{"title":"Achievable but elusive: LLDAS and DORIS remission in clinical trials of belimumab","authors":"George Bertsias , Jinoos Yazdany","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00231-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00231-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 11","pages":"Pages e734-e735"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113576","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Ioannis Parodis MD , Julius Lindblom MD , Prof Roger A Levy MD , Margherita Zen MD , Nursen Cetrez MD , Alvaro Gomez MD , Shereen Oon MBBS , Christine Henning PharmD , Prof Munther Khamashta MD , Holly A Quasny PharmD , Deven Chauhan MSc , Prof Anca Askanase MD , Prof Ronald van Vollenhoven MD , Prof Mandana Nikpour MBBS
{"title":"Attainment of remission and low disease activity after treatment with belimumab in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: a post-hoc analysis of pooled data from five randomised clinical trials","authors":"Ioannis Parodis MD , Julius Lindblom MD , Prof Roger A Levy MD , Margherita Zen MD , Nursen Cetrez MD , Alvaro Gomez MD , Shereen Oon MBBS , Christine Henning PharmD , Prof Munther Khamashta MD , Holly A Quasny PharmD , Deven Chauhan MSc , Prof Anca Askanase MD , Prof Ronald van Vollenhoven MD , Prof Mandana Nikpour MBBS","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00162-0","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00162-0","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Disease remission or low disease activity are key treatment targets for patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Pivotal trials of belimumab were conducted before the introduction of these targets. In this study, we aimed to pool data across trials to assess attainment of remission and low disease activity in a large, racially and culturally diverse patient population with SLE.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this integrated post-hoc analysis, we pooled data from five phase 3 trials of belimumab (BLISS-76 [<span><span>NCT00410384</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>], BLISS-52 [<span><span>NCT00424476</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>], BLISS-NEA [<span><span>NCT01345253</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>], BLISS-SC [<span><span>NCT01484496</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>], and EMBRACE [<span><span>NCT01632241</span><svg><path></path></svg></span>]), in patients with active, autoantibody-positive SLE. Patients were randomly assigned to receive belimumab (10 mg/kg per month intravenously or 200 mg per week subcutaneously) or placebo, plus standard therapy. The proportion of patients with Definitions of Remission in SLE (DORIS) remission and lupus low disease activity state (LLDAS) were analysed every 4 weeks from week 4 to week 52 for belimumab versus placebo, using modified Poisson regression adjusted for trial variance, in all patients and in subgroups per baseline SLE Disease Activity Index-2000 score (<10 or ≥10); anti-double stranded DNA positivity (yes or no); low complement 3 (C3) or C4 levels (yes or no); anti-dsDNA positivity or low C3 or C4 levels (yes and no); prednisone-equivalent dose (≤7·5 mg per day or >7·5 mg per day); antimalarial use (yes or no); and by race (Black African ancestry or African American, Asian, Indigenous American, or White).</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>Data for 3086 patients (1869 in the belimumab group and 1217 in the placebo group) were analysed. 2913 (94%) of 3086 patients were women and 173 (6%) were men, and the median age was 36 years (IQR 28–45). The proportion of patients with DORIS remission was significantly higher in the belimumab group than the placebo group at weeks 28, 48, and 52 (week 52: 148 [8%] of 1869 participants <em>vs</em> 68 [6%] of 1217 participants; risk ratio 1·51 [95% CI 1·15–1·99]; p=0·0055). The proportion of patients who attained LLDAS was higher in the belimumab group than the placebo group at weeks 8, 24, 32–52 (week 52: 322 [17%] of 1869 participants <em>vs</em> 125 [10%] of 1217 participants; 1·74 [1·44–2·12]; p<0·0001). A higher proportion of patients had DORIS remission at week 52 in the belimumab group than the placebo group among all baseline subgroups denoting high disease activity, with the exception of those on a prednisone-equivalent dose higher than 7·5 mg per day in whom there was no difference for DORIS remission with belimumab versus placebo. The proportion of patients with LLDAS was signifi","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 11","pages":"Pages e751-e761"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-26","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142113577","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Suzanne Arends , Arjan Vissink , Frans G M Kroese , Gwenny M Verstappen , Hendrika Bootsma
