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Program: Scientific Session
General Topic: Pediatric

Charting the Path Forward: 2024 DRAFT Updates to ACR JIA Guidelines

Tuesday, October 28, 2025
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM Central Time

    Moderator(s)

  • Daniel Lovell, MD, MPH

    Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
    Cincinnati, OH, United States

    Disclosure(s): Bristol-Myers Squibb(BMS): Consultant (Ongoing); Janssen: Consultant (Ongoing); Pfizer: Consultant (Ongoing)

  • RV

    Richard Vehe, MD

    University of Minnesota
    Roseville, MN, United States

    Disclosure(s): No financial relationships with ineligible companies to disclose

This session will introduce draft updates to the ACR guidelines for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA), building upon the 2019 and 2021 guidelines. We will incorporate the latest evidence and expert consensus to refine recommendations across systemic JIA, non-systemic JIA, and JIA-associated uveitis. Attendees will gain insights into the rationale behind these updates and their implications for clinical practice.

Learning Objectives:

  • Identify and evaluate key updates in ACR treatment guidelines for systemic JIA, JIA-associated uveitis, and non-systemic JIA.
  • Apply updated evidence-based recommendations for the management of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) to improve patient outcomes in clinical practice.
  • Highlight gaps in current knowledge and potential areas for future research and updates to ACR JIA management guidelines.

Presentations:

  • 1:00 PM – 1:10 PM Central Time
    Laying the Foundation: Overview of the New ACR JIA Guidelines

    Speaker: Karen Onel, MD – HSS

  • 1:10 PM – 1:20 PM Central Time
    Systemic JIA Guideline Updates
  • 1:20 PM – 1:30 PM Central Time
    Non-Systemic JIA Guideline Updates

    Speaker: Daniel Horton, MD, MS – Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School

  • 1:30 PM – 1:40 PM Central Time
    JIA-Associated Uveitis Guideline Updates

    Speaker: Sheila Angeles-Han, MD, MSc – Cincinnati Children's Hospital