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Vega-Fernandez P, Rogers K, Sproles A, Thornton S, Huggins J, Lovell DJ, Cassedy A, Meyers AB, Ting TV. Diagnostic Accuracy Study of the Pediatric-Specific Ultrasound Scoring System for the Knee Joint in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2024; 76:251-258. [PMID: 37587869 PMCID: PMC10841426 DOI: 10.1002/acr.25218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2023] [Revised: 06/22/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 08/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE We undertook this study to validate the Pediatric Arthritis Ultrasound Scoring System for the knee joint (PAUSS-knee) in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS Children with JIA were enrolled to prospectively receive a musculoskeletal ultrasound (MSUS) examination of the knee and a physical examination to determine presence/absence of clinical arthritis. MSUS images were scored using the PAUSS-knee, a semiquantitative MSUS scoring system (0-3, normal to severe) for B-mode and power Doppler mode. In addition to MSUS, a subset of participants also received magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of the knee, which was scored according to the combined Juvenile Arthritis MRI Scoring (JAMRIS) system. Spearman's correlations (rs ) were used to calculate associations between variables. Test characteristics of the PAUSS-knee were calculated with MRI as the reference standard. Inflammatory biomarkers were assessed in synovial fluid from involved knees. RESULTS Eighty children with JIA contributed 112 MSUSs and 25 MRIs of the knee. Of the knees, 41% (n = 46) had clinical evidence of arthritis. The B-mode PAUSS-knee score moderately correlated with clinically determined arthritis (rs = 0.54, P < 0.001) and strongly correlated with the JAMRIS score (rs = 0.75, P < 0.001). Compared with MRI, the area under the curve for the B-mode PAUSS-knee was 0.92. For a cutoff of >1, the B-mode PAUSS-knee had a sensitivity of 83% and specificity of 82%. Biomarker analysis indicates that interleukin-2R levels correlate with PAUSS score. CONCLUSION Our data indicate that the PAUSS-knee has excellent accuracy for the diagnosis of arthritis when compared with MRI. The PAUSS-knee has the potential to effectively inform JIA medical decision-making in real time.
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- Patricia Vega-Fernandez
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Radiology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Division of Radiology, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Lovell DJ, Tzaribachev N, Henrickson M, Simonini G, Griffin TA, Alexeeva E, Bohnsack JF, Zeft A, Horneff G, Vehe RK, Staņēviča V, Tarvin S, Trachana M, Del Río AQ, Huber AM, Kietz D, Orbán I, Dare J, Foeldvari I, Quartier P, Dominique A, Simon TA, Martini A, Brunner HI, Ruperto N. Safety and effectiveness of abatacept in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: results from the PRINTO/PRCSG registry. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2024:keae025. [PMID: 38243722 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/10/2023] [Revised: 11/02/2023] [Accepted: 11/19/2023] [Indexed: 01/21/2024] Open
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OBJECTIVE To report the interim 5-year safety and effectiveness of abatacept in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in the PRINTO/PRCSG registry. METHODS The Abatacept JIA Registry (NCT01357668) is an ongoing observational study of children with JIA receiving abatacept; enrolment started in January 2013. Clinical sites enrolled patients with JIA starting or currently receiving abatacept. Eligible patients were assessed for safety (primary end point) and effectiveness over 10 years. Effectiveness was measured by clinical 10-joint Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (cJADAS10) in patients with JIA over 5 years. As-observed analysis is presented according to the Strengthening the Reporting of Observational Studies in Epidemiology (STROBE) guidelines. RESULTS As of 31 March 2020, 587 patients were enrolled; 569 are included in this analysis (including 134 new users) with 1214.6 patient-years of safety data available. Over 5 years, the incidence rate (IR) per 100 patient-years of follow-up of serious adverse events was 5.52 (95% confidence interval [CI]: 4.27, 7.01) and of events of special interest was 3.62 (95% CI: 2.63, 4.86), with 18 serious infections (IR 1.48 [95% CI: 0.88, 2.34]). As early as month 3, 55.9% of patients achieved cJADAS10 low disease activity and inactive disease (20.3%, 72/354 and 35.6%, 126/354, respectively), sustained over 5 years. Disease activity measures improved over 5 years across JIA categories. CONCLUSION Abatacept was well tolerated in patients with JIA, with no new safety signals identified and with well-controlled disease activity, including some patients achieving inactive disease or remission. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01357668.
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- Daniel J Lovell
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- IRCCS Meyer Children's Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, ERN-ReCONNECT Center, Florence, Italy
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- Department of Rheumatology, National Medical Research Center of Children's Health, Moscow, Russia
- Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, Russia
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA
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- Center for Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH, USA
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- Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- Department of Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology*, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA
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- Riley Hospital for Children at Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA
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- Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, Thessaloníki, Greece
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- IWK Health Centre and Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
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- National Institute of Locomotor Diseases and Disabilities, Budapest, Hungary
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, AR, USA
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- Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Necker-Enfants Malades University Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
- Université Paris-Cité, Paris, France
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- Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI), Genova, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial-PRINTO, Genova, Italy
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Nigrovic PA, de Benedetti F, Kimura Y, Lovell DJ, Vastert SJ. The 4th NextGen Therapies for SJIA and MAS: part 1 the elephant in the room: diagnostic/classification criteria for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and adult-onset still's disease. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2024; 21:114. [PMID: 38183114 PMCID: PMC10768075 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-023-00864-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2024] Open
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Currently, the criteria used to classify patients with SJIA are different from those used for AOSD. However, it has been recognized that the existing terms are too narrow, subdividing the Still's population unnecessarily between pediatric-onset and adult-onset disease and excluding an appreciable group of children in whom overt arthritis is delayed or absent. Government regulators and insurers rely upon the guidance of subject experts to provide disease definitions, and when these definitions are flawed, to provide new and better ones. The classification session at the NextGen 2022 conference helped to serve this purpose, establishing the need for a revised definitional system that transcends the fault lines that remain in existing definitions.
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- Peter A Nigrovic
- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Karp 10210, One Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA, 02115, USA.
- Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, USA.
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, NJ, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology & Immunology and Center for Translational Immunology, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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Bingham CA, Harris JG, Qiu T, Gilbert M, Vora SS, Yildirim-Toruner C, Ferraro K, Lovell DJ, Taylor J, Mannion ML, Weiss JE, Laxer RM, Shishov M, Oberle EJ, Gottlieb BS, Lee TC, Pan N, Burnham JM, Fair DC, Batthish M, Hazen MM, Spencer CH, Morgan EM. Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network's Quality Measure Set to Improve Care of Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2023; 75:2442-2452. [PMID: 37308458 DOI: 10.1002/acr.25168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/20/2022] [Revised: 05/10/2023] [Accepted: 05/25/2023] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the selection, development, and implementation of quality measures (QMs) for juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) by the Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN), a multihospital learning health network using quality improvement methods and leveraging QMs to drive improved outcomes across a JIA population since 2011. METHODS An American College of Rheumatology-endorsed multistakeholder process previously selected initial process QMs. Clinicians in PR-COIN and parents of children with JIA collaboratively selected outcome QMs. A committee of rheumatologists and data analysts developed operational definitions. QMs were programmed and validated using patient data. Measures are populated by registry data, and performance is displayed on automated statistical process control charts. PR-COIN centers use rapid-cycle quality improvement approaches to improve performance metrics. The QMs are revised for usefulness, to reflect best practices, and to support network initiatives. RESULTS The initial QM set included 13 process measures concerning standardized measurement of disease activity, collection of patient-reported outcome assessments, and clinical performance measures. Initial outcome measures were clinical inactive disease, low pain score, and optimal physical functioning. The revised QM set has 20 measures and includes additional measures of disease activity, data quality, and a balancing measure. CONCLUSION PR-COIN has developed and tested JIA QMs to assess clinical performance and patient outcomes. The implementation of robust QMs is important to improve quality of care. PR-COIN's set of JIA QMs is the first comprehensive set of QMs used at the point-of-care for a large cohort of JIA patients in a variety of pediatric rheumatology practice settings.
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- Catherine A Bingham
- Penn State Children's Hospital and Penn State College of Medicine, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Mercy Hospitals and Clinics, Kansas City, Missouri
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Levine Children's Hospital and Atrium Health, Charlotte, North Carolina
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Hackensack University Medical Center and Hackensack Meridian Health, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- The Hospital for Sick Children and the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Nationwide Children's Hospital and The Ohio State University, Columbus
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- Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York and Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Queens, New York
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- Stanford Medicine Children's Health, Stanford University, Stanford, California
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- Hospital for Special Surgery and Cornell University, New York, New York
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- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
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- Medical College of Wisconsin and Children's Wisconsin, Milwaukee
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- McMaster Children's Hospital and McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and the University of Washington, Seattle
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Land P, Shah V, Lovell DJ, Miraldi Utz V. Panuveitis and optic neuropathy following SARS-COV-2 in the absence of multisystem inflammatory syndrome in a child. Am J Ophthalmol Case Rep 2023; 32:101876. [PMID: 37425218 PMCID: PMC10328812 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajoc.2023.101876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/14/2023] [Revised: 05/04/2023] [Accepted: 06/15/2023] [Indexed: 07/11/2023] Open
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Purpose To describe the presentation of a healthy 8-year-old female referred to a pediatric ophthalmology clinic with blurred vision and concern for bilateral uveitis. Observations The patient was diagnosed with COVID-19 two weeks prior to the onset of ocular symptoms. An examination revealed bilateral pan-uveitis and patient underwent an extensive work-up for an underlying cause that was unremarkable. Two years following the initial presentation, she has not had any evidence of recurrence. Conclusions and Importance This case highlights the potential for COVID-19 to be temporally associated with ocular inflammation and underscores the importance of recognizing and investigating such manifestations in pediatric patients. The mechanism by which COVID-19 may lead to an immune response that affects the eyes is not fully understood, but it is believed to be related to an overactive immune response triggered by the virus. Further studies are needed to better understand the potential relationship between COVID-19 and ocular manifestations in pediatric patients.
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- Preston Land
- Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- University of Cincinnati Department of Ophthalmology, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
- University of Cincinnati Department of Ophthalmology, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Brunner HI, Tzaribachev N, Louw I, Calvo Penades I, Avila-Zapata F, Horneff G, Foeldvari I, Kingsbury DJ, Paz Gastanaga ME, Wouters C, Breedt J, Wong R, Askelson M, Zhuo J, Martini A, Lovell DJ, Ruperto N. Long-Term Maintenance of Clinical Responses by Individual Patients With Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Treated With Abatacept. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2023; 75:2259-2266. [PMID: 37221146 DOI: 10.1002/acr.25156] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2022] [Revised: 04/25/2023] [Accepted: 05/11/2023] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the frequency and trajectories of individual patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) achieving novel composite end points on abatacept. METHODS Data from a clinical trial of subcutaneous abatacept (NCT01844518) and a post hoc analysis of intravenous abatacept (NCT00095173) in patients with polyarticular-course JIA were included. Three end points were defined and evaluated: combined occurrence of low disease activity (LDA) measured by the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score; 50% improvement in American College of Rheumatology criteria for JIA (ACR50); and patient-reported outcomes. Patient-reported outcomes included visual analog scale score of minimal pain (pain-min) and Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire disability index score of 0 (C-HAQ DI0). In this post hoc analysis, maintenance of month 13 and 21 end points (LDA+pain-min, LDA+C-HAQ DI0, and ACR50+pain-min) in those who achieved them at month 4 was determined. RESULTS Composite end points (LDA+pain-min, LDA+C-HAQ DI0, and ACR50+pain-min) were achieved at month 4 (44.7%, 19.6%, and 58.9% of the 219 patients treated with subcutaneous abatacept, respectively). Of those who achieved LDA+pain-min at month 4, 84.7% (83 of 98) and 65.3% (64 of 98) maintained LDA+pain-min at months 13 and 21, respectively. The proportions of patients meeting LDA+pain-min outcomes increased from 44.7% (98 of 219) at month 4 to 54.8% (120 of 219) at month 21. The frequency of patients who met an LDA+C-HAQ DI score of 0 increased from 19.6% (43 of 219) at month 4 to 28.8% (63 of 219) at month 21. CONCLUSION Among individual patients with polyarticular-course JIA treated with abatacept who achieved 1 of the combined clinical and patient-reported outcomes composite end points, many maintained them over 21 months of abatacept treatment.
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- Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Asklepios Klinik, Sankt Augustin, Germany, and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Hamburger Zentrum für Kinder- und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, Germany
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, Genoa, Italy
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Ruperto N, Lovell DJ, Berman A, Anton J, Viola DO, Lauwerys B, Rama ME, Bohnsack J, Breedt J, Fischbach M, Lutz T, Minden K, Ally M, Rubio-Pérez N, Gervais E, Van Zyl R, Wong R, Askelson M, Martini A, Brunner HI. Abatacept as Monotherapy and in Combination With Methotrexate in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Analysis of 2 Phase III Trials. J Rheumatol 2023; 50:1471-1480. [PMID: 37453737 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.2022-1320] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 07/04/2023] [Indexed: 07/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe the efficacy and safety data of children with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pcJIA) treated with abatacept (ABA) + methotrexate (MTX) or ABA monotherapy when prior MTX use was either ineffective or not tolerated. METHODS Posthoc analysis of 2 phase III trials of subcutaneous (SC) and intravenous (IV) ABA over 2 years in patients with pcJIA (aged 2-17 years). Patients were stratified by treatment with ABA + MTX or ABA monotherapy and further by prior biologic use. Efficacy outcomes included JIA-American College of Rheumatology (JIA-ACR) responses, Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score in 27 joints using C-reactive protein (JADAS27-CRP), and safety. Descriptive pharmacokinetic analyses were also performed. RESULTS Efficacy responses (JIA-ACR and JADAS27-CRP) were similar between patients receiving ABA + MTX (n = 310) or ABA monotherapy (n = 99) and persisted over 2 years. Clinical response rates were similar in biologic-naïve patients and prior biologic users; this was independent of MTX use. Across both studies, ABA + MTX and ABA monotherapy displayed similar safety profiles. Pharmacokinetic results revealed similar minimum steady-state trough ABA concentrations between studies. Further, baseline MTX did not influence ABA clearance and was not a significant predictor of JIA-ACR responses. CONCLUSION ABA monotherapy (SC and IV) was effective and well tolerated in children with pcJIA when prior MTX use was ineffective or not tolerated. Treatment effects of ABA appear to be independent of MTX coadministration. Consequently, ABA monotherapy can be considered for those with prior biologic therapy if MTX use is inappropriate. (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01844518 and NCT00095173).
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Gaslini Trial Centre/Servizio di Sperimentazioni Cliniche Pediatriche, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy;
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- D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, H.I. Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- A. Berman, MD, Centro Medico Privado De Reumatologia, Rheumatology Section, San Miguel de Tucuman, Argentina
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- J. Anton, MD, PhD, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Esplugues de Llobregat (Barcelona), Spain
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- D.O. Viola, MD, Instituto CAICI, Rheumatology, Rosario, Argentina
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- B. Lauwerys, PhB, MBChD, PhD, MD, Institut de Recherche Expérimentale et Clinique, Université catholique de Louvain & Service de Rhumatologie, Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, now with UCB Pharma, Brussels, Belgium
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- M.E. Rama, MD, Hospital de Niños de la Santísima Trinidad, Rheumatology Section, Cordoba, Argentina
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- J. Bohnsack, MD, Eccles Primary Children's Outpatient Services, Pediatric Rheumatology, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- J. Breedt, MD, Eugene Marais Hospital, Rheumatology Private Practice, Pretoria, South Africa
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- M. Fischbach, MD, Hautepierre University Hospital, Pediatrics, Strasbourg, France
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- T. Lutz, MD, Center for Rheumatology, Heidelberg, Germany
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- K. Minden, MD, German Rheumatism Research Centre Berlin, and Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin, corporate member of Freie Universität Berlin and Humboldt - Universität zu Berlin, Department of Pediatric Respiratory Medicine, Immunology and Critical Care Medicine, Berlin, Germany
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- M. Ally, MBChB, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
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- N. Rubio-Pérez, MD, Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultad de Medicina, Departamento de Pediatria, Hospital Universitario "Dr. J. E. González", Monterrey, Nuevo León, Mexico
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- E. Gervais, PhD, University Hospital Rheumatology and LITEC Laboratory Poitiers, Rheumatology, Poitiers, France
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- R. Van Zyl, MBChB, Universitas Hospital, Department of Paediatrics and Child Health, University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
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- R. Wong, MD, M. Askelson, MS, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- R. Wong, MD, M. Askelson, MS, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- A. Martini, MD, Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI), Genoa, Italy
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Backström M, Tarkiainen M, Gottlieb BS, Trincianti C, Qiu T, Morgan E, Lovell DJ, Bovis F, Löyttyniemi E, Ruperto N, Vähäsalo P, Consolaro A. Paediatric rheumatologists do not score the physician's global assessment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis disease activity in the same way. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2023; 62:3421-3426. [PMID: 37004166 PMCID: PMC10547524 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kead151] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/24/2022] [Revised: 02/17/2023] [Accepted: 03/27/2023] [Indexed: 04/03/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVES To assess the heterogeneity in factors affecting physician's global assessment of disease activity (PhGA) and in PhGA scoring of multiple JIA patient's case scenarios. METHODS An electronic web-based questionnaire of factors potentially considered in PhGA was sent worldwide to members of PRINTO and the Pediatric Rheumatology Care and Outcomes Improvement Network (PR-COIN). The respondents were asked to rate from 0 to 100 the relevance of 17 factors possibly affecting PhGA scoring and to derive a PhGA score of 17 detailed JIA patient cases. The median and interquartile range was used to measure the heterogeneity in the scoring. To demonstrate the consistency among the PhGA scores of the patient cases provided by multiple physicians, we assessed the inter-rater reliability using intra-class correlation. RESULTS The questionnaire was completed by 491 respondents. A large individual variation was observed in the impact of different factors on PhGA when assessing JIA. For non-systemic JIA the presence of fever had the largest variation and swollen joint count had the smallest. For sJIA, the largest variation was seen in the presence of erosions and the smallest in the presence of fever. The intra-class correlation of the group for PhGA scoring of patient cases was 0.53 (95% CI 0.38, 0.72). CONCLUSIONS In a sample of worldwide respondents, the scoring of the PhGA is divergent. Consensus on PhGA scoring guidelines is required to obtain a consistent assessment of patients.
