5:35pm - 6:35pm GMT+9
Sunday 29 August
Evening Symposium
ILD in focus: Time to prioritize the lung in Rheumatoid Arthritis
Major topics will include the burden, prevalence, screening, monitoring and treatment of interstitial lung disease (ILD) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, as well as clinical data for nintedanib in this setting. The symposium will comprise a brief introduction, followed by three separate presentations.
Chair: Prof Masataka Kuwana, Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, Japan
Exploring the burden of ILD in RA
Prof Masataka Kuwana
Nippon Medical School in Tokyo, Japan
Diagnosis and monitoring of RA-ILD
Prof Yutaka Kawahito
Kyoto Prefectural University of Medicine and head of the Department of Inflammation and Immunology, Japan
ILD in rheumatoid arthritis – challenges in daily clinical practice
Prof Gerd R. Burmester
Universitätsmedizin Berlin Humboldt University and Free University, Germany