{"title":"Fever, low back pain and skin ulcerations.","authors":"Linrong He, Yongpeng Ge, Xiaoming Shu","doi":"10.1136/ard-2024-225662","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2024-225662","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1389"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140179244","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}
Huai Leng Pisaniello, Susan Elizabeth Lester, Oscar Russell, Rachel Black, Joanna Tieu, Bethan Richards, Claire Barrett, Marissa Lassere, Lyn March, Rachelle Buchbinder, Catherine Hill, Samuel Lawrance Whittle
{"title":"The associations between poorer pain-related health status and increased hospitalisations and excess mortality in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA): a prospective cohort analysis using the Australian Rheumatology Association Database (ARAD).","authors":"Huai Leng Pisaniello, Susan Elizabeth Lester, Oscar Russell, Rachel Black, Joanna Tieu, Bethan Richards, Claire Barrett, Marissa Lassere, Lyn March, Rachelle Buchbinder, Catherine Hill, Samuel Lawrance Whittle","doi":"10.1136/ard-2024-225696","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2024-225696","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1400-1402"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141174581","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}
Amy L Roberts, Alessandro Morea, Ariella Amar, Magdalena West, Sarah Karrar, Rhiannon Lehane, Philip Tombleson, Deborah Cunninghame Graham, John A Reynolds, Chloe C Y Wong, David L Morris, Kerrin S Small, Timothy J Vyse
{"title":"Haematopoietic stem cell-derived immune cells have reduced X chromosome inactivation skewing in systemic lupus erythematosus.","authors":"Amy L Roberts, Alessandro Morea, Ariella Amar, Magdalena West, Sarah Karrar, Rhiannon Lehane, Philip Tombleson, Deborah Cunninghame Graham, John A Reynolds, Chloe C Y Wong, David L Morris, Kerrin S Small, Timothy J Vyse","doi":"10.1136/ard-2024-225585","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2024-225585","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) shows a marked female bias in prevalence. X chromosome inactivation (XCI) is the mechanism which randomly silences one X chromosome to equalise gene expression between 46, XX females and 46, XY males. Though XCI is expected to result in a random pattern of mosaicism across tissues, some females display a significantly skewed ratio in immune cells, termed XCI-skew. We tested whether XCI was abnormal in females with SLE and hence contributes to sexual dimorphism.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We assayed XCI in whole blood DNA in 181 female SLE cases, 796 female healthy controls and 10 twin pairs discordant for SLE. Using regression modelling and intra-twin comparisons, we assessed the effect of SLE on XCI and combined clinical, cellular and genetic data via a polygenic score to explore underlying mechanisms.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Accommodating the powerful confounder of age, XCI-skew was reduced in females with SLE compared with controls (p=1.3×10<sup>-5</sup>), with the greatest effect seen in those with more severe disease. Applying an XCI threshold of >80%, we observed XCI-skew in 6.6% of SLE cases compared with 22% of controls. This difference was not explained by differential white cell counts, medication or genetic susceptibility to SLE. Instead, XCI-skew correlated with a biomarker for type I interferon-regulated gene expression.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>These results refute current views on XCI-skew in autoimmunity and suggest, in lupus, XCI patterns of immune cells reflect the impact of disease state, specifically interferon signalling, on the haematopoietic stem cells from which they derive.</p>","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1315-1321"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503196/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141465806","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Weijia Wang, Shanzhi He, Wenli Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Vincent M DeStefano, Masayuki Wada, Kevin Pinz, Greg Deener, Darshi Shah, Nabil Hagag, Min Wang, Ming Hong, Ronghao Zeng, Ting Lan, Yu Ma, Fugui Li, Yingwen Liang, Zhencong Guo, Chanjuan Zou, Mingxia Wang, Ling Ding, Yupo Ma, Yong Yuan
