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Ključevšek D, Potočnik Tumpaj V, Gazikalović A. The role of radiography in diagnosing, monitoring and prognosing juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Radiol 2024; 54:481-489. [PMID: 37640799 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-023-05742-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2023] [Revised: 08/01/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/31/2023]
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The current role of conventional radiography in the diagnosis, monitoring and prognosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is reviewed, as its role has changed with the increasing use of ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging, as well as with the introduction of biological drugs. Conventional radiography does not play an important role in the diagnosis of JIA, as this is based on history, clinical examination and laboratory findings. The main role of conventional radiography is in the detection and monitoring of growth disorders and chronic structural and morphological changes of the affected joints and bones, in addition to helping with the differential diagnosis of conditions that mimic JIA. Radiographic changes of the joints depend on the age of the child, the type and duration of arthritis and the specific joints affected. There are no standard protocols for arthritis monitoring and most indications for imaging are based on individual case-by-case decisions. The development of degenerative joint changes is considered a poor predictive factor, but there are no clear studies that more precisely define the predictive value of radiographic changes. Conventional radiography remains an important imaging modality in narrowing the differential diagnosis and in evaluating growth disorders and the developing destructive joint changes.
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- Damjana Ključevšek
- Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Bohoričeva 20, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Department of Radiology, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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- Department of Radiology, General hospital of Slovenj Gradec, Slovenj Gradec, Slovenia
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- Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital Ljubljana, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Bohoričeva 20, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Tarsia M, Zajc Avramovič M, Gazikalović A, Ključevšek D, Avčin T. A clinical perspective on imaging in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Radiol 2024; 54:490-504. [PMID: 38015293 PMCID: PMC10984900 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-023-05815-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/03/2023] [Revised: 11/09/2023] [Accepted: 11/10/2023] [Indexed: 11/29/2023]
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In recent years, imaging has become increasingly important to confirm diagnosis, monitor disease activity, and predict disease course and outcome in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Over the past few decades, great efforts have been made to improve the quality of diagnostic imaging and to reach a consensus on which methods and scoring systems to use. However, there are still some critical issues, and the diagnosis, course, and management of JIA are closely related to clinical assessment. This review discusses the main indications for conventional radiography (XR), musculoskeletal ultrasound (US), and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), while trying to maintain a clinical perspective. The diagnostic-therapeutic timing at which one or the other method should be used, depending on the disease/patient phenotype, will be assessed, considering the main advantages and disadvantages of each imaging modality according to the currently available literature. Some brief clinical case scenarios on the most frequently and severely involved joints in JIA are also presented.
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- Maria Tarsia
- Clinical Paediatrics, Department of Molecular Medicine and Development, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Bohoričeva 20 SI-1525, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Bohoričeva ulica 20, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Radiology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Bohoričeva ulica 20, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Ljubljana, Bohoričeva 20 SI-1525, 1000, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
- Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Ljubljana, Ljubljana, Slovenia.
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Mazzoni M, Pistorio A, Magnaguagno F, Viola S, Urru A, Magnano GM, Ravelli A, Malattia C. Predictive Value of Magnetic Resonance Imaging in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in Clinical Remission. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2023; 75:198-205. [PMID: 34286915 PMCID: PMC10087925 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24757] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2021] [Revised: 10/14/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To define the prevalence of subclinical synovitis on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a large cohort of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in clinical remission and to evaluate its predictive value in terms of disease flare and joint deterioration. METHODS Ninety patients with clinically inactive JIA who underwent a contrast-enhanced (CE)-MRI of a previously affected joint were retrospectively included. Each joint was evaluated for synovitis, tenosynovitis, and bone marrow edema. Baseline and follow-up radiographs were assessed to evaluate structural damage progression. RESULTS CE-MRI was acquired in 45 wrists, 30 hips, 13 ankles, and 2 knees. Subclinical synovitis was detected in 59 (65.5%) of 90 patients and bone marrow edema in 42 (46.7%) of 90 patients. Fifty-seven of 90 (63.3%) patients experienced a disease flare during follow-up. Forty-four of 59 (74.6%) patients with subclinical synovitis experienced a disease flare versus 13 (41.9%) of 31 patients with no residual synovitis on MRI (P = 0.002). The presence of subclinical synovitis was the best predictor of disease flare on multivariable regression analysis (hazard ratio [HR] 2.45, P = 0.003). Baseline and follow-up radiographs were available for 54 patients, and 17 (31.5%) of 54 patients experienced radiographic damage progression. The presence of bone marrow edema (HR 4.40, P = 0.045) and being >17 years old (HR 3.51, P = 0.04) were strong predictors of joint damage progression in the multivariable analysis. CONCLUSION MRI-detected subclinical inflammation was present in a large proportion of patients with JIA despite clinical remission. Subclinical synovitis and bone marrow edema have been shown to play a role in predicting the risk of disease relapse and joint deterioration, with potential implications for patients' management of the disease.
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- Marta Mazzoni
- Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Genova, Italy
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- Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC di Radiologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genova, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genova, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOC di Radiologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili, Genova, Italy and Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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The hand and wrist are commonly involved in rheumatic conditions, particularly rheumatoid arthritis and other systemic connective tissue diseases. With spondyloarthritis, hand and wrist involvement frequently occurs in psoriatic arthritis but generally does not occur in the remaining subtypes. The hand and wrist may also be affected in various metabolic and endocrine diseases, but these lie beyond the scope of this review.Radiographs may demonstrate the presence of joint space narrowing, bone loss, cysts and erosions, malalignments, and osteolysis. They may also show regions of soft tissue swelling or thinning, and detect calcifications. Ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) enable evaluation of the soft tissues, particularly the synovium, tenosynovium, and tendons. Furthermore, erosions are better demonstrated than on radiographs. MRI allows evaluation of periarticular bone marrow edema.This article discusses typical imaging features of the hand and wrist in rheumatologic conditions including the advantages and limitations of the various methods.
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Pracoń G, Aparisi Gómez MP, Simoni P, Gietka P, Sudoł-Szopińska I. Conventional Radiography and Ultrasound Imaging of Rheumatic Diseases Affecting the Pediatric Population. Semin Musculoskelet Radiol 2021; 25:68-81. [PMID: 34020469 DOI: 10.1055/s-0041-1726014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most frequent rheumatic disease in the pediatric population, followed by systemic lupus erythematosus, juvenile scleroderma syndromes, juvenile dermatomyositis, chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis, and juvenile vasculopathies. The imaging approach to inflammatory connective tissue diseases in childhood has not changed dramatically over the last decade, with radiographs still the leading method for bony pathology assessment, disease monitoring, and evaluation of growth disturbances. Ultrasonography is commonly used for early detection of alterations within the intra- and periarticular soft tissues, assessing their advancement and also disease monitoring. It offers several advantages in young patients including nonionizing radiation exposure, short examination time, and high resolution, allowing a detailed evaluation of the musculoskeletal system for the features of arthritis, tenosynovitis, enthesitis, bursitis, myositis, as well as pathologies of the skin, subdermis, vessels, and fasciae. In this pictorial essay we discuss radiographic and ultrasound inflammatory features of autoimmune pediatric inflammatory arthropathies: juvenile idiopathic arthritis, lupus erythematosus, juvenile scleroderma, juvenile dermatomyositis and polymyositis.
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- Grzegorz Pracoń
- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Auckland City Hospital, Auckland, New Zealand.,Department of Radiology, Hospital Vithas Nueve de Octubre, Valencia, Spain
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- "Reine Fabiola" Children's University Hospital, Paediatric Imaging Department, Bruxelles, Belgium
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- Clinics of Pediatric Rheumatology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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Malattia C, Tolend M, Mazzoni M, Panwar J, Zlotnik M, Otobo T, Vidarsson L, Doria AS. Current status of MR imaging of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2020; 34:101629. [PMID: 33281052 DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2020.101629] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic arthropathy in the pediatric population. Although the diagnosis is essentially clinical for many affected joints, MR imaging has become an important tool for the assessment of joints that are difficult to evaluate clinically, such as temporomandibular and sacroiliac joints, and for screening of inflammatory changes in the entire body by whole body MRI (WBMRI) assessment. The utilization of MR imaging is challenging in the pediatric population given the need for discrimination between pathological and physiological changes in the growing skeleton. Several multicentric multidisciplinary organizations have made major efforts over the past decades to standardize, quantify, and validate scoring systems to measure joint changes both cross-sectionally and longitudinally according to rigorous methodological standards. In this paper, we (1) discuss current trends for the diagnosis and management of JIA, (2) review challenges for detecting real pathological changes in growing joints, (3) summarize the current status of standardization of MRI protocols for data acquisition and the quantification of joint pathology in JIA by means of scoring systems, and (4) outline novel MR imaging techniques for the evaluation of anatomy and function of joints in JIA. Optimizing the role of MRI as a robust biomarker and outcome measure remains a priority of future research in this field.
