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Paç Kısaarslan A, Özdemir Çiçek S, Şahin N, Başol M, Doğantan Ş, Taşkın SN, Poyrazoğlu MH. Factors and glucocorticoid usage affecting the prognosis of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Int 2021; 63:1424-1432. [PMID: 33760311 DOI: 10.1111/ped.14706] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 02/25/2021] [Accepted: 03/10/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND The rate of glucocorticoid (GC) use is significantly higher in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA) than other juvenile idiopathic arthritis subtypes. There is no consensus on the duration and dosage of GC treatment. We aimed to investigate the risk factors for a polyphasic / persistent disease course and the effect of dose and duration of GC treatment on SJIA prognosis. METHODS Forty-two patients who were diagnosed with SJIA, and for whom the duration of disease was longer than 2 years, were included. Patients were divided into monophasic and others (polyphasic / persistent disease course). Risk factors for polyphasic / persistent disease course, which were clinical and laboratory findings regarding the patients, treatment options, dose, and duration of GCs, were evaluated for the first active disease periods and for all flares in the entire disease course. RESULTS Of the 42 SJIA patients, 21 had monophasic, and 21 had polyphasic / persistent disease. Cumulative dosages and durations of glucocorticoid treatment were similar in the two groups at the first flare (odds ratio (OR): 1.032 P: 0.671; OR:1,113 P: 0.115). Durations of the first active disease period were longer in the polyphasic / persistent group (OR:1.275, P: 0.01). Active disease duration cut-off values of 1.5 months with sensitivity 85.7%, specificity 52.4% were observed on receiver operating characteristic curve analysis. The presence of hepatosplenomegaly at first flare was detected as an independent risk factor of polyphasic/persistent disease by multivariate analysis included both dosage and duration of a steroid (hazard ratio (HR): 4.129, P: 0.034), (HR: 3.992, P: 0.038). Multivariate recurrent events survival analysis determined ALT levels as a risk factor affecting polyphasic / persistent disease (HR: 0.986, P: 0.037). CONCLUSIONS Glucocorticoid dose and duration did not affect the active disease periods and disease course in SJIA. An active disease period longer than 1.5 months, presentation of hepatosplenomegaly at the initial disease course, and high ALT levels at the recurrences should warn physicians of polyphasic / persistent disease.
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- Ayşenur Paç Kısaarslan
- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Department of Biostatistics, Abant İzzet Baysal University, Faculty of Medicine, Bolu, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Erciyes University Faculty of Medicine, Kayseri, Turkey
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Bruze G, Askling J, Horne A, Neovius M. Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Marriage and Parenthood: A Nationwide Matched Cohort Study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 61:1228-1232. [PMID: 34247241 PMCID: PMC8889284 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Revised: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Objectives To compare trajectories of marriage and parenthood in individuals with JIA vs the general population. Methods Patients with JIA (n = 4399) were identified in the Swedish National Patient Register (2001–2016) and individually matched to up to five general population comparators on birthyear, sex and residence county (n = 21 981). Marriage and parenthood data were retrieved from the Total Population Register from age 18 y, and parenthood from the Multigeneration Register from age 15 y, respectively. Hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated using Cox regression adjusted for parental education, parental marital status and number of siblings. Results During a median of 6.3 years of follow-up, 362 patients with JIA and 1744 comparators got married (12.9 vs. 12.5 per 1000 person-years; HR 1.03, 95%CI 0.93-1.15). During a median of 8.8 years of follow-up, 680 patients with JIA and 3477 matched comparators became parents (17.1 vs 17.8 per 1000 person-years; HR 0.94, 95%CI 0.87-1.01). In the subgroup of patients with systemic onset JIA (SJIA), the adjusted hazard ratios for marriage and parenthood were 0.79 (95%CI 0.53-1.17) and 0.73 (95%CI 0.55-0.97), respectively. Conclusion The times to first marriage and first parenthood are similar for patients with JIA and the general population, suggesting that adolescents with JIA transition into family life along a trajectory resembling their community peers. One exception is the subgroup of patients with systemic onset JIA, who become parents for the first time at a lower rate than general population comparators.
