Localized versus systemic granulomatosis with polyangiitis : data from the French Vasculitis Study Group Registry

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OBJECTIVE: To describe the main features at diagnosis and evolution over time of patients with localized granulomatosis with polyangiitis (L-GPA) compared with those of systemic GPA (S-GPA).

METHODS: EULAR definitions of L-GPA, i.e. upper and/or lower respiratory tract involvement, and S-GPA were applied to patients from the French Vasculitis Study Group Registry. L-GPA and S-GPA patients' characteristics at diagnosis and long-term outcomes were analysed and compared.

RESULTS: Among the 795 Registry patients, 79 (10%) had L-GPA. Their main clinical manifestations were rhinitis, lung nodules, sinusitis and otitis. L-GPA vs S-GPA patients at diagnosis, respectively, were younger, more frequently had saddle nose deformity or subglottic stenosis and were less often PR3-ANCA-positive. L-GPA vs S-GPA induction therapy less frequently included CYC but more often a combination of MTX and glucocorticoids; 64% of MTX-treated patients experienced disease progression within 18 months post-diagnosis. L- and S-GPA patients' estimated relapse-free-survival probabilities, relapse rates and refractory disease rates at each time point were comparable, but L-GPA patients had more frequent ENT and lung relapses, and higher overall survival rates (P<0.02). Over a median follow-up of 3.5 years, 18 (22.8%) L-GPA progressed to S-GPA, either as a relapse after a period in remission or more frequently in the context of refractory disease. L-GPA patients experienced more ENT-related damage.

CONCLUSIONS: The relapse risks of L-GPA and S-GPA were similar, but relapse patterns differed and L-GPA overall survival rate was higher. About one-quarter of L-GPA patients developed S-GPA over time, but without end-stage organ involvement.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:61

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Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 61(2022), 6 vom: 30. Mai, Seite 2464-2471

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Iudici, Michele [VerfasserIn]
Pagnoux, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Courvoisier, Delphine S [VerfasserIn]
Cohen, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Néel, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Aouba, Achille [VerfasserIn]
Lifermann, François [VerfasserIn]
Ruivard, Marc [VerfasserIn]
Aumaître, Olivier [VerfasserIn]
Bonnotte, Bernard [VerfasserIn]
Maurier, François [VerfasserIn]
Le Gallou, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
Hachulla, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Karras, Alexandre [VerfasserIn]
Khouatra, Chahéra [VerfasserIn]
Jourde-Chiche, Noémie [VerfasserIn]
Viallard, Jean-François [VerfasserIn]
Blanchard-Delaunay, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Godmer, Pascal [VerfasserIn]
Le Quellec, Alain [VerfasserIn]
Quéméneur, Thomas [VerfasserIn]
de Moreuil, Claire [VerfasserIn]
Régent, Alexis [VerfasserIn]
Terrier, Benjamin [VerfasserIn]
Mouthon, Luc [VerfasserIn]
Guillevin, Loïc [VerfasserIn]
Puéchal, Xavier [VerfasserIn]
French Vasculitis Study Group [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

ANCA-associated vasculitis
Antibodies, Antineutrophil Cytoplasmic
Granulomatosis with polyangiitis
Journal Article
Vasculitis

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Date Completed 02.06.2022

Date Revised 09.06.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/keab719

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM330844938