scholarly journals The first experience of using upadacitinib in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis in real clinical practice (results of the multicenter project “RACURS”)

2021 ◽  
Vol 59 (5) ◽  
pp. 571-577
Author(s):  
V. N. Amirjanova ◽  
A. E. Karateev ◽  
E. Y. Pogozheva ◽  
A. A. Baranov ◽  
V. I. Mazurov ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Disease Activity ◽  
Functional State ◽  
High Disease Activity ◽  
Efficacy And Safety ◽  
Previous Therapy ◽  
Real Clinical Practice

Upadacitinib (UPA), a JAK inhibitor, is a new therapeutic option that allows patients with insufficient response to therapy with basic anti-inflammatory drugs (DMARDs) or genetically engineered biological drugs (GEBDs) to achieve the goals of therapy for rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Despite the availability of convincing data from international randomized clinical trials, there is insufficient information about the efficacy and safety profile of UPA, the quality of life of patients receiving the drug in real clinical practice.Aim of the study – to assess the efficacy and tolerability of the UPA drug at a dose of 15 mg/day in patients with rheumatoid arthritis with moderate and high disease activity and to assess their quality of life in real clinical practice.Materials and methods. The study included 41 patients with RA with insufficient effect of previous therapy with DMARDs or GEBDs, persisting moderate or high disease activity, who were initiated with UPA therapy in 7 rheumatological centers of the Russian Federation. To assess the activity of the disease, standard indices were used: DAS28- ESR, DAS28-CRP, SDAI, CDAI. Functional ability was assessed according to the HAQ questionnaire, quality of life – according to the EQ-5D questionnaire, the activity of the disease according to the patient’s opinion – according to the RAPID-3 index. The HADS scale was used to identify the states of depression, anxiety and emotional disorder.Results. During the first week of taking the drug, there was a marked decrease in pain from 60 to 30 mm on a visual analogue scale, which lasted until the third month of therapy. There was a statistically significant decrease in morning stiffness, the number of painful and swollen joints, health assessments by the doctor and patient, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and C-reactive protein (p≤0.001). A decrease in disease activity was also noted according to the dynamics of the activity indices DAS28, SDAI, CDAI (p<0.001). The goals of therapy (remission or low disease activity) by the 3rd month of therapy according to the combined indices of activity DAS28-ESR and DAS28-CRP reached 44.8 and 63.4% of patients, respectively, according to the SDAI index – 56.7%, according to the CDAI index – 25.9%. A pronounced improvement in joint function (70% improvement according to the criteria of the American College of Rheumatology) was noted by 33.3% of patients, population indicators of functional state (HAQ≤0.5) had 15.8% of patients. The difference in the HAQ index by the 3rd month of therapy compared to the indicator before treatment was –0.60 points. The quality of life, assessed by patients using the EQ-5D questionnaire, improved in 98.5% of patients, with a 70% improvement noted in more than a third of them (41.7%). The drug was well tolerated, no adverse reactions were registered by the 3rd month of therapy, all patients continued treatment.Conclusions. The first results of the use of UPA in RA patients with insufficient efficacy of previous therapy with DMARDs or GEBDs in real clinical practice indicate its efficacy and safety, an improvement in the functional state and quality of life of patients by the 12th week of the study.

scholarly journals Rheumatoid arthritis in real clinical practice. Results of the «Computer Terminals of Self-Assessment for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases» («TERMINAL-I») project

2019 ◽  
Vol 13 (2) ◽  
pp. 25-30 ◽  
Author(s):  
V. N. Amirdzhanova ◽  
E. Yu. Pogozheva ◽  
A. E. Karateev ◽  
R. R. Samigullina ◽  
O. B. Nesmeyanova ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Clinical Practice ◽  
Disease Activity ◽  
Functional Status ◽  
Disease Duration ◽  
The Mean ◽  
Real Clinical Practice

