Long-term Evolution of Spondyloarthritis Patients Included in REGISPONSER, 17 Years Later (REGISPON-3 Study)

María Ángeles Puche Larrubia¹, Lourdes Ladehesa Pineda², María del carmen Ábalos Aguilera³, Desiree Ruiz Vilchez⁴, Laura Berbel Arcobé⁵, Xavier Juanola Roura⁶, Marta Arévalo Salaet⁷, Mireia Moreno⁸, Raquel Almodóvar González⁹, Cristina Pijoan Moratalla⁹, Marta Valero Expósito¹⁰, Verónica García García¹⁰, Beatriz Joven Ibáñez¹¹, Manuel José Moreno Ramos¹², Enrique Tomás Ornilla Laraudogoitia¹³, Alejandro Escudero Contreras¹⁴, Eduardo Collantes Estévez¹⁵ and Clementina López Medina¹⁶, ¹Department of Rheumatology, Reina Sofia University Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department Reina Sofia Universitary Hospital, Cordoba, Spain, ³IMIBIC/Reina Sofia Hospital/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia University Hospital/Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC), Córdoba, Spain, ⁵H.U. Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁶Hospital Universitari de Bellvitge, Barcelona, Spain, ⁷Rheumatology Department University Hospital Parc Taulí, Sabadell, Spain, ⁸Parc Tauli Hospital Universitari, I3PT(UAB), Barcelona, Spain, ⁹Alcorcón Foundation University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹⁰Ramón y Cajal University Hospital, Madrid, Spain, ¹¹Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain, ¹²Rheumatology Department Hospital Virgen de la Arrixaca, El Palmar Murcia, Spain, ¹³University Hospital of Navarra, Navarra, Spain, ¹⁴Reina Sofia University Hospital, Córdoba, Spain, ¹⁵Maimonides Biomedical Research Institute of Cordoba (IMIBIC)/University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain, ¹⁶Rheumatology Department, Cochin Hospital; INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of Paris; Rheumatology Department, Reina Sofia Hospital, Cordoba / IMIBIC / University of Cordoba, Cordoba, Spain

Meeting: ACR Convergence 2023

Keywords: Diagnostic criteria, Mortality, spondyloarthritis

Session Information

Date: Tuesday, November 14, 2023

Title: (2195–2226) Spondyloarthritis Including Psoriatic Arthritis – Diagnosis, Manifestations, & Outcomes Poster III: SpA

Session Type: Poster Session C

Session Time: 9:00AM-11:00AM

Background/Purpose: The cross-sectional REGISPONSER study was conducted in 2004 in 31 centers from Spain, including a total of 2367 patients who met the European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group (ESSG) criteria for Spondyloarthritis (SpA). To date, the evolution/progression of SpA is not clearly defined due to the significant heterogeneity in the clinical profiles of patients and the challenges of conducting long-term prospective studies. Therefore, in this REGISPON-3 study, patients who participated in REGISPONSER from 8 out the 31 centers were reevaluated in a single visit 17 years after their initial assessment in REGISPONSER. The objective of this study is to describe, 17 years later, the confirmation or not of the initial diagnosis, clinical and radiographic evolution/progression, treatments used, and disease burden of these patients.

Methods: This is a longitudinal and multicenter study in which the REGISPONSER dataset has been combined with the REGISPON-3 data. In a single face-to-face visit, the following is carried out: a) interview with the patient; b) physical examination; c) plain X-ray of the spine, sacroiliac and hip; d) blood sample. Firstly, a descriptive analysis has been carried out to evaluate the change in the diagnosis of the patients 17 years later. The different treatments used in REGISPONSER and subsequently in REGISPON-3 have been described. Among the deceased patients, the different causes of death and diagnoses have been analysed. Finally, the average age of death has been calculated. The study was carried out in accordance with the Good Clinical Practice guidelines and after approval of the Ethics Committee in each center.

Results: From the total patients evaluated in REGISPONSER in the 8 participating centers (n=1151), we were able to recruit 437 patients (37.9%), of whom 339 were alive and 83 deceased. Table 1 shows the description of the REGISPONSER diagnoses and how they have changed 17 years later. Interestingly, among the 59 patients with undifferentiated SpA, 37 developed r-axSpA, 9 nr-axSpA and 4 finally did not have SpA. Table 2 shows the treatments used in REGISPONSER and later in REGISPON-3. In general, the use of biologics increased after 17 years in the REGISPON-3 study. Among the 83 patients who died, the most frequent causes were infection (29.3%), cardiovascular (CV) events (24%), and cancer (22.7%). The mean age of death was 72.6 (10.1) years. The most frequent diagnoses of deceased patients were axial SpA (AxSpA) (69.1%), psoriatic arthritis (PsA) (19.8%) and axial PsA (AxPsA) (4.9%).

Conclusion: This study shows the preliminary results of the REGISPON-3 project. It has been observed that over the years some diagnoses changed and there are even patients whose diagnosis is not confirmed. The treatments have also evolved with a greater use and a greater variety of biological treatments, which has allowed to improve the prognosis of the disease. Finally, the causes of death in SpA have been studied, being infection, CV events and cancer the most frequent causes.

Funding: This work was supported by grants from the Spanish Institute of Health Carlos III (PMP21/00119 and RICOR-RD21/0002/0033).

Table 1: Description of the evolution of the diagnosis of spondyloarthritis over 17 years from REGISPONSER I-II to REGISPON_3

Table 2: Description of the different treatments used in REGISPONSER y REGISPON_3

Disclosures: M. Puche Larrubia: None; L. Ladehesa Pineda: None; M. Ábalos Aguilera: None; D. Ruiz Vilchez: None; L. Berbel Arcobé: None; X. Juanola Roura: None; M. Arévalo Salaet: None; M. Moreno: None; R. Almodóvar González: None; C. Pijoan Moratalla: None; M. Valero Expósito: None; V. García García: None; B. Joven Ibáñez: None; M. Moreno Ramos: None; E. Ornilla Laraudogoitia: None; A. Escudero Contreras: None; E. Collantes Estévez: None; C. López Medina: AbbVie, 5, 6, Eli Lilly, 2, 5, 6, Janssen, 6, MSD, 6, Novartis, 2, 5, 6, UCB Pharma, 2, 5, 6.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Puche Larrubia M, Ladehesa Pineda L, Ábalos Aguilera M, Ruiz Vilchez D, Berbel Arcobé L, Juanola Roura X, Arévalo Salaet M, Moreno M, Almodóvar González R, Pijoan Moratalla C, Valero Expósito M, García García V, Joven Ibáñez B, Moreno Ramos M, Ornilla Laraudogoitia E, Escudero Contreras A, Collantes Estévez E, López Medina C. Long-term Evolution of Spondyloarthritis Patients Included in REGISPONSER, 17 Years Later (REGISPON-3 Study) [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2023; 75 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/long-term-evolution-of-spondyloarthritis-patients-included-in-regisponser-17-years-later-regispon-3-study/. Accessed .

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