Clinical impact of subgrouping ANCA-associated vasculitis according to antibody specificity beyond the clinicopathological classification

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OBJECTIVES: In ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), classifications have emerged to individualize homogeneous clinical and outcomes patterns, including the recently defined anti-MPO granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) subgroup. This study aimed to retrospectively evaluate the impacts of re-classification based on clinicopathological criteria and/or ANCA specificity.

METHODS: A retrospective monocentric study conducted at Caen University Hospital led to the identification of PR3 or MPO-ANCA AAV patients from January 2000 or September 2011, respectively, to June 2016. Eosinophilic GPA patients were excluded. AAVs were thereby also classified either as GPA or microscopic polyangiitis (MPA) according to the European Medicines Agency vasculitis algorithm.

RESULTS: A total of 150 AAV patients were included (94 GPA, 56 MPA; 87 anti-PR3 and 63 anti-MPO patients). GPA patients exhibited a worse relapse-free survival but a better renal survival (P < 0.001 and P = 0.021, respectively) than MPA patients. Overall, relapse-free and renal survival rates were similar between anti-PR3 and anti-MPO patients (P = 0.35, 0.17 and 0.15, respectively). Similarly, the prognosis was identical between anti-MPO MPA patients and anti-PR3 MPA patients (P = 0.33, 0.19 and 0.65, respectively), and between anti-MPO GPA patients and anti-PR3 GPA patients (P = 0.06, 0.99 and 0.64, respectively). Moreover, anti-PR3 GPA and anti-MPO GPA patients exhibited no differences in clinical manifestations or BVAS score.

CONCLUSION: Clinicopathological classification appeared to be the strongest criterion for distinguishing among homogeneous prognoses of AAV. Individualizing the anti-MPO GPA subgroup does not appear to bring additional value to clinical practice, but multicentre studies are required to confirm this trend.

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CommentIn: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Oct 1;58(10):1707-1709. - PMID 31049594

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:58

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Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 58(2019), 10 vom: 01. Okt., Seite 1731-1739

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Deshayes, Samuel [VerfasserIn]
Martin Silva, Nicolas [VerfasserIn]
Khoy, Kathy [VerfasserIn]
Yameogo, Seydou [VerfasserIn]
Mariotte, Delphine [VerfasserIn]
Lobbedez, Thierry [VerfasserIn]
Aouba, Achille [VerfasserIn]

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ANCA-associated vasculitis
Antibodies
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Antineutrophil cytoplasmic
Classification
EC 1.11.1.7
Evaluation Study
Journal Article
MPO protein, human
Peroxidase
Survival

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Date Completed 26.03.2020

Date Revised 26.03.2020

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CommentIn: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2019 Oct 1;58(10):1707-1709. - PMID 31049594

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/kez016

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NLM294304339