Objective: to describe the portrait of a patient with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in real clinical practice, to assess disease activity from the point of view of a physician and a patient, functional status, quality of life (QOL), and the efficiency of the therapy performed.Patients and methods. The investigation enrolled 976 RA patients from a cohort of patients in the TERMINAL-I multicenter study, who, when visiting a rheumatologist, independently assessed the disease activity and QOL using a computer system (the «Computer Terminals of SelfAssessment for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases» project). The mean age of the patients was 52.30±13.3 years; women accounted for 85%; the median disease duration 8.0 [4.0; 14.0] years. Baseline clinical parameters and pharmacotherapy were evaluated for 6 months. The disease activity was determined by the DAS28 and RAPID-3 indices; functional status and quality of life were evaluated by the HAQ and the EQ-5D, respectively.Results. 83% of the RA patients were positive for rheumatoid factor and 60% were for anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies. There was a preponderance of patients with high (40.5%) and moderate (46.8%) RA activity; 6.9% were observed to have a low activity; 5.8% had clinical remission. The mean values of DAS28 and RAPID-3 were 4.7±1.3 and 13.7±3.6, respectively. Only 14.3% of patients had a good functional status that was comparable with the population-based control (HAQ≤0.5). The remaining patients were found to have a substantial decrease in joint functional parameters (median HAQ 1.88 [1.0; 2.5]) and EQ-5D QOL (0.60 [0.60; 0.74). Prosthetic joints were present in 7.4% of patients. At visit 1 to a rheumatologist, the therapy was changed in 15% of patients. During 6-month follow-up, conventional disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs were taken by almost all (91.2%) patients. Of them, 70.9% of the patients were treated with methotrexate (MTX): 77.0% received the latter at a dose of 15 mg/week and 23.0% had it at a dose of >15 mg (17.5 to 40 mg/week). Glucocorticoids could be stopped in 20.5% of the patients within six months. Tumor necrosis factor-α inhibitors and anti-B-cell therapy were used in 6.6 and 16.2% of patients, respectively. At 6-month follow-up (Visit 2), 54% of patients achieved a 20% clinical improvement in the ACR criteria. At the same time, the DAS28 scores decreased substantially from 4.5±1.2 to 3.8±1.1 (p = 0.0001). There was a minimal functional improvement in the HAQ index in 64% of patients and a better EQ-D QOL scores in 16%.Conclusion. The majority of RA patients who came to the rheumatologists showed high to moderate disease activity. This was due to long disease duration, inadequate MTX dose, and insufficient patient monitoring in real clinical practice. Introduction of a computer system for selfassessment of their health status by RA patients in an outpatient setting could improve the interaction of physicians, nurses, and patients, better monitor disease activity, and enhance therapeutic efficiency. 

Evaluating the efficacy of intra-articular injections of platelet rich plasma (PRP) in rheumatoid arthritis patients and its impact on inflammatory cytokines, disease activity and quality of life.

2020 ◽  
Vol 16 ◽  
Author(s):  
Dalia S. Saif ◽  
Nagwa N. Hegazy ◽  
Enas S. Zahran
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Disease Activity ◽  
Inflammatory Cytokines ◽  
Platelet Rich Plasma ◽  
Joint Inflammation ◽  
Monthly Interval ◽  
Post Injection ◽  
Tnf Α

Background: Among rheumatoid arthritis patients (RA), general disease activity is well regulated by diseasemodifying anti-rheumatic medications (DMARDS), but sometimes local inflammation still persists among a few joints. Adjuvant modern molecular interventions as Platelet Rich Plasma (PRP) with a suggested down regulating effect on inflammatory mediators has a proven effect in management of RA. We aim to evaluate the therapeutic effect of intra-articular PRP versus steroid in RA patients and their impact on inflammatory cytokines IL1B , TNF α, local joint inflammation, disease activity and quality of life (QL). Methods: Open labeled parallel randomized control clinical trial was carried out on 60 RA patients randomly divided into 2 groups, Group 1: included 30 patients received 3 intra-articular injections of PRP at monthly interval, Group 2: included 30 patients received single intra-articular injection of steroid. They were subjected to clinical, laboratory, serum IL1B and TNF α assessment at baseline and at 3, 6 months post injection. Results: Patients of both groups showed improvements in their scores of evaluating tools at 3months post injection and this improvement was persistent in the PRP group up to 6 months post injection while it was continued only for 3 months in the steroid group. Conclusions: PRP is a safe, effective and useful therapy in treating RA patients who had insufficient response and persistent pain and inflammation in just one or two joints through its down regulating effect on inflammatory cytokines IL1B, TNF α with subsequent improvement of local joint inflammation, disease activity and QL.

