Year in Review: Gout Clinical Research

Abstract

Gout is a prevalent and burdensome condition despite the advances in our knowledge of its underlying mechanisms, prevention, and treatment. There is still work to be done to elucidate relevant questions that could lead to better patient care. This conference report summarizes eight impactful publications which inform and improve clinical care in gout from October 2021 to October 2022. The articles we present here address innovative management approaches, the use of serum urate as a surrogate marker, the occurrence of complications such as cardiovascular events and lower extremity amputation, the evaluation of mortality in patients with chronic kidney disease and gout, the effect of intensive serum urate control on radiographic outcomes, and the impact of COVID-19 infection in patients with gout. The conclusions reached by these publications are noteworthy. Some of them are potentially practice-changing, and all provide exciting follow-up questions.