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ArticleRheumatology international2020

Prescribing motivations and patients' characteristics related to the use of biologic drugs in adult-onset Still's disease: analysis of a multicentre "real-life" cohort.

Piero Ruscitti, Paola Cipriani, Vasiliki Liakouli, Daniela Iacono, Ilenia Pantano, Francesco Caso, Federico Perosa, Fabiola Atzeni, Francesco Paolo Cantatore, Raffaele Scarpa and 2 more

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Article in Rheumatology international, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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11citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

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3 · Its place in the literature

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11 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

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12 authors at 6 institutions in 1 country.

Piero RuscittiRheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Delta 6 Building, PO box 67100, L'Aquila, Italy. piero.ruscitti@univaq.it.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3487-8551
Paola CiprianiRheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Delta 6 Building, PO box 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-2000-4661
Vasiliki LiakouliRheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Delta 6 Building, PO box 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7392-9334
Daniela IaconoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Section, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-3105-6096
Ilenia PantanoDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Section, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.
Francesco CasoRheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8928-2520
Federico PerosaRheumatologic and Systemic Autoimmune Diseases Unit, Department of Biomedical Sciences and Human Oncology (DIMO), University of Bari Medical School, Bari, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4072-4244
Fabiola AtzeniRheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, University of Messina, Messina, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9328-3075
Francesco Paolo CantatoreRheumatology Unit, Department of Medical and Surgery Sciences, University of Foggia, Foggia, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9929-9177
Raffaele ScarpaRheumatology Unit, Department of Clinical Medicine and Surgery, School of Medicine, University of Naples Federico II, Naples, Italy.
Francesco CicciaDepartment of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Rheumatology Section, University of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli", Naples, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9352-1264
Roberto GiacomelliRheumatology Unit, Department of Biotechnological and Applied Clinical Sciences, University of L'Aquila, Delta 6 Building, PO box 67100, L'Aquila, Italy.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-0670-9638
University of L'Aquila · ITUniversity of Campania "Luigi Vanvitelli" · ITUniversity of Naples Federico II · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Foggia · ITUniversity of Messina · IT

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

A growing body of evidence suggests the usability of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) in treating adult-onset Still's disease (AOSD). In a multicentre "real-life" cohort, the physicians' prescribing motivations and patients' predictive characteristics of being treated with bDMARDs were assessed. Patients with AOSD, who were included in GIRRCS (Gruppo Italiano di Ricerca in Reumatologia Clinica e Sperimentale) cohort and treated with bDMARDs, were retrospectively assessed. Relevant data were collected by a review of clinical charts. Forty-four patients treated with bDMARDs were analysed, with slight male preponderance (52.3%) and a mean age of 39.3 ± 15.2 years. All patients were treated with corticosteroids (CCSs) (38.6% with low dosage) and 93.2% were treated with synthetic DMARDs (sDMARDs). Regarding the effectiveness of the first-line bDMARD, 65.6% of patients experienced a complete remission, defined as complete disappearance of both systemic and joint symptoms and normalisation of laboratory evidence of disease. The physicians' prescribing motivations for bDMARDs were inadequate response to CCSs and/or sDMARDs, CCS-sparing effect and occurrence of macrophage activation syndrome (MAS). Analysing patients' characteristics, chronic disease course (OR 3.09; 95%CI 1.22-7.80, p = 0.017), defined as disease with persistent symptoms, was predictive of being treated with bDMARDs, whereas age (OR 0.97, 95%CI 0.93-0.99, p = 0.048) was negatively associated, suggesting younger age as a further predictive factor. Patients with AOSD were treated with bDMARDs for inadequate response to CCSs and/or sDMARDs, CCS-sparing effect and MAS occurrence. Younger age and chronic disease course were patients' predictive characteristics of being treated with bDMARDs.

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Adrenal Cortex HormonesAdultAge FactorsAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntirheumatic AgentsBiological ProductsCohort StudiesFemaleHumansInterleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinMacrophage Activation SyndromeMaleMethotrexateMiddle AgedMotivationPractice Patterns, Physicians'Adrenal Cortex HormonesAntibodies, Monoclonal, HumanizedAntirheumatic AgentsBiological ProductsInterleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist ProteinMethotrexatetocilizumabTumor Necrosis Factor InhibitorsAdult-onset Still’s diseaseAnakinraBiologic drugsTocilizumabTumour necrosis factor inhibitor

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