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Abstract Number: 0365

A Cluster Analysis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Using TNFi Based on Clinical Characteristics

Seulkee Lee, Seonyoung Kang, Yeonghee Eun, Hyungjin Kim, Hoon-Suk Cha, Eun-Mi Koh and Jaejoon Lee, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea

Meeting: ACR Convergence 2021

Keywords: Anti-TNF Drugs, spondyloarthritis

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Date: Saturday, November 6, 2021

Session Title: Spondyloarthritis Including PsA – Diagnosis, Manifestations, & Outcomes Poster I: Clinical Aspects of Axial Spondyloarthritis (0357–0386)

Session Type: Poster Session A

Session Time: 8:30AM-10:30AM

Background/Purpose: Previous studies using cluster analysis technique in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients have consistently identified distinct groups of patients in terms of their clinical characteristics: those with pure axial symptoms and those with a high frequency of peripheral manifestations. Due to the cross-sectional nature of these studies, however, prognostic information such as drug survival of anti-TNF agents in these group were not provided.

Methods: Clinical characteristics and demographic data of axSpA patients in KOBIO registry were analyzed using hierarchical clustering analysis. After clustering, drug survivals of anti-TNF agents were compared between these groups.

Results: 1,042 patients were included in the study with no missing data. The hierarchical cluster analysis classified patients in two groups; one with predominant isolated axial manifestations (axial group, n=828) and the other with more frequent extra-axial symptoms (extra-axial group, n=214). Almost all extra-axial symptoms (peripheral arthritis, enthesitis, uveitis, and psoriasis) were more frequently observed in extra-axial group than axial group. In addition, patients with shorter disease duration, late disease onset, and high disease activity were classified in extra-axial group (Table 1). Interestingly, the extra-axial group had lower drug survival probability than the axial group (p=0.001, Figure 1).

Conclusion: Cluster analysis of AS patients using anti-TNF agents classified two distinct groups of patients in terms of their clinical phenotypes and revealed that the patients with prominent extra-axial manifestations had lower drug survival with anti-TNF agents.

Table 1. Clinical characteristics of divided groups.

Figure 1. Drug survival probabilities of TNFi compared by Kaplan-Meier survival analysis between axial and extra-axial groups.


Disclosures: S. Lee, None; S. Kang, None; Y. Eun, None; H. Kim, None; H. Cha, None; E. Koh, None; J. Lee, None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Lee S, Kang S, Eun Y, Kim H, Cha H, Koh E, Lee J. A Cluster Analysis in Patients with Axial Spondyloarthritis Using TNFi Based on Clinical Characteristics [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2021; 73 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/a-cluster-analysis-in-patients-with-axial-spondyloarthritis-using-tnfi-based-on-clinical-characteristics/. Accessed January 27, 2023.
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