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- Clara Malattia
- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy; Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic and Maternal Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy; Department of Neurosciences, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetic and Maternal Infantile Sciences (DINOGMI), University of Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Research Institute, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, ON, Canada; Department of Medical Imaging, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.
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Weiss PF, Chauvin NA. Imaging in the diagnosis and management of axial spondyloarthritis in children. Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2020; 34:101596. [DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2020.101596] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Hemke R, Herregods N, Jaremko JL, Åström G, Avenarius D, Becce F, Bielecki DK, Boesen M, Dalili D, Giraudo C, Hermann KG, Humphries P, Isaac A, Jurik AG, Klauser AS, Kvist O, Laloo F, Maas M, Mester A, Oei E, Offiah AC, Omoumi P, Papakonstantinou O, Plagou A, Shelmerdine S, Simoni P, Sudoł-Szopińska I, Tanturri de Horatio L, Teh J, Jans L, Rosendahl K. Imaging assessment of children presenting with suspected or known juvenile idiopathic arthritis: ESSR-ESPR points to consider. Eur Radiol 2020; 30:5237-5249. [PMID: 32399709 PMCID: PMC7476913 DOI: 10.1007/s00330-020-06807-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2019] [Revised: 02/08/2020] [Accepted: 03/12/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common paediatric rheumatic disease. It represents a group of heterogenous inflammatory disorders with unknown origin and is a diagnosis of exclusion in which imaging plays an important role. JIA is defined as arthritis of one or more joints that begins before the age of 16 years, persists for more than 6 weeks and is of unknown aetiology and pathophysiology. The clinical goal is early suppression of inflammation to prevent irreversible joint damage which has shifted the emphasis from detecting established joint damage to proactively detecting inflammatory change. This drives the need for imaging techniques that are more sensitive than conventional radiography in the evaluation of inflammatory processes as well as early osteochondral change. Physical examination has limited reliability, even if performed by an experienced clinician, emphasising the importance of imaging to aid in clinical decision-making. On behalf of the European Society of Musculoskeletal Radiology (ESSR) arthritis subcommittee and the European Society of Paediatric Radiology (ESPR) musculoskeletal imaging taskforce, based on literature review and/or expert opinion, we discuss paediatric-specific imaging characteristics of the most commonly involved, in literature best documented and clinically important joints in JIA, namely the temporomandibular joints (TMJs), spine, sacroiliac (SI) joints, wrists, hips and knees, followed by a clinically applicable point to consider for each joint. We will also touch upon controversies in the current literature that remain to be resolved with ongoing research. KEY POINTS: • Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is the most common chronic paediatric rheumatic disease and, in JIA imaging, is increasingly important to aid in clinical decision-making. • Conventional radiographs have a lower sensitivity and specificity for detection of disease activity and early destructive change, as compared to MRI or ultrasound. Nonetheless, radiography remains important, particularly in narrowing the differential diagnosis and evaluating growth disturbances. • Mainly in peripheral joints, ultrasound can be helpful for assessment of inflammation and guiding joint injections. In JIA, MRI is the most validated technique. MRI should be considered as the modality of choice to assess the axial skeleton or where the clinical presentation overlaps with JIA.
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- Robert Hemke
- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology and Diagnostic Imaging, Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
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- Department of Radiology, Uppsala University, Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Diagnostic Imaging, Kings College Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Bispebjerg and Frederiksberg Hospital, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Chelsea and Westminster Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- Radiology Institute, Department of Medicine - DIMED, Padova University, Padua, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital Charité, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Guy's & St Thomas Hospitals, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Radiology, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria
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- Department of Paediatric Radiology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, Amsterdam Movement Sciences, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Erasmus University Medical Center (Erasmus MC), Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Unit of Child Health, University of Sheffield, Western Bank, Sheffield, UK
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- Department of Diagnostic and Interventional Radiology, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne, Switzerland
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- Department of Radiology, Reine Fabiola Children's University Hospital of Bruxelles, University of Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation and Department of Medical Imaging, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre, Oxford University Hospitals NHS Trust, Oxford, UK
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- Department of Radiology and Medical Imaging, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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Malattia C, Ruperto N, Pederzoli S, Palmisani E, Pistorio A, Wouters C, Dolezalova P, Flato B, Garay S, Giancane G, Wells C, Douglass W, Brunner HI, De Benedetti F, Ravelli A. Tocilizumab may slow radiographic progression in patients with systemic or polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis: post hoc radiographic analysis from two randomized controlled trials. Arthritis Res Ther 2020; 22:211. [PMID: 32912276 PMCID: PMC7488325 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-020-02303-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/24/2020] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background Few clinical trials have investigated the prevention of radiographic progression in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis treated with antirheumatic drugs. This study aimed to investigate radiographic progression in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) and patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pcJIA) treated with the anti–interleukin-6 receptor antibody tocilizumab for 2 years in the TENDER and CHERISH randomized controlled trials, respectively. Methods Standard radiographs of both wrists and both hands in the posteroanterior view were obtained within 4 weeks of baseline and were repeated at weeks 52 ± 4 and 104 ± 4 in both trials. All films were scored by two independent readers using the adapted Sharp–van der Heijde (aSH) and Poznanski scoring methods. Although the Poznanski score indicates bone growth limitation or cartilage growth decrease, which are not the same as joint space narrowing in rheumatoid arthritis, its change reflects damage to cartilage. Therefore, impairment in the Poznanski score as well as the aSH score was considered as a measure of structural joint damage. Radiographic progression was defined as worsening of radiographic scores beyond the smallest detectable difference. Results Poznanski and aSH scores were available at baseline and at one or more postbaseline time points for 33 and 47 of 112 sJIA patients and 61 and 87 of 188 pcJIA patients, respectively, providing a representative subset of the study populations. The inter-reader and intra-reader agreement intra-class correlation coefficient was > 0.8. Median baseline Poznanski and aSH scores, respectively, were − 2.4 and 24.6 for sJIA patients and − 1.5 and 8.0 for pcJIA patients. Compared with baseline, aSH scores remained stable for all sJIA patients at week 52, whereas 9.4% of sJIA patients had radiographic progression according to Poznanski scores at week 52; at 104 weeks, radiographic progression according to aSH and Poznanski scores was observed in 5.4% and 11.5%, respectively. In pcJIA patients, radiographic progression from baseline at 52 weeks and at 104 weeks was 12.5% and 2.9%, respectively, using aSH scoring and 6.5% and 4%, respectively, using Poznanski scoring. Conclusion Tocilizumab may delay radiographic progression in children with sJIA and children with pcJIA. Trial registration Trial registration numbers and dates: TENDER, NCT00642460 (March 19, 2008); CHERISH, NCT00988221 (October 1, 2009)
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- Clara Malattia
- Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.,IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy
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- General University Hospital and First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- Hospital Sor Maria Ludovica, La Plata, Argentina
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy. .,IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Via G. Gaslini 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy. .,Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russian Federation.
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No radiographic wrist damage after treatment to target in recent-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2019; 17:62. [PMID: 31484539 PMCID: PMC6727344 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-019-0362-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND To evaluate radiographic progression of patients with new-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in response to an early, tightly-controlled, treatment-to-target. METHODS Patients with JIA participating in the BeSt-for-Kids-study, randomized to 3 treatment strategy arms, were eligible if at least 1 conventional wrist-radiograph was available. Bone damage as reflected by carpal length was assessed using the Poznanski-score. The BoneXpert-method was used to determine the Bone Age (BA, > 5 years) and bone mineral density (BMD) of the wrist. These scores were evaluated over time and compared between the treatment arms and mean JADAS10-score using linear mixed models corrected for age and symptom duration. RESULTS In 60 patients, 252 radiographs were analysed. Baseline age and symptom duration were different between the arms. No difference in comparison to the healthy reference population was found at baseline for the Poznanski-score (IQR varying from - 0,82; 0.68), nor for BA (varying from - 0.88 to 0.74). Baseline BMD was statistically significantly lower in arm 3 (initial treatment with etanercept and methotrexate) (- 1.48; - 0.68) compared to arm 1 (- 0.84; - 0.04) and arm 2 (- 0.93; 0.15). After treatment to target inactive disease, the Poznanski-scores and the BA remained clinically unchanged, while the BMD in arm 3 improved (p < 0.05 vs arm 1). CONCLUSIONS Recent-onset JIA patients, treated-to-target aimed at inactive disease, showed no signs of radiographic wrist damage (Poznanski-score, BA or BMD) either at baseline or at follow-up, irrespective of treatment arm. A lower BMD at baseline in arm 3, initially treated with methotrexate and etanercept, improved significantly after treatment. TRIAL REGISTRATION NTR, NL1504 (NTR1574). Registered 01-06-2009.
