Abstract:
BACKGROUND:A prolonged symptom or disease duration at treatment initiation is associated with unfavourable outcomes in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). It is unknown whether this relation is linear, referring to a common 'the-earlier-the-better principle', or whether a transient time frame in which the disease is more susceptible to treatment exists, referring to a 'window of opportunity'. To elucidate this, we evaluated the shape of the associations of symptom duration with persistence of RA. METHODS:Patients with 1987 RA treated with disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) in the Leiden Early Arthritis Clinic (EAC, n=738) and Evaluation et Suivi de POlyarthrites Indifférenciées Récentes (ESPOIR) (n=533) were studied. Cox proportional hazards regression models using natural cubic splines were performed; the log-HR on DMARD-free sustained remission (the opposite of RA persistence) during 5-year follow-up was plotted against symptom duration. Discrimination was measured using time-dependent receiver operator characteristic curves. Subanalyses were performed stratified for the DMARDs used (methotrexate or other conventional DMARDs) and for anticitrullinated peptide antibody (ACPA). RESULTS:11.5% (85/738) and 5.4% (29/533) of EAC and ESPOIR RA patients achieved DMARD-free sustained remission. In both cohorts and all analyses, the curves depicting the log-HRs on remission in relation to symptom duration were not linear. The symptom duration with optimal discriminative ability was 14.9 weeks (95% CI 12.3 to 16.0; area under the curve (AUC) 0.61) in the EAC and 19.1 weeks (95% CI 12.3 to 28.0; AUC 0.59) in ESPOIR. For ACPA-positive RA, this was 11.4 weeks (95% CI 7.7 to 79.0; AUC 0.56) and for ACPA-negative RA 15.0 weeks (95% CI 9.7 to 48.7; AUC 0.56). CONCLUSIONS:The association between symptom duration and RA persistence is not linear, suggesting the presence of a confined period in which RA is more susceptible to treatment.
journal_name
Ann Rheum Disjournal_title
Annals of the rheumatic diseasesauthors
van Nies JA,Tsonaka R,Gaujoux-Viala C,Fautrel B,van der Helm-van Mil AHdoi
10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206047subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2015-05-01 00:00:00pages
806-12issue
5eissn
0003-4967issn
1468-2060pii
annrheumdis-2014-206047journal_volume
74pub_type
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journal_title:Annals of the rheumatic diseases
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doi:10.1136/ard.39.4.344
更新日期:1980-08-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/ard.40.3.281
更新日期:1981-06-01 00:00:00
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doi:10.1136/ard.37.1.18
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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更新日期:2019-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 共识发展会议,杂志文章,实务指引
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更新日期:2010-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.2005.036368
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 评论,杂志文章
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更新日期:2010-01-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.41.1.93
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200352
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:2000-12-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章
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更新日期:2006-04-01 00:00:00
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更新日期:2005-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,多中心研究,随机对照试验
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pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2008-11-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.38.1.72
更新日期:1979-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2017-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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更新日期:2009-07-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.2005.041640
更新日期:2006-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1136/ard.46.8.601
更新日期:1987-08-01 00:00:00