Treatment-resistant synovitis and radiographic progression are increased in elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis patients: findings from a prospective observational longitudinal early arthritis cohort study.

Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism
Vasco C RomãoCostantino Pitzalis

Abstract

Clinical outcomes in elderly-onset rheumatoid arthritis (EORA), starting after the age of 60, are conflicting. Thus, we aimed to investigate in a unique biopsy-driven, treatment-naïve early arthritis cohort, the relationship between synovial pathobiology of elderly- (EORA) and younger-onset rheumatoid arthritis (YORA) patients through clinical, imaging and treatment response outcome-measures. Patients (n = 140) with early RA (<12months) starting before (YORA, n = 99) or after (EORA, n = 41) age 60 had an ultrasound-guided synovial biopsy prior to conventional immunosuppressive therapy and after 6 months. Clinical, ultrasound and radiographic data were collected prospectively and compared between groups and against immunohistological features. Using multivariate logistic regression, we determined predictors of clinical response (disease activity score-28-erythrocyte sedimentation rate [DAS28-ESR]<3.2) at 6 months and radiographic progression (≥1-unit-increase in Sharp van der Heijde [SvdH] score) at 12 months. EORA patients were more frequently male and presented most commonly with an abrupt, polymyalgia rheumatica-like onset and extra-articular features. Both before and after treatment, DAS28-ESR was similar but ultrasound syno...Continue Reading

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May 11, 2021·Frontiers in Medicine·Fernando Saraiva
Nov 19, 2021·Modern Rheumatology·Takahiko Sugihara

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