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- Maria Backström
- Department of Pediatrics, The Wellbeing Services County of Ostrobothnia, Vaasa, Finland
- PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Pediatric Research Center, Helsinki University Hospital and University of Helsinki, New Children’s Hospital, Helsinki, Finland
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Cohen Children’s Medical Center, Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, New York, USA
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- Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Washington School of Medicine, Seattle Children’s Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati School of Medicine, OH, USA
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Pediatria II—PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini Istituto Pediatrico di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Genova, Italy
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- PEDEGO Research Unit, University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
- Department of Paediatrics, Oulu University Hospital, Oulu, Finland
- Medical Research Center, Oulu University Hospital and University of Oulu, Oulu, Finland
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- Department of Health Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
- Pediatria II—PRINTO, Istituto Giannina Gaslini Istituto Pediatrico di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico, Genova, Italy
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Schanberg LE, Mulugeta LY, Akinlade B, Brunner HI, Chen J, Colbert RA, Delgaizo V, Gastonguay MR, Glaser R, Imundo L, Lovell DJ, Leu JH, Mostafa NM, Nelson RM, Nigrovic PA, Nikolov NP, Rider LG, Rothwell R, Sahajwalla C, Singh R, Sinha V, Yancey CL, Yao L. Therapeutic Development in Polyarticular Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Extrapolation, Dose Selection, and Clinical Trial Design. Arthritis Rheumatol 2023; 75:1856-1866. [PMID: 37067688 DOI: 10.1002/art.42534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/15/2023] [Revised: 03/15/2023] [Accepted: 04/04/2023] [Indexed: 04/18/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Stakeholders met to address persistent challenges facing the development of therapeutics for polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA), which result in fewer approved therapies for children with pJIA than adults with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and long lag times from adult RA approval to pediatric labeling. Ensuring that new medications are authorized in a timely manner to meet the needs of JIA patients worldwide is critically important to multiple stakeholders. METHODS The Food and Drug Administration in collaboration with the University of Maryland Center for Regulatory Science and Innovation held a public workshop entitled "Accelerating Drug Development for pJIA" on October 2, 2019, to address challenges surrounding access to new medications for children and adolescents with pJIA. Regulatory, academic, and industry stakeholders, as well as patient representatives, participated in the workshop, which consisted of 4 sessions, including panel discussions. RESULTS The workshop facilitated broad public discussion of challenges facing the development of pJIA therapeutics, highlighting areas of need and outlining opportunities to expedite development, while underscoring the necessity of close collaboration between all stakeholders, including patients and families. CONCLUSION This report summarizes key aspects of the workshop, including the appropriate application of innovative approaches to the development of pJIA therapeutics, including extrapolation, to address current challenges and provide timely access to newer safe and effective treatments. Long-term safety assessment is of pressing concern to stakeholders and cannot be fully extrapolated from adult studies but requires consistent postmarketing long-term follow-up.
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- Laura E Schanberg
- Duke Clinical Research Institute, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Intramural Research Program, National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Columbia University Irving Medical Center, New York, New York
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Janssen Research and Development, Spring House, Pennsylvania
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- Division of Immunology, Boston Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School and Division of Rheumatology, Inflammation, and Immunity, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Department of Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Gilead Sciences, Foster City, California
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- Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, One Health Plaza, East Hanover NJ, 07936, USA
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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- Center for Drug Evaluation and Research, US Food and Drug Administration, Silver Spring, Maryland
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Miraldi Utz V, Angeles-Han ST, Mwase N, Cassedy A, Hennard T, Lovell DJ, Lopper S, Brunner HI, Dosunmu EO, Grom AA, Henrickson M, Huggins JL, Sisk RA, Ting TV, Kaufman AH. Alternative Biologic Therapy in Children Failing Conventional TNFα Inhibitors for Refractory, Noninfectious, Chronic Anterior Uveitis. Am J Ophthalmol 2022; 244:183-195. [PMID: 35863492 DOI: 10.1016/j.ajo.2022.06.024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2022] [Revised: 06/25/2022] [Accepted: 06/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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PURPOSE A significant number of children with noninfectious, chronic anterior uveitis (CAU) fail to respond to conventional therapy; however, successful alternative biologic treatments (ABT) have not been well described. This study aims to review the clinical and treatment characteristics of children with CAU who require ABT. DESIGN Retrospective, nonrandomized clinical study. METHODS Setting: Tertiary center. STUDY POPULATION Children with noninfectious CAU. OBSERVATION PROCEDURES Clinical characteristics, uveitis course, complications, and treatment were compared among patients treated with methotrexate (MTX) monotherapy, conventional TNFα inhibitors (cTNFi), and ABT for >3 months. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURE Success of ABT (abatacept, tocilizumab, and/or golimumab) in children failing conventional treatment. RESULTS Of the 52 children with CAU, 75% had juvenile idiopathic arthritis. CAU was controlled in 15 children receiving MTX monotherapy, 28 receiving cTNFi, and 9 receiving ABT (n = 1, abatacept; n = 3, tocilizumab; n = 5, golimumab). Patients in the ABT group had a greater number of total ocular complications per person before ABT than those in the control groups (3.4 vs 0.7 [MTX], P < .001, and 1.5 [cTNFi], P < .001, respectively). In all 9 children on ABT, treatment led to control of CAU and topical glucocorticoids tapered to ≤2 drops/d with no new ocular complications. CONCLUSIONS In this study, alternative biologics (abatacept, golimumab, and tocilizumab) were useful for treating CAU in children who fail MTX and cTNFi therapy. Patients who were controlled on ABT had more disease activity, ocular complications, and anti-cTNFi neutralizing antibodies (before ABT) than those managed with conventional therapy. Larger studies are required to confirm these findings.
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- Virginia Miraldi Utz
- From the Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.)
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- From the Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Department of Ophthalmology (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.).
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.)
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- University of Cincinnati, and Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (A.C.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.)
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- From the Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Department of Ophthalmology (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.)
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- From the Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Department of Ophthalmology (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.)
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- From the Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.)
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.)
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- From the Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Department of Ophthalmology (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Cincinnati Eye Institute (R.A.S., A.H.K.), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and Department of Pediatrics (S.T.A.-H., N.M., T.H., D.J.L., H.I.B., A.A.G., M.H., J.L.H., T.V.T.)
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- From the Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Department of Ophthalmology (V.M.U., S.T.A.-H., S.L., E.O.D., R.A.S., A.H.K.); Cincinnati Eye Institute (R.A.S., A.H.K.), Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Ruperto N, Lovell DJ, Berman A, Ávila-Zapata F, Horneff G, Alessio M, Becker ML, Belot A, Burgos-Vargas R, Gamir ML, Goldenstein-Schainberg C, Scheibel IM, Terreri MT, Zemel L, Zhuo J, Askelson M, Wong R, Martini A, Brunner HI. Patient-Reported Outcomes Among Patients Ages Two to Seventeen Years With Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Treated With Subcutaneous Abatacept: Two-Year Results From an International Phase III Study. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2022. [PMID: 36710243 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24989] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2021] [Revised: 07/07/2022] [Accepted: 07/26/2022] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To describe longitudinal changes in patient-reported outcomes (PROs) in children with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) treated with subcutaneous abatacept. METHODS Secondary analysis of a single-arm, open-label 24-month study of patients ages 6-17 years and 2-5 years. PROs included Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (CHAQ-DI), parent global assessment of child well-being (PaGA), pain assessment, and Activity Limitation Questionnaire (ALQ). Clinical outcomes included 50% or greater improvement in JIA American College of Rheumatology (ACR) criteria, clinically inactive disease, and Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score. RESULTS For the 6- to 17-year-old (n = 173) and 2- to 5-year-old (n = 46) cohorts, respectively, median (Q1, Q3) changes from baseline in CHAQ-DI at months 4 and 24 were -0.3 (-0.8, 0.0) and -0.5 (-1.0, -0.1), and -0.4 (-0.8, 0.0) and -0.5 (-1.0--0.1). Median pain scores were below cutoff threshold for clinically relevant pain (<35 mm) by month 1 (6 to 17 years, 32.3 mm; 2 to 5 years, 25.7 mm), reaching a nadir at month 24 (6 to 17 years, 6.0 mm; 2 to 5 years, 2.0 mm). For the 6- to 17-year-old and 2- to 5-year-old cohorts, respectively, median PaGA scores were 47.8 (n = 172) and 42.1 (n = 46) at baseline and 6.3 (n = 107) and 2.0 (n = 37) at month 24. In both cohorts, ALQ components improved from baseline to month 4 and were largely maintained to month 24. Clinical outcomes improved through to month 24. CONCLUSION Early and sustained PRO improvements were reported in this phase III, open-label trial of subcutaneous abatacept in patients with pJIA.
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- IRCCS Istituto G. Gaslini Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, UOSID Centro Trial, PRINTO, Genova, Italy
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Universidad Nacional de Tucuman, San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina
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- Asklepios Clinical Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany, and University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, North Carolina
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Posner HB, Lazariciu I, Martini A, Lovell DJ. Tofacitinib for juvenile idiopathic arthritis - Authors' reply. Lancet 2022; 399:1866. [PMID: 35569465 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(22)00837-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, 16147 Genoa, Italy.
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- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Ramanan AV, Brunner HI, Foeldvari I, Alexeeva E, Ayaz NA, Calvo I, Kasapcopur O, Chasnyk VG, Hufnagel M, Zuber Z, Schulert G, Ozen S, Popov A, Scott C, Sözeri B, Zholobova E, Zhu X, Whelan S, Pricop L, Ravelli A, Martini A, Lovell DJ, Ruperto N. OA37 Secukinumab treatment in children and adolescents with enthesitis-related arthritis and juvenile psoriatic arthritis: efficacy and safety results from a Phase 3 study. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2022. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac132.037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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Background/Aims
Enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA) are two conditions that represent paediatric correlates of axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) and adult psoriatic arthritis (PsA), respectively. Secukinumab has demonstrated efficacy and safety in adult patients with PsA, ankylosing spondylitis, and non-radiographic axSpA. This study evaluated efficacy and safety of secukinumab using a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled flare prevention design in patients with active ERA and JPsA.
Methods
Patients (aged 2 to < 18 years) classified as ERA or JPsA according to ILAR criteria of ≥ 6 months’ duration with active disease were included. The 2-year study consisted open-label subcutaneous secukinumab (75/150 mg in patients <50/ ≥50 kg) treatment at baseline, and at Weeks 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, and 12 in treatment period (TP) 1. Responders who achieved at least JIA ACR 30 response at Week 12 were randomized into the double-blind TP2 to continue secukinumab or placebo every 4 weeks until disease flare, or up to Week 100. Primary endpoint was time to flare in TP2; key secondary endpoints included JIA ACR 30/50/70/90/100, inactive disease, juvenile arthritis disease activity score (JADAS), enthesitis and active joint counts, and safety. Analysis of time to flare in TP2 included proportion of patients with disease flare, Kaplan-Meier estimate of median days for time to flare, hazard ratio (HR) estimate, and stratified log-rank test P-value. Intent-to-treat (ITT) analysis using non-responder imputation (NRI) and as-observed analysis were performed for JIA ACR 30/50/70/90/100 responses and inactive disease.
Results
86/97 (88.7%) screened patients were enrolled in TP1 (mean age, 13.1 years; female, 33.7%; ERA, n = 52; JPsA, n = 34) with a mean JADAS-27 score of 15.1 and enthesitis count of 2.6 at baseline. At Week 12, 75/83 (90.4%) patients achieved JIA ACR 30 and entered TP2. There were 21 flares in placebo-treated and 10 flares in secukinumab-treated patients during TP2. Primary endpoint was met: secukinumab-treated patients had significantly longer time to flare versus placebo, resulting in a 72% reduced flare risk (HR: 0.28; 95% CI: 0.13-0.63; P<0.001). There were minor differences between the ITT and as-observed analysis in JIA ACR responses and inactive disease in TP1. Improvement in JADAS-27 score was observed in patients in both ERA and JPsA categories (mean JADAS-27 score of 4.6). Rates of adverse events (AEs; 91.7% vs 92.1%) and serious AEs (14.6% vs 10.5%) in secukinumab and placebo groups were comparable in entire TP. No new safety signals were observed in patients receiving secukinumab (injection-site reaction, n = 1; overall patient-years=141.5).
Conclusion
In children and adolescents with ERA and JPsA, efficacy of secukinumab was demonstrated with significantly longer time to flare versus placebo, with sustained improvement of signs and symptoms up to Week 104. Efficacy was observed in ERA and JPsA patients along with a favorable safety profile.
Disclosure
A.V. Ramanan: Consultancies; Novartis, Eli Lilly, UCB, Abbvie, Sobi, Roche. Honoraria; Novartis, Eli Lilly, UCB, Abbvie, Sobi, Roche. H.I. Brunner: Consultancies; Aurina, AbbVie, Astra Zeneca-Medimmune, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, Eli Lilly, EMD Serono, GlaxoSmithKline, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Merck, Novartis, R-Pharm, Sanofi, Pfizer. Member of speakers’ bureau; Pfizer, Roche, GlaxoSmithKline. Grants/research support; Bristol-Myers Squibb, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer. I. Foeldvari: Consultancies; Novartis, Eli Lilly, Pfizer. E. Alexeeva: Member of speakers’ bureau; Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, MSD, Amgen, Eli Lilly, Roche. Grants/research support; Novartis, Pfizer, Sanofi, MSD, Amgen, Eli Lilly, Roche. N.A. Ayaz: None. I. Calvo: Consultancies; Sobi, Novartis, Abbvie, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Amgen, Clementia. Member of speakers’ bureau; Sobi, Novartis, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKline, Pfizer, Amgen, Clementia. O. Kasapcopur: None. V.G. Chasnyk: None. M. Hufnagel: Grants/research support; Astellas, F. Hoffmann-La Roche, Novartis. Z. Zuber: None. G. Schulert: Consultancies; Sobi, Novartis. S. Ozen: None. A. Popov: None. C. Scott: None. B. Sözeri: None. E. Zholobova: Member of speakers’ bureau; Abbvie, Pfizer, Roche, Novartis. Grants/research support; Pfizer, Novartis. X. Zhu: Other; Employee of Novartis. S. Whelan: Shareholder/stock ownership; Novartis. Other; Employee of Novartis. L. Pricop: Shareholder/stock ownership; Novartis. Other; Employee of Novartis. A. Ravelli: Consultancies; AbbVie, Pfizer. Honoraria; AbbVie, Pfizer, Novartis, Reckitt-Benkiser, Angelini. Member of speakers’ bureau; Novartis. Grants/research support; Novartis, Pfizer. A. Martini: Consultancies; Aurinia, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli-Lilly, EMD Serono, Janssen, Pfizer, Roche. Honoraria; Aurinia, Bristol Myers Squibb, Eli-Lilly, EMD Serono, Janssen, Pfizer, Roche. D.J. Lovell: Consultancies; AstraZeneca, Wyeth, Amgen, Abbott, Pfizer, Hoffmann-La Roche, Novartis, UBC, Janssen, GlaxoSmithKline, Boehringer Ingelheim, Celgene, Bristol Myers Squibb, AbbVie. Member of speakers’ bureau; Abbott, Novartis, DSMB member: Forest Research, NIH-NIAMS, Canadian Arthritis Society. N. Ruperto: Honoraria; Ablynx, Amgen, Astrazeneca-Medimmune, Aurinia, Bayer, Bristol Myers and Squibb, Cambridge Healthcare Research (CHR), Celgene, Domain therapeutic, Eli-Lilly, EMD Serono, Glaxo Smith and Kline, Idorsia, Janssen, Novartis, Pfizer, Sobi, UCB.
