• Rev Med Interne · Jun 2024

    [Clinical characteristics and follow-up of 60 patients with recent diagnosis of giant cell arteritis, NEWTON study].

    • N Lomba Goncalves, V-T Tran, J Chauffier, V Bourdin, K Nassarmadji, A Vanjak, W Bigot, R Burlacu, K Champion, A Lopes, A Depont, B A Borrero, O Mangin, H Adle-Biassette, P Bonnin, A Boutigny, S Bonnin, L Neumann, S Mouly, D Sène, and C Comarmond.
    • Médecine interne, hôpital Lariboisière, université Paris Cité, Paris, France.
    • Rev Med Interne. 2024 Jun 1; 45 (6): 335342335-342.

    IntroductionThe management of giant cell arteritis (GCA) has evolved with the arrival of tocilizumab (TCZ) and the use of PET/CT. Our objective is to describe the characteristics and followup of patients with recent diagnosis of GCA in current care.Patients And MethodsThe NEWTON cohort is a monocentric retrospective cohort based on data collected from 60 GCA patients diagnosed between 2017 and 2022 according to the ACR/EULAR 2022 criteria.ResultsThe median age at diagnosis was 73 [68.75; 81] years old. At diagnosis, the main manifestations were unusual temporal headaches in 48 (80 %) and an inflammatory syndrome in 50 (83 %) patients. Temporal artery biopsy confirmed the diagnosis in 49/58 (84 %) patients. Doppler of the temporal arteries found a halo in 12/23 (52 %) patients. The PET/CT found hypermetabolism in 19/43 (44 %) patients. Prednisone was stopped in 17.5 [12.75; 24.25] months. During follow-up, 22 (37 %) patients received TCZ. At least one complication of corticosteroid therapy was observed in 22 (37 %) patients. After a median follow-up of 24 [12; 42] months, 25 (42 %) patients relapsed. At the end of the follow-up, 29 (48.3 %) patients were weaned from corticosteroid therapy and 15 (25 %) were on TCZ.ConclusionDespite the increasing use of TCZ in the therapeutic arsenal and of the PET/CT in the imaging tools of GCA patients, relapses and complications of corticosteroid therapy remain frequent, observed in more than a third of patients.Copyright © 2023 Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

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