Transitional Care in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Timing, Prevalence of Subtypes and Treatment Profile in a Spanish Tertiary Hospital

Cristobal Pavez Perales¹, Alba Torrat Novés², José Ivorra Cortés¹, Samuel Leal Rodriguez¹, Anderson V Huaylla Quispe³, Carmen Riesco Bárcena², Laura Mas Sanchez¹, Pablo Muñoz Martinez⁴, Elena Grau García¹, Elvira Vicens Bernabeu¹, José Eloy Oller Rodrígez¹, Francisco Miguel Ortiz Sanjuan⁵, Isabel Martínez-Cordellat¹, Rosa Negueroles Albuixech¹, Berta Lopez Montecinos⁶, Carmen Nájera Herranz¹, Inés Cánovas Olmos¹, Daniel Ramos Castro¹, Inmaculada Calvo Penades⁷, Luis González Puig⁸ and José andrés Román ivorra⁹, ¹Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, València, Spain, ²Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, València, ³Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, València, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁴Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Sagunto, Spain, ⁵Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Spain, Spain, ⁶Pediatric Rheumatology Unit. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, València, Comunidad Valenciana, Spain, ⁷Pediatric Rheumatology Unit, Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, València, Spain, ⁸Rheumatology Department. Hospital Universitario y Politécnico La Fe, Torrente, Valencia, Spain, ⁹Hospital Universitari i Politécnic la Fe, València, Spain

Meeting: ACR Convergence 2022

Keywords: Biologicals, Juvenile idiopathic arthritis, Juvenile Inflammatory Arthritis

Session Information

Date: Sunday, November 13, 2022

Title: Miscellaneous Rheumatic and Inflammatory Diseases Poster II

Session Type: Poster Session B

Session Time: 9:00AM-10:30AM

Background/Purpose: Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis (JIA) is the leading cause of chronic inflammatory rheumatic disease in children. It’s classified into subtypes with different relative prevalences depending on geographical area (Oligarticular subtype predominates in Western Europe/North America. Enthesitis-related arthritis subtype predominates in Eastern Europe/Asia). To ensure continuity of care in adult rheumatology services, a systematic transition process is recommended. Various authors recommend that the process, of which pediatric and adult rheumatology teams should be part, begins around 14 years and ends around 18 years of age. We aim to study the age, relative prevalence, and treatment profile in JIA subtypes at the beginning of the transitional care.

Methods: Descriptive and cross-sectional study of patients with JIA (according to ILAR criteria), diagnosed and treated in the pediatric rheumatology service and seen in the transitional care unit of the adult rheumatology service within the same tertiary hospital between January 2013 and December 2018. Demographic, clinical, analytical, and treatment data were collected at the first visit to the transitional care unit.

Results: 72 patients were included (46 women), mean age at diagnosis of 9.5 ± 4.6y and a mean of 11.3 ± 4.36y from diagnosis to first visit at the transitional care unit. 27.7% were diagnosed with oligoarticular JIA, 20.8% with arthritis-enthesitis JIA, 19.4% with Rheumatoid Factor negative (RF-) polyarticular JIA, 11.1% with systemic JIA, 9.7% with undifferentiated JIA, 5.5% with Rheumatoid Factor positive (RF+) polyarticular JIA and 5.5% of psoriatic arthritis. The mean age at the first visit to the transitional care unit was 20.81 ± 2.96y (no differences between subtypes). Oral ulcers (20.8%), anterior uveitis (13.8%), and enthesitis (13.8%) were the most frequent extra-articular manifestations. 56.9% had antinuclear antibodies (ANA) titers >1/160 at some point in course of the disease. 43% were treated with methotrexate, 38% with biological therapies, 11.% with glucocorticoids (GC) and 22.% had no treatment (Table).

Conclusion: The oligoarticular form was the most prevalent subtype of JIA, similar to previously published series from Western Europe. The first visit at the transition care unit occurred significantly later than recommended by various authors. The most frequent treatment was methotrexate. The use of biological therapies was high, with TNF alpha inhibitors being the most widely used, especially etanercept.

Disclosures: C. Pavez Perales, None; A. Torrat Novés, None; J. Ivorra Cortés, None; S. Leal Rodriguez, None; A. Huaylla Quispe, None; C. Riesco Bárcena, None; L. Mas Sanchez, None; P. Muñoz Martinez, None; E. Grau García, None; E. Vicens Bernabeu, None; J. Oller Rodrígez, None; F. Ortiz Sanjuan, None; I. Martínez-Cordellat, None; R. Negueroles Albuixech, None; B. Lopez Montecinos, Novartis; C. Nájera Herranz, None; I. Cánovas Olmos, None; D. Ramos Castro, None; I. Calvo Penades, Novartis, GlaxoSmithKlein(GSK), Ipsen, AbbVie/Abbott, Sobi; L. González Puig, None; J. Román ivorra, None.

To cite this abstract in AMA style:

Pavez Perales C, Torrat Novés A, Ivorra Cortés J, Leal Rodriguez S, Huaylla Quispe A, Riesco Bárcena C, Mas Sanchez L, Muñoz Martinez P, Grau García E, Vicens Bernabeu E, Oller Rodrígez J, Ortiz Sanjuan F, Martínez-Cordellat I, Negueroles Albuixech R, Lopez Montecinos B, Nájera Herranz C, Cánovas Olmos I, Ramos Castro D, Calvo Penades I, González Puig L, Román ivorra J. Transitional Care in Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Timing, Prevalence of Subtypes and Treatment Profile in a Spanish Tertiary Hospital [abstract]. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2022; 74 (suppl 9). https://acrabstracts.org/abstract/transitional-care-in-juvenile-idiopathic-arthritis-timing-prevalence-of-subtypes-and-treatment-profile-in-a-spanish-tertiary-hospital/. Accessed .

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