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Yeganeh F, Mousavi SMJ, Hosseinzadeh-Sarband S, Ahmadzadeh A, Bahrami-Motlagh H, Hoseini MHM, Sattari M, Sohrabi MR, Pouriran R, Dehghan P. Association of CD26/dipeptidyl peptidase IV mRNA level in peripheral blood mononuclear cells with disease activity and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis. Clin Rheumatol 2018; 37:3183-3190. [PMID: 30136129 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-018-4268-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/21/2018] [Revised: 08/12/2018] [Accepted: 08/15/2018] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Dipeptidyl peptidase IV (DPP-IV, CD26) plays many roles in the pathogenesis of several autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. The current study evaluated the association of DPP-IV enzymatic activity and its gene expression with disease activity and bone erosion in rheumatoid arthritis. Blood samples were collected from 20 rheumatoid arthritis patients and 40 healthy volunteers. Patients were divided into four subgroups using DAS28 index. CD26 gene expression levels were analyzed in peripheral blood mononuclear cells by quantitative reverse transcription-polymerase chain reaction. Additionally, the enzymatic activity of this molecule in serum was determined using Gly-Pro-p-nitroanilide as substrate. Digital radiography was applied to obtain images for bone erosion assessment. No significant difference in serum DPP-IV activity level was seen between patients and controls (p = 0.140). However, patients exhibited an increase in CD26 mRNA expression (1.68 times) when compared to controls (p = 0.001). Moreover, a strong positive correlation between CD26 gene expression and DAS28 index as well as bone erosion in the hands was observed (r = 0.71, p = 0.002 and r = 0.61, p = 0.049, respectively). This study demonstrated that CD26 mRNA expression in rheumatoid arthritis patients is associated with disease activity and bone erosion, suggesting a potential role for this molecule in the immunopathology of rheumatoid arthritis and bone erosion.
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- Farshid Yeganeh
- Department of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.
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- Department of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Rheumatology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Loghman-Hakim Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Medical Immunology, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Community Medicine, School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- School of Medicine, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Radiology, Taleghani Hospital, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Malattia C, Rinaldi M, Martini A. The role of imaging in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2018; 14:681-694. [PMID: 29972659 DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2018.1496019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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INTRODUCTION The prognosis of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) has changed dramatically due to the availability of novel drugs. Prompt diagnosis and treatment are essential to prevent permanent joint damage. As a result, methods to improve JIA diagnosis and prognosis are of high priority to tailor treatment strategies and maximize their efficacy. Musculoskeletal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging are more sensitive than clinical examination and radiography in the detection of joint involvement and might play a substantial role to optimize the management of JIA. Areas covered: This review compiles an inventory of potential uses of imaging studies in the modern practice of pediatric rheumatology, together with a critical analysis of the major challenges that are still to be addressed. Imaging appearance of normal growth-related changes of the musculoskeletal system will be discussed. Expert commentary: Knowledge of the evolving patterns of skeletal maturity is paramount to define pathological findings and avoid misinterpretations. Establishing a novel radiological algorithm for a rational use of imaging in JIA is of high priority to allow a speedier integration of imaging into the clinical workflow and decision-making process.
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- Clara Malattia
- a Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia , Istituto Giannina Gaslini , Genova , Italy.,b Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili , Università degli studi di Genova , Italy
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- a Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia , Istituto Giannina Gaslini , Genova , Italy
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- c Direzione Scientifica Istituto Giannina Gaslini , Genova Italy
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Malattia C, Tzaribachev N, van den Berg JM, Magni-Manzoni S. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis - the role of imaging from a rheumatologist's perspective. Pediatr Radiol 2018; 48:785-791. [PMID: 29766250 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-4014-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/24/2017] [Accepted: 10/11/2017] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Alongside recent advances in treatment strategies for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), paediatric rheumatologists have taken increasing interest in the use of imaging. Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) and musculoskeletal ultrasound, by providing more detailed information on disease activity than clinical examination and conventional radiography (CR), have become helpful diagnostic and managerial tools. The growing skeleton, however, with changing appearances over time, is still challenging in the establishment of valid scoring systems for pathological changes. Defining child- and age-specific reference standards is therefore a highly prioritized issue. The aim of this article is to raise awareness among radiologists of the substantial role that imaging can play to optimize the management of JIA patients and to describe the state-of-the-art validation process of imaging as an outcome measure. A closer collaboration between radiologists and pediatric rheumatologists is crucial to define a scheduled workflow for imaging in JIA.
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- Clara Malattia
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II, Reumatologia, Largo Gaslini, 5, 16147, Genoa, Italy.
- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DINOGMI), University of Genova, Genoa, Italy.
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- Department of Pediatric Hematology, Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Diseases, Emma Children's Hospital AMC University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Avenarius DFM, Nusman C, Malattia C, de Horatio LT, Rosendahl K, Maas M, Müller LSO. Current status of wrist imaging in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Radiol 2018; 48:801-810. [PMID: 29766247 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-017-4063-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2017] [Revised: 11/19/2017] [Accepted: 12/18/2017] [Indexed: 10/17/2022]
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Wrist involvement occurs in about one-quarter of patients diagnosed with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), increasing to 40% 5 years after diagnosis. The imaging appearances, both for active inflammation and permanent change, differ from those seen in adult rheumatoid arthritis; therefore, a child-specific approach is crucial for correct assessment. In this review article, we provide an update on the current status for imaging wrist JIA, with a focus on evidence-based practice.
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- Department of Paediatric Haematology, Rheumatology, Immunology, and Infectious Disease, Emma Children's Hospital, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Paediatrics, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway.,Department of Clinical Medicine, K1, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Radiology, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Radiology and Intervention Unit for Paediatric Radiology, Oslo University, Oslo, Norway
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A novel radiographic scoring system for growth abnormalities and structural change in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis of the hip. Pediatr Radiol 2018; 48:1086-1095. [PMID: 29717335 PMCID: PMC6061460 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-018-4136-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2017] [Revised: 02/02/2018] [Accepted: 04/12/2018] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Approximately 20-50% of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have hip involvement within 6 years of diagnosis. Scoring systems for hip-related radiographic changes are lacking. OBJECTIVE To examine precision of potential radiographic variables and to suggest a scoring system. MATERIALS AND METHODS We reviewed a set of 75 pelvic radiographs from 75 children with JIA hip involvement across two European centres. We assessed findings of (1) destructive change and (2) growth abnormality, according to a pre-defined scoring system. All radiographs were scored independently by two sets of radiologists. One set scored the radiographs a second time. We used kappa statistics to rate inter- and intra-observer variability. RESULTS Assessment of erosions of the femoral head, femoral neck and the acetabulum showed moderate to good agreement for the same reader (kappa of 0.5-0.8). The inter-reader agreement was, however, low (kappa of 0.1-0.3). There was moderate to high agreement for the assessment of femoral head flattening (kappa of 0.6-0.7 for the same reader, 0.3-0.7 between readers). Joint space narrowing showed moderate to high agreement both within and between observers (kappa of 0.4-0.8). Femoral neck length and width measurements, the centrum-collum-diaphysis angle, and trochanteric-femoral head lengths were relatively precise, with 95% limits of agreement within 10-15% of the observer average. CONCLUSION Several radiographic variables of destructive and growth abnormalities in children with hip JIA have reasonable reproducibility. We suggest that future studies on clinical validity focus on assessing only reproducible radiographic variables.
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Dimopoulou D, Trachana M, Pratsidou-Gertsi P, Sidiropoulos P, Kanakoudi-Tsakalidou F, Dimitroulas T, Garyfallos A. Predictors and long-term outcome in Greek adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a 17-year continuous follow-up study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2017; 56:1928-1938. [PMID: 29088453 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Objectives To describe the disease characteristics, continuous course and long-term outcome and to evaluate predictors of outcome in JIA in Greece. Methods We performed a retrospective cohort analysis of 17 years' prospective data on JIA. Outcome assessment included radiographic (modified Sharp-van der Heidje score), articular and extra-articular damage (Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index), functional ability (HAQ Disability Index), and the cumulative percentage time spent in a state of active disease and also in clinical remission off medication (CR) (according to Wallace's criteria). Results One hundred and two (72 females) patients under regular follow-up were enrolled. The disease age of onset [mean (SD)] was 7.7 (4) years, the interval from onset to last visit was 17.2 (6.7) years and the patients' current age was 25 (5.9) years. At the last follow-up visit, 53 patients (52%) had disease activity, while 23.5% were in CR. The cumulative percentage time spent in a state of active disease and CR over the disease course was 52.6 and 17.8%, respectively. Polyarticular subtype of onset and longer disease activity during the first 5 years were independent predictors of worse outcome. Additional telephone-based interviews of 205 former JIA patients who had been lost to follow-up as adults were performed to extend the interpretation of our findings to a broader JIA population. Almost half (47.6%) of the total cohort of 307 patients were found to be in CR at the final evaluation and 69.7% had no disability. Conclusion The available data indicate that JIA as a whole is a heterogeneous disease with significant variability in course and long-term outcome.
