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Measuring Disease Damage and Its Severity in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus

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Holland, Michael J. [1] ; Beresford, Michael W. [2, 3, 4] ; Feldman, Brian M. [5] ; Huggins, Jennifer [1] ; Norambuena, Ximena [6] ; Silva, Clovis A. [7] ; Susic, Gordana [8] ; Sztajnbok, Flavio [9] ; Uziel, Yosef [10, 11] ; Appenzeller, Simone [12] ; Ardoin, Stacy P. [13] ; Avcin, Tadej [14] ; Flores, Francisco [1] ; Goilav, Beatrice [15] ; Khubchandani, Raju [16] ; Klein-Gitelman, Marissa [17] ; Levy, Deborah [5] ; Ravelli, Angelo [18, 19] ; Wenderfer, Scott E. [20, 21] ; Ying, Jun [22] ; Ruperto, Nicolino [19, 23] ; Brunner, Hermine I. [1] ; Investigators, PRINTO PRCSG
Total Authors: 23
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[1] Cincinnati Childrens Hosp Med Ctr, Cincinnati, OH 45229 - USA
[2] Univ Liverpool, Liverpool, Merseyside - England
[3] Alder Hey Childrens Natl Hlth Serv Fdn Trust, Liverpool, Merseyside - England
[4] UK JSLE Study Grp Investigators, Liverpool, Merseyside - England
[5] Univ Toronto, Hosp Sick Children, Toronto, ON - Canada
[6] Hosp Dr Exequiel Gonzalez Cortes, Santiago - Chile
[7] Univ Sao Paulo, Childrens Inst, Hosp Clin HCFMUSP, Fac Med, Sao Paulo - Brazil
[8] Inst Rheumatol, Belgrade - Serbia
[9] Univ Estado Rio de Janeiro, Hosp Univ Pedro Ernesto, Rio De Janeiro - Brazil
[10] Tel Aviv Univ, Sackler Sch Med, Tel Aviv - Israel
[11] Meir Med Ctr, Kefar Sava - Israel
[12] Univ Estadual Campinas, Fac Med Sci, Campinas, SP - Brazil
[13] Ohio State Univ, Nationwide Childrens Hosp, Wexner Coll Med, Columbus, OH 43210 - USA
[14] Univ Ljubljana, Ljubljana Univ, Med Ctr, Fac Med, Ljubljana - Slovenia
[15] Childrens Hosp Montefiore, Albert Einstein Coll Med, New York, NY - USA
[16] Jaslok Hosp & Res Ctr, Bombay, Maharashtra - India
[17] Lurie Childrens Hosp, Northwestern Feinberg Sch Med, Chicago, IL - USA
[18] Univ Genoa, Genoa - Italy
[19] Ist Giannina Gaslini, Genoa - Italy
[20] Texas Childrens Hosp, Houston, TX 77030 - USA
[21] Baylor Coll Med, Houston, TX 77030 - USA
[22] Univ Cincinnati, Coll Med, Cincinnati, OH - USA
[23] PRINTO, Genoa - Italy
Total Affiliations: 23
Document type: Journal article
Source: ARTHRITIS CARE & RESEARCH; v. 70, n. 11, p. 1621-1629, NOV 2018.
Web of Science Citations: 1
Abstract

ObjectiveMethodsTo describe the frequency and types of disease damage occurring with childhood-onset systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) as measured by the 41-item Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index (SDI), and to assess the SDI's ability to reflect damage severity. Information for the SDI was prospectively collected from 1,048 childhood-onset SLE patients. For a subset of 559 patients, physician-rated damage severity measured by visual analog scale (MD VAS damage) was also available. Frequency of SDI items and the association between SDI summary scores and MD VAS damage were estimated. Finally, an international consensus conference, using nominal group technique, considered the SDI's capture of childhood-onset SLE-associated damage and its severity. ResultsConclusionAfter a mean disease duration of 3.8 years, 44.2% of patients (463 of 1,048) already had an SDI summary score >0 (maximum 14). The most common SDI items scored were proteinuria, scarring alopecia, and cognitive impairment. Although there was a moderately strong association between SDI summary scores and MD VAS damage (Spearman's r = 0.49, P < 0.0001) in patients with damage (SDI summary score >0), mixed-effects analysis showed that only 4 SDI items, each occurring in <2% of patients overall, were significantly associated with MD VAS damage. There was consensus among childhood-onset SLE experts that the SDI in its current form is inadequate for estimating the severity of childhood-onset SLE-associated damage. Disease damage as measured by the SDI is common in childhood-onset SLE, even with relatively short disease durations. Given the shortcomings of the SDI, there is a need to develop new tools to estimate the impact of childhood-onset SLE-associated damage. (AU)

FAPESP's process: 15/03756-4 - Assessment of relevance of blood levels of drugs in the monitoring rheumatic autoimmune diseases: safety, effectiveness and adherence to therapy
Grantee:Eloisa Silva Dutra de Oliveira Bonfá
Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants