{"title":"200例嗜酸性肉芽肿病合并多血管炎患者报告症状的现况:一项横断面调查(昆普研究)。","authors":"Koichi Amano, Keita Ono, Kazuya Sumi, Hitomi Uchimura, Hayato Oka, Naoyuki Makita, Masami Taniguchi","doi":"10.1007/s12325-025-03197-5","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a type of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis characterized by inflammation of small- and medium-sized vessels, causing symptoms in multiple organs. The symptoms and daily life problems reported by patients with EGPA themselves are largely unknown. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the reality of EGPA-related symptoms in patients with EGPA.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Specialists and specialized facilities with experience in treating patients with EGPA cooperated in the survey; specialists from 28 facilities across Japan participated. Patients diagnosed with EGPA by their physician and treated for ≥ 1 year who agreed to answer the online questions were enrolled and completed the survey between March and June 2024. Patients answered questions about their general symptoms, asthma symptoms, and quality of life.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We analyzed valid responses from 200 patients (61.0% female/38.5% male/0.5% prefer not to answer) with EGPA. The mean age was 57.9 years and 34.5% were ≥ 65 years old. Patients were treated at rheumatology departments (48.0%), respiratory/allergy departments (48.0%), and other departments (4.0%). Basic treatments included oral glucocorticoids (63.0%) and anti-interleukin-5/receptor α biologics (61.0%). Symptoms in > 50.0% of patients (past month) were pain/numbness (73.5%), fatigue/malaise (68.0%), asthmatic symptoms (56.0%), nasal/paranasal symptoms (55.0%), and joint/muscle pain (54.5%). Pain/numbness was considered the most painful symptom (29.5%). Nearly all patients experienced symptoms affecting two or more organs/systems. Patients reported that EGPA symptoms had detrimental impacts on physical and mental health; 67.0% of patients thought they were not understood by others because their disease is invisible, and symptoms frequently affected their daily life (61.5%), work (53.0%), sleep (49.5%), and social life (36.5%).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>This is the largest survey of patients with EGPA. We have revealed the reality of patients' perceptions of EGPA-related symptoms. 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Reality of Patient-Reported Symptoms in 200 Patients with Eosinophilic Granulomatosis with Polyangiitis: A Cross-Sectional Survey (The KUNPU Study).
Introduction: Eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) is a type of antineutrophil cytoplasmic antibody-associated vasculitis characterized by inflammation of small- and medium-sized vessels, causing symptoms in multiple organs. The symptoms and daily life problems reported by patients with EGPA themselves are largely unknown. We conducted a cross-sectional survey to investigate the reality of EGPA-related symptoms in patients with EGPA.
Methods: Specialists and specialized facilities with experience in treating patients with EGPA cooperated in the survey; specialists from 28 facilities across Japan participated. Patients diagnosed with EGPA by their physician and treated for ≥ 1 year who agreed to answer the online questions were enrolled and completed the survey between March and June 2024. Patients answered questions about their general symptoms, asthma symptoms, and quality of life.
Results: We analyzed valid responses from 200 patients (61.0% female/38.5% male/0.5% prefer not to answer) with EGPA. The mean age was 57.9 years and 34.5% were ≥ 65 years old. Patients were treated at rheumatology departments (48.0%), respiratory/allergy departments (48.0%), and other departments (4.0%). Basic treatments included oral glucocorticoids (63.0%) and anti-interleukin-5/receptor α biologics (61.0%). Symptoms in > 50.0% of patients (past month) were pain/numbness (73.5%), fatigue/malaise (68.0%), asthmatic symptoms (56.0%), nasal/paranasal symptoms (55.0%), and joint/muscle pain (54.5%). Pain/numbness was considered the most painful symptom (29.5%). Nearly all patients experienced symptoms affecting two or more organs/systems. Patients reported that EGPA symptoms had detrimental impacts on physical and mental health; 67.0% of patients thought they were not understood by others because their disease is invisible, and symptoms frequently affected their daily life (61.5%), work (53.0%), sleep (49.5%), and social life (36.5%).
Conclusion: This is the largest survey of patients with EGPA. We have revealed the reality of patients' perceptions of EGPA-related symptoms. These results are expected to contribute to improvement in patient-centered EGPA management.
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Advances in Therapy is an international, peer reviewed, rapid-publication (peer review in 2 weeks, published 3–4 weeks from acceptance) journal dedicated to the publication of high-quality clinical (all phases), observational, real-world, and health outcomes research around the discovery, development, and use of therapeutics and interventions (including devices) across all therapeutic areas. Studies relating to diagnostics and diagnosis, pharmacoeconomics, public health, epidemiology, quality of life, and patient care, management, and education are also encouraged.
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