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- 1st Academic Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology Referral Center, Thessaloniki
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- 1st Academic Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology Referral Center, Thessaloniki
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- 1st Academic Department of Pediatrics, Aristotle University, Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology Referral Center, Thessaloniki
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Selvaag AM, Kirkhus E, Törnqvist L, Lilleby V, Aulie HA, Flatø B. Radiographic damage in hands and wrists of patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis after 29 years of disease duration. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2017; 15:20. [PMID: 28399930 PMCID: PMC5387251 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-017-0151-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2016] [Accepted: 03/23/2017] [Indexed: 03/05/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND There are few studies on radiographic outcome after long-term disease duration in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). We wanted to evaluate 29-year radiographic outcome in hands/wrists and predictors of damage in patients with long-term active JIA. METHODS Patients diagnosed from 1980 to 1985, who had active disease at 15-, 23- or 29-year follow-up and arthritis in the wrists during the disease course, were reexamined with radiographs of hands/wrists. We used the adapted version of the Sharp van der Heijde (aSvdH) score and Carpal Height Ratio (CHR) to evaluate radiographic outcome. RESULTS Sixty patients, mean age 38 years, were reexamined at median 29-year follow-up. 33 patients (55%) had an aSvdH score >0, median score was 4.0 (range 0-313), and 25% of the scores were high (≥53). Most patients with radiographic damage (88%) had both erosions and JSN. 52% of the patients had damage in the wrists, 43% in the MCP joints and 40% in the PIP joints. The CHR correlated strongly with the aSvdH. Both scores had high correlations with the Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index and the number of joints with limited range of motion (LROM) (rs = -0.688 to 0.743, p ≤ 0.001). The aSvdH correlated weakly with measures of disease activity. The number of joints with LROM, ESR and the HAQ disability score at 15 years and HLAB27 positivity predicted the aSvdH score and the CHR at 29-year follow-up. CONCLUSIONS The majority of patients with long-term active JIA had modest radiographic damage, but more frequently in wrists than in fingers. The radiographic scores correlated well with measures of disease damage. Restricted mobility in joints at 15 years was the most important predictor of radiographic damage at 29 years.
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- Anne M. Selvaag
- grid.55325.34Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Post-box 4950, Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway
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- grid.55325.34Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway ,grid.5510.1Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.55325.34Department of Radiology and Nuclear Medicine, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Oslo, Norway ,grid.5640.7Present address: Department of Radiology, Linköping University, Linköping, Sweden
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- grid.55325.34Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Post-box 4950, Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway
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- grid.55325.34Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Post-box 4950, Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway ,grid.413684.cPresent address: Department of Internal Medicine, Diakonhjemmet Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- grid.55325.34Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Rikshospitalet, Post-box 4950, Nydalen, 0424 Oslo, Norway ,grid.5510.1Institute of Clinical Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway
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Basra HAS, Humphries PD. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis: what is the utility of ultrasound? Br J Radiol 2017; 90:20160920. [PMID: 28291375 DOI: 10.1259/bjr.20160920] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous condition and an important cause of acquired disability in children. Evidence supports early treatment to prevent future complications. This relies on prompt diagnosis, achieved by a high index of clinical suspicion and supportive evidence, including the detection of joint and or tendon inflammation. Ultrasound is a readily accessible, well-tolerated, safe and accurate modality for assessing joints and the surrounding soft tissues. It can also be used to guide therapy into those joints and tendon sheaths resistant to systemic treatments. Ultrasound imaging is highly operator dependent, and the developing skeleton poses unique challenges in interpretation with sonographic findings that can mimic pathology and vice versa. Ultrasound technology has been rapidly improving and is more accessible than ever before. In this article, we review the normal appearances, highlight potential pitfalls and present the key pathological findings commonly seen in JIA.
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- Hershernpal A S Basra
- 1 Department of Radiology, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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- 2 Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, University College London Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, London, UK
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Collado P, Malattia C. Imaging in paediatric rheumatology: Is it time for imaging? Best Pract Res Clin Rheumatol 2016; 30:720-735. [PMID: 27931964 DOI: 10.1016/j.berh.2016.08.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2016] [Revised: 06/13/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous group of arthritides characterized by chronic synovial inflammation that can lead to structural damage. The main objective of JIA therapies is to induce disease control to avoid disability in childhood. The advances in therapeutic effectiveness have created a need to search for imaging tools that describe more precisely disease activity in children with JIA. Musculoskeletal ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging have demonstrated to be more sensitive than clinical examination in early detection of synovitis. These modalities can detect both inflammatory and destructive changes. The unique characteristics of the growing skeleton and a scarce validation of imaging in children result in important challenges in evaluating paediatric population. This review describes indications and limitations of these imaging techniques and suggests some advices for a rational use in the management of JIA in clinical practice.
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- Paz Collado
- Rheumatology/Paediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, C/Corazón de María 55, 2ºA, 28002 Madrid, Spain.
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- Pediatria 2-Reumatologia, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Largo Gaslini 5, 16147 Genova, Italy; University of Genova, Italy
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Sudoł-Szopińska I, Grochowska E, Gietka P, Płaza M, Pracoń G, Saied F, Walentowska-Janowicz M. Imaging of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Part II: Ultrasonography and MRI. J Ultrason 2016; 16:237-51. [PMID: 27679727 PMCID: PMC5034018 DOI: 10.15557/jou.2016.0024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 03/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common autoimmune systemic disease of the connective tissue affecting individuals in the developmental age. Radiography, which was described in the first part of this publication, is the standard modality in the assessment of this condition. Ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging enable early detection of the disease which affects soft tissues, as well as bones. Ultrasound assessment involves: joint cavities, tendon sheaths and bursae for the presence of synovitis, intraand extraarticular fat tissue to visualize signs of inflammation, hyaline cartilage, cartilaginous epiphysis and subchondral bone to detect cysts and erosions, and ligaments, tendons and their entheses for signs of enthesopathies and tendinopathies. Magnetic resonance imaging is indicated in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis for assessment of inflammation in peripheral joints, tendon sheaths and bursae, bone marrow involvement and identification of inflammatory lesions in whole-body MRI, particularly when the clinical picture is unclear. Also, MRI of the spine and spinal cord is used in order to diagnose synovial joint inflammation, bone marrow edema and spondylodiscitis as well as to assess their activity, location, and complications (spinal canal stenosis, subluxation, e.g. in the atlantoaxial region). This article discusses typical pathological changes seen on ultrasound and magnetic resonance imaging. The role of these two methods for disease monitoring, its identification in the pre-clinical stage and establishing its remission are also highlighted.
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- Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Medical Imaging, Second Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Pediatrics, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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Sudoł-Szopińska I, Matuszewska G, Gietka P, Płaza M, Walentowska-Janowicz M. Imaging of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Part I: Clinical classifications and radiographs. J Ultrason 2016; 16:225-36. [PMID: 27679726 PMCID: PMC5034017 DOI: 10.15557/jou.2016.0023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/15/2016] [Revised: 03/12/2016] [Accepted: 03/16/2016] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common autoimmune systemic disease of the connective tissue affecting individuals at the developmental age. Radiography is the primary modality employed in the diagnostic imaging in order to identify changes typical of this disease entity and rule out other bone-related pathologies, such as neoplasms, posttraumatic changes, developmental defects and other forms of arthritis. The standard procedure involves the performance of comparative joint radiographs in two planes. Radiographic changes in juvenile idiopathic arthritis are detected in later stages of the disease. Bone structures are assessed in the first place. Radiographs can also indirectly indicate the presence of soft tissue inflammation (i.e. in joint cavities, sheaths and bursae) based on swelling and increased density of the soft tissue as well as dislocation of fat folds. Signs of articular cartilage defects are also seen in radiographs indirectly - based on joint space width changes. The first part of the publication presents the classification of juvenile idiopathic arthritis and discusses its radiographic images. The authors list the affected joints as well as explain the spectrum and specificity of radiographic signs resulting from inflammatory changes overlapping with those caused by the maturation of the skeletal system. Moreover, certain dilemmas associated with the monitoring of the disease are reviewed. The second part of the publication will explain issues associated with ultrasonography and magnetic resonance imaging, which are more and more commonly applied in juvenile idiopathic arthritis for early detection of pathological features as well as the disease complications.