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- Gustaf Bruze
- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Bağlan E, Özdel S, Güngör T, Çelikkaya E, Karakaya D, Bülbül M. Retrospective Evaluation of Patients with Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Single-centre Experience. AKTUEL RHEUMATOL 2021. [DOI: 10.1055/a-1450-1436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Objective Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis is one of the subtypes of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. This type of disease accounts for approximately 10–20% of all cases of juvenile idiopathic arthritis. It typically affects both sexes equally and is usually present in children under 5 years. This study aimed to evaluate the demographic and clinical features of patients who were followed up for the diagnosis of sJIA in a single centre, the treatments they received, the responses to the treatment and the course of the disease.
Methods All patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis who were evaluated at Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, between January 2017 and January 2020 were included in this study. Descriptive features, clinical information, medications, treatment responses and long-term prognosis of patients were evaluated retrospectively.
Results The study included 40 patients. 60% (n=24) of the patients were female and 40% (n=16) were male. The diagnosis age of the patients was 7.77±4.82 years and the patients were followed up for an average of 48±41 months. All of the patients had fever at the time of diagnosis. The 3 most common clinical signs after fever were arthralgia, hepatomegaly and lymphadenopathy (65, 55 and 50%, respectively). Ten patients (32.5%) had macrophage activation syndrome at admission. No significant difference was detected between the groups with and without macrophage activation syndrome concerning age, gender and clinical findings. Leukocyte, haemoglobin, platelet and erythrocyte sedimentation rates were significantly lower in the macrophage activation syndrome group compared with the other group, and ferritin was significantly higher. The C-reactive protein value was higher in the group without macrophage activation syndrome, but the difference was not statistically significant. While all patients received corticosteroid therapy as the initial therapy, 87.5% of these patients were administered pulse methylprednisolone therapy. In the follow-up, 21 patients (52.5%) needed biological treatment. Twenty-seven patients (67.5%) had a monocyclic course, 3 patients (7.5%) had a polycyclic course and 10 patients (25%) had a persistent polyarticular course.
Conclusion Early diagnosis and treatment of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis are important because of the risk of developing macrophage activation syndrome – the most lethal complication. In our evaluation, it was seen that laboratory parameters could provide more guidance than clinical findings. Although steroids are the cornerstone of therapy, biological agents are effective in patients who are not responsive to steroid therapy.
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- Esra Bağlan
- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology SBU Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology SBU Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology,SBU Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology,SBU Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology,SBU Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Nephrology and Rheumatology, SBU Ankara Dr Sami Ulus Maternity Child Health and Diseases Training and Research Hospital, Ankara, Turkey
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Adiguzel Dundar H, Acari C, Turkucar S, Unsal E. Treatment of systemic JIA: When do we need a biologic? Real world data of a single center. Mod Rheumatol 2021; 31:684-690. [PMID: 32343644 DOI: 10.1080/14397595.2020.1761079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVES This paper aimed to present real-world data of treatment results of a single center in patients with systemic Juvenile Idiopathic arthritis (SJIA), in which methotrexate (MTX) along with glucocorticoids was preferred as the first-line treatment option. METHODS The medical records of 50 patients (58 episodes) with SJIA were evaluated. All patients with SJIA were hospitalized and were given high dose glucocorticoid treatment along with subcutaneous MTX. A biological agent was added in which disease activity control was not available with MTX. RESULTS Forty-one (70.6%) of 58 episodes were controlled by MTX, following discontinuation of steroids, while a biologic drug was needed in the remaining 17 (29.4%) episodes. The patients receiving MTX were divided into two groups: Group I (n = 36) (41 episodes) consisted of patients receiving MTX alone, and Group II (n = 14) (17 episodes) consisted of patients receiving MTX plus a biologic agent. Group I was dominated by the monocyclic course (56.1%), whereas group II was dominated by persistent course (70.6%). The initial erythrocyte sedimentation rate (82 vs 67 mm/h) and neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio (8.6 vs 4.1) were significantly elevated in the Group II (p = .003 and p = .007, respectively). NLR of 5.23 predicted the requirement for biological agents with a sensitivity of 66.7%, specificity 71.4%. Odds ratio for NLR ≥ 5.23 was 5.1 in Group II. CONCLUSION This study suggested that MTX was highly successful in cases with any SJIA episode, regardless of whether arthritis was present or not, even in cases presenting with MAS. A biologic drug is needed, if NLR is greater than 5.23.Key messagesHigh dose glucocorticoids with high dose SC methotrexate are the initial treatment option in systemic JIA.In glucocorticoid dependent patients, where methotrexate is ineffective, biologic therapy is mandatory.A neutrophil/lymphocyte ratio greater than 5.23 predicts the need for early biologic treatment.High dose S.C. MTX could be an option as an initial treatment in SJIA, especially biologics are not available.
