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RHEUMATOLOGY
Volume 60, Issue 2, Pages 872-880Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa401
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pulmonary arterial hypertension; scleroderma renal crisis; endothelin antagonist receptors; phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors; treatment; prevention
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There was no significant difference in the incidence rate of PAH and SRC between patients under ERAs/PDE5i treatment and those without treatment, but treated patients experienced a delayed occurrence of SRC.
Introduction Endothelin antagonist receptors (ERAs) and phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitors (PDE5i) are beneficial in pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH) and digital ulcers (DU) and prevent from DU recurrences. Our study aimed to determine the difference in the incidence rate of PAH and scleroderma renal crisis (SRC) in patients with SSc and DU (SSc-DU) under ERAs/PDE5i or without treatment. Methods We conducted a retrospective cohort study including SSc-DU patients from the Spanish Scleroderma Registry (RESCLE). The primary outcome was the incidence rate of PAH and SRC in patients under ERAs/PDE5i or not. Results Some 544 patients out of 1817 (29.9%) in the RESCLE database had DU, 221 (40.6%) under ERAs/PDE5i and 323 (59.4%) not. The incidence rate (95% CI) difference between patients under treatment or not under did not reach statistical significance in PAH [-0.1 (-4.8, 4.69), P = 0.988] or in SRC [0.7 (-2.2, 3.7), P = 0.620]. However, the time from the first DU to the diagnosis of SRC was delayed in treated patients [mean (s.d.) 7.6 (5.8) years vs 2.9 (5.3); P = 0.021]. The dcSSc subset was more prevalent in the treatment group (36 vs 26%; P = 0.018), along with anti-topoisomerase I antibodies (34 vs 18%; P < 0.001) and tendon friction rubs (12 vs 6%; P = 0.038), whereas the lcSSc subset was more prevalent in the no-treatment group (57 vs 66%; P = 0.031) along with ACA (37 vs 46%; P = 0.031). Conclusion There was no difference in the incidence rate of PAH and SRC between groups. However, treatment with ERAs and/or PDE5i appeared to delay the occurrence of SRC.
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