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- Iwona Sudoł-Szopińska
- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland; Department of Medical Imaging, Second Faculty of Medicine, Medical University of Warsaw, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Paediatric Clinic, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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- Department of Radiology, National Institute of Geriatrics, Rheumatology and Rehabilitation, Warsaw, Poland
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Oliveira-Ramos F, Eusébio M, M Martins F, Mourão AF, Furtado C, Campanilho-Marques R, Cordeiro I, Ferreira J, Cerqueira M, Figueira R, Brito I, Canhão H, Santos MJ, Melo-Gomes JA, Fonseca JE. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis in adulthood: fulfilment of classification criteria for adult rheumatic diseases, long-term outcomes and predictors of inactive disease, functional status and damage. RMD Open 2016; 2:e000304. [PMID: 27752356 PMCID: PMC5051503 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2016-000304] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/27/2016] [Revised: 07/04/2016] [Accepted: 07/05/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Objectives To determine how adult juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients fulfil classification criteria for adult rheumatic diseases, evaluate their outcomes and determine clinical predictors of inactive disease, functional status and damage. Methods Patients with JIA registered on the Rheumatic Diseases Portuguese Register (Reuma.pt) older than 18 years and with more than 5 years of disease duration were included. Data regarding sociodemographic features, fulfilment of adult classification criteria, Health Assessment Questionnaire, Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index—articular (JADI-A) and Juvenile Arthritis Damage Index—extra-articular (JADI-E) damage index and disease activity were analysed. Results 426 patients were included. Most of patients with systemic JIA fulfilled criteria for Adult Still's disease. 95.6% of the patients with rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive polyarthritis and 57.1% of the patients with RF-negative polyarthritis matched criteria for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). 38.9% of the patients with extended oligoarthritis were classified as RA while 34.8% of the patients with persistent oligoarthritis were classified as spondyloarthritis. Patients with enthesitis-related arthritis fulfilled criteria for spondyloarthritis in 94.7%. Patients with psoriatic arthritis maintained this classification. Patients with inactive disease had lower disease duration, lower diagnosis delay and corticosteroids exposure. Longer disease duration was associated with higher HAQ, JADI-A and JADI-E. Higher JADI-A was also associated with biological treatment and retirement due to JIA disability and higher JADI-E with corticosteroids exposure. Younger age at disease onset was predictive of higher HAQ, JADI-A and JADI-E and decreased the chance of inactive disease. Conclusions Most of the included patients fulfilled classification criteria for adult rheumatic diseases, maintain active disease and have functional impairment. Younger age at disease onset was predictive of higher disability and decreased the chance of inactive disease.
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- Filipa Oliveira-Ramos
- Rheumatology Department, Santa Maria Hospital-CHLN, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Department, Hospital Egas Moniz, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Ocidental, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department , Hospital do Divino Espírito Santo , Ponta Delgada , Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Santa Maria Hospital-CHLN, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department , Hospital Garcia de Orta , Almada , Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department , Centro Universitário Hospitalar de Coimbra , Coimbra , Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department , ULSAM-Hospital Conde de Bertiandos , Ponte de Lima , Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department , Hospital Dr Nélio Mendonça , Funchal , Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department , Hospital de São João and Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade do Porto , Porto , Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Santa Maria Hospital-CHLN, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal
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- Rheumatology Department, Santa Maria Hospital-CHLN, Lisbon Academic Medical Center, Lisbon, Portugal; Rheumatology Research Unit, Instituto de Medicina Molecular, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Giancane G, Consolaro A, Lanni S, Davì S, Schiappapietra B, Ravelli A. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Diagnosis and Treatment. Rheumatol Ther 2016; 3:187-207. [PMID: 27747582 PMCID: PMC5127964 DOI: 10.1007/s40744-016-0040-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a broad term that describes a clinically heterogeneous group of arthritides of unknown cause, which begin before 16 years of age. This term encompasses several disease categories, each of which has distinct presentation, clinical manifestations, and, presumably, genetic background and etiopathogenesis. Although none of the available drugs has curative potential, prognosis has greatly improved as a result of substantial progresses in disease management. The most important new development has been the introduction of the biologic medications, which constitute a valuable treatment option for patients who are resistant to conventional antirheumatic agents. Further insights into the disease pathogenesis and treatment will be provided by the continuous advances in understanding of the mechanisms related to the immune response and inflammatory process, and by the development of new drugs that are capable of selectively inhibiting single molecules or pathways.
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- Gabriella Giancane
- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.,Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy.,Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy. .,Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy.
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Avenarius DFM, Ording Müller LS, Rosendahl K. Erosion or normal variant? 4-year MRI follow-up of the wrists in healthy children. Pediatr Radiol 2016; 46:322-30. [PMID: 26637316 PMCID: PMC4767868 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3494-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2015] [Revised: 09/03/2015] [Accepted: 10/28/2015] [Indexed: 12/02/2022]
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BACKGROUND A large proportion of healthy children have wrist changes on MRI, namely carpal depressions, findings that have been described as pathological in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. OBJECTIVE We performed follow-up imaging in a cohort of healthy children to evaluate carpal surface depressions over time, focusing on the presence of overlying cartilage as a potential discriminator between normal variants and true erosions. MATERIALS AND METHODS 74 of the initial cohort of 89 healthy children (83%) had a re-scan of their wrists using the same protocol, including coronal T1 and fat-saturated T2 sequences. A cartilage-selective sequence was added for this study. We registered number and location of bony depressions and presence of overlying cartilage. RESULTS The total number of carpal depressions increased by age group and over time; their location was unchanged in 370 of 487 (76%) carpal sites and 91 of 117 (78%) metacarpal sites. In total, 426 of the 1,087 (39.2%) bony depressions were covered by cartilage, with a decreasing percentage by age (P = 0.001). CONCLUSION Normal appearances during growth, such as bony depressions, should not be mistaken for pathology. There must be additional findings to support a diagnosis of disease. A cartilage sequence may add to the diagnostic image analysis.
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- Derk F. M. Avenarius
- />Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Tromsø, 9037 Tromsø, Norway , />Department of Radiology, University Hospital of North Norway, Tromsø, Norway
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- />Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway , />Department of Clinical Medicine K1, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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Boavida P, Lambot-Juhan K, Müller LSO, Damasio B, de Horatio LT, Malattia C, Owens CM, Rosendahl K. Carpal erosions in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: repeatability of a newly devised MR-scoring system. Pediatr Radiol 2015. [PMID: 26209959 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-015-3421-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is characterized by synovial inflammation, with potential risk of developing progressive joint destruction. Personalized state-of-the-art treatment depends on valid markers for disease activity to monitor response; however, no such markers exist. OBJECTIVE To evaluate the reliability of scoring of carpal bone erosions on MR in children with JIA using two semi-quantitative scoring systems. MATERIALS AND METHODS A total of 1,236 carpal bones (91 MR wrist examinations) were scored twice by two independent pediatric musculoskeletal radiologists. Bony erosions were scored according to estimated bone volume loss using a 0-4 scale and a 0-10 scale. An aggregate erosion score comprising the sum total carpal bone volume loss was calculated for each examination. RESULTS The 0-4 scoring system resulted in good intra-reader agreement and moderate to good inter-observer agreement in the assessment of individual bones. Fair and moderate agreement were achieved for inter-reader and intra-reader agreement, respectively, using the 0-10 scale. Intra- and particularly inter-reader aggregate score variability were much less favorable, with wide limits of agreement. CONCLUSION Further analysis of erosive disease patterns compared with normal subjects is required, and to facilitate the development of an alternative means of quantifying disease.
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- Peter Boavida
- Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ospedale Pediatrico Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, Ospedale Pediatrico Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK.,Institute of Child Health, UCL, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Jonas Lies vei 65, N-5021, Bergen, Norway. .,Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway.
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Colebatch-Bourn AN, Edwards CJ, Collado P, D'Agostino MA, Hemke R, Jousse-Joulin S, Maas M, Martini A, Naredo E, Østergaard M, Rooney M, Tzaribachev N, van Rossum MA, Vojinovic J, Conaghan PG, Malattia C. EULAR-PReS points to consider for the use of imaging in the diagnosis and management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis in clinical practice. Ann Rheum Dis 2015; 74:1946-57. [PMID: 26245755 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207892] [Citation(s) in RCA: 86] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 07/14/2015] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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To develop evidence based points to consider the use of imaging in the diagnosis and management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in clinical practice. The task force comprised a group of paediatric rheumatologists, rheumatologists experienced in imaging, radiologists, methodologists and patients from nine countries. Eleven questions on imaging in JIA were generated using a process of discussion and consensus. Research evidence was searched systematically for each question using MEDLINE, EMBASE and Cochrane CENTRAL. Imaging modalities included were conventional radiography, ultrasound, MRI, CT, scintigraphy and positron emission tomography. The experts used the evidence obtained from the relevant studies to develop a set of points to consider. The level of agreement with each point to consider was assessed using a numerical rating scale. A total of 13 277 references were identified from the search process, from which 204 studies were included in the systematic review. Nine points to consider were produced, taking into account the heterogeneity of JIA, the lack of normative data and consequent difficulty identifying pathology. These encompassed the role of imaging in making a diagnosis of JIA, detecting and monitoring inflammation and damage, predicting outcome and response to treatment, use of guided therapies, progression and remission. Level of agreement for each proposition varied according to the research evidence and expert opinion. Nine points to consider and a related research agenda for the role of imaging in the management of JIA were developed using published evidence and expert opinion.
