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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: Clinical

GLP1 Agonists in Rheumatic Disease and Osteoarthritis: Should We Give Them to Everyone?

Monday, October 27, 2025
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM Central Time
CE: 1.5

    Moderator(s)

  • MJ

    Matlock Jeffries, MD, FACP, FACR

    Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Oklahoma City, OK, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Nancy Lane, MD, BA

    University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
    Hillsborough, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Merck: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Novartis: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Novo Nordisk: Consultant (Ongoing)

    • Session Coordinator(s)

  • MJ

    Matlock Jeffries, MD, FACP, FACR

    Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation
    Oklahoma City, OK, United States

    Disclosure information not submitted.

  • Nancy Lane, MD, BA

    University of California at Davis, School of Medicine
    Hillsborough, California, United States

    Disclosure(s): Merck: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Novartis: Advisor or Review Panel Member (Ongoing); Novo Nordisk: Consultant (Ongoing)

This session will review the latest data from both basic science and clinical perspectives regarding the potential use of GLP1 agonist medications in the treatment of osteoarthritis.

Learning Objectives:

  • Discuss the pharmacosurveillance evidence for GLP1 agonist effects and risks
  • Differentiate anti-obesity and anti-inflammatory effects of GLP1 drugs
  • Appraise the evidence for and against GLP1 drugs in clinical knee OA

Presentations:

  • 10:00 AM - 10:30 AM Central Time
    GLP1 Agonists in Knee Osteoarthritis: A Clinical Revolution?

    Speaker: C. Thomas Appleton, MD, PhD, FRCPC – Western University

  • 10:30 AM - 11:00 AM Central Time
    GLP1 Agonists in Osteoarthritis: Preclinical Studies

    Speaker: Francis Berenbaum, MD, PhD – Sorbonne University - Saint-Antoine hospital