Significance of PR3-ANCA positivity in eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (Churg-Strauss)

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OBJECTIVES: Only a third of patients with eosinophilic granulomatosis with polyangiitis (EGPA) are ANCA-positive, mainly directed against MPO. ANCA directed against PR3 are rarely found in EGPA. We aimed to examine the significance of PR3-ANCA in EGPA.

METHODS: We set up a retrospective European multicentre cohort including 845 patients. Baseline characteristics and outcomes were analysed and compared according to ANCA status.

RESULTS: ANCA status was available for 734 patients: 508 (69.2%) ANCA-negative, 210 (28.6%) MPO-ANCA and 16 (2.2%) PR3-ANCA. At baseline, PR3-ANCA patients, compared with those with MPO-ANCA and ANCA-negative, less frequently had active asthma (69% vs 91% and 93%, P = 0.003, respectively) and peripheral neuropathy (31% vs 71% and 47%, P < 0.0001), more frequently had cutaneous manifestations (63% vs 38% and 34%, P = 0.03) and pulmonary nodules (25% vs 10% and 8%, P = 0.046), and lower median eosinophil count (1450 vs 5400 and 3224/mm3, P < 0.0001). Vasculitis relapse-free survival was shorter for PR3-ANCA (hazard ratio 6.05, P = 0.005) and MPO-ANCA patients (hazard ratio 1.88, P = 0.0002) compared with ANCA-negative patients.

CONCLUSION: PR3-ANCA EGPA patients differ from those with MPO-ANCA and negative ANCA, and share clinical features with granulomatosis with polyangiitis. This suggests that PR3-ANCA EGPA could be a particular form of PR3-ANCA-associated vasculitis.

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CommentIn: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Aug 2;60(8):e297-e299. - PMID 33682889

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:60

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Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 60(2021), 9 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 4355-4360

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Papo, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Sinico, Renato A [VerfasserIn]
Teixeira, Vítor [VerfasserIn]
Venhoff, Nils [VerfasserIn]
Urban, Maria-Letizia [VerfasserIn]
Iudici, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Mahrhold, Juliane [VerfasserIn]
Locatelli, Francesco [VerfasserIn]
Cassone, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Schiavon, Franco [VerfasserIn]
Seeliger, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Neumann, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Kroegel, Claus [VerfasserIn]
Groh, Matthieu [VerfasserIn]
Marvisi, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Samson, Maxime [VerfasserIn]
Barba, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Jayne, David [VerfasserIn]
Troilo, Arianna [VerfasserIn]
Thiel, Jens [VerfasserIn]
Hellmich, Bernhard [VerfasserIn]
Monti, Sara [VerfasserIn]
Montecucco, Carlomaurizio [VerfasserIn]
Salvarani, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Kahn, Jean-Emmanuel [VerfasserIn]
Bonnotte, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Durel, Cécile-Audrey [VerfasserIn]
Puéchal, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
Mouthon, Luc [VerfasserIn]
Guillevin, Loïc [VerfasserIn]
Emmi, Giacomo [VerfasserIn]
Vaglio, Augusto [VerfasserIn]
Terrier, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
French Vasculitis Study Group and the EGPA European Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ANCA
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Churg-Strauss
Journal Article
Vasculitis

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Date Completed 04.10.2021

Date Revised 04.10.2021

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CommentIn: Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Aug 2;60(8):e297-e299. - PMID 33682889

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keaa805

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NLM319122344