{"title":"BCMA-CD19 compound CAR T cells for systemic lupus erythematosus: a phase 1 open-label clinical trial.","authors":"Weijia Wang, Shanzhi He, Wenli Zhang, Hongyu Zhang, Vincent M DeStefano, Masayuki Wada, Kevin Pinz, Greg Deener, Darshi Shah, Nabil Hagag, Min Wang, Ming Hong, Ronghao Zeng, Ting Lan, Yu Ma, Fugui Li, Yingwen Liang, Zhencong Guo, Chanjuan Zou, Mingxia Wang, Ling Ding, Yupo Ma, Yong Yuan","doi":"10.1136/ard-2024-225785","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2024-225785","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>This study aims to evaluate the safety and efficacy of BCMA-CD19 compound chimeric antigen receptor T cells (cCAR) to dual reset the humoral and B cell immune system in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) with lupus nephritis (LN).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This is a single-arm open-label multicentre phase 1 study of BCMA and CD19-directed cCAR in patients suffering from SLE/LN with autoantibodies produced by B cells and plasma/long-lived plasma cells. In this clinical trial, we sequentially assigned biopsy-confirmed (classes III-V) LN patients to receive 3×10<sup>6</sup> cCAR cells/kg postcessation of all SLE medications and conditioning. The primary endpoint of safety and toxicity was assessed. Complete immune reset was indicated by B cell receptor (BCR) deep sequencing and flow cytometry analysis. Patient 11 (P11) had insufficient lymphocyte counts and was underdosed as compassionate use.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>P1 and P2 achieved symptom and medication-free remission (MFR) from SLE and complete remission from lymphoma. P3-P13 (excluding P11) received an initial dose of 3×10<sup>6</sup> cCAR cells /kg and were negative for all autoantibodies, including those derived from long-lived plasma cells, 3 months post-cCAR and the complement returned to normal levels. These patients achieved symptom and MFR with post-cCAR follow-up to 46 months. Complete recovery of B cells was seen in 2-6 months post-cCAR. Mean SLE Disease Activity Index 2000 reduced from 10.6 (baseline) to 2.7 (3 months), and renal function significantly improved in 10 LN patients ≤90 days post-cCAR. cCAR T therapy was well tolerant with mild cytokine-release syndrome.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Data suggest that cCAR therapy was safe and effective in inducing MFR and depleting disease-causing autoantibodies in patients with SLE.</p>","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1304-1314"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141079475","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}
Christoph Baerwald, Edgar Stemmler, Sixten Gnüchtel, Katharina Jeromin, Björn Fritz, Michael Bernateck, Daniela Adolf, Peter C Taylor, Ralf Baron
{"title":"Predictors for severe persisting pain in rheumatoid arthritis are associated with pain origin and appraisal of pain.","authors":"Christoph Baerwald, Edgar Stemmler, Sixten Gnüchtel, Katharina Jeromin, Björn Fritz, Michael Bernateck, Daniela Adolf, Peter C Taylor, Ralf Baron","doi":"10.1136/ard-2023-225414","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2023-225414","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine the proportion of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with severe persisting pain and to identify predictive factors despite treatment-controlled disease activity.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This prospective multicentre study included outpatients with RA scheduled for escalation of anti-inflammatory treatment due to active disease and severe pain (Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28)>3.2 and Visual Analogue Scale (VAS)>50). At week 24, patients were stratified into reference group (DAS28 improvement>1.2 or DAS28≤3.2 and VAS pain score<50), non-responders (DAS28 improvement≤1.2 and DAS28>3.2, regardless of VAS pain score) and persisting pain group (DAS28 improvement>1.2 or DAS28≤3.2 and VAS pain score≥50). The former two subgroups ended the study at week 24. The latter continued until week 48. Demographic data, DAS28-C reactive protein, VAS for pain, painDETECT Questionnaire (PD-Q) to identify neuropathic pain (NeP) and the Pain Catastrophising Scale were assessed and tested for relation to persisting pain.