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- Athimalaipet V Ramanan
- Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Translational Health Sciences, University of Bristol, Bristol, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
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- Pediatrics, Hamburger Zentrum fuer Kinder und Jugendrheumatologie, Hamburg, GERMANY
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- Rheumatology department, National Scientific and Practical Center of Children's Health, Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Istanbul University-Cerrahpasa, Istanbul, TURKEY
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- Pediatrics, Hospital Universitario i Politecnic La Fe Valencia, Valencia, SPAIN
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- Department of Pediatrics, İstanbul University-Cerrahpaşa, Istanbul, TURKEY
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- Pediatrics, State Pediatric Medical University, St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GERMANY
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- Pediatrics, Wojewodzki Specjalistyczny Szpital Dzieciecy im Sw Ludwika, Krakow, POLAND
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- UC Department of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
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- Pediatrics, Hacettepe University Medical Faculty, Ankara, TURKEY
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- Pedatrics, Regional Children Clinical Hospital # 1, Ural State Medical University, Yekaterinburg, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Red Cross War Memorial Children’s Hospital, Cape Town, SOUTH AFRICA
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Umraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, TURKEY
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- Department of Children Diseases, Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, Moscow, RUSSIAN FEDERATION
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- Biostatistics, Novartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, NJ
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- Hepatology & Dermatology, Novartis Ireland Ltd, Dublin, IRELAND
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- Immunology, Hepatology & Dermatology, Novartis Pharmaceutical Corporation, East Hanover, NJ
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI), Genoa, ITALY
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI), Genoa, ITALY
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- Rheumatology Department, Cincinnati Children's Hospital, Cincinnati, OH
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Università di Genova Pediatria II, Genova, ITALY
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Onel KB, Horton DB, Lovell DJ, Shenoi S, Cuello CA, Angeles-Han ST, Becker ML, Cron RQ, Feldman BM, Ferguson PJ, Gewanter H, Guzman J, Kimura Y, Lee T, Murphy K, Nigrovic PA, Ombrello MJ, Rabinovich CE, Tesher M, Twilt M, Klein-Gitelman M, Barbar-Smiley F, Cooper AM, Edelheit B, Gillispie-Taylor M, Hays K, Mannion ML, Peterson R, Flanagan E, Saad N, Sullivan N, Szymanski AM, Trachtman R, Turgunbaev M, Veiga K, Turner AS, Reston JT. 2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Recommendations for Nonpharmacologic Therapies, Medication Monitoring, Immunizations, and Imaging. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2022; 74:505-520. [PMID: 35233989 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide recommendations for the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with a focus on nonpharmacologic therapies, medication monitoring, immunizations, and imaging, irrespective of JIA phenotype. METHODS We developed clinically relevant Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes questions. After conducting a systematic literature review, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach was used to rate the quality of evidence (high, moderate, low, or very low). A Voting Panel including clinicians and patients/caregivers achieved consensus on the direction (for or against) and strength (strong or conditional) of recommendations. RESULTS Recommendations in this guideline include the use of physical therapy and occupational therapy interventions; a healthy, well-balanced, age-appropriate diet; specific laboratory monitoring for medications; widespread use of immunizations; and shared decision-making with patients/caregivers. Disease management for all patients with JIA is addressed with respect to nonpharmacologic therapies, medication monitoring, immunizations, and imaging. Evidence for all recommendations was graded as low or very low in quality. For that reason, more than half of the recommendations are conditional. CONCLUSION This clinical practice guideline complements the 2019 American College of Rheumatology JIA and uveitis guidelines, which addressed polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, enthesitis, and uveitis, and a concurrent 2021 guideline on oligoarthritis, temporomandibular arthritis, and systemic JIA. It serves as a tool to support clinicians, patients, and caregivers in decision-making. The recommendations take into consideration the severity of both articular and nonarticular manifestations as well as patient quality of life. Although evidence is generally low quality and many recommendations are conditional, the inclusion of caregivers and patients in the decision-making process strengthens the relevance and applicability of the guideline. It is important to remember that these are recommendations. Clinical decisions, as always, should be made by the treating clinician and patient/caregiver.
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- Karen B Onel
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia
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- BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, New York
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- American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Onel KB, Horton DB, Lovell DJ, Shenoi S, Cuello CA, Angeles-Han ST, Becker ML, Cron RQ, Feldman BM, Ferguson PJ, Gewanter H, Guzman J, Kimura Y, Lee T, Murphy K, Nigrovic PA, Ombrello MJ, Rabinovich CE, Tesher M, Twilt M, Klein-Gitelman M, Barbar-Smiley F, Cooper AM, Edelheit B, Gillispie-Taylor M, Hays K, Mannion ML, Peterson R, Flanagan E, Saad N, Sullivan N, Szymanski AM, Trachtman R, Turgunbaev M, Veiga K, Turner AS, Reston JT. 2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Recommendations for Nonpharmacologic Therapies, Medication Monitoring, Immunizations, and Imaging. Arthritis Rheumatol 2022; 74:570-585. [PMID: 35233961 PMCID: PMC10127939 DOI: 10.1002/art.42036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide recommendations for the management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with a focus on nonpharmacologic therapies, medication monitoring, immunizations, and imaging, irrespective of JIA phenotype. METHODS We developed clinically relevant Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes questions. After conducting a systematic literature review, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach was used to rate the quality of evidence (high, moderate, low, or very low). A Voting Panel including clinicians and patients/caregivers achieved consensus on the direction (for or against) and strength (strong or conditional) of recommendations. RESULTS Recommendations in this guideline include the use of physical therapy and occupational therapy interventions; a healthy, well-balanced, age-appropriate diet; specific laboratory monitoring for medications; widespread use of immunizations; and shared decision-making with patients/caregivers. Disease management for all patients with JIA is addressed with respect to nonpharmacologic therapies, medication monitoring, immunizations, and imaging. Evidence for all recommendations was graded as low or very low in quality. For that reason, more than half of the recommendations are conditional. CONCLUSION This clinical practice guideline complements the 2019 American College of Rheumatology JIA and uveitis guidelines, which addressed polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, enthesitis, and uveitis, and a concurrent 2021 guideline on oligoarthritis, temporomandibular arthritis, and systemic JIA. It serves as a tool to support clinicians, patients, and caregivers in decision-making. The recommendations take into consideration the severity of both articular and nonarticular manifestations as well as patient quality of life. Although evidence is generally low quality and many recommendations are conditional, the inclusion of caregivers and patients in the decision-making process strengthens the relevance and applicability of the guideline. It is important to remember that these are recommendations. Clinical decisions, as always, should be made by the treating clinician and patient/caregiver.
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- Karen B Onel
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia
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- BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, New York
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- American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Onel KB, Horton DB, Lovell DJ, Shenoi S, Cuello CA, Angeles-Han ST, Becker ML, Cron RQ, Feldman BM, Ferguson PJ, Gewanter H, Guzman J, Kimura Y, Lee T, Murphy K, Nigrovic PA, Ombrello MJ, Rabinovich CE, Tesher M, Twilt M, Klein-Gitelman M, Barbar-Smiley F, Cooper AM, Edelheit B, Gillispie-Taylor M, Hays K, Mannion ML, Peterson R, Flanagan E, Saad N, Sullivan N, Szymanski AM, Trachtman R, Turgunbaev M, Veiga K, Turner AS, Reston JT. 2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Therapeutic Approaches for Oligoarthritis, Temporomandibular Joint Arthritis, and Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2022; 74:521-537. [PMID: 35233986 PMCID: PMC10124899 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24853] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide updated guidelines for pharmacologic management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), focusing on treatment of oligoarthritis, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis, and systemic JIA with and without macrophage activation syndrome. Recommendations regarding tapering and discontinuing treatment in inactive systemic JIA are also provided. METHODS We developed clinically relevant Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes questions. After conducting a systematic literature review, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach was used to rate the quality of evidence (high, moderate, low, or very low). A Voting Panel including clinicians and patients/caregivers achieved consensus on the direction (for or against) and strength (strong or conditional) of recommendations. RESULTS Similar to those published in 2019, these JIA recommendations are based on clinical phenotypes of JIA, rather than a specific classification schema. This guideline provides recommendations for initial and subsequent treatment of JIA with oligoarthritis, TMJ arthritis, and systemic JIA as well as for tapering and discontinuing treatment in subjects with inactive systemic JIA. Other aspects of disease management, including factors that influence treatment choice and medication tapering, are discussed. Evidence for all recommendations was graded as low or very low in quality. For that reason, more than half of the recommendations are conditional. CONCLUSION This clinical practice guideline complements the 2019 American College of Rheumatology JIA and uveitis guidelines, which addressed polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, enthesitis, and uveitis. It serves as a tool to support clinicians, patients, and caregivers in decision-making. The recommendations take into consideration the severity of both articular and nonarticular manifestations as well as patient quality of life. Although evidence is generally low quality and many recommendations are conditional, the inclusion of caregivers and patients in the decision-making process strengthens the relevance and applicability of the guideline. It is important to remember that these are recommendations. Clinical decisions, as always, should be made by the treating clinician and patient/caregiver.
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- Karen B Onel
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia
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- BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, New York
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- American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Onel KB, Horton DB, Lovell DJ, Shenoi S, Cuello CA, Angeles-Han ST, Becker ML, Cron RQ, Feldman BM, Ferguson PJ, Gewanter H, Guzman J, Kimura Y, Lee T, Murphy K, Nigrovic PA, Ombrello MJ, Rabinovich CE, Tesher M, Twilt M, Klein-Gitelman M, Barbar-Smiley F, Cooper AM, Edelheit B, Gillispie-Taylor M, Hays K, Mannion ML, Peterson R, Flanagan E, Saad N, Sullivan N, Szymanski AM, Trachtman R, Turgunbaev M, Veiga K, Turner AS, Reston JT. 2021 American College of Rheumatology Guideline for the Treatment of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Therapeutic Approaches for Oligoarthritis, Temporomandibular Joint Arthritis, and Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2022; 74:553-569. [PMID: 35233993 PMCID: PMC10161784 DOI: 10.1002/art.42037] [Citation(s) in RCA: 64] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2021] [Revised: 09/29/2021] [Accepted: 11/23/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To provide updated guidelines for pharmacologic management of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA), focusing on treatment of oligoarthritis, temporomandibular joint (TMJ) arthritis, and systemic JIA with and without macrophage activation syndrome. Recommendations regarding tapering and discontinuing treatment in inactive systemic JIA are also provided. METHODS We developed clinically relevant Patient/Population, Intervention, Comparison, and Outcomes questions. After conducting a systematic literature review, the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development and Evaluation approach was used to rate the quality of evidence (high, moderate, low, or very low). A Voting Panel including clinicians and patients/caregivers achieved consensus on the direction (for or against) and strength (strong or conditional) of recommendations. RESULTS Similar to those published in 2019, these JIA recommendations are based on clinical phenotypes of JIA, rather than a specific classification schema. This guideline provides recommendations for initial and subsequent treatment of JIA with oligoarthritis, TMJ arthritis, and systemic JIA as well as for tapering and discontinuing treatment in subjects with inactive systemic JIA. Other aspects of disease management, including factors that influence treatment choice and medication tapering, are discussed. Evidence for all recommendations was graded as low or very low in quality. For that reason, more than half of the recommendations are conditional. CONCLUSION This clinical practice guideline complements the 2019 American College of Rheumatology JIA and uveitis guidelines, which addressed polyarthritis, sacroiliitis, enthesitis, and uveitis. It serves as a tool to support clinicians, patients, and caregivers in decision-making. The recommendations take into consideration the severity of both articular and nonarticular manifestations as well as patient quality of life. Although evidence is generally low quality and many recommendations are conditional, the inclusion of caregivers and patients in the decision-making process strengthens the relevance and applicability of the guideline. It is important to remember that these are recommendations. Clinical decisions, as always, should be made by the treating clinician and patient/caregiver.
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- Karen B Onel
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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- Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Seattle Children's Hospital and Research Center and University of Washington, Seattle
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Children's Hospital of Richmond at VCU, Richmond, Virginia
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- BC Children's Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada
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- Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Boston Children's Hospital and Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- University of Calgary and Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Ann & Robert Lurie Children's Hospital of Chicago and Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois
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- Penn State Health Children's Hospital, Hershey, Pennsylvania
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- Maria Fareri Children's Hospital, Valhalla, New York
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- American College of Rheumatology, Atlanta, Georgia
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Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Synoverska O, Ting TV, Mendoza CA, Spindler A, Vyzhga Y, Marzan K, Grebenkina L, Tirosh I, Imundo L, Jerath R, Kingsbury DJ, Sozeri B, Vora SS, Prahalad S, Zholobova E, Butbul Aviel Y, Chasnyk V, Lerman M, Nanda K, Schmeling H, Tory H, Uziel Y, Viola DO, Posner HB, Kanik KS, Wouters A, Chang C, Zhang R, Lazariciu I, Hsu MA, Suehiro RM, Martini A, Lovell DJ. Tofacitinib in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a double-blind, placebo-controlled, withdrawal phase 3 randomised trial. Lancet 2021; 398:1984-1996. [PMID: 34767764 DOI: 10.1016/s0140-6736(21)01255-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 72] [Impact Index Per Article: 24.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2021] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 05/25/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor. This trial assessed the efficacy and safety of tofacitinib versus placebo in patients with polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS This double-blind, withdrawal phase 3 trial enrolled patients with polyarticular course JIA (extended oligoarthritis, rheumatoid factor-positive or rheumatoid factor-negative polyarthritis, or systemic JIA without active systemic features) aged 2 years to younger than 18 years, and was done at 64 centres of the Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation and Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group networks in 14 countries. Patients with psoriatic arthritis or enthesitis-related arthritis were enrolled for exploratory endpoints. During part 1 of the study, patients received oral open-label tofacitinib (weight-based doses; 5 mg twice daily or lower) for 18 weeks. Patients achieving at least JIA/American College of Rheumatology 30 response were randomly assigned (1:1) using an Interactive Response Technology system to continue tofacitinib or switch to placebo in part 2 of the study for 26 weeks. The primary endpoint was JIA flare rate by week 44 in part 2 in patients with polyarticular course JIA; the intention-to-treat principle was applied. Safety was evaluated throughout part 1 and part 2 of the study in all patients who received one dose or more of study medication. This trial is registered with ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT02592434. FINDINGS Between June 10, 2016, and May 16, 2019, of 225 patients enrolled, 184 (82%) patients had polyarticular course JIA, 20 (9%) had psoriatic arthritis, and 21 (9%) had enthesitis-related arthritis. 147 (65%) of 225 patients received concomitant methotrexate. In part 2, 142 patients with polyarticular course JIA were assigned to tofacitinib (n=72) or placebo (n=70). Flare rate by week 44 was significantly lower with tofacitinib (21 [29%] of 72 patients) than with placebo (37 [53%] of 70 patients; hazard ratio 0·46, 95% CI 0·27-0·79; p=0·0031). In part 2 of the study, adverse events occurred in 68 (77%) of 88 patients receiving tofacitinib and 63 (74%) of 85 in the placebo group. Serious adverse events occurred in one (1%) and two (2%), respectively. In the entire tofacitinib exposure period, 107 (48%) of 225 patients had infections or infestations. There were no deaths during this study. INTERPRETATION The results of this pivotal trial show that tofacitinib is an effective treatment in patients with polyarticular course JIA. New oral therapies are particularly relevant for children and adolescents, who might prefer to avoid injections. FUNDING Pfizer.
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, UOSID Centro Trial, PRINTO, Genova, Italy.
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- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Regional Unit of Rheumatology and Osteoporosis at Central Hospital, Faculty of Medicine, San Luis Potosí, Mexico
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- Vinnytsya National Medical University N Pirogov, Vinnytsya, Ukraine
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- Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit and Department of Pediatrics, Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer, and Sackler Faculty of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- Adolescent Rheumatology Columbia University Medical Center, New York, NY, USA
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- Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA
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- Augusta University Medical Center, Augusta, GA, USA; Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, OR, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Ümraniye Training and Research Hospital, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Atrium Health Levine Children's Hospital, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Departments of Pediatrics and Human Genetics, Emory University School of Medicine, and Children's Healthcare of Atlanta, Atlanta, GA, USA
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- Institute of Children's Health, University Children's Clinical Hospital, Sechenov University, Moscow, Russia
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Service, Ruth Rappaport Children's Hospital, Rambam Medical Center, Haifa, Israel
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- Saint Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- Division of Rheumatology, The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, WA, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada
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- Division of Rheumatology, Connecticut Children's Medical Center, Hartford, and Department of Pediatrics, University of Connecticut School of Medicine, Farmington, CT, USA
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Department of Pediatrics, Meir Medical Centre, Kfar Saba, and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel
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- College of Medicine, University of Cincinnati, and Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Yue X, Huang B, Hincapie AL, Wigle PR, Li Y, Qiu T, Lovell DJ, Morgan EM, Guo JJ. Comparative effectiveness and persistence of TNFi and non-TNFi in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a large paediatric rheumatology centre in the USA. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 60:4063-4073. [PMID: 34469569 PMCID: PMC10452955 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2020] [Revised: 11/25/2020] [Indexed: 01/23/2023] Open
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the persistence and effectiveness of TNF inhibitors (TNFi) vs non-TNFi among newly diagnosed JIA patients after initiation of biologic DMARD (bDMARD). METHODS Using longitudinal patient-level data extracted from electronic medical records in a large Midwestern paediatric hospital from 2009 to 2018, we identified JIA patients initiating TNFi and non-TNFi treatment. Treatment effectiveness was assessed based on disease activity. Inverse probability of treatment weighting of propensity score was used to estimate the treatment effectiveness and Kaplan-Meier analyses were conducted to assess persistence. RESULTS Of 667 JIA patients, most (92.0%) were prescribed one of the class of TNFi as their initial biologic treatment. Etanercept was the most frequently prescribed (67.1%) treatment, followed by adalimumab (27.5%). Only around 5% of patients were prescribed off-label bDMARDs as their first-course treatment; however, >20% were prescribed off-label biologics as their second-course therapy. Some 7.2% of patients received four or more bDMARDs. The median persistence of the first-course bDMARD is 320 days, with TNFi being significantly longer than the non-TNFi (395 vs 320 days, P = 0.010). The clinical Juvenile Disease Activity Score (cJADAS) reduction of TNFi users (6.6, 95% CI 5.7, 7.5) was significant greater compared with non-TNFi users (3.0, 95% CI 1.5, 4.6, P < 0.0001) at 6-month follow-up visit. CONCLUSION Persistence was significantly longer among patients initiating TNFi as their first biologic therapy than those receiving non-TNFi. Patients receiving TNF therapy had significant greater reduction of cJADAS at the 6-month follow-up visit compared with patients in the non-TNF cohort.
