Anja Wyss, Suzana Jordan, Nicole Graf, Patricia E. Carreira, Jörg Distler, Marco Matucci Cerinic, Elise Siegert, Jörg Henes, Elisabetta Zanatta, Valeria Riccieri, Marie-Elise Truchetet, Fahrettin Oksel, Mengtao Li, Eugene J. Kucharz, Kilian Eyerich, Francesco Del Galdo, Madelon C. Vonk, Anna-Maria Hoffman Vold, Armando Gabrielli, Oliver Distler
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Does regression of skin thickening predict improvement of internal organ involvement and survival in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis? A EUSTAR analysis
Patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (dcSSc) frequently show spontaneous improvement of skin fibrosis. Our aim was to examine whether an improvement in skin fibrosis predicts lower likelihood of visceral organ progression and better survival. Patients from the European Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) cohort with dcSSc, baseline modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) ≥7, and valid mRSS at 12±3 months follow up were included. Regression/progression of skin fibrosis was defined as a decrease/increase in mRSS >5 points and
≥25% from baseline to follow up. The outcomes included progression of lung, renal, cardiac and gastrointestinal manifestations using consensus derived definitions and all-cause death. Regressive, stable and progressive patients were compared by univariate, Kaplan-Meier survival curve and Cox regression analysis. Of 1257 included patients, 883 (70.2%) were stable, 282 (22.4%) regressive, and 92 (7.3%) progressive. Regressive patients, adjusted for baseline mRSS, baseline immunosuppression, baseline FVC, and disease duration, showed a significantly lower probability of FVC decline ≥10% than progressive patients (p=0.00003), lower probability of all-cause mortality during follow up (p=0.035) compared to progressive patients. .Improvement of skin fibrosis was not associated with progression of other organ manifestations. We found that regression of skin fibrosis is associated with a lower probability of lung progression and better survival at follow up. The link between the disease course of skin and lung fibrosis in SSc can help to better stratify patients in clinical practice and enrich for ILD progressive patients in clinical trials. • Diffuse SSc patients with improvement of skin fibrosis had a lower probability of lung function progression and all-cause mortality than skin progressive patients. • This allows better risk stratification of SSc patients in clinical practice. • It could help to improve the design of clinical trials in SSc and better enrichment of ILD progressive patients.
期刊介绍:
Established in 1999, Arthritis Research and Therapy is an international, open access, peer-reviewed journal, publishing original articles in the area of musculoskeletal research and therapy as well as, reviews, commentaries and reports. A major focus of the journal is on the immunologic processes leading to inflammation, damage and repair as they relate to autoimmune rheumatic and musculoskeletal conditions, and which inform the translation of this knowledge into advances in clinical care. Original basic, translational and clinical research is considered for publication along with results of early and late phase therapeutic trials, especially as they pertain to the underpinning science that informs clinical observations in interventional studies.