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 567 patients, 337 (59.4%) were classified as reference group, 102 (18.0%) as non-responders and 128 (22.6%) as patients with persisting pain. 21 (8.8%) responders, 28 (35.0%) non-responders and 27 (26.5%) persisting pain patients tested positive for NeP at week 24. Pain catastrophising (p=0.002) and number of tender joints (p=0.004) were positively associated with persisting pain at week 24. Baseline PD-Q was not related to subsequent persisting pain.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Persisting and non-nociceptive pain occur frequently in RA. Besides the potential involvement of NeP, pain catastrophising and a higher number of tender joints coincide with persisting pain.</p>","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1381-1388"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503054/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141178727","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Single-cell transcriptomes and chromatin accessibility of endothelial cells unravel transcription factors associated with dysregulated angiogenesis in systemic sclerosis.","authors":"Mengqi Huang, Tracy Tabib, Dinesh Khanna, Shervin Assassi, Robyn Domsic, Robert Lafyatis","doi":"10.1136/ard-2023-225415","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2023-225415","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>Vasculopathy emerges early in systemic sclerosis (SSc) and links to endothelial cell (EC) injury and angiogenesis. Understanding EC transcriptomes and epigenomes is crucial for unravelling the mechanisms involved.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Transcriptomes and chromatin accessibility were assessed by single-cell RNA sequencing and single-nucleus transposase-accessible chromatin sequencing. Immunofluorescent staining of skin and proteomics assay were employed to confirm the altered SSc EC phenotypes. Gain-of-function assay was used to evaluate the effects of ETS transcription factors on human dermal ECs (hDECs).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Both control and SSc ECs shared transcriptomic signatures of vascular linages (arterial, capillary and venous ECs) and lymphatic ECs. Arterial ECs in SSc showed reduced number and increased expression of genes associated with apoptosis. Two distinct EC subpopulations, tip and proliferating ECs, were markedly upregulated in SSc, indicating enhanced proangiogenic and proliferative activities. Molecular features of aberrant SSc-ECs were associated with disease pathogenesis and clinical traits of SSc, such as skin fibrosis and digital ulcers. Ligand-receptor analysis demonstrated altered intercellular networks of SSc EC subpopulations with perivascular and immune cells. Furthermore, the integration of open chromatin profiles with transcriptomic analysis suggested an increased accessibility of regulatory elements for ETS family transcription factors in SSc ECs. Overexpression of ETS genes in hDECs suggested ELK4, ERF and ETS1 may orchestrate arterial apoptosis and dysregulated angiogenesis in SSc.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study unveils transcriptional and chromatin alterations in driving endovascular dysregulation in SSc, proposing ELK4, ERF and ETS1 as novel targets in ECs for addressing vascular complications in the condition.</p>","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1335-1344"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11442142/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140955451","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Daniele Mauro, Xiang Lin, Elena Pontarini, Pascale Wehr, Giuliana Guggino, Yuan Tang, Chong Deng, Saviana Gandolfo, Fan Xiao, Ke Rui, Enyu Huang, Jie Tian, Stefania Raimondo, Maureen Rischmueller, Jane Boroky, Sarah Downie-Doyle, Hendrik Nel, Adriana Baz-Morelli, Arthur Hsu, Eugene Maraskovsky, Adele Barr, Patrice Hemon, Loukas Chatzis, Ciro Emiliano Boschetti, Giuseppe Colella, Riccardo Alessandro, Aroldo Rizzo, Jacques-Olivier Pers, Michele Bombardieri, Ranjeny Thomas, Liwei Lu, Francesco Ciccia
