 7 SEPTEMBER 2005
  CNS involvement
08.30-09.00 G. Riemekasten Pathogenesis of central nervous system involvement in SLE
  Clinical pictures:
09.00-09.30 J.C. Piette

Neurological manifestations of CNS involvement in SLE

09.30-10.00 D. D’Cruz

Fatigue and psychiatric manifestations in SLE.

10.00-10.30 M. Govoni

Optimizing the diagnosis and the clinical monitoring of CNS involvement in SLE

10.30-11.00 T. Huizinga

Therapeutic algorhytms of neurological involvement in SLE.

11.00-11.30  

Break

11.30-13.00   Discussion of clinical cases
Afternoon   FREE
THURSDAY 8 SEPTEMBER 2005
  Therapy of SLE: From bench to the bedside
09.00-10.00 J. Kalden: Pathogenesis as a clue for targeted therapies for SLE
10.00-10.30 M. Aringer Prospects of biological therapies in SLE
10.30-11.00 J.S. Smolen Rituximab, CTLA4-Ig and peptide treatment in SLE
11.00-11.30   Break
11.30-12.00 M. Galeazzi Causes of death in SLE
12.00-12.45 R.J.T. Smeenk Autoantibodies in clinical practice in SLE patients
  Skin manifestation
14.30-15.00 R. Rondinone

Diagnosis and differential diagnosis of cutaneous involvement in SLE

15.00-15.30 A. Kuhn

Treatment of cutaneous involvement in SLE

15.30-17.00   Discussion of clinical cases
FRIDAY 9 SEPTEMBER 2005
  Measures to assess and monitoring a patient with SLE and response to therapy:
   creation of a data base for SLE patients
08.30-09.00 S. Bombardieri

The evaluation of patients with SLE

09.00-09.30 C. Gordon The assessment of quality of life in SLE
09.30-10.00 M. Schneider Development of a responder Index for SLE
10.00-10.30 K. Manger Diagnostic factors
10.30-11.00 M. Liang The core set variables to monitor patients with SLE
11.00-11.30   Break
11.30-12.00 R. Cervera Haematological manifestations of SLE
12.00-12.45 Y. Shoenfeld Atherosclerosis and autoimmunity: the example of SLE
Afternoon  


14.30-15.00   Report of the results of a questionnaire on renal involvement
15.00-15.30   Report of the results of a questionnaire on cutaneous involvement
15.30-16.00   Report of the results of a questionnaire on neurological involvement

Credits and departures


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