• J Rheumatol · Feb 2015

    Multicenter Study

    Remission in nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor-α drugs: an Italian multicenter study.

    • Ennio Lubrano, Fabio Massimo Perrotta, Antonio Marchesoni, Salvatore D'Angelo, Roberta Ramonda, Olga Addimanda, Ignazio Olivieri, Leonardo Punzi, and Carlo Salvarani.
    • Academic Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine and Health Science, University of Molise, Campobasso; Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, L'Unità Operativa Complessa (UOC) di Reumatologia "Sapienza" Università di Roma, Rome; Rheumatology Unit, Orthopedic Institute G. Pini, Milan; Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera, Potenza; Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine, Dipartimento di Medicina (DIMED), University of Padua, Padua; S.C. Reumatologia, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Ospedaliera-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia, Reggio Emilia, Italy.E. Lubrano, MD, PhD, Academic Rheumatology Unit, Department of Medicine and Health Science, University of Molise; F.M. Perrotta, MD, Dipartimento di Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche, UOC di Reumatologia "Sapienza" Università di Roma; A. Marchesoni, MD, Rheumatology Unit, Orthopedic Institute G. Pini; S. D'Angelo, MD; I. Olivieri, MD, Rheumatology Department of Lucania, San Carlo Hospital of Potenza and Madonna delle Grazie Hospital of Matera; R. Ramonda, MD; L. Punzi, MD, Rheumatology Unit, DIMED, University of Padua; O. Addimanda, MD; C. Salvarani, MD, S.C. Reumatologia, Dipartimento Medicina Interna e Specialità Mediche Arcispedale Santa Maria Nuova, Azienda Ospedaliera-IRCCS di Reggio Emilia. enniolubrano@hotmail.com.
    • J Rheumatol. 2015 Feb 1; 42 (2): 258-63.

    ObjectiveTo investigate the possibility of achieving partial remission (PR) in patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (nr-axSpA) versus ankylosing spondylitis (AS) treated with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α antagonists, such as adalimumab (ADA), etanercept (ETN), and infliximab (IFX), in a real clinical practice setting. The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) 20, ASAS40, and Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score were also calculated.MethodsA retrospective study was conducted in patients with axSpA treated with ADA, ETN, and IFX from 2000 to 2013. All patients fulfilled the ASAS or the modified New York criteria. PR was reached when the score was < 20 mm (on a visual analog scale of 0-100 mm) in each of these domains: (1) patient global assessment, (2) pain, (3) function, and (4) inflammation.ResultsA total of 321 patients with axSpA were treated. Among them, 62 were nr-axSpA while the remaining 259 were AS. Log-rank test to compare survival curves showed that the probability of obtaining PR in nr-axSpA and AS during treatment with anti-TNF-α was not significantly different. At 12 weeks of exposure to the first anti-TNF-α drug, PR was achieved in 7 patients with nr-axSpA (11.3%) and in 68 patients with AS (26.2%).ConclusionOur results, obtained from clinical practice, showed that PR is an achievable target of anti-TNF-α treatment in nr-axSpA. The PR rate, as a reliable indicator of sustained effectiveness, is similar in nr-axSpA and in AS.

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