{"title":"CD8<sup>+</sup> tissue-resident memory T cells are expanded in primary Sjögren's disease and can be therapeutically targeted by CD103 blockade.","authors":"Daniele Mauro, Xiang Lin, Elena Pontarini, Pascale Wehr, Giuliana Guggino, Yuan Tang, Chong Deng, Saviana Gandolfo, Fan Xiao, Ke Rui, Enyu Huang, Jie Tian, Stefania Raimondo, Maureen Rischmueller, Jane Boroky, Sarah Downie-Doyle, Hendrik Nel, Adriana Baz-Morelli, Arthur Hsu, Eugene Maraskovsky, Adele Barr, Patrice Hemon, Loukas Chatzis, Ciro Emiliano Boschetti, Giuseppe Colella, Riccardo Alessandro, Aroldo Rizzo, Jacques-Olivier Pers, Michele Bombardieri, Ranjeny Thomas, Liwei Lu, Francesco Ciccia","doi":"10.1136/ard-2023-225069","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2023-225069","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>Tissue-resident memory cells (Trm) are a subset of T cells residing persistently and long-term within specific tissues that contribute to persistent inflammation and tissue damage. We characterised the phenotype and function of Trm and the role of CD103 in primary Sjogren's syndrome (pSS).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>In both pSS and non-pSS sicca syndrome patients, we examined Trm frequency, cytokine production in salivary glands (SG) and peripheral blood (PB). We also analysed Trm-related gene expression in SG biopsies through bulk and single-cell RNA sequencing (scRNAseq). Additionally, we investigated Trm properties in an immunisation-induced animal model of pSS (experimental SS, ESS) mouse model and assessed the effects of Trm inhibition via intraglandular anti-CD103 monoclonal antibody administration.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Transcriptomic pSS SG showed an upregulation of genes associated with tissue recruitment and long-term survival of Trm cells, confirmed by a higher frequency of CD8<sup>+</sup>CD103<sup>+</sup>CD69<sup>+</sup> cells in pSS SG, compared with non-specific sialadenitis (nSS). In SG, CD8<sup>+</sup> CD103<sup>+</sup> Trm contributed to the secretion of granzyme-B and interferon-γ, CD8<sup>+</sup> Trm cells were localised within inflammatory infiltrates, where PD1+CD8+ T cells were also increased compared with nSS and MALT lymphoma. scRNAseq of PB and pSS SG T cells confirmed expression of <i>CD69, ITGAE, GZMB, GZMK</i> and <i>HLA-DRB1</i> among CD3<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup> SG T cells. In the SG of ESS, CD8<sup>+</sup>CD69<sup>+</sup>CD103<sup>+</sup> Trm producing Granzyme B progressively expanded. However, intraglandular blockade of CD103 in ESS reduced Trm, reduced glandular damage and improved salivary flow.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>CD103<sup>+</sup>CD8<sup>+</sup>Trm cells are expanded in the SG of pSS and ESS, participate in tissue inflammation and can be therapeutically targeted.</p>","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1345-1357"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141079518","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":"Efficacy and safety of first-line biological DMARDs in rheumatoid arthritis patients with chronic kidney disease.","authors":"Yusuke Yoshimura, Masayuki Yamanouchi, Hiroki Mizuno, Daisuke Ikuma, Ryo Koizumi, Shigekazu Kurihara, Yuki Oba, Tatsuya Suwabe, Yuichiro Sawada, Hisashi Kamido, Hisashi Sugimoto, Masato Mizuta, Akinari Sekine, Eiko Hasegawa, Yoshifumi Ubara, Naoki Sawa","doi":"10.1136/ard-2024-225914","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2024-225914","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To evaluate the efficacy and safety of first-line biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) with chronic kidney disease (CKD), including those undergoing haemodialysis (HD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>This retrospective cohort study included 425 patients with RA prescribed their first bDMARDs at two hospitals from 2004 to 2021. Patients were categorised by kidney function and bDMARD modality (TNFα inhibitors (TNFαis), interleukin-6 inhibitors (IL-6is), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte antigen-4 immunoglobulin (CTLA4-Ig)). The primary outcome was the 36-month drug retention rate, with secondary outcomes including changes in Disease Activity Score 28 (DAS28)-C reactive protein (CRP)/erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), prednisolone dosage and reasons for discontinuation.