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ArticleArthritis care & research2018

Characterization of Patients With Ankylosing Spondylitis and Nonradiographic Axial Spondyloarthritis in the US-Based Corrona Registry.

Philip J Mease, Désirée Van Der Heijde, Chitra Karki, Jacqueline B Palmer, Mei Liu, Renganayaki Pandurengan, Yujin Park, Jeffrey D Greenberg

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Article in Arthritis care & research, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 30 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Philip J MeaseSwedish Medical Center and University of Washington, Seattle.
Désirée Van Der HeijdeLeiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.
Chitra KarkiCorrona, LLC, Southborough, Massachusetts.
Jacqueline B PalmerNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey.
Mei LiuCorrona, LLC, Southborough, Massachusetts.
Renganayaki PandurenganCorrona, LLC, Southborough, Massachusetts.
Yujin ParkNovartis Pharmaceuticals Corporation, East Hanover, New Jersey.
Jeffrey D GreenbergCorrona, LLC, Southborough, Massachusetts and New York University School of Medicine, New York.
Novartis (United States) · USLeiden University Medical Center · NLNew York University · USSwedish Medical Center · US

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectiveTo describe the characteristics of patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and patients with nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis (SpA) in the US.

methodsDemographics, clinical characteristics, patient-reported outcomes, and treatment characteristics of patients with AS and those with nonradiographic axial SpA were assessed at the time of enrollment in the Corrona Psoriatic Arthritis/Spondyloarthritis Registry. Patients with AS were defined as those who fulfilled the 1984 modified New York criteria for AS; patients with nonradiographic axial SpA were defined as all other patients with axial SpA who did not fulfill the radiology criterion.

resultsOf the 407 patients with a diagnosis of axial SpA who were included in this study, 310 had AS, and 97 had nonradiographic axial SpA. Although patients with nonradiographic axial SpA were younger and showed a trend toward a shorter symptom duration, the nonradiographic axial SpA and AS groups shared a similar disease burden, as reflected by comparisons of disease activity and function, quality of life, pain, fatigue, job absenteeism, and loss of work productivity (all P > 0.05). The proportions of patients with nonradiographic axial SpA and patients with AS who received prior biologic disease-modifying drugs (DMARDs) (74.2% and 64.8%, respectively) or were currently receiving biologic DMARDs (63.9% and 61.3%, respectively) were also similar (P > 0.05).

conclusionThis was the first nationwide study to characterize patients with AS and nonradiographic axial SpA in the US. Consistent with studies published outside of the US, this study showed that patients with nonradiographic axial SpA and patients with AS shared a comparable degree of disease burden and had similar treatment patterns in clinical practice.

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RegistriesAdultCross-Sectional StudiesFemaleHumansMaleMiddle AgedPatient Reported Outcome MeasuresSpondylitis, AnkylosingUnited States

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PMCPMC6282817
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