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- Hatice Adiguzel Dundar
- Division of Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatolgy, Department of Pediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, Dokuz Eylul University, Izmir, Turkey
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Horne A, Delcoigne B, Palmblad K, Askling J. Juvenile idiopathic arthritis and risk of cancer before and after the introduction of biological therapies. RMD Open 2019; 5:e001055. [PMID: 31798956 PMCID: PMC6861063 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2019-001055] [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] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/15/2019] [Revised: 10/21/2019] [Accepted: 10/22/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
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Background The risk of cancer, including any secular trends in risk, in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is incompletely understood. Methods We performed a register-based cohort study of patients with JIA from 2001 until 2017, identified via the Swedish Patient Register. Patients with JIA were matched to five population reference subjects. Patients and referents were followed up for incident cancers (via linkage to the Swedish Cancer Register) until 18 years of age or 31 December 2016. Results Among the 6721 patients with JIA, we observed 10 incident malignancies (5 lymphoproliferative cancers) during 34 951 person-years of follow-up, corresponding to an excess incidence of 0.09 cancers per 1000 person-years (one extra case per 11 000 patients per year), an HR for cancer (all sites) of 1.4 (95% CI 0.7 to 2.9) and an HR for lymphoproliferative malignancies of 3.6 (95% CI 1.1 to 11.2). The rates of cancer in JIA did not increase over the study period. We noted no differences in the excess risk comparing periods before and after the introduction of biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs). Discussion Children and adolescents with JIA are at a slightly increased risk of lymphoproliferative (but not of other) malignancies. At the group level, there is no sign that this risk has increased further after the introduction of bDMARDs.
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- AnnaCarin Horne
- Department of Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Karolinska Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Clinical Epidemiology Division, Department of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden
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Zhao J, Zhao X, Dou ZY, Rong ZH. [Association between autophagy and systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and related mechanism: a preliminary study]. ZHONGGUO DANG DAI ER KE ZA ZHI = CHINESE JOURNAL OF CONTEMPORARY PEDIATRICS 2019; 21:966-971. [PMID: 31642428 PMCID: PMC7389724 DOI: 10.7499/j.issn.1008-8830.2019.10.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/28/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To study the role of autophagy in the development of systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) by analyzing the expression of microtubule-associated protein 1 light chain 3-II (LC3-II), myeloid differentiation factor 88 (MyD88), and suppressor of T-cell receptor signaling 1 (STS-1) in peripheral blood lymphocytes of children with sJIA. METHODS A total of 26 children with sJIA were enrolled as the sJIA group, and 26 healthy children were enrolled as the control group. Western blot was used to measure the protein expression of LC3-II, STS-1, and MyD88 in peripheral blood lymphocytes. Immunofluorescence assay was used to measure the expression of LC3-II in the cytoplasm of lymphocytes. Pearson correlation analysis was used to assess the correlation between indices. RESULTS Compared with the control group, the sJIA group had significant increases in the expression of LC3-II, STS-1, and MyD88 (P<0.05). In the sJIA group, the expression of LC3-II was positively correlated with that of MyD88 (r=0.478, P<0.05), and the expression of STS-1 was also positively correlated with that of MyD88 (r=0.817, P<0.05). CONCLUSIONS There is high expression of LC3-II in peripheral blood lymphocytes of children with sJIA, suggesting that the development of sJIA may be associated with excessive expression of autophagy. STS-1 may induce autophagy by activating some signaling pathways, and MyD88 may participate in autophagy through the Toll-like receptor signaling pathway.