scholarly journals FRI0651-HPR A RANDOMIZED PROSPECTIVE OPEN-LABEL CONTROLLED TRIAL COMPARING THE PERFORMANCE OF A CONNECTED MONITORING INTERFACE IN PATIENTS WITH RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS VERSUS PHYSICAL ROUTINE MONITORING

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 929.1-930
Author(s):  
Y. M. Pers ◽  
V. Valsecchi ◽  
T. Mura ◽  
S. Aouinti ◽  
N. Filippi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Disease Activity ◽  
Rheumatic Diseases ◽  
Tight Control ◽  
Link Type ◽  
Functional Scores ◽  
Monitoring Group ◽  
Disease Modifying

Background:Telemedicine has found wider application in chronic diseases for encouraging tight home-monitoring in order to improve patients’ outcome (Smolen et al. 2017).In previous studies, a high feasibility and high patient-satisfaction rate was found as well as the evidence for a superior or equal effectiveness of telemedicine compared to the standard face-to-face approach, however the results were weakened by some methodological biases and wide heterogeneity of interventions, thus preventing to draw definitive conclusions (Piga et al. 2017; Najm, Gossec, et al. 2019).Objectives:In rheumatoid arthritis (RA), telemedicine may allow a tight control of disease activity while reducing hospital visits. We developed a smartphone application connected with a physician’s interface to monitor RA patients. We aimed to assess the performance of this e-Health solution in comparison with routine practice in the management of patients with RA.Methods:A 6-month pragmatic, randomized, controlled, prospective, clinical trial was conducted in RA patients with high to moderate disease activity starting a new Disease Modifying Anti-Rheumatic Drug (DMARD) therapy. Two groups were established: “connected monitoring” and “conventional monitoring”. The primary outcome was the number of physical visits between baseline and 6 months. Secondary outcomes included adherence, satisfaction, changes in clinical, functional, and health status scores (SF-12).Results:Of the 94 randomized patients, 89 completed study: 44 in the “conventional monitoring” arm and 45 in the “connected monitoring” arm. The total number of physical visits between baseline and 6 month was significantly lower in the “connected monitoring” group (0.42 ± 0.58 versus 1.93 ± 0.55; p<0.05). No differences between groups were observed in the clinical and functional scores. A better quality of life for SF-12 subscores (Role-Physical, Social-Functioning and Role-Emotional) were found in the “connected monitoring” group.Conclusion:According to our results, a connected monitoring reduces the number of physical visits while maintaining a tight control of disease activity and improving quality of life in patients with RA starting a new treatment.References:[1] Najm, Aurelie, Laure Gossec, Catherine Weill, David Benoist, Francis Berenbaum, and Elena Nikiphorou. 2019. “Mobile Health Apps for Self-Management of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Diseases: Systematic Literature Review.”JMIR MHealth and UHealth7 (11): e14730.https://doi.org/10.2196/14730.[2] Piga, Matteo, Ignazio Cangemi, Alessandro Mathieu, and Alberto Cauli. 2017. “Telemedicine for Patients with Rheumatic Diseases: Systematic Review and Proposal for Research Agenda.”Seminars in Arthritis and Rheumatism47 (1): 121–28.https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2017.03.014.[3] Smolen, Josef S, Robert Landewe, Johannes Bijlsma, Gerd Burmester, Katerina Chatzidionysiou, Maxime Dougados, Jackie Nam, et al. 2017. “EULAR Recommendations for the Management of Rheumatoid Arthritis with Synthetic and Biological Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: 2016 Update.”Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases76 (6): 960–77.https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210715.Disclosure of Interests:None declared

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