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- A N Colebatch-Bourn
- NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK Department of Rheumatology, Yeovil District Hospital, Yeovil, UK
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- NIHR Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Facility, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, UK MRC Lifecourse Epidemiology Unit, University of Southampton, Southampton General Hospital, Southampton, UK
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- Hospital Universitario Severo Ochoa, Madrid, Spain
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- Rheumatology Department, APHP, Hôpital Ambroise Paré, Boulogne-Billancourt, France Inserm U1173, Laboratoire d'Excellence INFLAMEX, Université Versailles St. Quentin, Montigny-le-Bretonneux, France
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- Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Academic Medical Centre Amsterdam, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Institut Gaslini, Genova, Italy Department of Pediatrics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Rheumatology Department, Hospital General Universitario Gregorio Maraňón, Madrid, Spain
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- Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research, Center of Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Queen's University Belfast, Belfast, UK
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Research Institute, Bad Bramstedt, Germany
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- Academic Medical Centre, Emma Children's Hospital, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute/Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Faculty of Medicine University of Nis, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Clinic Center, Niš, Serbia
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- NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds , Leeds, UK
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- Institut Gaslini, Genova, Italy Department of Pediatrics, University of Genova, Genova, Italy
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Ording Muller LS, Humphries P, Rosendahl K. The joints in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Insights Imaging 2015; 6:275-84. [PMID: 25903287 PMCID: PMC4444796 DOI: 10.1007/s13244-015-0406-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/18/2014] [Revised: 03/19/2015] [Accepted: 03/25/2015] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Abstract Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is the most common rheumatic entity in childhood. Imaging has become an important supplement to the clinical assessment of children with JIA. Radiographs still play an important role in the workup, and long-term follow-up in children with JIA, but are not sensitive to findings in the early disease stage. Both ultrasound and MRI are more sensitive to inflammatory changes than clinical assessment alone. However, the differentiation between normal findings and pathology can be challenging, particularly in early disease. The objective of this review is to discuss the role of imaging in JIA, describe the typical findings on different modalities and highlight the challenges we face regarding the reliability and accuracy of the different methods for imaging the joints in children with JIA. Key Points • Imaging is an important supplement to the clinical examination in JIA. • Ultrasound is more sensitive for detecting synovitis than clinical examination alone. • MRI can depict all relevant structures in joint inflammation. • The differentiation between normal variants and pathology is difficult in children.
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- />Institute of Child Health, UCL, University College London Hospital NHS Trust and Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- />Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
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Clinical features of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-323-09138-1.00101-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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van Dijkhuizen EHP, Wulffraat NM. Early predictors of prognosis in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a systematic literature review. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:1996-2005. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/21/2014] [Accepted: 05/25/2014] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Aoki C, Inaba Y, Choe H, Kaneko U, Hara R, Miyamae T, Imagawa T, Mori M, Oba MS, Yokota S, Saito T. Discrepancy Between Clinical and Radiological Responses to Tocilizumab Treatment in Patients with Systemic-onset Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. J Rheumatol 2014; 41:1171-7. [DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.130924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Objective.Tocilizumab (TCZ), an antiinterleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody, is clinically beneficial in patients with systemic-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). We investigated the clinical and radiological outcomes of TCZ therapy in patients with sJIA.Methods.We retrospectively evaluated 2 clinical trials (NCT00144599 and NCT00144612) involving 40 patients with sJIA who received intravenous TCZ (8 mg/kg) every 2 weeks. Clinical data and radiographs of the hands and large joints were assessed before and during TCZ treatment. The Poznanski score, modified Larsen scores of the hands and large joints, and Childhood Arthritis Radiographic Score of the Hip (CARSH) were recorded.Results.After a mean duration of 4.5 years of TCZ treatment, clinical data had improved significantly, the mean Poznanski score improved from −1.5 to −1.1, the mean Larsen score of the hands deteriorated from 7.0 to 10.0, the mean Larsen score for the large joints deteriorated from 5.9 to 6.8, and the CARSH worsened from 3.9 to 6.2. The Larsen score for the large joints improved in 11 cases (28%), remained unchanged in 8 cases (20%), and worsened in 21 cases (52%). Matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3) levels remained significantly higher (278 mg/dl) in patients with worsened Larsen scores than in patients with improved or unchanged scores (65 mg/dl). Logistic regression analysis showed that older age at disease onset was a significant risk factor for radiographic progression.Conclusion.The modified Larsen score of the large joints deteriorated in half the patients who had high MMP-3 levels during TCZ treatment and who were significantly older at disease onset.
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Rouster-Stevens KA, Ardoin SP, Cooper AM, Becker ML, Dragone LL, Huttenlocher A, Jones KB, Kolba KS, Moorthy LN, Nigrovic PA, Stinson JN, Ferguson PJ. Choosing Wisely: The American College of Rheumatology's Top 5 for Pediatric Rheumatology. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2014; 66:649-57. [DOI: 10.1002/acr.22238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2013] [Accepted: 11/14/2013] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- University of Texas Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, and Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Kansas City Missouri
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- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics; Kansas City Missouri
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- Pacific Arthritis Center Medical Group; Santa Maria California
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital; Boston Massachusetts
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Ravelli A, Ruperto N, Pederzoli S, Burgos-Vargas R, Kobusinska K, Schmeling H, Sztajnbok F, Weller-Heinemann F, Zholobova E, Zulian F, Allen R, Chaitow J, Keane C, Wells C, Martini A, Lovell DJ, De Benedetti F. A11: Assessment of Radiographic Progression in Patients With Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Treated With Tocilizumab: 2-Year Data From CHERISH. Arthritis Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.1002/art.38422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- University of Calgary/Alberta Childrens Hospital Research Institute; Calgary AB
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- Roche Products Ltd.; Welwyn Garden City United Kingdom
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Giancane G, Pederzoli S, Norambuena X, Ioseliani M, Sato J, Gallo MC, Negro G, Pistorio A, Ruperto N, Martini A, Ravelli A. Frequency of radiographic damage and progression in individual joints in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2014; 66:27-33. [PMID: 23983211 DOI: 10.1002/acr.22123] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2013] [Accepted: 08/09/2013] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the presence and progression of radiographic joint damage, as assessed with the adapted Sharp/van der Heijde score (SHS), in individual joints in the hand and wrist in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) and to compare progression of damage among different JIA categories. METHODS A total of 372 radiographs of both wrists and hands obtained at first observation and at last followup visit (after 1-10 years) in 186 children with polyarticular-course JIA were evaluated. All radiographs were scored using the adapted SHS by 2 independent readers. Radiographic assessment included evaluation of joint space narrowing (JSN) and erosions on baseline and last followup radiographs and of progression of radiographic changes from baseline to last followup radiographs. RESULTS Both JSN and erosions occurred in all adapted SHS areas. Overall, radiographic damage and progression were more common in the wrist and less common in metacarpophalangeal (MCP) joints. The hamate and capitate areas appeared particularly vulnerable to cartilage loss. Erosions were identified most frequently in the hamate and capitate bones as well as in the second and third metacarpal bases. Patients with extended oligoarthritis were distinctly less susceptible to JSN in hand joints, whereas patients with polyarthritis showed a greater tendency to developing erosions in hand joints. CONCLUSION Radiographic joint damage and progression in our patients with JIA were seen most commonly in the wrist and less commonly in MCP joints. The frequency and localization of structural abnormalities differed markedly across disease categories.
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Inaba Y, Ozawa R, Aoki C, Imagawa T, Mori M, Hara R, Miyamae T, Saito T, Yokota S. Radiologic analysis of the effect of tocilizumab on hands and large joints in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2014. [DOI: 10.3109/s10165-012-0711-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Consolaro A, Ruperto N, Bracciolini G, Frisina A, Gallo MC, Pistorio A, Verazza S, Negro G, Gerloni V, Goldenstein-Schainberg C, Sztajnbok F, Wulffraat NM, Martini A, Ravelli A. Defining criteria for high disease activity in juvenile idiopathic arthritis based on the juvenile arthritis disease activity score. Ann Rheum Dis 2013; 73:1380-3. [PMID: 24347571 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine cutoff values for defining the state of high disease activity (HDA) in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) using the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS). METHODS For the selection of cutoff values, data from a clinical database including 609 patients were used. Optimal cutoff values were determined against external criteria by calculating the 25th and 10th centile of cumulative score distribution and through receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. External criteria were based on the therapeutic decision made by the attending doctor. Cross-validation was performed using five patient samples that included 1421 patients. RESULTS The optimal cutoff values were those obtained through the 90% fixed sensitivity method. The selected JADAS cutoff values were the following: 4.2 and 8.5 for JADAS27 in oligoarthritis and polyarthritis, respectively; 4.2 and 10.5 for both JADAS10 and JADAS71 in oligoarthritis and polyarthritis, respectively. In cross-validation analyses, the cutoff values showed strong ability to discriminate between different levels of American College of Rheumatology paediatric response in two clinical trials and could predict worse functional and radiographic outcome. CONCLUSIONS Cutoff values for classifying HDA in JIA using the JADAS were developed. In cross-validation analyses, they proved to have good construct and discriminant validity and ability to predict disease outcome.