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>The 36-month drug retention rates by estimated glomerular filtration rate (eGFR) (≥60, 30-60, <30 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup>) were as follows: all bDMARDs (45.2%, 32.0%, 41.4%), TNFαis (45.3%, 28.2%, 34.0%), IL-6is (47.4%, 66.7%, 71.4%) and CTLA-4Ig (50.0%, 31.3%, 33.3%). Even in groups with lower kidney function, the drug retention rate of bDMARDs was generally maintained. However, the retention rate of TNFαis was significantly lower in patients with eGFR <30 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup>. IL-6is showed the highest retention rate and the lowest discontinuation rate due to ineffectiveness in this group (HR 0.11, 95% CI 0.02 to 0.85, p=0.03). All bDMARDs improved DAS28-CRP/ESR and reduced prednisolone dosage across all groups.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>bDMARDs demonstrated effective and safe profiles in patients with RA with CKD, even among patients on HD. In particular, IL-6is had a significantly higher drug retention rate in patients with an eGFR of <30 mL/min/1.73 m<sup>2</sup> and fewer discontinuations due to ineffectiveness. IL-6is were more efficacious as monotherapy compared with the other bDMARDs.</p>","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1278-1287"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11503075/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141533454","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Philip Rask Lage-Hansen, Nikoletta Svendsen, Jamie Kirkham, Sabrina Mai Nielsen, Kirstine Amris, Maarten de Wit, Maarten Boers, Torkell Ellingsen, Robin Christensen
{"title":"Exploring the effect on primary endpoints in trials testing targeted therapy interventions for rheumatoid arthritis: a meta-epidemiological study on the appropriate use of a core outcome set.","authors":"Philip Rask Lage-Hansen, Nikoletta Svendsen, Jamie Kirkham, Sabrina Mai Nielsen, Kirstine Amris, Maarten de Wit, Maarten Boers, Torkell Ellingsen, Robin Christensen","doi":"10.1136/ard-2024-225523","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2024-225523","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To explore which core domain is best associated with the American College of Rheumatology (ACR) 20% response in trials assessing the effect of targeted interventions in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A meta-epidemiological study was performed on randomised trials investigating biologics and targeted agents compared with placebo or conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in patients with RA. The main outcome measures were ORs for the ACR 20% response and at least one of the eight core domains according to the existing RA core outcome set (COS) analysed based on standardised mean differences.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>115 trials involving 55 422 patients with RA were eligible. The OR for achieving ACR 20% response was 3.19 (95% CI 2.96 to 3.44) for the experimental interventions relative to the comparators. The median number of COS domains reported was 6; 18 trials reported only 1 domain, 17 all 8. Univariable meta-regression analyses indicated that each of the eight core domains was significantly associated with ACR 20% response, yet improvements in physical disability explain a successful ACR 20% response the most. Including only trials reporting on all eight core domains, univariable meta-regression analyses proved improvement in fatigue to explain a successful ACR 20% response the most.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Within this dataset, it is evident that the conclusions concerning our primary objective were significantly influenced by both the amount and characteristics of missing data. Our data suggest that fatigue could be more important for the primary endpoint than previously assumed, but this is based on limited data.</p>","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1288-1294"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141079638","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":"CPPD disease presenting with acute arthritis of the first metatarsophalangeal joint.","authors":"Matteo Ferrito, Silvia Sirotti, Piercarlo Sarzi Puttini, Roberto Caporali, Georgios Filippou","doi":"10.1136/ard-2024-225892","DOIUrl":"10.1136/ard-2024-225892","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":8087,"journal":{"name":"Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases","volume":" ","pages":"1390-1391"},"PeriodicalIF":20.3,"publicationDate":"2024-09-30","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141316606","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}