{"title":"A future for prediction and treatment of Sjögren's disease-associated lymphomas","authors":"Suzanne Arends , Arjan Vissink , Frans G M Kroese , Gwenny M Verstappen , Hendrika Bootsma","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00228-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00228-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 10","pages":"Pages e658-e660"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056980","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karl Gisslander , Arthur White PhD , Louis Aslett PhD , Zdenka Hrušková MD PhD , Prof Peter Lamprecht MD , Prof Jacek Musiał MD PhD , Jamsheela Nazeer PhD , James Ng PhD , Prof Declan O'Sullivan PhD , Prof Xavier Puéchal MD PhD , Matthew Rutherford MD , Prof Mårten Segelmark MD PhD , Benjamin Terrier MD PhD , Prof Vladimir Tesař MD PhD , Michelangelo Tesi , Prof Augusto Vaglio MD PhD , Krzysztof Wójcik MD PhD , Prof Mark A Little MD PhD , Aladdin J Mohammad MD PhD , Zdenka Hruskova
{"title":"Data-driven subclassification of ANCA-associated vasculitis: model-based clustering of a federated international cohort","authors":"Karl Gisslander , Arthur White PhD , Louis Aslett PhD , Zdenka Hrušková MD PhD , Prof Peter Lamprecht MD , Prof Jacek Musiał MD PhD , Jamsheela Nazeer PhD , James Ng PhD , Prof Declan O'Sullivan PhD , Prof Xavier Puéchal MD PhD , Matthew Rutherford MD , Prof Mårten Segelmark MD PhD , Benjamin Terrier MD PhD , Prof Vladimir Tesař MD PhD , Michelangelo Tesi , Prof Augusto Vaglio MD PhD , Krzysztof Wójcik MD PhD , Prof Mark A Little MD PhD , Aladdin J Mohammad MD PhD , Zdenka Hruskova","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00187-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00187-5","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody (ANCA)-associated vasculitis is a heterogenous autoimmune disease. While traditionally stratified into two conditions, granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) and microscopic polyangiitis (MPA), the subclassification of ANCA-associated vasculitis is subject to continued debate. Here we aim to identify phenotypically distinct subgroups and develop a data-driven subclassification of ANCA-associated vasculitis, using a large real-world dataset.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In the collaborative data reuse project FAIRVASC (Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable, Vasculitis), registry records of patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis were retrieved from six European vasculitis registries: the Czech Registry of ANCA-associated vasculitis (Czech Republic), the French Vasculitis Study Group Registry (FVSG; France), the Joint Vasculitis Registry in German-speaking Countries (GeVas; Germany), the Polish Vasculitis Registry (POLVAS; Poland), the Irish Rare Kidney Disease Registry (RKD; Ireland), and the Skåne Vasculitis Cohort (Sweden). We performed model-based clustering of 17 mixed-type clinical variables using a parsimonious mixture of two latent Gaussian variable models. Clinical validation of the optimal cluster solution was made through summary statistics of the clusters' demography, phenotypic and serological characteristics, and outcome. The predictive value of models featuring the cluster affiliations were compared with classifications based on clinical diagnosis and ANCA specificity. People with lived experience were involved throughout the FAIRVASVC project.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>A total of 3868 patients diagnosed with ANCA-associated vasculitis between Nov 1, 1966, and March 1, 2023, were included in the study across the six registries (Czech Registry n=371, FVSG n=1780, GeVas n=135, POLVAS n=792, RKD n=439, and Skåne Vasculitis Cohort n=351). There were 2434 (62·9%) patients with GPA and 1434 (37·1%) with MPA. Mean age at diagnosis was 57·2 years (SD 16·4); 2006 (51·9%) of 3867 patients were men and 1861 (48·1%) were women. We identified five clusters, with distinct phenotype, biochemical presentation, and disease outcome. Three clusters were characterised by kidney involvement: one severe kidney cluster (555 [14·3%] of 3868 patients) with high C-reactive protein (CRP) and serum creatinine concentrations, and variable ANCA specificity (SK cluster); one myeloperoxidase (MPO)-ANCA-positive kidney involvement cluster (782 [20·2%]) with limited extrarenal disease (MPO-K cluster); and one proteinase 3 (PR3)-ANCA-positive kidney involvement cluster (683 [17·7%]) with widespread extrarenal disease (PR3-K cluster). Two clusters were characterised by relative absence of kidney involvement: one was a predominantly PR3-ANCA-positive cluster (1202 [31·1%]) with inflammatory multisystem disease (IMS cluster), and one was a cluster (646 [16·7%]) with predominantl","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 11","pages":"Pages e762-e770"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056981","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Andreas V Goules PhD , Loukas Chatzis PhD , Vasilis C Pezoulas PhD , Markos Patsouras PhD , Prof Clio Mavragani PhD , Prof Luca Quartuccio PhD , Prof Chiara Baldini PhD , Prof Salvatore De Vita PhD , Prof Dimitrios I Fotiadis PhD , Prof Athanasios G Tzioufas PhD