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- Faculdade de Medicina da Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo/SP, Brazil
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- Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy Università degli Studi di Genova, Genova, Italy
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Damasio MB, Horatio LTD, Boavida P, Lambot-Juhan K, Rosendahl K, Tomà P, Muller LSO. Imaging in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA): an update with particular emphasis on MRI. Acta Radiol 2013; 54:1015-23. [PMID: 23873885 DOI: 10.1177/0284185113493777] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a heterogeneous condition encompassing all forms of chronic arthritis of unknown origin and with onset before 16 years of age. During the last decade new, potent therapeutic agents have become available, underscoring the need for accurate monitoring of therapeutic response on both disease activity and structural damage to the joint. However, so far, treatment efficacy is based on clinical ground only, although clinical parameters are poor markers for disease activity and progression of structural damage. Not so for rheumatoid arthritis patients where the inclusion of radiographic assessment has been required by FDA to test the disease-modifying potential of new anti-rheumatic drugs. In imaging of children with JIA there has been a shift from traditional radiography towards newer techniques such as ultrasound and MRI, however without proper evaluation of their accuracy and validity. We here summarize present knowledge and discuss future challenges in imaging children with JIA.
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- Department of Radiology, Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children, London, UK
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- Department of Radiology, Hopital Necker Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Department of Radiology, Haukeland University Hospital, Bergen, Norway
- Department of Surgical Sciences, University of Bergen, Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Radiology, Bambino Gesu Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Radiology, University Hospital North Norway, Troms⊘, Norway
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Rodriguez-Lozano AL, Giancane G, Pignataro R, Viola S, Valle M, Gregorio S, Norambuena X, Ioseliani M, Pistorio A, Magnaguagno F, Riganti S, Martini A, Ravelli A. Agreement among musculoskeletal pediatric specialists in the assessment of radiographic joint damage in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2013; 66:34-9. [PMID: 23983057 DOI: 10.1002/acr.22145] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2013] [Accepted: 08/20/2013] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate agreement among musculoskeletal pediatric specialists in assessing radiographic joint damage in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS Two pediatric rheumatologists, 2 pediatric radiologists, and 2 pediatric orthopedic surgeons evaluated independently 60 radiographs of both wrists and hands of children with polyarticular-course JIA. Films were scored using an adapted and simplified version of the Larsen score, ranging from 0-5. Study radiographs were selected from 568 films used in a previous study aimed to validate an adapted pediatric version of the Sharp/van der Heijde (SHS) score. To enable comparison of specialists' scores with the adapted SHS score, the 60 radiographs were divided into 6 classes of severity of damage based on quintiles of the adapted SHS score. Agreement was evaluated in terms of absolute agreement and through weighted kappa statistics. RESULTS The pediatric radiologists tended to assign lower scores and to provide more frequently scores of 0 than did the other specialists. Weighted kappa for the 3 pairs of specialists ranged from 0.67-0.69, indicating substantial agreement. Absolute agreement ranged from 51.3-55.7%, depending on the pair of specialists examined. Both absolute and weighted kappa concordance between specialists' scores and the adapted SHS score were poorer for the pediatric radiologist than for the other specialists. CONCLUSION We observed fair agreement in the assessment of radiographic damage among pediatric specialists involved in the care of children with JIA. The radiologists tended to be more reserved than the rheumatologists and orthopedic surgeons in labeling radiographs as damaged or in considering changes as important.
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MRI of the wrist in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: erosions or normal variants? A prospective case-control study. Pediatr Radiol 2013; 43:785-95. [PMID: 23283407 DOI: 10.1007/s00247-012-2575-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/20/2012] [Revised: 11/09/2012] [Accepted: 11/12/2012] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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BACKGROUND Bony depressions at the wrist resembling erosions are frequently seen on MRI in healthy children. The accuracy of MRI in detecting early bony destruction is therefore questionable. We compared findings on MRI of the wrist in healthy children and those with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) to investigate markers for true disease. MATERIALS AND METHODS We compared the number and localisation of bony depressions at the wrist in 85 healthy children and 68 children with JIA, ages 5-15 years. The size of the wrist was assessed from a radiograph of the wrist performed on the same day as the MRI. RESULTS No significant difference in the number of bony depressions in the carpal bones was seen between healthy children and children with JIA at any age. Depressions are found in similar locations in the two groups, except for a few sites, where bony depressions were seen exclusively in the JIA group, particularly at the CMC joints. The wrist was significantly smaller in children with JIA (P < 0.001). CONCLUSIONS Using adult scoring systems and standard MR sequences in the assessment of bone destruction in children may lead to overstaging or understaging of disease. At present, standard MRI sequences cannot easily be used for assessment of early signs of erosions in children.
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Elhai M, Bazeli R, Freire V, Feydy A, Drapé JL, Quartier P, Kahan A, Deslandre C, Wipff J. Radiological peripheral involvement in a cohort of patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis at adulthood. J Rheumatol 2013; 40:520-7. [PMID: 23418383 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.121013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE Radiographic damage was recently identified as a feature of poor prognosis in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA). However, most radiographic studies did not differentiate pJIA from other subtypes of JIA and little is known about pJIA persisting into adulthood. We describe radiological peripheral involvement in young adults with pJIA compared to patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS All consecutive patients with pJIA followed in a transition program were included. Age, sex, disease duration, and medical or surgical treatment information was collected. Laboratory tests and standard radiographs of the hands and wrists, feet, and hips were analyzed by 2 independent radiologists blinded to the diagnosis. One RA control group (age < 55 yrs), matched for sex and disease duration, was recruited. RESULTS Forty-three patients with pJIA and 59 with RA were included. Radiographs showed hand lesions in 79% of pJIA and 86% of patients with RA, feet lesions in 74% of pJIA and 80% of patients with RA, and hip damage in 35% of pJIA and 17% of patients with RA (p = nonsignificant). Specific to the juvenile forms were lower frequency of proximal interphalangeal joint involvement (51% vs 76%; p = 0.03) and higher risk of bilateral hip damage (86% vs 25%; p < 0.01) than in adult RA. CONCLUSION Structural peripheral damage is as common and as severe in young adults with pJIA as in adults with RA. The main specific feature of pJIA seems to be a high risk of bilateral hip damage. This requires a particular monitoring of pJIA patients with unilateral hip involvement to detect bilateralization.
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- Muriel Elhai
- Department of Rheumatology A, Paris Descartes University, Sorbonne Paris, France
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Malattia C, Damasio MB, Basso C, Santoro M, Verri A, Pederzoli S, Mattiuz C, Viola S, Buoncompagni A, Madeo A, Mazzoni M, Rosendahl K, Lambot-Juhan K, Tanturri de Horatio L, Magnano GM, Ravelli A, Martini A. Novel automated system for magnetic resonance imaging quantification of the inflamed synovial membrane volume in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2012; 64:1657-64. [DOI: 10.1002/acr.21739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Imagawa T, Takei S, Umebayashi H, Yamaguchi K, Itoh Y, Kawai T, Iwata N, Murata T, Okafuji I, Miyoshi M, Onoe Y, Kawano Y, Kinjo N, Mori M, Mozaffarian N, Kupper H, Santra S, Patel G, Kawai S, Yokota S. Efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and safety of adalimumab in pediatric patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Japan. Clin Rheumatol 2012; 31:1713-21. [PMID: 23053683 PMCID: PMC3505492 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-012-2082-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/12/2012] [Revised: 08/01/2012] [Accepted: 08/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The objective of this study was to evaluate the efficacy, pharmacokinetics, and safety of adalimumab in patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in Japan. Patients aged 4 to 17 years were enrolled in a single-arm, open-label, multicentre study of adalimumab. Patients weighing <30 kg received 20 mg every other week (eow), and those ≥30 kg received 40 mg eow. Concomitant methotrexate (MTX) was allowed (≤10 mg/m2 per week). The primary efficacy outcome was the percent of patients with American College of Rheumatology Pediatric 30 response (ACR Pedi 30) at week 16. JIA core variables, serum adalimumab concentrations, and anti-adalimumab antibodies (AAAs) were analysed. Patients were monitored for adverse events (AEs). Twenty-five patients (20 with concomitant MTX at baseline and 5 without) were enrolled: 24 patients completed 16 weeks of therapy and 22 patients completed 60 weeks. At week 16, 90 % of patients with MTX and 100 % without MTX achieved ACR Pedi 30; response rates were maintained through week 60 in 94 and 80 % of patients, respectively. Each JIA core variable improved over time. Six patients became AAA positive (two each at weeks 8, 16, and 60), some of which were transient. All six AAA-positive patients achieved ACR Pedi 30 at week 16, and four maintained that response at week 60. Six patients (all with MTX) experienced nine serious AEs (JIA, pyrexia, arthralgia, pneumonia, hepatitis B infection, pharyngitis, dehydration, pharyngeal pain, and pneumonia). In pediatric patients with polyarticular JIA in Japan, adalimumab was safe and effective for reducing disease activity for up to 60 weeks.