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- Xiaomeng Yue
- Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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- Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
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- Division of Pharmacy Practice and Administrative Sciences, James L. Winkle College of Pharmacy, University of Cincinnati Academic Health Center
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- Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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- Division of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Department of Environmental and Public Health Sciences, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Lovell DJ, Huang B, Chen C, Angeles-Han ST, Simon TA, Brunner HI. Prevalence of autoimmune diseases and other associated conditions in children and young adults with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. RMD Open 2021; 7:rmdopen-2020-001435. [PMID: 33731444 PMCID: PMC7978075 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001435] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2020] [Revised: 02/24/2021] [Accepted: 02/26/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Objective Many autoimmune diseases share common pathogenic mechanisms; however, there are limited studies quantifying the coexistence of autoimmune diseases and associated conditions in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). This large US-based study estimated and compared the prevalence of multiple coexisting autoimmune diseases in patients with JIA with a general paediatric (GP) patient population. Methods This retrospective cohort study was conducted using registry data from the Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center (January 2010–October 2018). The prevalence of multiple autoimmune diseases was estimated in patients (age <21 years) with JIA and a control group from the GP patient population. Crude prevalences of 26 prespecified autoimmune diseases and associated conditions were compared using Bayesian Poisson regression modelling for each year up to the end of the study period. Results Overall, 2026 patients were included in the JIA cohort and 41 572 in the GP cohort. Of 26 autoimmune diseases and associated conditions evaluated, 14 (53.8%) had a significantly higher prevalence in the JIA cohort compared with the GP cohort. In total, seven (26.9%) autoimmune diseases or associated conditions had a >20-fold increased prevalence in the JIA cohort compared with the GP cohort. Conclusion In this study, patients with JIA had a greater prevalence of a large number of coexisting autoimmune diseases and associated conditions compared with the GP population. Physicians should consider coexisting autoimmune diseases in the treatment and management of patients with JIA.
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- Daniel J Lovell
- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, USA.,Physicians Research Center, LLC, Toms Rover, New Jersey, USA
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Trachtman R, Issa R, Pan S, Wilson KM, Lovell DJ, Onel KB. The value of the patient global health assessment in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a nested cohort study. J Patient Rep Outcomes 2021; 5:50. [PMID: 34176004 PMCID: PMC8236013 DOI: 10.1186/s41687-021-00328-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/19/2021] [Accepted: 06/14/2021] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Objective The objectives were: 1) to explore the discordance between the Patient Global Health Assessment (PtGA) scores, the Physician Global Health Assessment (PhGA) scores, and Pain scores; and 2) to explore whether the PtGA during disease remission is associated with future disease flare in pJIA. Methods Data from an NIH funded clinical trial (NCT00792233) evaluating flare were used (N = 137). PtGA, PhGA, and Pain scores were assessed. Flare was defined as any active arthritis. Spearman’s correlation coefficients were calculated, and multivariable logistic regression was performed. Results 122 patients had records of flare status, of which 63 developed flare, and 42 of these patients had a visit immediately prior to flare. For study subjects with a visit immediately prior to flare, the PtGA, pain scores, and PhGA all increased at time of flare. For every unit increase in PtGA and Pain scores, there was a 9% and 23% higher odds of developing flare, respectively (p = 0.76, p = 0.40). For every unit increase in the PhGA score, there was a substantially lower odds of developing flare (p = 0.05). Conclusion Our results demonstrate that the PtGA and Pain scores are strongly correlated with each other and increased at the visit prior to flare, while the PhGA scores are not. Further, the PtGA and Pain score have some predictive value for flare, while the PhGA does not. These findings highlight the value of patient input in medical care and decision-making, and support the development and use of more sophisticated PROs in the care of JIA patients.
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- Rebecca Trachtman
- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. .,Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.
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- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.,Mindich Child Health and Development Institute, Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital/University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Hospital for Special Surgery/Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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Lovell DJ, Brunner HI, Reiff AO, Jung L, Jarosova K, Němcová D, Mouy R, Sandborg C, Bohnsack JF, Elewaut D, Gabriel C, Higgins G, Kone-Paut I, Jones OY, Vargová V, Chalom E, Wouters C, Lagunes I, Song Y, Martini A, Ruperto N. Long-term outcomes in patients with polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis receiving adalimumab with or without methotrexate. RMD Open 2021; 6:rmdopen-2020-001208. [PMID: 32665432 PMCID: PMC7425194 DOI: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2020] [Revised: 05/27/2020] [Accepted: 06/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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Objectives Long-term safety and efficacy of adalimumab among patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) was evaluated through 6 years of treatment. Methods Children aged 4–17 years with polyarticular JIA were enrolled in a phase III, randomised-withdrawal, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial consisting of a 16-week open-label lead-in period, 32-week randomised double-blind period and 360-week long-term extension. Patients were stratified by baseline methotrexate use. Adverse events (AEs) were monitored, and efficacy assessments included JIA American College of Rheumatology (JIA ACR) 30%, 50%, 70% or 90% responses and the proportions of patients achieving 27-joint Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS27) low disease activity (LDA, ≤3.8) and inactive disease (ID, ≤1). Results Of 171 patients enrolled, 62 (36%) completed the long-term extension. Twelve serious infections in 11 patients were reported through 592.8 patient-years of exposure. No cases of congestive heart failure-related AEs, demyelinating disease, lupus-like syndrome, malignancies, tuberculosis or deaths were reported. JIA ACR 30/50/70/90 responses and JADAS27 LDA were achieved in 66% to 96% of patients at week 104, and 63 (37%) patients achieved clinical remission (JADAS27 ID sustained for ≥6 continuous months) during the study. Attainment of JIA ACR 50 or higher and JADAS27 LDA or ID in the initial weeks were the best predictors of clinical remission. Mean JADAS27 decreased from baseline, 22.5 (n=170), to 2.5 (n=30) at week 312 (observed analysis). Conclusions Through 6 years of exposure, adalimumab was well tolerated with significant clinical response (up to clinical remission) and a relatively low retention rate.
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- Daniel J Lovell
- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, PRCSG Coordinating Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, PRCSG Coordinating Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California, USA.,Division of Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, USA
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- Department of Rheumatology, Children's National Medical Center for Cancer and Immunology Research, Washington, District of Columbia, USA
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- Institute of Rheumatology, Prague, Czech Republic.,Department of Rheumatology, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, First Faculty of Medicine, Charles University and General University Hospital, Prague, Czech Republic
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Univeristé Paris-Descartes and Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford, Palo Alto, California, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Allergy, Immunology and Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, USA
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- Rheumatology, University Hospital Gent, Gent, Belgium.,VIB Center for Inflammation Research, Gent University, Gent, Belgium
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Children's Hospital of the King's Daughters, Norfolk, Virginia, USA
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- Department of Pediatrics, The Ohio State University College of Medicine, Columbus, Ohio, USA
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology and CEREMAI, Hôpital De Bicêtre, National Reference Centre for Auto-inflammatory Diseases, Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, Paris, France
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland, USA
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- Pediatric-Rheumatology, Saint Barnabas Medical Center, Livingston, New Jersey, USA
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- Pediatric Immunology, University Hospital Gasthuisberg, Leuven, Belgium
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- AbbVie Inc, North Chicago, Illinois, USA
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI),, Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia-PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genova, Italy
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Brunner HI, Ruperto N, Zuber Z, Cuttica R, Keltsev V, Xavier RM, Burgos-Vargas R, Penades IC, Silverman ED, Espada G, Zavaler MF, Kimura Y, Duarte C, Job-Deslandre C, Joos R, Douglass W, Wimalasundera S, Bharucha KN, Wells C, Lovell DJ, Martini A, de Benedetti F. Efficacy and Safety of Tocilizumab for Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis in the Open-Label Two-Year Extension of a Phase III Trial. Arthritis Rheumatol 2021; 73:530-541. [PMID: 32951358 PMCID: PMC7986602 DOI: 10.1002/art.41528] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/15/2020] [Revised: 08/08/2020] [Accepted: 08/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Objective To report the 2‐year efficacy and safety of tocilizumab (TCZ) in patients with polyarticular‐course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods Patients ages 2–17 years with active polyarticular‐course JIA, in whom treatment with methotrexate was unsuccessful, received 16 weeks of open‐label intravenous TCZ in part 1 (once every 4 weeks: 8 mg/kg or 10 mg/kg for body weight [BW] <30 kg; 8 mg/kg for BW ≥30 kg). Assessments were based on the JIA–American College of Rheumatology (ACR) response (defined as percentage of improvement in ≥3 of the 6 JIA core response variables [CRVs]). Patients with at least a JIA‐ACR30 response (defined as ≥30% improvement in ≥3 of the 6 JIA CRVs without worsening in >1 of the remaining JIA CRVs by >30%) at week 16 were randomly assigned (1:1) to receive TCZ or placebo in part 2. Patients remained in part 2 until either week 40 or the occurrence of JIA flare. Upon starting part 3, all patients received open‐label TCZ. At week 104 of the study, efficacy was assessed using JIA‐ACR50/70/90 response rates (defined as 50%, 70%, or 90% improvement, respectively), achievement of inactive disease, and the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score in 71 joints (JADAS‐71). Safety was assessed in the all‐exposure population per 100 patient‐years of exposure. Results Overall, 188 patients entered part 1, 166 patients entered part 2, and 160 patients entered part 3. By week 104, among the 188 patients in the modified intent‐to‐treat group who received TCZ, JIA‐ACR50/70/90 response rates were 80.3%/77.1%/59.6%, respectively, the median JADAS‐71 score decreased from 3.6 at week 40 to 0.7 at week 104, 51.1% of patients had achieved inactive disease, and 31 of 66 patients who had been receiving glucocorticoids discontinued them. Adverse event (AE) and serious AE rates were 406.5 per 100 patient‐years and 11.1 per 100 patient‐years, respectively. The infection rate was 151.4 per 100 patient‐years, and the serious infection rate was 5.2 per 100 patient‐years. Conclusion Patients treated with TCZ for polyarticular‐course JIA showed high‐level disease control for up to 2 years. The TCZ safety profile was consistent with that previously reported.
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II-Rheumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy
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- Andrzej Frycz Modrzewski Krakow University, Krakow, Poland
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- Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Hospital General de México and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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- Hospital de Niños Ricardo Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital and Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra, Mexico City, Mexico
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- ZNA Jan Palfijn Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium, and University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Roche Products, Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, UK
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatria II-Rheumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy
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Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Pacheco-Tena C, Louw I, Vega-Cornejo G, Spindler AJ, Kingsbury DJ, Schmeling H, Borzutzky A, Cuttica R, Inman CJ, Malievskiy V, Scott C, Keltsev V, Terreri MT, Viola DO, Xavier RM, Fernandes TAP, Velázquez MDRM, Henrickson M, Clark MB, Bensley KA, Li X, Lo KH, Leu JH, Hsu CH, Hsia EC, Xu Z, Martini A, Lovell DJ. Open-Label Phase 3 Study of Intravenous Golimumab in Patients With Polyarticular Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2021; 60:4495-4507. [PMID: 33493312 PMCID: PMC8487314 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/04/2020] [Accepted: 12/23/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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Objectives To assess efficacy, pharmacokinetics (PK) and safety of intravenous (i.v.) golimumab in patients with polyarticular-course JIA (pc-JIA). Methods Children aged 2 to <18 years with active pc-JIA despite MTX therapy for ≥2 months received 80 mg/m2 golimumab at weeks 0, 4, then every 8 weeks through week 52 plus MTX weekly through week 28. The primary and major secondary endpoints were PK exposure and model-predicted steady-state area under the curve (AUCss) over an 8-week dosing interval at weeks 28 and 52, respectively. JIA ACR response and safety were also assessed. Results In total, 127 children were treated with i.v. golimumab. JIA ACR 30, 50, 70, and 90 response rates were 84%, 80%, 70% and 47%, respectively, at week 28 and were maintained through week 52. Golimumab serum concentrations and AUCss were 0.40 µg/ml and 399 µg ⋅ day/ml at week 28. PK exposure was maintained at week 52. Steady-state trough golimumab concentrations and AUCss were consistent across age categories and comparable to i.v. golimumab dosed 2 mg/kg in adults with rheumatoid arthritis. Golimumab antibodies and neutralizing antibodies were detected via a highly sensitive drug-tolerant assay in 31% (39/125) and 19% (24/125) of patients, respectively. Median trough golimumab concentration was lower in antibody-positive vs antibody-negative patients. Serious infections were reported in 6% of patients, including one death due to septic shock. Conclusion Body surface area-based dosing of i.v. golimumab was well tolerated and provided adequate PK exposure for clinical efficacy in paediatric patients with active pc-JIA. ClinicalTrials.gov number NCT02277444
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Facultad de Medicina, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Circuito Universitario Campus II, Chihuahua, México
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- Panorama Medical Centre, Rheumatology Private Practice, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Centro de Reumatología y Autoinmunidad (CREA)/Hospital México Americano, Guadalajara, Jalisco, México
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- Centro Médico Privado de Reumatología, Rheumatology Section, San Miguel de Tucuman, Tucuman, Argentina
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- Randall Children's Hospital at Legacy Emanuel, Portland, Oregon, United States of America
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- Alberta Children's Hospital and Department of Pediatrics, Cumming School of Medicine/University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Department of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Immunology, School of Medicine, Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Santiago, Chile
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- Rheumatology Section, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah, United States of America
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- Federal State Budget Educational Institution of Higher Education, Bashkir State Medical University of the Ministry of Healthcare of Russian Federation, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Red Cross War Memorial Children's Hospital and Groote Schuur Hospital, Paediatric Rheumatology, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Pediatric Department, Togliatti City Clinical Hospital No. 5, Togliatti, Russian Federation
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- Escola Paulista de Medicina/Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Pediatrics, São Paulo, Brazil
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- Hospital de Clínicas de Porto Alegre, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul, Porto Alegre, Brazil
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Raritan, New Jersey, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Janssen Research & Development, LLC, Spring House, Pennsylvania, United States of America
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- Università degli Studi di Genova, Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI), Genova, Italy
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, United States of America
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Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Tzaribachev N, Vega-Cornejo G, Louw I, Cimaz R, Dare J, Espada G, Faugier E, Ferrandiz M, Gerloni V, Quartier P, Silva CA, Wagner-Weiner L, Gandhi Y, Passarell J, Nys M, Wong R, Martini A, Lovell DJ. Absence of Association Between Abatacept Exposure and Initial Infection in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. J Rheumatol 2021; 48:1073-1081. [PMID: 33452173 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.200154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/18/2020] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To assess the relationship between infection risk and abatacept (ABA) exposure levels in patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA) following treatment with subcutaneous (SC) and intravenous (IV) ABA. METHODS Data from 2 published studies (ClinicalTrials.gov: NCT01844518, NCT00095173) of ABA treatment in pediatric patients were analyzed. One study treated patients aged 2-17 years with SC ABA and the other treated patients aged 6-17 years with IV ABA. Association between serum ABA exposure measures and infection was evaluated using Kaplan-Meier plots of probability of first infection vs time on treatment by ABA exposure quartiles and log-rank tests. Number of infections by ABA exposure quartiles was investigated. RESULTS Overall, 343 patients were included in this analysis: 219 patients received SC ABA and 124 patients received IV ABA. Overall, 237/343 (69.1%) patients had ≥ 1 infection over 24 months. No significant difference in time to first infection across 4 quartiles of ABA exposure levels was observed in the pooled (P = 0.45), SC (2-5 yrs: P = 0.93; 6-17 yrs: P = 0.48), or IV (P = 0.50) analyses. Concomitant use of methotrexate and glucocorticoids (at baseline and throughout) with ABA did not increase infection risk across the ABA exposure quartiles. There was no evidence of association between number of infections and ABA exposure quartiles. No opportunistic infections related to ABA were reported. CONCLUSION In patients aged 2-17 years with pJIA, no evidence of association between higher levels of exposure to IV ABA or SC ABA and incidence of infection was observed.
