Treatment strategies and survival of patients with connective tissue disease and pulmonary arterial hypertension : a COMPERA analysis

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OBJECTIVES: Pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) occurs in various connective tissue diseases (CTDs). We sought to assess contemporary treatment patterns and survival of patients with various forms of CTD-PAH.

METHODS: We analysed data from COMPERA, a European pulmonary hypertension registry, to describe treatment strategies and survival in patients with newly diagnosed PAH associated with SSc, SLE, MCTD, UCTD and other types of CTD. All-cause mortality was analysed according to the underlying CTD. For patients with SSc-PAH, we also assessed survival according to initial therapy with endothelin receptor antagonists (ERAs), phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitors (PDE5is) or a combination of these two drug classes.

RESULTS: This analysis included 607 patients with CTD-PAH. Survival estimates at 1, 3 and 5 years for SSc-PAH (n = 390) were 85%, 59% and 42%; for SLE-PAH (n = 34) they were 97%, 77% and 61%; for MCTD-PAH (n = 33) they were 97%, 70% and 59%; for UCTD-PAH (n = 60) they were 88%, 67% and 52%; and for other CTD-PAH (n = 90) they were 92%, 69% and 55%, respectively. After multivariable adjustment, the survival of patients with SSc-PAH was significantly worse compared with the other conditions (P = 0.001). In these patients, the survival estimates were significantly better with initial ERA-PDE5i combination therapy than with initial ERA or PDE5i monotherapy (P = 0.016 and P = 0.012, respectively).

CONCLUSIONS: Mortality remains high in patients with CTD-PAH, especially for patients with SSc-PAH. However, for patients with SSc-PAH, our results suggest that long-term survival may be improved with initial ERA-PDE5i combination therapy compared with initial monotherapy.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:63

Enthalten in:

Rheumatology (Oxford, England) - 63(2024), 4 vom: 02. Apr., Seite 1139-1146

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Distler, Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Ofner, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Huscher, Dörte [VerfasserIn]
Jordan, Suzana [VerfasserIn]
Ulrich, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Stähler, Gerd [VerfasserIn]
Grünig, Ekkehard [VerfasserIn]
Held, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Ghofrani, H Ardeschir [VerfasserIn]
Claussen, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Lange, Tobias J [VerfasserIn]
Klose, Hans [VerfasserIn]
Rosenkranz, Stephan [VerfasserIn]
Vonk-Noordegraaf, Anton [VerfasserIn]
Vizza, C Dario [VerfasserIn]
Delcroix, Marion [VerfasserIn]
Opitz, Christian [VerfasserIn]
Pausch, Christine [VerfasserIn]
Scelsi, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Neurohr, Claus [VerfasserIn]
Olsson, Karen M [VerfasserIn]
Coghlan, J Gerry [VerfasserIn]
Halank, Michael [VerfasserIn]
Skowasch, Dirk [VerfasserIn]
Behr, Jürgen [VerfasserIn]
Milger, Katrin [VerfasserIn]
Remppis, Bjoern Andrew [VerfasserIn]
Skride, Andris [VerfasserIn]
Jureviciene, Elena [VerfasserIn]
Gumbiene, Lina [VerfasserIn]
Miliauskas, Skaidrius [VerfasserIn]
Löffler-Ragg, Judith [VerfasserIn]
Wilkens, Heinrike [VerfasserIn]
Pittrow, David [VerfasserIn]
Hoeper, Marius M [VerfasserIn]
Ewert, Ralf [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Connective tissue disease (CTD)
Endothelin receptor antagonists (ERA)
Journal Article
Phosphodiesterase type 5 inhibitor (PDE5i)
Pulmonary arterial hypertension
Systemic sclerosis (SSc)

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Date Completed 03.04.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/rheumatology/kead360

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM359630200