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- Jie Zhao
- Department of Pediatrics, Second Hospital of Hebei Medical University, Shijiazhuang 050000, China.
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Çakan M, Karadağ ŞG, Tanatar A, Ayaz NA. The frequency of macrophage activation syndrome and disease course in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Mod Rheumatol 2019; 30:900-904. [PMID: 31462146 DOI: 10.1080/14397595.2019.1660026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Objectives: The aim of this study was to demonstrate the frequency of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) cases, to compare the laboratory tests at the time of diagnosis of sJIA and MAS and to see whether sJIA cases complicated with MAS follow a more severe disease course in the long-term follow-up.Methods: Files of children with sJIA that were followed between May 2010 and September 2017 were reviewed.Results: The cohort consisted of 53 sJIA cases. Mean duration of follow-up was 39.0 ± 24.1 months. The frequency of MAS was 33.9%. Initial laboratory tests at the time of diagnosis of sJIA were compared in between patients with MAS and without MAS. Only ferritin and fibrinogen levels showed significant differences in between the groups (p < .01). Patients who developed MAS had higher ferritin (4482 mg/dL) and lower fibrinogen (371 mg/dL) values than patients without MAS (ferritin 2060 mg/dL, fibrinogen 466 mg/dL) at the time of diagnosis of sJIA. Long-term follow-up results showed that monocyclic course was observed in 45.2%, polycyclic course in 30.1% and persistent course in 24.5% of the cases. It was seen that patients with MAS segregated equally into three groups.Conclusions: Higher ferritin and relatively lower fibrinogen levels at the time of diagnosis of sJIA may be early warning signs of an impending MAS. sJIA patients who develop MAS do not seem to warrant more guarded prognosis in the long-term follow-up.
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- Mustafa Çakan
- Clinic of Pediatric Rheumatology, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic of Pediatric Rheumatology, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic of Pediatric Rheumatology, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Clinic of Pediatric Rheumatology, Kanuni Sultan Süleyman Research and Training Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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Barut K, Adrovic A, Sahin S, Tarcin G, Tahaoglu G, Koker O, Yildiz M, Kasapcopur O. Prognosis, complications and treatment response in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis patients: A single-center experience. Int J Rheum Dis 2019; 22:1661-1669. [PMID: 31273940 DOI: 10.1111/1756-185x.13649] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/11/2019] [Revised: 05/15/2019] [Accepted: 06/13/2019] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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AIM Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA) is a distinctive subtype of JIA characterized by systemic features and poor outcome. We aimed to investigate demographic and clinical features, long-term treatment response and disease complications in a large sJIA cohort. METHODS Patients diagnosed with sJIA followed up at a pediatric rheumatology outpatient department from January 2003 to December 2017 were included. Demographic and clinical features, long-term treatment response and disease complications were retrospectively collected. RESULTS A total of 168 sJIA patients (51.8% female, 48.2% male) were included: 31.5% with monocyclic, 13.7% polycyclic and 54.8% with persistent clinical course. Corticosteroids were initially used in all patients. Methotrexate was used in 75% and cyclosporine A was used in 17.3% patients. Biological drugs were used in 42.8% patients; etanercept in 29.7%, anakinra in 16%, canakinumab in 16%, tocilizumab in 10% patients. Remission off medication was achieved in 82 (48.8%). Macrophage activation syndrome (MAS) was present in 11.9%, growth retardation in 11.3% patients. Eight percent (4/50) of patients had low bone mineral density. Three patients (1.78%) died due to MAS secondary multiorgan insufficiency and infection. CONCLUSION The disease is characterized with diverse clinical presentation and possibly severe complications. MAS complicated with multiorgan insufficiency is the major mortality factor. Corticosteroids represent the mainstay of the initial treatment. In patients resistant to classic treatment, biological drugs should be timely introduced.