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto G Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia-UOSID Centro Trial, Genoa, Italy;
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- H.I. Brunner, MD, MSc, MBA, D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- N. Tzaribachev, MD, Pediatric Rheumatology Research Institute, Bad Bramstedt, Germany
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- G. Vega-Cornejo, MD, CREA Hospital México Americano, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico
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- I. Louw, MMED, MBChB, Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
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- R. Cimaz, MD, University Hospital Meyer, Florence, Italy and Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
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- J. Dare, MD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, USA
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- G. Espada, MD, Hospital de Niños Dr Ricardo Gutiérrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- E. Faugier, MD, Hospital Infantil de México Federico Gómez, Mexico City, Mexico
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- M. Ferrandiz, MD, Instituto Nacional de Salúd del Niño, Breña, Peru
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- V. Gerloni, MD, Istituto Ortopedico Gaetano Pini, Milan, Italy
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- P. Quartier, MD, Université de Paris, IMAGINE Institute, RAISE reference centre for rare diseases, Necker-Enfants Malades hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- C.A. Silva, MD, Hospital das Clinicas HCFMUSP, Faculdade de Medicina, Universidade de Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil
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- Y. Gandhi, PhD, R. Wong, MD, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- J. Passarell, MA, Cognigen Corporation, Buffalo, New York, USA
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- M. Nys, MSc, Bristol Myers Squibb, Braine-L'Alleud, Belgium
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- Y. Gandhi, PhD, R. Wong, MD, Bristol Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey, USA
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- A. Martini, MD, IRCCS Istituto G Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Genoa, Italy and Università di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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Lovell DJ, Brunner HI. Evolution in the Understanding of Pediatric-Onset Axial Spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2020; 73:921-923. [PMID: 33331127 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/05/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Daniel J Lovell
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Weiss PF, Fuhlbrigge RC, von Scheven E, Lovell DJ, Colbert RA, Brunner HI. Children with enthesitis-related arthritis could benefit from treatments targeted for adults with spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2020; 74:1058-1064. [PMID: 33278336 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2020] [Revised: 11/13/2020] [Accepted: 12/01/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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This review will summarize clinical, genetic and pathophysiologic characteristics that are shared between children with enthesitis related arthritis (ERA) with axial involvement and adults with non-radiographic, and in some cases radiographic, axial spondyloarthritis (SpA); and between children with ERA and primarily peripheral disease manifestations and adults with peripheral SpA. Due to the differences in classification criteria for children with ERA and adults with axial and peripheral SpA, the FDA granted automatic full waivers of studies in children for new medications for "axial spondyloarthropathies including ankylosing spondylitis" up until July 2020. Thus, although current juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) treatment guidelines recommend the use of biologic disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (DMARDs) as part of the early treatment for patients with ERA, none of the FDA-approved therapies for peripheral SpA or non-radiographic axial SpA (certolizumab pegol, ixekizumab, and secukinumab) have been studied or are labelled for use in children with ERA. Considering the similarities between adult spondyloarthritis and ERA in terms of etiology, genetics, pathogenesis and clinical manifestations summarized in this review, medications approved for axial SpA or peripheral SpA should also be studied in children with active ERA involving axial or peripheral joints, respectively, with the intent to achieve labeling for use in children. Considering the current lack of effective FDA-approved therapies for ERA, the FDA should also consider requiring pediatric studies for medications that have already been approved for the treatment of adults with SpA.
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- Pamela F Weiss
- Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Perlman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, USA
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- Children's Hospital Colorado, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Colorado, USA, Cincinnati
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- University of California, San Francisco. California, USA, Cincinnati
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
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- National Institute of Arthritis, Musculoskeletal, and Skin Diseases, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, USA
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Brunner HI, Nanda K, Toth M, Foeldvari I, Bohnsack J, Milojevic D, Rabinovich CE, Kingsbury DJ, Marzan K, Chalom E, Horneff G, Kuester RM, Dare JA, Trachana M, Jung LK, Olson J, Minden K, Quartier P, Bereswill M, Kalabic J, Kupper H, Lovell DJ, Martini A, Ruperto N. Safety and Effectiveness of Adalimumab in Patients With Polyarticular Course of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: STRIVE Registry Seven-Year Interim Results. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2020; 72:1420-1430. [PMID: 31421019 PMCID: PMC7589221 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/26/2019] [Accepted: 08/13/2019] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate safety and effectiveness of adalimumab (ADA) in polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) in the STRIVE registry. METHODS STRIVE enrolled patients with polyarticular-course JIA into 2 arms based on treatment with methotrexate (MTX) alone or ADA with/without MTX (ADA ± MTX). Adverse events (AEs) per 100 patient-years of observation time were analyzed by registry arm. Patients who entered the registry within 4 weeks of starting MTX or ADA ± MTX, defined as new users, were evaluated for change in disease activity assessed by the 27-joint Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score with the C-reactive protein level (JADAS-27CRP ). RESULTS At the 7-year cutoff date (June 1, 2016), data from 838 patients were available (MTX arm n = 301, ADA ± MTX arm n = 537). The most common AEs were nausea (10.3%), sinusitis (4.7%), and vomiting (4.3%) in the MTX arm and arthritis (3.9%), upper respiratory tract infection (3.5%), sinusitis, tonsillitis, and injection site pain (3.0% each) in the ADA ± MTX arm. Rates of serious infection were 1.5 events/100 patient-years in the MTX arm and 2.0 events/100 patient-years in the ADA ± MTX arm. AE and serious AE rates were similar in patients receiving ADA with versus without MTX. No deaths or malignancies were reported. New users in the ADA ± MTX arm showed a trend toward lower mean JADAS-27CRP compared with new users in the MTX arm in the first year of STRIVE. CONCLUSION The STRIVE registry 7-year interim results support the idea that ADA ± MTX is well tolerated by most children. Registry median ADA exposure was 2.47 (interquartile range 1.0-3.6) years, with 42% of patients continuing ADA at the 7-year cutoff date.
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- Hermine I Brunner
- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- University of Washington School of Medicine and Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle
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- Nemours Children's Hospital, Orlando, Florida
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- Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescence Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany
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- Johns Hopkins All Children's Hospital, St. Petersburg, Florida
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Arkansas Children's Hospital, Little Rock, Arkansas
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- Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Charite University Medicine Berlin and German Rheumatism Research Center, Berlin, Germany
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- Université Paris-Descartes, Institut IMAGINE and Centre de Référence RAISE, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Assistance Publique-Hôpitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- AbbVie Deutschland GmbH and Co. KG, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia-PRINTO, Genova, Italy
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- Istituto Giannina Gaslini Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia-PRINTO, Genova, Italy
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Brunner HI, Quartier P, Alexeeva E, Constantin T, Koné-Paut I, Marzan K, Schneider R, Wulffraat NM, Chasnyk V, Tirosh I, Kallinich T, Kuemmerle-Deschner J, Wouters C, Lauwerys B, Nikishina I, Trachana M, Vougiouka O, Martini A, Lovell DJ, Levy J, Vritzali E, Ruperto N. Efficacy and Safety of Canakinumab in Patients With Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis With and Without Fever at Baseline: Results From an Open-Label, Active-Treatment Extension Study. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020; 72:2147-2158. [PMID: 32648697 DOI: 10.1002/art.41436] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2019] [Accepted: 06/27/2020] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of canakinumab and explore prediction of response in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) with or without fever at treatment initiation. METHODS At enrollment, patients with active systemic JIA (ages 2 to <20 years) started open-label canakinumab (4 mg/kg every 4 weeks subcutaneously). Efficacy measures included the adapted American College of Rheumatology (ACR) Pediatric 50/70/90 criteria, the Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS), and clinically inactive disease and clinical remission on medication, evaluated by either the JADAS or ACR criteria. RESULTS Of the 123 patients (70 with fever and 52 without fever [fever status was not reported for 1 patient]), 84 (68.3%) completed the study (median duration 1.8 years). Comparable efficacy (adapted ACR Pediatric 50/70/90/100) was observed by day 15 in both subgroups (60.0%/48.6%/37.1%/24.3% in those with fever and 67.3%/48.1%/34.6%/19.2% in those without fever), and further increased thereafter. By month 6, clinical remission according to the JADAS or the ACR criteria was achieved in 17 (24.3%) and 26 (37.1%), respectively, of patients with fever and 9 (17.3%) and 12 (23.1%), respectively, of patients without fever. Median time to onset of clinical remission according to the JADAS or ACR criteria was 57 and 30 days, respectively, in those with fever, and 58 and 142 days, respectively, in those without fever. An adapted ACR Pediatric 50 response by day 15 was the strongest predictor of achieving clinical remission according to the JADAS (odds ratio [OR] 13 [95% confidence interval (95% CI) 4, 42]; P < 0.0001) or glucocorticoid discontinuation (OR 19 [95% CI 3, 114]; P = 0.002). Of the 71 of 123 patients (57.7%) who received glucocorticoids at study entry, 27 (38.0%) discontinued glucocorticoids and 21 (29.6%) reached a dose of <0.2 mg/kg/day, with no difference between those with and those without fever; 13 patients (10.6%) tolerated a sustained canakinumab dose reduction to 2 mg/kg every 4 weeks. No new safety findings were observed. CONCLUSION Canakinumab provided rapid and sustained improvement of active systemic JIA irrespective of the presence of fever at treatment initiation.
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- Hermine I Brunner
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Université de Paris, Institut IMAGINE, Centre de référence national pour les Rhumatismes inflammatoires et les maladies Auto-Immunes Systémiques rares de l'Enfant, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, AP-HP, Paris, France
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- Federal State Autonomous Institution National Medical Research Center of Children's Health of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Federal State Autonomous Educational Institution of Higher Education, I. M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University of the Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, Moscow, Russia
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- Centre de Référence des Maladies Auto-Inflammatoires rares et des Amyloses, CHU de Biĉetre, AP-HP, University of Paris Sud, Paris, France
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- University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Saint-Petersburg State Pediatric Medical University, Saint-Petersburg, Russia
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- The Edmond and Lily Safra Children's Hospital, Ramat Gan, Israel
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- Charité University Medicine Berlin and Leibniz Institut, Berlin, Germany
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- Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven and Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Université catholique de Louvain and Cliniques Universitaires Saint-Luc, Brussels, Belgium
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- VA Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology, Moscow, Russia
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- Hippokration General Hospital and Thessaloniki University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- P&A Kyriakou Children's Hospital and Athens University School of Medicine, Athens, Greece
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Biometrical Practice BIOP, Basel, Switzerland
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- IRCCS, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy
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Brunner HI, Schanberg LE, Kimura Y, Dennos A, Co DO, Colbert RA, Fuhlbrigge RC, Goldmuntz E, Kingsbury DJ, Patty-Resk C, Mintz S, Onel K, Rider LG, Schneider R, Watts A, von Scheven E, Lovell DJ, Beukelman T. New Medications Are Needed for Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020; 72:1945-1951. [PMID: 32524767 DOI: 10.1002/art.41390] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2020] [Revised: 05/14/2020] [Accepted: 06/02/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To document the need for additional Food and Drug Administration (FDA)-approved medications for the treatment of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS The electronic medical records of JIA patients treated at Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center (CCHMC) and data from JIA patients enrolled in the Childhood Arthritis and Rheumatology Research Alliance (CARRA) Registry were included in this study. Unmet medication need was defined in 2 ways: (a) the presence of chronically uncontrolled JIA, defined as a physician global assessment of JIA activity ≥3 (on a 0-10 scale, where 0 = inactive) OR ≥3 joints with active arthritis OR a patient global assessment of well-being ≥3 (on a 0-10 scale, where 0 = very well), despite sequential use of ≥2 biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs); and (b) the use of ≥1 bDMARD not approved for any JIA category. RESULTS At CCHMC, 829 of 1,599 JIA patients (52%) were treated with ≥1 bDMARD, and 304 (19%) had been exposed to ≥1 unapproved bDMARD. In the CARRA Registry, 4,766 of 7,379 children (65%) had received ≥1 bDMARD, and 1,122 (15%) had been prescribed ≥1 unapproved bDMARD. Of those children treated with ≥2 bDMARDs for whom complete data were available, 52% (255 of 487) at CCHMC and 45% (527 of 1,159) in the CARRA Registry had chronically uncontrolled JIA despite the use of ≥2 bDMARDs. CONCLUSION Despite the availability of bDMARDs currently approved for JIA, there is persistent need for additional therapies to control JIA signs and symptoms. Since FDA approval is critical to ensure access to bDMARDs, the study and licensing of new medications is critical to address the unmet medication need and to further improve JIA outcomes.
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Duke Center for AIDS Research, Durham, North Carolina
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Milwaukee
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- National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York, New York
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- National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, NIH, Bethesda, Maryland
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Brunner HI, Chen C, Bovis F, De Benedetti F, Espada G, Joos R, Akikusa J, Chaitow J, Boteanu AL, Kimura Y, Rietschel C, Siri D, Smolewska E, Schmeling H, Brown DE, Martini A, Lovell DJ, Huang B, Ruperto N. Functional Ability and Health-Related Quality of Life in Randomized Controlled Trials of Tocilizumab in Patients With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2020; 73:1264-1274. [PMID: 32702212 DOI: 10.1002/acr.24384] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2020] [Accepted: 07/14/2020] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate changes in health-related quality of life (HRQoL) and disability in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) or polyarticular JIA treated with tocilizumab. METHODS Secondary analyses of two double-blind, placebo-controlled trials of intravenous tocilizumab in children with active systemic JIA or polyarticular JIA were conducted. Patient-reported outcomes of disability (Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire [C-HAQ]), HRQoL (Child Health Questionnaire Parent Form 50 [CHQ-P50], health concepts, physical summary score [CHQ-P50-PhS], psychosocial summary score [CHQ-P50-PsS]), pain, and well-being (100-mm visual analog scale [VAS]) were measured at weeks 0 and 12 for systemic JIA, weeks 16 and 40 for polyarticular JIA, and week 104 for both JIA subgroups. RESULTS The trial included 112 patients with systemic JIA and 188 patients with polyarticular JIA. In patients with polyarticular JIA, the mean ± SD C-HAQ score decreased from 1.39 ± 0.74 at baseline to 0.67 ± 0.65 at week 16 (P < 0.001). In patients with systemic JIA, the mean ± SD CHQ-P50-PhS improved more with tocilizumab therapy than with placebo at week 12 (7.3 ± 10.2 versus 2.4 ± 10.6) (P < 0.05). Almost all mean CHQ-P50 health concept scores, CHQ-P50-PsS, and CHQ-P50-PhS improved (P ≤ 0.002) by week 104 for patients with systemic JIA. Patients with polyarticular JIA and patients with systemic JIA showed significant reductions in disability (mean ± SD C-HAQ scores of -1.09 ± 0.71 and -1.17 ± 0.80, respectively), improvements in well-being (mean ± SD well-being VAS scores of -43.76 ± 26.61 and -51.53 ± 23.57, respectively), and decreases in pain (mean ± SD pain VAS scores of -41.56 ± 31.06 and -51.26 ± 26.79, respectively) (P < 0.001); in patients with polyarticular JIA and patients with systemic JIA who were treated with tocilizumab, 92.9% of polyarticular JIA patients and 96.8% of systemic JIA patients reported no more than minimal pain (a score of ≤35 mm on the VAS) at week 104. CONCLUSION Tocilizumab treatment was associated with significantly reduced disability and pain and improved HRQoL in patients with systemic JIA and polyarticular JIA.
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- Hermine I Brunner
- PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Hospital de Ninos Ricardo Gutierrez, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium
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- Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack Meridian School of Medicine, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Alberta Children's Hospital and Cumming School of Medicine/University of Calgary, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
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- Children's Hospital of Los Angeles, and University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California
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- Pediatric and Rheumatology Clinic, PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- PRCSG, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Pediatric and Rheumatology Clinic, PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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Simon TA, Harikrishnan GP, Kawabata H, Singhal S, Brunner HI, Lovell DJ. Prevalence of co-existing autoimmune disease in juvenile idiopathic arthritis: a cross-sectional study. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2020; 18:43. [PMID: 32503658 PMCID: PMC7275412 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-020-00426-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2019] [Accepted: 04/03/2020] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Many autoimmune diseases share common pathogenic mechanisms, cytokine pathways and systemic inflammatory cascades; however, large studies quantifying the co-existence of autoimmune diseases in patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) have not been conducted. METHODS We performed a cross-sectional study using two United States administrative healthcare claims databases (Truven Health MarketScan® Commercial Database and IMS PharMetrics database) to screen for the prevalence of multiple autoimmune diseases in patients with JIA and in a control group with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD). Patients with a diagnosis code for JIA or ADHD between January 1, 2006 and September 30, 2017 were separated into two age cohorts (< 18 and ≥ 18 years) and matched (maximum 1:5) based on age, sex, number of medical encounters, and calendar year of diagnosis. The prevalence rates of 30 pre-specified autoimmune diseases during the 12-month periods before and after diagnosis were compared. RESULTS Overall, 29,215 patients with JIA and 134,625 matched control patients with ADHD were evaluated. Among patients in the MarketScan database, 28/30 autoimmune diseases were more prevalent in patients with JIA aged < 18 years and 29/30 were more prevalent in patients aged ≥ 18 years when compared with a matched cohort of patients with ADHD. In the PharMetrics database, 29/30 and 30/30 autoimmune diseases were more prevalent in patients with JIA aged < 18 and ≥ 18 years, respectively, compared with a matched cohort of patients with ADHD. Among patients with JIA aged < 18 years, the greatest odds ratios (ORs) were seen for Sjögren's syndrome/sicca syndrome and uveitis. Among patients aged ≥ 18 years in the MarketScan database, the greatest ORs were recorded for uveitis. Data from the PharMetrics database indicated that the greatest ORs were for uveitis and chronic glomerulonephritis. CONCLUSIONS Patients with JIA are more likely to have concurrent autoimmune diseases than matched patients with ADHD. Having an awareness of the co-existence of autoimmune diseases among patients with JIA may play an important role in patient management, treatment decisions, and outcomes. TRIAL REGISTRATION Not applicable.