{"title":"Identification and evolution of predictors of Sjögren's disease-associated mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma development over time: a case-control study","authors":"Andreas V Goules PhD , Loukas Chatzis PhD , Vasilis C Pezoulas PhD , Markos Patsouras PhD , Prof Clio Mavragani PhD , Prof Luca Quartuccio PhD , Prof Chiara Baldini PhD , Prof Salvatore De Vita PhD , Prof Dimitrios I Fotiadis PhD , Prof Athanasios G Tzioufas PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00183-8","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00183-8","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Non-Hodgkin lymphomas have a substantial impact on individuals with Sjögren's disease. This study focuses on mucosal-associated lymphoid tissue (MALT) lymphomas, which constitute the majority of Sjögren's disease-associated non-Hodgkin lymphomas. We aimed to identify reliable lymphoma predictors in patients with Sjögren's disease and study their progression over time.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>In this case-control study, patients diagnosed with Sjögren's disease-associated MALT lymphoma, with a minimum of 3 years between Sjögren's disease diagnosis and MALT lymphoma diagnosis, were included from three centres specialising in Sjögren's disease (University of Athens, Athens, Greece; University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; and University of Udine, Udine, Italy) and matched 1:1 with control participants with Sjögren's disease who did not have lymphoma according to age, sex, disease duration at last follow up, and treatment modality. Three harmonised datasets were constructed, curated, and analysed to identify MALT lymphoma predictors, representing three distinct timepoints in lymphomagenesis progression: V1 at Sjögren's disease diagnosis, V2 3–4 years before lymphoma diagnosis, and V3 0·5–1·5 years before lymphoma diagnosis. All recruited patients fulfilled the 2016 American College of Rheumatology–European League Against Rheumatism criteria for Sjögren's disease. The primary outcome was to identify MALT lymphoma predictors in Sjögren's disease, present at the timepoint of Sjögren's disease diagnosis and 3–4 years before the diagnosis of MALT lymphoma. A fast correlation-based feature selection and logistic regression model was used at V1 and V2 to identify MALT lymphoma predictors. The progression of potential predictors was studied across V1, V2, and V3. Histological parameters were not included in the analysis. An individual with lived experience of Sjögren's disease was involved in the study design.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>80 patients with Sjögren's disease-associated MALT lymphoma were included in the V1 dataset, 68 in the V2 dataset, and 80 in the V3 dataset, and matched to control participants with Sjögren's disease who did not have lymphoma. In both groups, 72 (90%) of 80 participants were women and eight (10%) were men. The mean age at Sjögren's disease diagnosis was 48·6 years (SD 11·6) in the lymphoma group and 48·7 years (11·5) in the control group. All patients were White, with 88 (55%) of 160 individuals of Greek nationality and 72 (45%) of Italian nationality. At the V1 timepoint, rheumatoid factor was the only independent lymphoma predictor (odds ratio 3·33 [95% CI 1·96–5·64]). At the V2 timepoint, rheumatoid factor (3·66 [95% CI 2·08–6·42]) and European League Against Rheumatism Sjögren's Syndrome Disease Activity Index ≥5 (3·88 [1·69–8·90]) were identified as independent lymphoma risk factors. The high disease activity during the transition from the V1 to V2 timepoint was attributed to ","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 10","pages":"Pages e693-e702"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056982","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Treatment modalities of marginal zone lymphoma and overall survival, haematological response, and underlying Sjögren's disease activity: a multicentre, retrospective, observational study","authors":"Juliette Rocca MD , Maxime Beydon MD , Véronique Le Guern MD , Prof Eric Hachulla PhD , Marion Couderc MD , Sandrine Jousse-Joulin MD , Prof Valérie Devauchelle-Pensec PhD , Prof