The 70th Aix-les-Bains Rheumatology Week was a resounding success

This 70th anniversary of the Aix les Bains Rheumatology Week took place over three days, from March 26 to 28, 2025, with a large number of participants (230 registrations) as well as great attendance from all, allowing for very enriching exchanges throughout the various round tables, interspersed with interactive sessions.

The congress was chaired with excellence by Professor Philippe Gaudin of Grenoble, accompanied by the director of the Rheumatology Congress of Aix les Bains, Dr. Romain Forestier.

We had the honor and the pleasure of counting on the presence and participation of a large number of professionals, young and old.

The various medical specialties related to the musculoskeletal system, with extensive experience either at hospital level or in private practice, have made it possible, within an innovative and didactic scientific environment, to contribute to the training of interns, in addition to updating through the sharing of the most significant and convincing data to date, specific to each musculoskeletal system specialty.

The Scientific Committee, composed of Athan BAILLET (Grenoble) / Roland CHAPURLAT (Lyon) / Cyrille CONFAVREUX (Lyon) / Axel FINCKH (Geneva) / René-Marc FLIPO (Lille) / Philippe GAUDIN (Grenoble) / Hubert MAROTTE (Saint-Etienne) / Dominique SARAGAGLIA (Grenoble) / Jacques TEBIB (Lyon) / Thierry THOMAS (Saint-Etienne) / Daniel WENDLING (Besançon) awarded five research prizes to the 5 best research projects carried out by rheumatology interns.

1st – Benoît GILBERT from Geneva: The intestinal microbiota in the pre-clinical phases of rheumatoid arthritis.

2nd – Frédéric MEYER from Besançon: Impact of preclinical IL-17A blockade on intestinal alterations linked to inflammatory rheumatism: study on the adjuvant-induced arthritis model

3rd – Arthur DOLLINGER from Besançon: Kinetics of inflammation and hepatic fibrosis and effect of early treatment with anti-IL17A in the adjuvant-induced arthritis model

4th – Morgane RIGAUD from Toulouse: Effectiveness of a personalized physical training program on disease activity and aerobic capacity in axial spondyloarthritis: results of a randomized controlled study (PEPS).

5th – Julie TEILLET from Reims: Evaluation of compliance with methotrexate in patients with psoriatic rheumatism and psoriasis according to METU