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Consolaro A, Bracciolini G, Ruperto N, Pistorio A, Magni-Manzoni S, Malattia C, Pederzoli S, Davì S, Martini A, Ravelli A. Remission, minimal disease activity, and acceptable symptom state in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: defining criteria based on the juvenile arthritis disease activity score. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012; 64:2366-74. [PMID: 22231288 DOI: 10.1002/art.34373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 144] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine cutoff values for defining remission, minimal disease activity, and parent and child acceptable symptom state in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) using the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS). METHODS For the selection of cutoff values, data from a clinical database including 609 children with JIA were used. Optimal cutoff values were determined against external criteria by calculating the 75th percentile of cumulative score distribution and through receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. External criteria included formal definitions of inactive disease and minimal disease activity, subjective rating of remission by physicians, parents, and children, and rating of acceptable symptom state by parents and children. The choice of cutoffs was made based on clinical and statistical grounds. Cross-validation was performed using 4 JIA patient samples that included a total of 1,323 patients, and was based on assessment of construct, discriminant, and predictive validity. RESULTS With all versions of the JADAS, the cutoff score for classifying a patient as having inactive disease was 1, whereas the cutoff for classification of minimal disease activity was 2 for oligoarticular JIA and 3.8 for polyarticular JIA. Cutoffs for physicians', parents', and children's subjective rating of remission ranged from 2 to 2.3. Cutoffs for acceptable symptom state ranged from 3.2 to 5.4 for parents and from 3 to 4.5 for children. Results of cross-validation analyses strongly supported the selected cutoff values. CONCLUSION Cutoff values for classifying various disease states in JIA using the JADAS were developed. In cross-validation analyses, they proved to have good construct and discriminant validity and ability to predict disease outcome.
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Radiologic analysis of the effect of tocilizumab on hands and large joints in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2012; 23:667-73. [PMID: 22791270 DOI: 10.1007/s10165-012-0711-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/14/2012] [Accepted: 06/14/2012] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To assess the efficacy of tocilizumab for preventing damage to the joints of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) patients, we examined serial radiographs of the hands and large weight-bearing joints of these patients before and after treatment with this agent. METHODS Nine patients with sJIA receiving 8 mg/kg of tocilizumab intravenously every 2 weeks were studied. The mean follow-up period was 82 months. The number of active joints and laboratory markers of inflammation were assessed before and after tocilizumab treatment, together with radiologic evaluation of the hips, knees, ankles, shoulders, and elbows. The latter examination included soft tissue swelling, juxta-articular osteoporosis, epiphyseal irregularity, joint-space narrowing, cyst formation, erosion, and localized growth abnormalities. Modified Larsen scores for the large joints and the Poznanski score were also recorded. RESULTS After tocilizumab treatment, the number of active joints and serum inflammatory markers decreased (p < 0.01). There was a decrease in radiologic abnormalities at the final follow-up (p < 0.01) with the exception of localized growth abnormalities. Radiologic improvement was observed in 47 joints (52%), but ten (11%) worsened. Total Larsen score was decreased from 15.8 to 10.9 at the final follow-up. Although the Poznanski score did not change after tocilizumab treatment, it was closely correlated with the total Larsen score (r = 0.53, p < 0.05). CONCLUSIONS We describe radiologic improvement of the majority of damaged large joints in sJIA following tocilizumab therapy, but some deteriorated further despite stabilization of systemic inflammatory responses. Further studies with a larger number of patients are needed.
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Breton S, Jousse-Joulin S, Finel E, Marhadour T, Colin D, de Parscau L, Devauchelle-Pensec V. Imaging Approaches for Evaluating Peripheral Joint Abnormalities in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2012; 41:698-711. [DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2011.08.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/26/2011] [Revised: 08/16/2011] [Accepted: 08/23/2011] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Imaging assessments of the joints of children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) are challenging, owing to the unique features of the growing skeleton. Traditionally, imaging studies in childhood arthritis have been based on conventional radiography. However, in the past few years, interest in the use of MRI and ultrasonography has increased. As a result, imaging has become a main area of clinical and research investigation in paediatric rheumatology. The chief advance in the field of conventional radiography has been the development and validation of paediatric scoring systems for the assessment of radiographic progression. Several studies have shown that MRI provides a precise quantification of synovitis in children with JIA. Furthermore, a high frequency of bone marrow oedema and bone erosions has been found early in the disease course. Ultrasonography has been proven to be superior to clinical examination in detecting synovitis, tenosynovitis and enthesitis. A high frequency of subclinical synovitis has been demonstrated in patients with JIA who have clinically inactive disease using both MRI and ultrasonography. However, more information from healthy children is needed to enable differentiation of the bone and cartilage abnormalities that reflect damage from those that are part of normal development using MRI or ultrasonography. This Review provides a summary of the current information on conventional radiography, ultrasonography and MRI in JIA and highlights the advantages and limitations of each imaging modality.
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Lipinska J, Brózik H, Stanczyk J, Smolewska E. Anticitrullinated protein antibodies and radiological progression in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. J Rheumatol 2012; 39:1078-87. [PMID: 22382337 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110879] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/28/2022]
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OBJECTIVE The aim of the study was to investigate whether determination of anticitrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) provides predictive information on severity of disease course and joint destruction in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS Sera from 74 children with JIA were examined for ACPA using the ELISA test. To assess joint destruction, plain radiographs of both hands were scored twice according to the Steinbrocker scale: at the beginning of observation and after 8.9 to 15.2 months (median 11.5 months) of the followup. Correlations between ACPA serum levels and the disease characteristics (type of JIA onset, disease activity, disease duration, radiological status) were investigated. RESULTS Twenty-six out of 74 examined children with JIA (35.0%) were ACPA-positive [> 5 relative units (RU)/ml]. ACPA were present in all types of JIA onset, including 36.6% of children with early stage JIA (disease duration < 6 months). All of the IgM-rheumatoid factor (RF)-positive children with polyarticular type of JIA onset were simultaneously positive for ACPA. ACPA levels correlated positively with disease activity at the beginning of the study (rho = 0.7196; p < 0.0001) and after followup (rho = 0.2485; p = 0.0486). Disease duration did not significantly affect ACPA serum levels. ACPA levels correlated positively with radiological joint destruction in children with JIA, both at the beginning of the study (rho = 0.4599; p = 0.0004) and after the followup period (rho = 0.5523; p < 0.0001). CONCLUSION ACPA were superior to IgM-RF in diagnosing JIA and provided predictive information on severity of disease course and radiological outcome.
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- Joanna Lipinska
- Department of Pediatric Cardiology and Rheumatology, Medical University of Lodz, Lodz, Poland.
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Shire NJ, Dardzinski BJ. Picture-perfect: imaging techniques in juvenile idiopathic arthritis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.2217/iim.11.63] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Ruperto N, Martini A. Current medical treatments for juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Front Pharmacol 2011; 2:60. [PMID: 22013422 PMCID: PMC3189546 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2011.00060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/08/2011] [Accepted: 09/21/2011] [Indexed: 11/30/2022] Open
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) differs markedly from adult rheumatoid arthritis. It is not a single disease, but an exclusion diagnosis that gather together all forms of arthritis that begin before the age of 16 years, persist for more than 6 weeks, and are of unknown origin. The advent of the new biological treatments has dramatically changed both the observed responses to treatment and the expectations of therapies. The implementation of an adequate legislation as well as the presence of international research networks of pediatric rheumatology have contributed to foster the conduct of controlled clinical trials and the development of validated outcome measures. This review will currently describe the methodological approach for performing clinical trials in JIA as well as the current available drug treatment.
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- Pediatria II e Reumatologia, Istituto G Gaslini Genoa, University of GenoaGenoa, Italy
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- Pediatria II e Reumatologia, Istituto G Gaslini Genoa, University of GenoaGenoa, Italy
- Department of Pediatrics, University of GenoaGenoa, Italy
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Juvenile idiopathic arthritis is a heterogeneous group of diseases characterised by arthritis of unknown origin with onset before age of 16 years. Pivotal studies in the past 5 years have led to substantial progress in various areas, ranging from disease classification to new treatments. Gene expression profiling studies have identified different immune mechanisms in distinct subtypes of the disease, and can help to redefine disease classification criteria. Moreover, immunological studies have shown that systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis is an acquired autoinflammatory disease, and have led to successful studies of both interleukin-1 and interleukin-6 blockade. In other forms of the disease, synovial inflammation is the consequence of a disturbed balance between proinflammatory effector cells (such as T-helper-17 cells), and anti-inflammatory regulatory cells (such as FOXP3-positive regulatory T cells). Moreover, specific soluble biomarkers (S100 proteins) can guide individual treatment. Altogether these new developments in genetics, immunology, and imaging are instrumental to better define, classify, and treat patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis.
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- Berent Prakken
- Centre for Molecular and Cellular Intervention, Department of Paediatrics, University Medical Centre Utrecht, Netherlands
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