Remission and low disease activity (LDA) prevent damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus : Results from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) inception cohort
(2022) In Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases 81(11). p.1541-1548- Abstract
Objective: To determine the independent impact of different definitions of remission and low disease activity (LDA) on damage accrual. Methods: Patients with ≥2 annual assessments from a longitudinal multinational inception lupus cohort were studied. Five mutually exclusive disease activity states were defined: remission off-treatment: clinical Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (cSLEDAI)-2K=0, without prednisone or immunosuppressants; remission on-treatment: cSLEDAI-2K score=0, prednisone ≤5 mg/day and/or maintenance immunosuppressants; low disease activity Toronto cohort (LDA-TC): cSLEDAI-2K score of ≤2, without prednisone or immunosuppressants; modified lupus low disease activity (mLLDAS): Systemic Lupus... (More)
Objective: To determine the independent impact of different definitions of remission and low disease activity (LDA) on damage accrual. Methods: Patients with ≥2 annual assessments from a longitudinal multinational inception lupus cohort were studied. Five mutually exclusive disease activity states were defined: remission off-treatment: clinical Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (cSLEDAI)-2K=0, without prednisone or immunosuppressants; remission on-treatment: cSLEDAI-2K score=0, prednisone ≤5 mg/day and/or maintenance immunosuppressants; low disease activity Toronto cohort (LDA-TC): cSLEDAI-2K score of ≤2, without prednisone or immunosuppressants; modified lupus low disease activity (mLLDAS): Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2K score of 4 with no activity in major organ/systems, no new disease activity, prednisone ≤7.5 mg/day and/or maintenance immunosuppressants; active: all remaining visits. Only the most stringent definition was used per visit. Antimalarials were allowed in all. The proportion of time that patients were in a specific state at each visit since cohort entry was determined. Damage accrual was ascertained with the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index (SDI). Univariable and multivariable generalised estimated equation negative binomial regression models were used. Time-dependent covariates were determined at the same annual visit as the disease activity state but the SDI at the subsequent visit. Results: There were 1652 patients, 1464 (88.6%) female, mean age at diagnosis 34.2 (SD 13.4) years and mean follow-up time of 7.7 (SD 4.8) years. Being in remission off-treatment, remission on-treatment, LDA-TC and mLLDAS (per 25% increase) were each associated with a lower probability of damage accrual (remission off-treatment: incidence rate ratio (IRR)=0.75, 95% CI 0.70 to 0.81; remission on-treatment: IRR=0.68, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.75; LDA: IRR=0.79, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.92; and mLLDAS: IRR=0.76, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.89)). Conclusions: Remission on-treatment and off-treatment, LDA-TC and mLLDAS were associated with less damage accrual, even adjusting for possible confounders and effect modifiers.
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- Epidemiology, Health care, Outcome assessment, Systemic lupus erythematosus
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- 10.1136/ard-2022-222487
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abstract = {{<p>Objective: To determine the independent impact of different definitions of remission and low disease activity (LDA) on damage accrual. Methods: Patients with ≥2 annual assessments from a longitudinal multinational inception lupus cohort were studied. Five mutually exclusive disease activity states were defined: remission off-treatment: clinical Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index (cSLEDAI)-2K=0, without prednisone or immunosuppressants; remission on-treatment: cSLEDAI-2K score=0, prednisone ≤5 mg/day and/or maintenance immunosuppressants; low disease activity Toronto cohort (LDA-TC): cSLEDAI-2K score of ≤2, without prednisone or immunosuppressants; modified lupus low disease activity (mLLDAS): Systemic Lupus Erythematosus Disease Activity Index-2K score of 4 with no activity in major organ/systems, no new disease activity, prednisone ≤7.5 mg/day and/or maintenance immunosuppressants; active: all remaining visits. Only the most stringent definition was used per visit. Antimalarials were allowed in all. The proportion of time that patients were in a specific state at each visit since cohort entry was determined. Damage accrual was ascertained with the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics/American College of Rheumatology Damage Index (SDI). Univariable and multivariable generalised estimated equation negative binomial regression models were used. Time-dependent covariates were determined at the same annual visit as the disease activity state but the SDI at the subsequent visit. Results: There were 1652 patients, 1464 (88.6%) female, mean age at diagnosis 34.2 (SD 13.4) years and mean follow-up time of 7.7 (SD 4.8) years. Being in remission off-treatment, remission on-treatment, LDA-TC and mLLDAS (per 25% increase) were each associated with a lower probability of damage accrual (remission off-treatment: incidence rate ratio (IRR)=0.75, 95% CI 0.70 to 0.81; remission on-treatment: IRR=0.68, 95% CI 0.62 to 0.75; LDA: IRR=0.79, 95% CI 0.68 to 0.92; and mLLDAS: IRR=0.76, 95% CI 0.65 to 0.89)). Conclusions: Remission on-treatment and off-treatment, LDA-TC and mLLDAS were associated with less damage accrual, even adjusting for possible confounders and effect modifiers.</p>}},
author = {{Ugarte-Gil, Manuel Francisco and Hanly, John and Urowitz, Murray and Gordon, Caroline and Bae, Sang Cheol and Romero-Diaz, Juanita and Sanchez-Guerrero, Jorge and Bernatsky, Sasha and Clarke, Ann Elaine and Wallace, Daniel J. and Isenberg, David Alan and Rahman, Anisur and Merrill, Joan T. and Fortin, Paul R. and Gladman, Dafna D. and Bruce, Ian N. and Petri, Michelle and Ginzler, Ellen M. and Dooley, Mary Anne and Ramsey-Goldman, Rosalind and Manzi, Susan and Jönsen, Andreas and Van Vollenhoven, Ronald F. and Aranow, Cynthia and MacKay, Meggan and Ruiz-Irastorza, Guillermo and Lim, Sam and Inanc, Murat and Kalunian, Ken and Jacobsen, Søren and Peschken, Christine and Kamen, Diane L. and Askanase, Anca and Pons-Estel, Bernardo A. and Alarcón, Graciela S.}},
issn = {{0003-4967}},
keywords = {{Epidemiology; Health care; Outcome assessment; Systemic lupus erythematosus}},
language = {{eng}},
number = {{11}},
pages = {{1541--1548}},
publisher = {{BMJ Publishing Group}},
series = {{Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases}},
title = {{Remission and low disease activity (LDA) prevent damage accrual in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus : Results from the Systemic Lupus International Collaborating Clinics (SLICC) inception cohort}},
url = {{http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/ard-2022-222487}},
doi = {{10.1136/ard-2022-222487}},
volume = {{81}},
year = {{2022}},
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