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Ringold S, Schrandt S, Creek EL, Beukelman T, Angeles‐Han ST, Lovell DJ. Reply. Arthritis Rheumatol 2020; 72:1040-1041. [DOI: 10.1002/art.41238] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- ExPPect and Society to Improve Diagnosis in Medicine Arlington VA
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center and University of Cincinnati Cincinnati OH
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Giancane G, Swart JF, Castagnola E, Groll AH, Horneff G, Huppertz HI, Lovell DJ, Wolfs T, Herlin T, Dolezalova P, Sanner H, Susic G, Sztajnbok F, Maritsi D, Constantin T, Vargova V, Sawhney S, Rygg M, K Oliveira S, Cattalini M, Bovis F, Bagnasco F, Pistorio A, Martini A, Wulffraat N, Ruperto N. Opportunistic infections in immunosuppressed patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis: analysis by the Pharmachild Safety Adjudication Committee. Arthritis Res Ther 2020; 22:71. [PMID: 32264969 PMCID: PMC7136994 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-020-02167-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Accepted: 03/27/2020] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND To derive a list of opportunistic infections (OI) through the analysis of the juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) patients in the Pharmachild registry by an independent Safety Adjudication Committee (SAC). METHODS The SAC (3 pediatric rheumatologists and 2 pediatric infectious disease specialists) elaborated and approved by consensus a provisional list of OI for use in JIA. Through a 5 step-procedure, all the severe and serious infections, classified as per MedDRA dictionary and retrieved in the Pharmachild registry, were evaluated by the SAC by answering six questions and adjudicated with the agreement of 3/5 specialists. A final evidence-based list of OI resulted by matching the adjudicated infections with the provisional list of OI. RESULTS A total of 772 infectious events in 572 eligible patients, of which 335 serious/severe/very severe non-OI and 437 OI (any intensity/severity), according to the provisional list, were retrieved. Six hundred eighty-two of 772 (88.3%) were adjudicated as infections, of them 603/682 (88.4%) as common and 119/682 (17.4%) as OI by the SAC. Matching these 119 opportunistic events with the provisional list, 106 were confirmed by the SAC as OI, and among them infections by herpes viruses were the most frequent (68%), followed by tuberculosis (27.4%). The remaining events were divided in the groups of non-OI and possible/patient and/or pathogen-related OI. CONCLUSIONS We found a significant number of OI in JIA patients on immunosuppressive therapy. The proposed list of OI, created by consensus and validated in the Pharmachild cohort, could facilitate comparison among future pharmacovigilance studies. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov NCT01399281; ENCePP seal: awarded on 25 November 2011.
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- Gabriella Giancane
- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, European Reference Network-RITA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Infectious Diseases, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Infectious Disease Research Program, Department of Pediatric Hematology and Oncology, University Children's Hospital, Münster, Germany
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- Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Department of General Paediatrics, Sankt Augustin, Germany
- Medical Faculty, Department of Paediatric and Adolescents Medicine, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Clinic Bremen-Mitte, Prof.-Hesse Children's Hospital and Pediatric Intensive Care Medicine, Bremen, Germany
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, European Reference Network-RITA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- 1st Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Charles University in Prague and General University Hospital, Praha, Czech Republic
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- Department of Rheumatology, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
- Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Rheumatic Diseases in Children and Adolescents, Oslo, Norway
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- Institute of Rheumatology of Belgrade, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Belgrade, Serbia
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- Hospital Universitario Pedro Ernesto, Nucleo de Estudos da Saúde do Adolescente, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics Athens Medical School, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens (NKUA), Athens, Greece
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- Unit of Pediatric Rheumatology-Immunology, Second Department of Pediatrics, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Paediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, Pavol Jozef Šafárik University in Košice, Kosice, Slovakia
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- Sir Ganga Ram Hospital Marg, Centre for Child Health, Sir Ganga Ram Hospital, New Delhi, India
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- Department of Clinical and Molecular Medicine, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences, NTNU - Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway
- Department of Pediatrics, St. Olavs University Hospital of Trondheim, Trondheim, Norway
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- Instituto de Puericultura e Pediatria Martagao Gesteira (IPPMG), Universidade Federal do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Clinica Pediatrica dell'Università di Brescia, Spedali Civili, Unità di Immunologia e Reumatologia Pediatrica, Brescia, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Neuroscienze, Riabilitazione, Oftalmologia, Genetica e Scienze Materno-Infantili (DiNOGMI), Università degli Studi di Genova, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Utrecht, University Utrecht, European Reference Network-RITA, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy.
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Brunner HI, Tzaribachev N, Cornejo GV, Joos R, Gervais E, Cimaz R, Calvo Penadés I, Cuttica R, Lutz T, Quartier P, Gandhi Y, Nys M, Wong R, Martini A, Lovell DJ, Ruperto N. Maintenance of antibody response to diphtheria/tetanus vaccine in patients aged 2-5 years with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis receiving subcutaneous abatacept. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2020; 18:19. [PMID: 32087715 PMCID: PMC7036185 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-020-0410-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/12/2019] [Accepted: 02/03/2020] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with polyarticular-course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (pJIA), receiving disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs with immunosuppressive effects, may be at increased risk of vaccine-preventable infections. This substudy assessed protective antibody responses to diphtheria and tetanus vaccination given prior to study enrolment in patients with pJIA. FINDINGS This was a substudy of a 24-month, single-arm, open-label, multicenter, Phase III trial (NCT01844518) of subcutaneous abatacept in children with active pJIA (N = 219). Patients aged 2-5 years, with ≥2 continuous months of weekly weight-tiered (10-< 25 kg [50 mg], 25-< 50 kg [87.5 mg]) subcutaneous abatacept treatment (with/without methotrexate and/or low-dose corticosteroids), who received diphtheria/tetanus vaccine prior to enrolment, were eligible. Protective antibody levels to diphtheria/tetanus (> 0.1 IU/mL), and safety, were assessed. Overall, 29 patients were analyzed: 19 (65.5%), 1 (3.4%) and 9 (31.0%) patients had > 12, 6-12 and 2-< 6 months of abatacept exposure, respectively. All patients had protective antibody levels to tetanus and 26 (89.7%) patients had protective antibody levels to diphtheria. Of the 3 patients without protective antibody levels to diphtheria, each had an antibody level of 0.1 IU/mL, bordering the lower threshold of protection. Concomitant use of methotrexate and/or low-dose corticosteroids had no evident effect on antibody levels. No unexpected adverse events, including cases of diphtheria or tetanus, were reported during the 24-month period. CONCLUSIONS Patients aged 2-5 years with pJIA who received 2-24 months of weekly subcutaneous abatacept, with or without concomitant methotrexate and/or low-dose corticosteroids, maintained effective diphtheria and tetanus vaccination protection without new safety signals. TRIAL REGISTRATION ClinicalTrials.gov (NCT01844518); registered May 1, 2013; https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT01844518?term=NCT01844518&rank=1.
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- Universitair Ziekenhuis Ghent, Ghent, Belgium
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- Department of Clinical Sciences and Community Health, University of Milano, Milan, Italy
- Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Anna Meyer, Florence, Italy
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- Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Center for Pediatric and Adolescent Medicine/Pediatric Rheumatology, University Hospital Heidelberg, Heidelberg, Germany
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- Paris University, IMAGINE Institute, RAISE reference centre, Necker-Enfants Malades Hospital, Assistance Publique-Hopitaux de Paris, Paris, France
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- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine-L'Alleud, Belgium
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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Aljaberi N, Tronconi E, Schulert G, Grom AA, Lovell DJ, Huggins JL, Henrickson M, Brunner HI. The use of S100 proteins testing in juvenile idiopathic arthritis and autoinflammatory diseases in a pediatric clinical setting: a retrospective analysis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2020; 18:7. [PMID: 31948488 PMCID: PMC6966841 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-020-0398-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 01/06/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Serum phagocyte-derived alarmins S100A8/9 and S100A12 are considered useful for the assessment of inflammatory diseases. Our study evaluated the use of S100 proteins in a pediatric clinical setting for estimating disease activity and supporting diagnosis. METHODS Patients (n = 136) who had S100 proteins tested as part of clinical care were included in this study and relevant information obtained from the medical record: C-reactive protein (CRP), disease activity status (inactive: = 0 joint; active: > 0 active joint), systemic symptoms in systemic JIA (sJIA), and symptoms of flare of other autoinflammatory and fever syndromes. Patients were categorized as: sJIA, non-systemic JIA (nsJIA), other defined autoinflammatory syndromes (AID) and systemic undifferentiated recurring fever syndromes (SURFS). RESULTS Patients with sJIA (n = 21) had significantly higher levels of S100A8/9 and S100A12 compared to patients with nsJIA (n = 49), other AIDs (n = 8) or SURFS (n = 14) (all p < 0.0001). Compared to CRP [area under the receiver operating characteristics curve (AUC) = 0.7], S100 proteins were superior in differentiating sJIA from AID and SURFS [AUC = 0.9]. S100A8/9 and S100A12 levels were not associated with disease activity in nsJIA, AID or SURFS. S100A8/9 and S100A12 levels were significantly higher in active sJIA compared to inactive (p = 0.0002 and p = 0.0002 respectively). CONCLUSION Compared to other autoinflammatory and fever syndromes, sJIA patients have markedly higher levels of S100A8/9 and S100A12 proteins which may assist with diagnosis. S100 levels slightly outperformed CRP in distinguishing sJIA from other diagnoses and in sJIA disease activity. S100 proteins may aid in monitoring disease activity in sJIA patients.
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- Najla Aljaberi
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
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- 0000 0004 1757 1758grid.6292.fPediatric Unit, Department of Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Bologna Hospital of Bologna Sant’Orsola-Malpighi Polyclinic, Bologna, Emilia-Romagna Italy
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Avenue, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA
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Miraldi Utz V, Bulas S, Lopper S, Fenchel M, Sa T, Mehta M, Ash D, Lovell DJ, Kaufman AH. Effectiveness of long-term infliximab use and impact of treatment adherence on disease control in refractory, non-infectious pediatric uveitis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2019; 17:79. [PMID: 31783768 PMCID: PMC6884783 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-019-0383-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/04/2019] [Accepted: 11/14/2019] [Indexed: 12/14/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Refractory non-infectious uveitis is a serious condition that leads to ocular complications and vision loss and requires effective systemic treatment to control disease. The effectiveness of long-term infliximab [IFX] in refractory non-infectious childhood uveitis and the impact of treatment adherence on disease control were evaluated. METHODS Retrospective, single-center study between December 2002 and April 2016 of 27 children with refractory non-infectious uveitis [17 with juvenile idiopathic arthritis, JIA] treated with long-term IFX [9+ months]. Disease activity was assessed prior to and while on IFX using the Standardization of Uveitis Nomenclature [SUN]. Number of visits per year with active uveitis was analyzed by repeated measures logistic regression analysis from 2 years prior to IFX initiation or from onset of uveitis until most recent visit on IFX. Incomplete treatment adherence was assessed for each visit and defined as any deviance in corticosteroid use, prescribed infusion frequency, and/or follow-up examination frequency. RESULTS Primary outcomes were sustained uveitic and systemic disease control prior to and during IFX treatment and the impact of incomplete adherence on uveitic disease control while on IFX. Secondary outcomes included corticosteroid and glaucoma medication requirement, ocular complications and need for surgical intervention. Mean age at IFX initiation was 10.4 ± 4.5 years; initial mean dose was 6.6 ± 2.2 mg/kg [and given at weeks 0, 2, 4 and q4 weeks thereafter for 93%]. Median duration on IFX was 35 [range 9-128] months. Prior to IFX, 14/27 patients had failed adalimumab ± methotrexate [MTX]; 21/27 failed MTX. IFX led to uveitis control in 89% and arthritis control in 76% (13/17). The odds ratio of having controlled disease after IFX was 4.1 (2.6, 6.4) compared to pre-treatment visits. Topical corticosteroids and glaucoma medications were statistically decreased (p = 0.007 right eye [OD], 0.003 left eye [OS] and p = 0.001 OD, p = 0.028 OS respectively). Incomplete adherence to treatment showed 10.3 times greater odds (7.1, 15.0) of having disease activity than full adherence. CONCLUSIONS This study adds significantly to the IFX literature by documenting outstanding uveitis control with long-term IFX treatment in non-infectious pediatric uveitis patients. Higher dosage and shorter interval were utilized without adverse effects. Importantly, this is the first study, to our knowledge, to document the significant impact of treatment adherence on uveitis control.
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- Virginia Miraldi Utz
- Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA. .,Department of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, USA.
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA ,0000 0001 2179 9593grid.24827.3bDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA ,0000 0001 2179 9593grid.24827.3bDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Department of Biostatistics and Epidemiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- 0000 0001 0668 7243grid.266093.8Gavin Herbert Eye Institute, University of California, Irvine, CA USA
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- 0000 0004 1936 7822grid.170205.1Department of Medicine, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA
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- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Abrahamson Pediatric Eye Institute, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH USA ,0000 0001 2179 9593grid.24827.3bDepartment of Ophthalmology, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH USA ,grid.418609.2Cincinnati Eye Institute, Cincinnati, OH USA
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Consolaro A, Giancane G, Alongi A, van Dijkhuizen EHP, Aggarwal A, Al-Mayouf SM, Bovis F, De Inocencio J, Demirkaya E, Flato B, Foell D, Garay SM, Lazăr C, Lovell DJ, Montobbio C, Miettunen P, Mihaylova D, Nielsen S, Orban I, Rumba-Rozenfelde I, Magalhães CS, Shafaie N, Susic G, Trachana M, Wulffraat N, Pistorio A, Martini A, Ruperto N, Ravelli A. Phenotypic variability and disparities in treatment and outcomes of childhood arthritis throughout the world: an observational cohort study. The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health 2019; 3:255-263. [PMID: 30819662 DOI: 10.1016/s2352-4642(19)30027-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/19/2018] [Revised: 12/19/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Alessandro Consolaro
- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal and Child Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Sanjay Gandhi Postgraduate Institute of Medical Sciences, Lucknow, India
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, King Faisal Specialist Hospital & Research Center, Alfaisal University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, University Hospital 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain
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- London Health Sciences Centre, Western University Children's Hospital, London, ON, Canada
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- Department of Rheumatology and Medical Faculty, Oslo University Hospital and University of Oslo, Oslo, Norway; Norwegian National Advisory Unit on Rheumatic Diseases in Children and Adolescents, Oslo University Hospital, Oslo, Norway
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology and Immunology, University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Bucharest Emergency Hospital and Children's Emergency Hospital, Cluj-Napoca, Romania
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH, USA
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Alberta Children's Hospital, Calgary, Canada
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- Paediatric Rheumatology Unit, Juliane Marie Centre, Rigshospitalet, Copenhagen, Denmark
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- Clinical Immunology, Adult and Paediatric Rheumatology Department, National Institute of Rheumatology and Physiotherapy, Budapest, Hungary
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- Pediatric Department, Latvia and University Children's Hospital, University of Latvia, Riga, Latvia
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- Rheumatology Research Center, Department of Pediatrics and Rheumatology, Shariati Hospital, Teheran, Iran
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Institute of Rheumatology of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
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- First Department of Pediatrics, Hippokration General Hospital, Thessaloniki University School of Medicine, Thessaloniki, Greece
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Epidemiology and Biostatistics Service, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Scientific Directory, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal and Child Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy
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- Clinic of Paediatrics and Rheumatology, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; Department of Neuroscience, Rehabilitation, Ophthalmology, Genetics, and Maternal and Child Sciences, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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Ramanan AV, Brunner HI, Ruperto N, Martini A, Cuttica RJ, Weiss JE, Henrickson M, Schmeling H, Antón J, Minden K, Horneff G, Gámir-Gámir ML, Hufnagel M, Douglass W, Wells C, Wimalasundera S, Mallalieu NL, Lovell DJ, Benedetti FD. 170 Safety and efficacy of subcutaneous tocilizumab in patients with systemic and polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2019. [DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez108.078] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- n/a, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trial Organization (PRINTO) Coordinating Centre, Genoa, ITALY
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- n/a, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trial Organization (PRINTO) Coordinating Centre, Genoa, ITALY
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- n/a, Hospital Gral de Niños Pedro Elizalde, Buenos Aires, ARGENTINA
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Department of Paediatrics, Alberta Children’s Hospital/University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, CANADA
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- Paediatric Rheumatology, Hospital Sant Joan de Deu, Barcelona, SPAIN
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- n/a, Charité–Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Berlin, GERMANY
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- Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, and University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, GERMANY
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- Department of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine, University Medical Center, Medical Faculty, University of Freiburg, Freiburg, GERMANY
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- n/a, Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, UNITED KINGDOM
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- n/a, Roche Products Ltd., Welwyn Garden City, UNITED KINGDOM
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- Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG), Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, OH
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Pediatrica, IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesù, Roma, ITALY
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Morgan EM, Munro JE, Horonjeff J, Horgan B, Shea B, Feldman BM, Clairman H, Bingham CO, Thornhill S, Strand V, Alongi A, Magni-Manzoni S, van Rossum MA, Vesely R, Vojinovic J, Brunner HI, Harris JG, Horton DB, Lovell DJ, Mannion M, Rahimi H, Ravelli A, Ringold S, Ruperto N, Schrandt MS, Shenoi S, Shiff NJ, Toupin-April K, Tzaribachev N, Weiss P, Consolaro A. Establishing an Updated Core Domain Set for Studies in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: A Report from the OMERACT 2018 JIA Workshop. J Rheumatol 2019; 46:1006-1013. [DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.181088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 01/24/2019] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Objective.The current Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) Core Set used in randomized controlled trials (RCT) and longitudinal observational studies (LOS) was developed without the input of patients/parents. At the Outcome Measures in Rheumatology (OMERACT) 2016, a special interest group voted to reconsider the core set, incorporating broader input. We describe subsequent work culminating in an OMERACT 2018 plenary and consensus voting.Methods.Candidate domains were identified through literature review, qualitative surveys, and online discussion boards (ODB) held with patients with JIA and parents in Australia, Italy, and the United States. A Delphi process with parents, patients, healthcare providers, researchers, and regulators served to edit the domain list and prioritize candidate domains. After the presentation of results, OMERACT workshop participants voted, with consensus set at > 70%.Results.Participants in ODB were 53 patients with JIA (ages 15–24 yrs) and 55 parents. Three rounds of Delphi considering 27 domains were completed by 190 (response rate 85%), 201 (84%), and 182 (77%) people, respectively, from 50 countries. There was discordance noted between domains prioritized by patients/parents compared to others. OMERACT conference voting approved domains for JIA RCT and LOS with 83% endorsement. Mandatory domains are pain, joint inflammatory signs, activity limitation/physical function, patient’s perception of disease activity (overall well-being), and adverse events. Mandatory in specific circumstances: inflammation/other features relevant to specific JIA categories.Conclusion.Following the OMERACT methodology, we developed an updated JIA Core Domain Set. Next steps are to identify and systematically evaluate best outcome measures for these domains.
