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ArticleTherapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease2023

Using natural language processing to explore characteristics and management of patients with axial spondyloarthritis and psoriatic arthritis treated under real-world conditions in Spain: SpAINET study.

Diego Benavent, Santiago Muñoz-Fernández, Isabel De la Morena, Antonio Fernández-Nebro, Judith Marín-Corral, Eva Castillo Rosa, Miren Taberna, Cristina Sanabra, Carlos Sastre, SAVANA Research Group

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Diego BenaventSAVANA Research S.L., Calle de Larra 12, Madrid 28013, Spain.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9119-5330
Santiago Muñoz-FernándezHospital Universitario Infanta Sofía, Universidad Europea de Madrid, San Sebastián de los Reyes, Madrid, Spain.
Isabel De la MorenaDepartment of Rheumatology, Hospital Clínico Universitario de Valencia, Valencia, Valencia, Spain.
Antonio Fernández-NebroInstituto de Investigación Biomédica de Málaga (IBIMA)-Plataforma Bionand, Málaga, Spain.
Judith Marín-CorralSAVANA Research S.L., Madrid, Spain.
Eva Castillo RosaSAVANA Research S.L., Madrid, Spain.
Miren TabernaSAVANA Research S.L., Madrid, Spain.
Cristina SanabraMedical Department, Novartis Farmacéutica SA., Barcelona, Spain.
Carlos SastreMedical Department, Novartis Farmacéutica SA., Barcelona, Spain.
SAVANA Research Group

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Background: Spondyloarthritis (SpA) is a group of related but phenotypically distinct inflammatory disorders that include axial SpA (axSpA) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA). Information on the characteristics and management of these patients in the real world remains scarce. Objectives: To explore the characteristics and management [disease activity assessment and treatment with secukinumab (SEC) or other biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs)] of axSpA and PsA patients using natural language processing (NLP) in Electronic Health Records (EHRs). Design: National, multicenter, observational, and retrospective study. Methods: We analyzed free-text and structured clinical information from EHR at three hospitals. All adult patients with axSpA, PsA or non-classified SpA from 2018 to 2021 with minimum follow-up of three months were included when starting SEC or other bDMARDs. Clinical variables were extracted using Results: Out of 887,735 patients, 758 were included, of which 328 had axSpA [58.5% male; mean (SD) age of 50.7 (12.7) years], 365 PsA [54.8% female, 53.9 (12.4) years], and 65 non-classified SpA. Mean (SD) time since diagnosis was 36.8 (61.0) and 24.1 (35.2) months for axSpA and PsA, respectively. Only 116 axSpA patients (35.3%) had available Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score (ASDAS) or Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) at bDMARD onset, of which 61 presented active disease. Disease Activity in PSoriatic Arthritis (DAPSA) or Disease Assessment Score - 28 joints (DAS-28) values at bDMARD onset were available for only 61 PsA (16.7%) patients, with 23 of them having active disease. The number of patients with available tender joint count or swollen joint count assessment was 68 (20.7%) and 59 (18%) for axSpA, and 115 (31.5%) and 119 (32.6%) for PsA, respectively. SEC was used in 63 (19.2%) axSpA patients and in 63 (17.3%) PsA patients. Conclusion: Using NLP, the study showed that around one-third of axSpA and one-sixth of PsA patients have disease activity assessments with ASDAS/BASDAI or DAPSA/DAS-28, respectively, highlighting an area of improvement in these patients' management.

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axial spondylarthritisbDMARDsnatural language processingpsoriatic arthritissecukinumabspondyloarthritis

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PMCPMC10749530

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