Jacques-Eric Gottenberg PhD , Prof Olivier Vittecoq PhD , Christian Lavigne MD PhD , Jean Schmidt MD PhD , Claire Larroche MD , Prof Xavier Mariette PhD , Prof Raphaèle Seror PhD , Prof Gaetane Nocturne PhD","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00198-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00198-X","url":null,"abstract":"<div><h3>Background</h3><div>Sjögren's disease is the autoimmune disease with the highest risk of lymphoma development. There is no consensus on the optimal way to manage Sjögren's disease complicated by lymphoma. We aimed to describe characteristics, therapeutic strategies, and outcomes of non-Hodgkin lymphoma associated with Sjögren's disease, and their effect on lymphoma and Sjögren's disease prognoses.</div></div><div><h3>Methods</h3><div>We did a multicentre, retrospective, observational study including patients with Sjögren's disease according to the 2016 American College of Rheumatology–European League Against Rheumatism criteria who did not fulfil diagnostic criteria for other connective tissue diseases. We included patients with a lymphoma diagnosis made before Jan 1, 2020, from two expert centres in Paris (France); from the French, multicentre, prospective Assessment of Systemic Signs and Evolution of Sjögren's Syndrome cohort; and via practitioners registered with the Club Rhumatismes et Inflammation. Using inverse probability of treatment weighting, the effect of lymphoma treatment was compared in relation to three endpoints: lymphoma progression-free survival, new Sjögren's disease systemic activity, and overall survival. Exploratory analyses also aimed to identify factors associated with lymphoma relapse, new Sjögren's disease systemic activity, and overall survival. People with lived experience were not involved in this research.</div></div><div><h3>Findings</h3><div>106 patients with Sjögren's disease who developed lymphoma were included in the study. The most frequent histological subtype was mucosa-associated lymphoid tissue lymphoma (68 [64%] of 106 patients), followed by other marginal zone subtypes (14 [13%] of 106 patients) and diffuse large B-cell lymphoma (14 [13%] of 106 patients). Among the 82 patients with marginal zone lymphoma (72 [88%] women and ten (12%) men; mean age at lymphoma diagnosis 57·5 years [SD 14·8]), multivariable analysis showed that pulmonary localisation was associated with mortality (hazard ratio [HR] 7·92 [95% CI 1·70–37·0]). A watch and wait approach was proposed in 19 (23%) of 82 patients with marginal zone lymphoma, 13 (16%) had first-line localised treatment (surgery or radiotherapy), and 50 (61%) had first-line systemic treatment. After a median follow-up of 7 years, 26 patients (32%) had lymphoma relapse, nine (11%) died, and 27 (33%) had new Sjögren's disease systemic activity. After inverse probability of treatment weighting, patients with systemic treatment at lymphoma diagnosis had a reduced risk of new Sjögren's disease activity (HR 0·43 [95% CI 0·21–0·90]). When comparing patients treated with a combination of chemotherapy and anti-CD20 therapy (n=32) with patients treated with monotherapy (n=18) as a first-line therapy for lymphoma, lymphoma-progression-free survival was improved in patients treated with combination therapy (HR 0·36 [95% CI 0·14–0·94]). The were no differences in new Sj","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 10","pages":"Pages e703-e712"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-22","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142056984","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Advancing research and equity through collaboration","authors":"The Lancet Rheumatology","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00245-5","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00245-5","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 9","pages":"Page e587"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-19","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142013123","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Grégoire Martin de Frémont , Jane E Salmon , Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau
{"title":"Pregnancy outcome predictors in systemic lupus erythematosus: prospective for brighter perspectives","authors":"Grégoire Martin de Frémont , Jane E Salmon , Nathalie Costedoat-Chalumeau","doi":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00184-X","DOIUrl":"10.1016/S2665-9913(24)00184-X","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":48540,"journal":{"name":"Lancet Rheumatology","volume":"6 10","pages":"Pages e654-e655"},"PeriodicalIF":15.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-14","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141996715","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}