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Kashikar-Zuck S, Cunningham N, Peugh J, Black WR, Nelson S, Lynch-Jordan AM, Pfeiffer M, Tran ST, Ting TV, Arnold LM, Carle A, Noll J, Powers SW, Lovell DJ. Long-term outcomes of adolescents with juvenile-onset fibromyalgia into adulthood and impact of depressive symptoms on functioning over time. Pain 2019; 160:433-441. [PMID: 30335681 PMCID: PMC6344278 DOI: 10.1097/j.pain.0000000000001415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Juvenile-onset fibromyalgia (JFM) is typically diagnosed in adolescence and characterized by widespread pain and marked functional impairment. The long-term impact of JFM into adulthood is poorly understood. The objectives of this study were to describe physical and psychosocial outcomes of youth diagnosed with JFM in early adulthood (∼8-year follow-up), examine longitudinal trajectories of pain and depressive symptoms from adolescence to young adulthood, and examine the impact of pain and depressive symptoms on physical functioning over time. Participants were 97 youth with JFM enrolled in a prospective longitudinal study in which pain symptoms, and physical and psychosocial functioning were assessed at 4 time points over approximately 8 years. At the time 4 follow-up (Mage = 24.2 years), the majority continued to suffer from pain and impairment in physical, social, and psychological domains. However, trajectories of pain and emotional symptoms showed varying patterns. Longitudinal analysis using growth mixture modeling revealed 2 pain trajectories (Steady Improvement and Rapid Rebounding Improvement), whereas depressive symptoms followed 3 distinct trajectories (Low-Stable, Improving, and Worsening). Membership in the Worsening Depressive symptoms group was associated with poorer physical functioning over time (P < 0.001) compared with the Low-Stable and Improving groups. This study offers evidence that although JFM symptoms persist for most individuals, pain severity tends to decrease over time. However, depressive symptoms follow distinct trajectories that indicate subgroups of JFM. In particular, JFM patients with worsening depressive symptoms showed decreasing physical functioning and may require more intensive and consistent intervention to prevent long-term disability.
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- Susmita Kashikar-Zuck
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Anesthesia, Pain and Perioperative Medicine, Boston Children’s Hospital
- Department of Psychiatry, Harvard Medical School
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Department of Psychology, DePaul University, Chicago
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neuroscience, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- James M. Anderson Center for Health Systems Excellence, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Human Development and Family Studies, The Pennsylvania State University
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Behavioral Medicine and Clinical Psychology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center
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Hinze CH, Foell D, Johnson AL, Spalding SJ, Gottlieb BS, Morris PW, Kimura Y, Onel K, Li SC, Grom AA, Taylor J, Brunner HI, Huggins JL, Nocton JJ, Haines KA, Edelheit BS, Shishov M, Jung LK, Williams CB, Tesher MS, Costanzo DM, Zemel LS, Dare JA, Passo MH, Ede KC, Olson JC, Cassidy EA, Griffin TA, Wagner-Weiner L, Weiss JE, Vogler LB, Rouster-Stevens KA, Beukelman T, Cron RQ, Kietz D, Schikler K, Mehta J, Ting TV, Verbsky JW, Eberhard AB, Huang B, Giannini EH, Lovell DJ. Serum S100A8/A9 and S100A12 Levels in Children With Polyarticular Forms of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Relationship to Maintenance of Clinically Inactive Disease During Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy and Occurrence of Disease Flare After Discontinuation of Therapy. Arthritis Rheumatol 2019; 71:451-459. [PMID: 30225949 DOI: 10.1002/art.40727] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2017] [Accepted: 09/11/2018] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the relationship between serum levels of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 and the maintenance of clinically inactive disease during anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy and the occurrence of disease flare following withdrawal of anti-TNF therapy in patients with polyarticular forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS In this prospective, multicenter study, 137 patients with polyarticular-course JIA whose disease was clinically inactive while receiving anti-TNF therapy were enrolled. Patients were observed for an initial 6-month phase during which anti-TNF treatment was continued. For those patients who maintained clinically inactive disease over the 6 months, anti-TNF was withdrawn and they were followed up for 8 months to assess for the occurrence of flare. Serum S100 levels were measured at baseline and at the time of anti-TNF withdrawal. Spearman's rank correlation test, Mann-Whitney U test, Kruskal-Wallis test, receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve, and Kaplan-Meier survival analyses were used to assess the relationship between serum S100 levels and maintenance of clinically inactive disease and occurrence of disease flare after anti-TNF withdrawal. RESULTS Over the 6-month initial phase with anti-TNF therapy, the disease state reverted from clinically inactive to clinically active in 24 (18%) of the 130 evaluable patients with polyarticular-course JIA; following anti-TNF withdrawal, 39 (37%) of the 106 evaluable patients experienced a flare. Serum levels of S100A8/A9 and S100A12 were elevated in up to 45% of patients. Results of the ROC analysis revealed that serum S100 levels did not predict maintenance of clinically inactive disease during anti-TNF therapy nor did they predict disease flare after treatment withdrawal. Elevated levels of S100A8/A9 were not predictive of the occurrence of a disease flare within 30 days, 60 days, 90 days, or 8 months following anti-TNF withdrawal, and elevated S100A12 levels had a modest predictive ability for determining the risk of flare within 30, 60, and 90 days after treatment withdrawal. Serum S100A12 levels at the time of anti-TNF withdrawal were inversely correlated with the time to disease flare (r = -0.36). CONCLUSION Serum S100 levels did not predict maintenance of clinically inactive disease or occurrence of disease flare in patients with polyarticular-course JIA, and S100A12 levels were only moderately, and inversely, correlated with the time to disease flare.
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- University Hospital Münster, Münster, Germany
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, New York
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- University of Chicago, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, New York
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- University of Chicago, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock
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- Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, New York
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Martini A, Ravelli A, Avcin T, Beresford MW, Burgos-Vargas R, Cuttica R, Ilowite NT, Khubchandani R, Laxer RM, Lovell DJ, Petty RE, Wallace CA, Wulffraat NM, Pistorio A, Ruperto N. Toward New Classification Criteria for Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: First Steps, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization International Consensus. J Rheumatol 2018; 46:190-197. [PMID: 30275259 DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.180168] [Citation(s) in RCA: 238] [Impact Index Per Article: 39.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 06/22/2018] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To revise the current juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR) classification criteria with an evidence-based approach, using clinical and routine laboratory measures available worldwide, to identify homogeneous clinical groups and to distinguish those forms of chronic arthritis typically seen only in children from the childhood counterpart of adult diseases. METHODS The overall project consists of 4 steps. This work represents Step 1, a Delphi Web-based consensus and Step 2, an international nominal group technique (NGT) consensus conference for the new provisional Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization JIA classification criteria. A future large data collection of at least 1000 new-onset JIA patients (Step 3) followed by analysis and NGT consensus (Step 4) will provide data for the evidence-based validation of the JIA classification criteria. RESULTS In Step 1, three Delphi rounds of interactions were implemented to revise the 7 ILAR JIA categories. In Step 2, forty-seven questions with electronic voting were implemented to derive the new proposed criteria. Four disorders were proposed: (a) systemic JIA; (b) rheumatoid factor-positive JIA; (c) enthesitis/spondylitis-related JIA; and (d) early-onset antinuclear antibody-positive JIA. The other forms were gathered under the term "others." These will be analyzed during the prospective data collection using a list of descriptors to see whether the clustering of some of them could identify homogeneous entities. CONCLUSION An international consensus was reached to identify different proposed homogeneous chronic disorders that fall under the historical term JIA. These preliminary criteria will be formally validated with a dedicated project.
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- Alberto Martini
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands. .,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO.
| | - Angelo Ravelli
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Tadej Avcin
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Michael W Beresford
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Ruben Burgos-Vargas
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Ruben Cuttica
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Norman T Ilowite
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Raju Khubchandani
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Ronald M Laxer
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Daniel J Lovell
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Ross E Petty
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Carol A Wallace
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Nico M Wulffraat
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Angela Pistorio
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
| | - Nicolino Ruperto
- From Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO), and Università degli Studi di Genova; IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica, Genoa, Italy; University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Ljubljana, Slovenia; Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's National Health Service (NHS) Foundation Trust; Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología, Mexico City, Mexico; Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section, Buenos Aires, Argentina; Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics, New Hyde Park, New York; Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati, Ohio; Seattle Children's Hospital, Seattle, Washington, USA; Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics, Mumbai, India; The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario; British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada; Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Utrecht, the Netherlands.,A. Martini, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; A. Ravelli, MD, Professor, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia and Università degli Studi di Genova; T. Avcin, MD, PhD, University Children's Hospital, University Medical Center Ljubljana, Department of Allergology, Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology; M.W. Beresford, MBChB, PhD, Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Alder Hey Children's NHS Foundation Trust, and Institute of Translational Medicine, University of Liverpool; R. Burgos-Vargas, MD, Hospital General de Mexico, Departamento de Reumatología; R. Cuttica, MD, Hospital Pedro de Elizalde, Rheumatology Section; N.T. Ilowite, MD, Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Pediatrics; R. Khubchandani, MD, Jaslok Hospital and Research Centre, Department of Paediatrics; R.M. Laxer, MD, The Hospital for Sick Children, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Paediatrics, University of Toronto; D.J. Lovell, MD, MPH, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Division of Rheumatology; R.E. Petty, MD, PhD, British Columbia Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatrics, University of British Columbia; C.A. Wallace, MD, Seattle Children's Hospital; N.M. Wulffraat, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology; A. Pistorio, MD, PhD, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Servizio di Epidemiologia e Biostatistica; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO
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Ruperto N, Brunner HI, Quartier P, Constantin T, Wulffraat NM, Horneff G, Kasapcopur O, Schneider R, Anton J, Barash J, Berner R, Corona F, Cuttica R, Fouillet-Desjonqueres M, Fischbach M, Foster HE, Foell D, Radominski SC, Ramanan AV, Trauzeddel R, Unsal E, Levy J, Vritzali E, Martini A, Lovell DJ. Canakinumab in patients with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis and active systemic features: results from the 5-year long-term extension of the phase III pivotal trials. Ann Rheum Dis 2018; 77:1710-1719. [PMID: 30269054 PMCID: PMC6241618 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213150] [Citation(s) in RCA: 62] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/01/2018] [Revised: 07/20/2018] [Accepted: 08/06/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To evaluate the long-term efficacy and safety of canakinumab in patients with active systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). METHODS Patients (2-19 years) entered two phase III studies and continued in the long-term extension (LTE) study. Efficacy assessments were performed every 3 months, including adapted JIA American College of Rheumatology (aJIA-ACR) criteria, Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score (JADAS) and ACR clinical remission on medication criteria (CRACR). Efficacy analyses are reported as per the intent-to-treat population. RESULTS 144 of the 177 patients (81%) enrolled in the core study entered the LTE. Overall, 75 patients (42%) completed and 102 (58%) discontinued mainly for inefficacy (63/102, 62%), with higher discontinuation rates noted in the late responders group (n=25/31, 81%) versus early responders (n=11/38, 29%). At 2 years, aJIA-ACR 50/70/90 response rates were 62%, 61% and 54%, respectively. CRACR was achieved by 20% of patients at month 6; 32% at 2 years. A JADAS low disease activity score was achieved by 49% of patients at 2 years. Efficacy results were maintained up to 5 years. Of the 128/177 (72.3%) patients on glucocorticoids, 20 (15.6%) discontinued and 28 (22%) tapered to 0.150 mg/kg/day. Seven patients discontinued canakinumab due to CR. There were 13 macrophage activation syndrome (three previously reported) and no additional deaths (three previously reported). No new safety findings were observed. CONCLUSION Response to canakinumab treatment was sustained and associated with substantial glucocorticoid dose reduction or discontinuation and a relatively low retention-on-treatment rate. No new safety findings were observed on long-term use of canakinumab. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBERS NCT00886769, NCT00889863, NCT00426218 and NCT00891046.
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- Nicolino Ruperto
- Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Centre de référence national pour les maladies inflammatoires rhumatologiques et auto-immunes systémiques rares de l'enfant (RAISE), Unité d'Immunologie, Hématologie et Rhumatologie Pediatrique, Université Paris-Descartes, IMAGINE Institute, Hôpital Necker-Enfants Malades, Paris, France
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- 2nd Department of Pediatrics, Unit of Pediatric Rheumatology-Immunology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology and Rheumatology, Wilhelmina Children's Hospital, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of General Paediatrics, Asklepios Klinik Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany.,Department of Paediatric and Adolescents Medicine, Medical Faculty, University Hospital of Cologne, Cologne, Germany
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Cerrahpasa Medical School, Istanbul University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, The University of Toronto and Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
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- Pediatric Rheumatology, Unidad de Reumatología Pediátrica, Esplugues de Llobregat, Hospital Sant Joan de Déu, Universitat de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
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- Klinik und Poliklinik für Kinder- und Jugendmedizin, Universitätsklinikum Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- Clinica Pediatrica De Marchi, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda-Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Milano, Italy
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- Unidad de Reumatología, Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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- Service de néphrologie et rhumatologie pédiatrique, Hôpital Universitaire femme mère enfant, Groupement Hospitalier Est, Bron (Lyon), France
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- Pédiatrie I, Hôpital Universitaire Hautepierre, Strasbourg, France
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- Newcastle University and Newcastle Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Great North Children's Hospital, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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- Universitätsklinikum Münster, Klinik für Pädiatrische Rheumatologie und Immunologie, Münster, Germany
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- Centro de estudos em terapias inovadoras, Hospital de Clínicas da UFPR, Curitiba, Brazil
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- Department of Pediatric Rheumatology Berlin, Helios Kliniken Berlin-Buch, Children's Hospital, Berlin, Germany
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- Department of Paediatric Rheumatology, Bristol Royal Hospital for Children & Royal National Hospital for Rheumatic Diseases, Bristol, UK
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- Department of Pediatrics, Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Dokuz Eylül University Medical Faculty, Balcova, Izmir, Turkey
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- Biometrical Practice BIOP, Basel, Switzerland
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- Global Clinical Development, Immunology and Dermatology, Novartis Pharma AG, Basel, Switzerland
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- Direzione Scientifica, IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Genoa, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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Brunner HI, Martini A, Lovell DJ, Ruperto N. Clinical trials in children and adolescents with systemic lupus erythematosus: methodological aspects, regulatory landscape and future opportunities. Ann Rheum Dis 2018; 78:162-170. [PMID: 30232192 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Revised: 08/10/2018] [Accepted: 08/11/2018] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (cSLE) is rare in many regions of the world, including Europe. Access to approved medications for cSLE is currently limited, among others, due to a lack of high-quality evidence from clinical trials. The objectives of the study were to evaluate the current regulatory framework regarding medication approvals, delineate barriers to clinical trial conduct, and strategies to improve access to new medications for cSLE. Relevant methodological and regulatory aspects, epidemiological data, study designs and outcome measures are reviewed, and the results of a survey among Paediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organisation/Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group investigators are presented. Laws and regulations in the USA and Europe necessitate that novel medicines are studied in paediatric populations, if similar or the same diseases in adults have been found to benefit from them. Regulatory agencies consider cSLE the paediatric form of SLE in adults. For medicines that have been found safe and effective in adult SLE, paediatric extrapolation strategies can limit the number and complexity of studies needed to support the labelling of these medicines for use in cSLE. In this setting, specialised research networks, validated outcome measures, stakeholder input, study designs as well as statistical methods successfully used in other uncommon diseases will help improve study efficiency in an effort to enhance the speed with which new drugs for cSLE can be studied. Open-label pharmacokinetic-pharmacodynamic studies are preferred by paediatric rheumatologists over double-blind parallel designs for cSLE trials. Appropriate infrastructure, outcome measures and sufficient numbers of patients are available for the testing of new medicines for children with cSLE.
