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Effects of anti-SSA antibodies on the response to methotrexate in rheumatoid arthritis: A retrospective multicenter observational study

Comparison of clinical response to methotrexate between anti-SSA antibody-positive and -negative patients with methotrexate-naïve rheumatoid arthritis and investigate the reasons for the differences in the response. For this multicenter retrospective cohort study, a total of 210 consecutive patients...

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Autores principales: Waki, Daisuke, Tamai, Hiroya, Yokochi, Ritsuko, Kido, Toshiki, Yagyu, Yuriko, Yanai, Ryo, Sada, Ken-Ei
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: Public Library of Science 2022
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9307181/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/35867726
http://dx.doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0271921
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Sumario:Comparison of clinical response to methotrexate between anti-SSA antibody-positive and -negative patients with methotrexate-naïve rheumatoid arthritis and investigate the reasons for the differences in the response. For this multicenter retrospective cohort study, a total of 210 consecutive patients with rheumatoid arthritis who newly initiated methotrexate were recruited. The effects of anti-SSA antibody positivity on achieving a low disease activity according to the 28-joint Disease Activity Score based on C-reactive protein after 6 months of methotrexate administration were investigated using a logistic regression analysis. This study involved 32 and 178 anti-SSA antibody-positive and -negative patients, respectively. The rate of achieving low disease activity according to the 28-joint Disease Activity Score based on C-reactive protein at 6 months was significantly lower in the anti-SSA antibody-positive group than in the anti-SSA antibody-negative group (56.2% vs. 75.8%, P = 0.030). After 6 months, anti-SSA antibody-positive patients had significantly higher scores on the visual analogue scale (median [interquartile range]: 22 [15–41] vs. 19 [5–30], P = 0.038) and were frequently prescribed nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (37.5% vs. 18.0%, P = 0.018). In conclusion, the presence of anti-SSA antibodies might be a predictive factor for insufficient responses to treat-to-target strategy in rheumatoid arthritis. Residual pain might contribute to the reduced clinical response to methotrexate in anti-SSA antibody-positive patients with rheumatoid arthritis.