Systemic sclerosis and primary biliary cholangitis : Longitudinal data to determine the outcomes

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Background: Several studies described the cross-sectional characteristics of systemic sclerosis patients and coexisting primary biliary cholangitis, but longitudinal prognostic data are lacking.

Aims: To describe the systemic sclerosis-primary biliary cholangitis phenotype, including baseline characteristics and outcomes.

Methods: We performed a multicentre the European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group study of systemic sclerosis patients with primary biliary cholangitis or with primary biliary cholangitis-specific antibodies, matched with systemic sclerosis controls free from hepatobiliary involvement matched for disease duration and cutaneous subset. Data were recorded at baseline and at the last available visit.

Results: A total of 261 patients were enrolled (115 primary biliary cholangitis-systemic sclerosis, 161 systemic sclerosis). At baseline, systemic sclerosis-primary biliary cholangitis patients had a higher prevalence of anti-centromere antibodies (p = 0.0023) and a lower prevalence of complete absence of digital ulcers. The milder vascular involvement was confirmed at follow-up when crucial differences emerged in the percentage of patients experiencing digital ulcers; a significantly higher number of patients who never experienced digital ulcers were observed among primary biliary cholangitis-systemic sclerosis patients (p = 0.0015). Moreover, a greater incidence of pulmonary arterial hypertension (p < 0.001) and of conduction blocks (p = 0.0256) was observed in systemic sclerosis patients without primary biliary cholangitis. Patients with primary biliary cholangitis had higher levels of liver enzymes at baseline than systemic sclerosis patients; a significant decrease in liver enzymes was observed at follow-up. Out of 18 patients with cholangitis, one received a liver transplant at follow-up.

Conclusion: Our data show that systemic sclerosis-primary biliary cholangitis exhibit a mild systemic sclerosis and primary biliary cholangitis phenotype with outcomes being in general favourable.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:8

Enthalten in:

Journal of scleroderma and related disorders - 8(2023), 3 vom: 20. Okt., Seite 210-220

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lepri, Gemma [VerfasserIn]
Airò, Paolo [VerfasserIn]
Distler, Oliver [VerfasserIn]
Andréasson, Kristofer [VerfasserIn]
Braun-Moscovici, Yolanda [VerfasserIn]
Hachulla, Eric [VerfasserIn]
Balbir-Gurman, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
De Langhe, Ellen [VerfasserIn]
Rednic, Simona [VerfasserIn]
Ingegnoli, Francesca [VerfasserIn]
Rosato, Edoardo [VerfasserIn]
Groseanu, Laura [VerfasserIn]
Ionescu, Ruxandra [VerfasserIn]
Bellando-Randone, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Garzanova, Liudmila [VerfasserIn]
Beretta, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Bellocchi, Chiara [VerfasserIn]
Moiseev, Sergey [VerfasserIn]
Novikov, Pavel [VerfasserIn]
Szabo, Iulia [VerfasserIn]
Krasowska, Dorota [VerfasserIn]
Codullo, Veronica [VerfasserIn]
Walker, Ulrich A [VerfasserIn]
Manolaraki, Chrysoula [VerfasserIn]
Guiducci, Serena [VerfasserIn]
Truchetet, Marie-Elise [VerfasserIn]
Iannone, Florenzo [VerfasserIn]
Tofani, Lorenzo [VerfasserIn]
Bruni, Cosimo [VerfasserIn]
Smith, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Cuomo, Giovanna [VerfasserIn]
Krusche, Martin [VerfasserIn]
Matucci-Cerinic, Marco [VerfasserIn]
Allanore, Yannick [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Autoimmunity
Fibrotic diseases
Journal Article
Outcomes
Overlap syndrome
Primary biliary cholangitis
Systemic sclerosis

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Date Revised 26.09.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1177/23971983231155948

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM362405212