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- Hermine I Brunner
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica, Genova, Italy
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- IRCCS Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica, Genova, Italy
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Throm AA, Moncrieffe H, Orandi AB, Pingel JT, Geurs TL, Miller HL, Daugherty AL, Malkova ON, Lovell DJ, Thompson SD, Grom AA, Cooper MA, Oh ST, French AR. Identification of enhanced IFN-γ signaling in polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis with mass cytometry. JCI Insight 2018; 3:121544. [PMID: 30089725 PMCID: PMC6129135 DOI: 10.1172/jci.insight.121544] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/09/2018] [Accepted: 06/28/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022] Open
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Polyarticular juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is among the most challenging of the JIA subtypes to treat. Even with current biologic therapies, the disease remains difficult to control in a substantial subset of patients, highlighting the need for new therapies. The aim of this study was to use the high dimensionality afforded by mass cytometry with phospho-specific antibodies to delineate signaling abnormalities in immune cells from treatment-naive polyarticular JIA patients. Peripheral blood mononuclear cells were isolated from 17 treatment-naive polyarticular JIA patients, 10 of the patients after achieving clinical remission, and 19 healthy controls. Samples were stimulated for 15 minutes with IL-6 or IFN-γ and analyzed by mass cytometry. Following IFN-γ stimulation, increased STAT1 and/or STAT3 phosphorylation was observed in subsets of CD4 T cells and classical monocytes from treatment-naive patients. The enhanced IFN-γ signaling was associated with increased expression of JAK1 and SOCS1 in CD4 T cells. Furthermore, substantial heterogeneity in surface marker expression was observed among the subsets of CD4 T cells and classical monocytes with increased IFN-γ responsiveness. The identification of enhanced IFN-γ signaling in CD4 T cells and classical monocytes from treatment-naive polyarticular JIA patients provides mechanistic support for investigations into therapies that attenuate IFN-γ signaling in this disease.
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- Allison A. Throm
- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
- Department of Pediatrics, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- The Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Center for Autoimmune Genomics and Etiology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- The Andrew M. and Jane M. Bursky Center for Human Immunology and Immunotherapy Programs, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
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- Division of Pediatric Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics, Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Washington University in St. Louis, St. Louis, Missouri, USA
- Department of Pathology and Immunology and
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Lovell DJ, Johnson AL, Huang B, Gottlieb BS, Morris PW, Kimura Y, Onel K, Li SC, Grom AA, Taylor J, Brunner HI, Huggins JL, Nocton JJ, Haines KA, Edelheit BS, Shishov M, Jung LK, Williams CB, Tesher MS, Costanzo DM, Zemel LS, Dare JA, Passo MH, Ede KC, Olson JC, Cassidy EA, Griffin TA, Wagner-Weiner L, Weiss JE, Vogler LB, Rouster-Stevens KA, Beukelman T, Cron RQ, Kietz D, Schikler K, Schmidt KM, Mehta J, Wahezi DM, Ting TV, Verbsky JW, Eberhard BA, Spalding S, Chen C, Giannini EH. Risk, Timing, and Predictors of Disease Flare After Discontinuation of Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy in Children With Polyarticular Forms of Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis With Clinically Inactive Disease. Arthritis Rheumatol 2018; 70:1508-1518. [PMID: 29604189 DOI: 10.1002/art.40509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/19/2017] [Accepted: 03/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine the frequency, time to flare, and predictors of disease flare upon withdrawal of anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapy in children with polyarticular forms of juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who demonstrated ≥6 months of continuous clinically inactive disease. METHODS In 16 centers 137 patients with clinically inactive JIA who were receiving anti-TNF therapy (42% of whom were also receiving methotrexate [MTX]) were prospectively followed up. If the disease remained clinically inactive for the initial 6 months of the study, anti-TNF was stopped and patients were assessed for flare at 1, 2, 3, 4, 6, and 8 months. Life-table analysis, t-tests, chi-square test, and Cox regression analysis were used to identify independent variables that could significantly predict flare by 8 months or time to flare. RESULTS Of 137 patients, 106 (77%) maintained clinically inactive disease while receiving anti-TNF therapy for the initial 6 months and were included in the phase of the study in which anti-TNF therapy was stopped. Stopping anti-TNF resulted in disease flare in 39 (37%) of 106 patients by 8 months. The mean/median ± SEM time to flare was 212/250 ± 9.77 days. Patients with shorter disease duration at enrollment, older age at onset and diagnosis, shorter disease duration prior to experiencing clinically inactive disease, and shorter time from onset of clinically inactive disease to enrollment were found to have significantly lower hazard ratios for likelihood of flare by 8 months (P < 0.05). CONCLUSION Over one-third of patients with polyarticular JIA with sustained clinically inactive disease will experience a flare by 8 months after discontinuation of anti-TNF therapy. Several predictors of lower likelihood of flare were identified.
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- Daniel J Lovell
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, New York
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- University of Chicago, Comer Children's Hospital, Chicago, Illinois
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- The Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center of New York, New Hyde Park, New York
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- University of Arkansas for Medical Science, Little Rock
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- Phoenix Children's Hospital, Phoenix, Arizona
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
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- Children's Hospital at Montefiore, Bronx, New York
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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- Hackensack University Medical Center, Joseph M. Sanzari Children's Hospital, Hackensack, New Jersey
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- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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Brunner HI, Rider LG, Kingsbury DJ, Co D, Schneider R, Goldmuntz E, Onel KB, Giannini EH, Lovell DJ. Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group - over four decades of pivotal clinical drug research in pediatric rheumatology. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2018; 16:45. [PMID: 29996857 PMCID: PMC6042275 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-018-0261-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2018] [Accepted: 06/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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IMPORTANCE Specialized research networks are essential to achieve drug approvals for rare pediatric diseases. Such networks help realize the potential of global legislation enacted upon the recognition that most children are treated with drugs whose most beneficial dose and regimen have not been established in pediatric patients. The Pediatric Rheumatology Collaborative Study Group (PRCSG) is a North American clinical trials network that is specialized in the performance of clinical trials of new therapies for pediatric populations with rheumatic diseases. This review provides an overview of the strategies employed by this research network to achieve drug and biologic approvals for children with pediatric rheumatic diseases, particularly juvenile idiopathic arthritis. OBSERVATIONS Clinical trial conduct in rare pediatric diseases has required global recruitment. Supported or led by the PRCSG, highly responsive, validated, composite measures have been established to assess drug efficacy. For pediatric orphan diseases with high disease burdens, specialized investigative sites and study designs are needed to complete adequately powered trials at the high standard necessary to enable drug labeling by regulatory agencies. Novel trial designs have been utilized for more efficient testing of innovative drug candidates. All these have been developed or co-developed by the PRCSG research network. CONCLUSIONS AND RELEVANCE Specialized research networks in pediatric rheumatology, such as the PRCSG, have changed the landscape of available therapies and improved overall disease outcomes for children with pediatric rheumatic diseases.
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- Hermine I Brunner
- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, MLC 4010, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA.
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- Environmental Autoimmunity Group, Clinical Research Branch, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison, WI, USA
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- The Hospital for Sick Children, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada
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- Division of Allergy, Immunology, and Transplantation, Rheumatologic Autoimmune Diseases Section, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA
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- Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, MLC 4010, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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- Division of Rheumatology, Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center & Cincinnati Children's Research Foundation, MLC 4010, Cincinnati, OH, 45229, USA
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Lovell DJ, Dare JA, Francis-Sedlak M, Ball J, LaMoreaux BD, Von Scheven E, Reinhardt A, Jerath R, Alpan O, Gupta R, Goldsmith D, Zeft A, Naddaf H, Gottlieb B, Jung L, Holt RJ. A 6-month, multicenter, open-label study of fixed dose naproxen/esomeprazole in adolescent patients with juvenile idiopathic arthritis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J 2018; 16:41. [PMID: 29941047 PMCID: PMC6019234 DOI: 10.1186/s12969-018-0260-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/29/2018] [Accepted: 06/14/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is an inflammatory arthritis of unknown etiology, which lasts for greater than 6 weeks with onset before 16 years of age. JIA is the most common chronic rheumatic disease in children. NSAIDs have been the mainstay of initial management with naproxen (NAP) being commonly used, but they may cause serious side effects such as gastric ulcers which can be reduced by concomitant administration of proton pump inhibitors, such as esomeprazole (ESO). METHODS Primary objective was to evaluate the safety and tolerability of 3 fixed doses of NAP/ESO in JIA patients aged 12 to 16 years. Forty-six children and adolescents with JIA by International League of Associations for Rheumatology criteria, mean age of 13.6 years, from 18 US sites were prospectively enrolled over 2 years and followed for up to 6 months. Doses of the NAP/ESO fixed combination were based on baseline weight. The exploratory efficacy outcome was assessed with the ACR Pediatric-30, - 50, - 70, - 90 Response and the Childhood Health Assessment Questionnaire (CHAQ) discomfort and functional scores at months 1, 3, and 6 as change from baseline. Occurrence and causality were assessed for treatment emergent AEs (TEAEs) and discontinuations were monitored monthly. RESULTS Forty-six patients received at least 1 dose of naproxen/esomeprazole and 36 completed the trial. Thirty-seven (80.4%) had at least 1 treatment emergent adverse event (TEAE) and, with the exception of 2 events in one patient, all of the TEAEs were mild or moderate. Frequent TEAEs (≥5% of patients) were upper respiratory tract and gastrointestinal related. Eleven (23.9%) had at least 1 TEAE considered to be related to study drug. Four patients (8.7%) discontinued due to a TEAE with one of these being the only serious AE reported, acute hepatitis. Mean number of active joints at baseline was 3.1. Improvement in JIA signs and symptoms occurred at most assessments and by month 6, the percentage of patients with an ACR Pediatric-30, - 50, - 70, and - 90 Response was 47.1, 38.2, 32.4, and 17.6%, respectively. The percent of patients achieving ACR Pediatric response increased over time. CHAQ discomfort improved at each assessment and functional scores improved at all assessments for 'Arising, Walking, and Activities' with several improved for 'Dressing and Grooming, Eating, Hygiene, and Grip'. There was no indication of a dose-related efficacy effect. CONCLUSION NAP/ESO was well tolerated in JIA patients aged 12 to 16 years with high levels of response to ACR criteria. No new safety signals were identified for the well-characterized components of this fixed dosed JIA treatment, which was developed to reduce the risk of gastric ulcers. TRIAL REGISTRATION Clinicaltrials.gov, NCT01544114 . Registered February 21, 2012.
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- Daniel J. Lovell
- 0000 0000 9025 8099grid.239573.9Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center, 3333 Burnet Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45229 USA ,0000 0001 2179 9593grid.24827.3bUniversity of Cincinnati School of Medicine, 3230 Eden Ave, Cincinnati, OH 45267 USA
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- 0000 0001 2157 2081grid.239305.eArkansas Children’s Hospital, 1 Children’s Way, Slot# 512-2, Little Rock, AR 72202 USA
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- 0000 0004 4903 3495grid.476366.6Horizon Pharma USA, Inc, 150 South Saunders Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA
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- 0000 0004 4903 3495grid.476366.6Horizon Pharma USA, Inc, 150 South Saunders Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA
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- 0000 0004 4903 3495grid.476366.6Horizon Pharma USA, Inc, 150 South Saunders Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA
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- 0000 0001 2297 6811grid.266102.1University of California San Francisco Pediatric Rheumatology, 550 16th Street, 5th Fl, San Francisco, CA 94158 USA
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- 0000 0001 0775 5412grid.266815.eUniversity of Nebraska Medical Center/Children’s Hospital and Medical Center, 8200 Dodge St, Omaha, NE 68114 USA
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- 0000 0001 2284 9329grid.410427.4Augusta University Medical Center, 1120 15th Street, Augusta, GA 30912-5536 USA
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- grid.477618.bO & O Alpan, LLC, 11212 Waples Mill Rd Ste. 100, Fairfax, VA 22030 USA
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- Rheumatology and Immunology Private Practice, 6005 Park Ave, Suite 409, Memphis, TN 38119 USA
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- 0000 0004 0383 801Xgrid.416364.2St. Christopher’s Hospital for Children, 160 E Erie Ave, Philadelphia, PA 19134 USA
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- 0000 0001 0675 4725grid.239578.2The Cleveland Clinic, 9500 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland, OH 44195 USA
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- Toledo Clinic Inc, 4235 Secor Road, Toledo, OH 43623 USA
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- grid.415338.8Cohen Children’s Medical Center of New York, 269-01 76th Avenue, New Hyde Park, NY 11040 USA
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- grid.239560.bChildren’s National Medical Center, 111 Michigan Avenue, NW, Washington, DC, 20010 USA
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- 0000 0004 4903 3495grid.476366.6Horizon Pharma USA, Inc, 150 South Saunders Road, Lake Forest, IL 60045 USA ,0000 0001 2175 0319grid.185648.6Department of Pharmacy Practice, College of Pharmacy, University of Illinois-Chicago, 1721 North Woods Way, Vernon Hills, IL 60061 USA
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Brunner HI, Tzaribachev N, Vega-Cornejo G, Louw I, Berman A, Calvo Penadés I, Antón J, Ávila-Zapata F, Cuttica R, Horneff G, Foeldvari I, Keltsev V, Kingsbury DJ, Viola DO, Joos R, Lauwerys B, Paz Gastañaga ME, Rama ME, Wouters C, Bohnsack J, Breedt J, Fischbach M, Lutz T, Minden K, Miraval T, Ally MMTM, Rubio-Pérez N, Solau Gervais E, van Zyl R, Li X, Nys M, Wong R, Banerjee S, Lovell DJ, Martini A, Ruperto N. Subcutaneous Abatacept in Patients With Polyarticular-Course Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results From a Phase III Open-Label Study. Arthritis Rheumatol 2018; 70:1144-1154. [PMID: 29481737 PMCID: PMC6032847 DOI: 10.1002/art.40466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2017] [Accepted: 02/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
Abstract
Objective To investigate the pharmacokinetics, effectiveness, and safety of subcutaneous (SC) abatacept treatment over 24 months in patients with polyarticular‐course juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA). Methods In this phase III, open‐label, international, multicenter, single‐arm study, patients with polyarticular JIA (cohort 1, ages 6–17 years and cohort 2, ages 2–5 years) in whom treatment with ≥1 disease‐modifying antirheumatic drug was unsuccessful received weight‐tiered SC abatacept weekly: 10 to <25 kg (50 mg), 25 to <50 kg (87.5 mg), ≥50 kg (125 mg). Patients who had met the JIA–American College of Rheumatology 30% improvement criteria (achieved a JIA‐ACR 30 response) at month 4 were given the option to continue SC abatacept to month 24. The primary end point was the abatacept steady‐state serum trough concentration (Cminss) in cohort 1 at month 4. Other outcome measures included JIA‐ACR 30, 50, 70, 90, 100, and inactive disease status, the median Juvenile Arthritis Disease Activity Score in 71 joints using the C‐reactive protein level (JADAS‐71–CRP) over time, safety, and immunogenicity. Results The median abatacept Cminss at month 4 (primary end point) and at month 24 was above the target therapeutic exposure (10 μg/ml) in both cohorts. The percentage of patients who had achieved JIA‐ACR 30, 50, 70, 90, or 100 responses or had inactive disease responses at month 4 (intent‐to‐treat population) was 83.2%, 72.8%, 52.6%, 28.3%, 14.5%, and 30.1%, respectively, in cohort 1 (n = 173) and 89.1%, 84.8%, 73.9%, 58.7%, 41.3%, and 50.0%, respectively, in cohort 2 (n = 46); the responses were maintained to month 24. The median (interquartile range) JADAS‐71–CRP improved from baseline to month 4: cohort 1, from 21.0 (13.5, 30.3) to 4.6 (2.1, 9.4); cohort 2, from 18.1 (14.0, 23.1) to 2.1 (0.3, 4.4). Improvements were sustained to month 24, at which time 27 of 173 patients (cohort 1) and 11 of 22 patients (cohort 2) had achieved JADAS‐71–CRP remission. No unexpected adverse events were reported; 4 of 172 patients (2.3%) in cohort 1 and 4 of 46 (8.7%) in cohort 2 developed anti‐abatacept antibodies, with no clinical effects. Conclusion Weight‐stratified SC abatacept yielded target therapeutic exposures across age and weight groups, was well tolerated, and improved polyarticular JIA symptoms over 24 months.
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Affiliation(s)
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- Panorama Medical Centre, Cape Town, South Africa
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- Hospital General de Niños Pedro de Elizalde, Buenos Aires, Argentina
| | - Gerd Horneff
- Asklepios Clinic Sankt Augustin, Sankt Augustin, Germany
| | - Ivan Foeldvari
- Hamburg Centre for Pediatric and Adolescent Rheumatology, Hamburg, Germany
| | | | | | | | - Rik Joos
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Gent, Ghent, Belgium
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- University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City
| | - Johannes Breedt
- Steve Biko Academic Hospital, University of Pretoria, Pretoria, South Africa
| | | | | | - Kirsten Minden
- German Rheumatism Research Center and Charité University Medicine, Berlin, Germany
| | | | | | - Nadina Rubio-Pérez
- Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Hospital Universitario Dr. J. E. González, Monterrey, Mexico
| | | | - Riana van Zyl
- University of the Free State, Bloemfontein, South Africa
| | - Xiaohui Li
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Princeton, New Jersey
| | - Marleen Nys
- Bristol-Myers Squibb, Braine-L'Alleud, Belgium
| | | | | | - Daniel J Lovell
- Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
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