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- Kenan Barut
- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul Faculty of Medicine, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, Turkey
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Sota J, Insalaco A, Cimaz R, Alessio M, Cattalini M, Gallizzi R, Maggio MC, Lopalco G, La Torre F, Fabiani C, Pardeo M, Olivieri AN, Sfriso P, Salvarani C, Gaggiano C, Grosso S, Bracaglia C, De Benedetti F, Rigante D, Cantarini L. Drug Retention Rate and Predictive Factors of Drug Survival for Interleukin-1 Inhibitors in Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Front Pharmacol 2019; 9:1526. [PMID: 30670972 PMCID: PMC6331484 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.01526] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2018] [Accepted: 12/12/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022] Open
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Background and Objectives: Few studies have reported the drug retention rate (DRR) of biologic drugs in juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), and none of them has specifically investigated the DRR of interleukin (IL)-1 inhibitors on systemic JIA (sJIA). This study aims to describe IL-1 inhibitors DRR and evaluate predictive factors of drug survival based on data from a real-world setting concerning sJIA. Methods: Medical records from sJIA patients treated with anakinra (ANA) and canakinumab (CAN) were retrospectively analyzed from 15 Italian tertiary referral centers. Results: Seventy seven patients were enrolled for a total of 86 treatment courses. The cumulative retention rate of the IL-1 inhibitors at 12-, 24-, 48-, and 60-months of follow-up was 79.9, 59.5, 53.5, and 53.5%, respectively, without any statistically significant differences between ANA and CAN (p = 0.056), and between patients treated in monotherapy compared to the subgroup co-administered with conventional immunosuppressors (p = 0.058). On the contrary, significant differences were found between biologic-naive patients and those previously treated with biologic drugs (p = 0.038) and when distinguishing according to adverse events (AEs) occurrence (p = 0.04). In regression analysis, patients pre-treated with other biologics (HR = 3.357 [CI: 1.341-8.406], p = 0.01) and those experiencing AEs (HR = 2.970 [CI: 1.186-7.435], p = 0.020) were associated with a higher hazard ratio of IL-1 inhibitors withdrawal. The mean treatment delay was significantly higher among patients discontinuing IL-1 inhibitors (p = 0.0002). Conclusions: Our findings suggest an excellent overall DRR for both ANA and CAN that might be further augmented by paying attention to AEs and employing these agents as first-line biologics in an early disease phase.
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- Jurgen Sota
- Research Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet's Disease Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Meyer Children's Hospital, University of Florence, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Pediatrics, Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico "G. Martino" - Messina, University of Messina, Messina, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Emergency and Organ Transplantation, University of Bari, Bari, Italy
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Section, Pediatric Oncoematology Unit, Vito Fazzi Hospital, Lecce, Italy
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- Ophthalmology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento della Donna, del Bambino e di Chirurgia Generale e Specialistica, Seconda Università degli Studi di Napoli, Naples, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, University of Padua, Padua, Italy
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- Rheumatology Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Azienda Ospedaliera ASMN, Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Reggio Emilia, Italy
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- Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Molecular Medicine and Development, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Clinical Pediatrics, Department of Molecular Medicine and Development, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatric Medicine, Bambino Gesù Children's Hospital, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Institute of Pediatrics, Periodic Fever Research Center, Università Cattolica Sacro Cuore, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli, IRCCS, Rome, Italy
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- Research Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases and Behçet's Disease Clinic, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy
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