Poor efficacy of TNF inhibitors in non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in the absence of objective signs: A bicentric retrospective study.
To compare BASDAI 50 response rate to TNFi in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) depending on the presence or not of objective signs of axSpA and to look for predictive factors of TNFi efficacy.
Patients diagnosed with axSpA according to ASAS criteria "clinical arm" and treated between January 2001 and September 2015 with TNFi were included. First group included patients with at least one objective sign such as arthritis, dactylitis, enthesitis, uveitis, inflammatory bowel disease, elevated C-reactive protein or radiological sacroiliitis, and second group included non-radiographic axSpA (nr-axSpA) patients without any objective sign corresponding to patients with inflammatory back pain and either a good response to NSAID or a SpA family history. The primary outcome was the TNFi efficacy, defined as an achievement of BASDAI 50 at 3 months. The secondary outcomes were BASDAI 50 achievement over 1 year and analysis of predictive factors of TNFi response.
We included 84 nr-axSpA patients without any objective signs and 84 axSpA patients with objective signs (48.2% r-axSpA and 52.8% nr-axSpA). BASDAI 50 achievement rates were significantly higher in patients with objective signs than in patients without, at 3 months (45.1% versus 13.7%, P<0.0001) and at any of the visit-time points over the first year (61.9% versus 21.4%, P<0.0001). In multivariate analysis, overweight/obesity and sacroiliitis on MRI were respectively negative and positive predictive factors of TNFi efficacy in the total population at 3 months (OR=0.32, 95%CI [0.11, 0.96], P=0.041 and OR=6.92, 95% CI (2.41, 19.8), P<0.0001, respectively).
TNFi should be used with caution in axSpA when objective signs are absent as only 13.7% of these patients were BASDAI 50 responders at 3 months.
Vidal C
，Lukas C
，Combe B
，Berenbaum F
，Pers YM
，Jorgensen C
，Sellam J
，Morel J
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Comparison of ankylosing spondylitis and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis in a multi-ethnic Asian population of Singapore.
To compare clinical characteristics, disease activity, patient-reported outcomes and associated comorbidities between patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and non-radiographic axial spondyloarthitis (nr-axSpA) in a multi-ethnic Asian population of Singapore.
We used data from the PREcision medicine in SPONdyloarthritis for Better Outcomes and Disease Remission (PRESPOND) registry in Singapore General Hospital. All patients fulfilled 2009 Assessment in AS International Working Group classification criteria for axial SpA (axSpA). Of these, all AS patients fulfilled the 1984 modified New York criteria. Baseline characteristics, medications, disease activity, patient-reported outcomes and inflammatory markers were recorded using standardized questionnaires.
Two hundred and sixty-two axSpA patients (82% Chinese, 79% male) were included. Mean age (SD) at diagnosis was 32.4 (13.1) years, which was similar between AS and nr-axSpA patients. AS patients were older (mean age 42.7 [13.5] vs 37.4 [13.8] years, P = 0.02), had longer disease duration (mean disease duration 10.9 [8.7] vs 6.4 [4.8] years, P < 0.01), higher Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI) (mean BASMI 3.1 [2.3] vs 1.5 [1.5], P < 0.01), more frequently human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-B27 positive (82% vs 68%, P = 0.03), associated with uveitis (33% vs 17%, P = 0.03), and hypertensive (17% vs 0%, P < 0.01) compared to nr-axSpA, respectively. Nr-axSpA patients had higher Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Global Score (BAS-G) (mean BAS-G 46.9 [16.8] vs 38.6 [20.6], P < 0.01), Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (mean [SD] 4.2 [1.6] vs 3.5 [1.9], P = 0.02) and AS quality of life (ASQoL) (mean ASQoL 4.9 [4.8] vs 3.5 [4.1], P = 0.04) scores compared to AS patients respectively at baseline. Patient global assessment, Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Functional Index, AS Disease Activity Score - C-reactive protein (CRP), Health Assessment Questionnaire, Short-Form 36 physical component summary and mental component summary were similar in both groups at baseline, as were medications used and mean erythrocyte sedimentation rate and CRP.
In our multi-ethnic Asian cohort, patients with AS are more likely to be HLA-B27 positive, have uveitis, hypertensive, and have poorer spinal mobility, while nr-axSpA patients tend to experience poorer well-being and quality of life.
Hong C
，Kwan YH
，Leung YY
，Lui NL
，Fong W
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