Clinical spectrum time course in non-Asian patients positive for anti-MDA5 antibodies

Objective To define the clinical spectrum time-course and prognosis of non-Asian patients positive for anti-MDA5 antibodies. Methods We conducted a multicentre, international, retrospective cohort study. Results 149 anti-MDA5 positive patients (median onset age 53 years, median disease duration 18 m...

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Autores: Cavagna, L, Meloni, F, Meyer, A, Sambataro, G, Belliato, M, De Langhe, E, Cavazzana, I, Pipitone, N, Triantafyllias, K, Mosca, M, Barsotti, S, Zampogna, G, Biglia, A, Emmi, G, de Visser, M, van der Kooi, A, Parronchi, P, Hirschi, S, da Silva, JAP, Scire, CA, Furini, F, Giannini, M, Gonzalez, OM, Damian, L, Piette, Y, Smith, V, Mera-Varela, A, Bachiller-Corral, J, Rodriguez, IC, Brandy-Garcia, AM, Maurier, F, Perrin, J, Gonzalez-Moreno, J, Drott, U, Delbruck, C, Schwarting, A, Arrigoni, E, Sebastiani, GD, Iuliano, A, Nannini, C, Quartuccio, L, Cambron, ABR, Canamero, MAB, Blanco, IV, Cagnotto, G, Pesci, A, Luppi, F, Dei, G, Bueno, FIR, Franceschini, F, Chiapparoli, I, Zanframundo, G, Lettieri, S, De Stefano, L, Cutolo, M, Mathieu, A, Piga, M, Prieto-Gonzalez, S, Moraes-Fontes, MF, Fonseca, JE, Jovani, V, Riccieri, V, Santaniello, A, Montefort, S, Bilocca, D, Erre, GL, Bartoloni, E, Gerli, R, Monti, MC, Lorenz, HM, Sambataro, D, Randone, SB, Schneider, U, Valenzuela, C, Lopez-Mejias, R, Cifrian, J, Mejia, M, Perez, MIG, Wendel, S, Fornaro, M, De Luca, G, Orsolini, G, Rossini, M, Dieude, P, Knitza, J, Castaneda, S, Voll, RE, Rojas-Serrano, J, Valentini, A, Vancheri, C, Matucci-Cerinic, M, Feist, E, Codullo, V, Iannone, F, Distler, JH, Montecucco, C, Gonzalez-Gay, MA
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Estado:Versión publicada
Fecha de publicación:2022
País:España
Institución:Instituto de Investigación Biomédica y Sanitaria de Alicante (ISABIAL)
Repositorio:r-ISABIAL. Repositorio Institucional de Producción Científica del Instituto de Investigación Biomédica y Sanitaria de Alicante
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Palabra clave:melanoma differentiation-associated protein 5 antibody
rapidly progressive interstitial lung diseases
idiopathic inflammatory myopathies
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Sumario:Objective To define the clinical spectrum time-course and prognosis of non-Asian patients positive for anti-MDA5 antibodies. Methods We conducted a multicentre, international, retrospective cohort study. Results 149 anti-MDA5 positive patients (median onset age 53 years, median disease duration 18 months), mainly females (100, 67%), were included. Dermatomyositis (64, 43%) and amyopathic dermatomyositis (47, 31%), were the main diagnosis; 15 patients (10%) were classified as interstitial pneumonia with autoimmune features (IPAF) and 7 (5%) as rheumatoid arthritis. The main clinical findings observed were myositis (84, 56%), interstitial lung disease (ILD) (108, 78%), skin lesions (111, 74%), and arthritis (76, 51%). The onset of these manifestations was not concomitant in 74 cases (50%). Of note, 32 (21.5%) patients were admitted to the intensive care unit for rapidly progressive-ILD, which occurred in median 2 months from lung involvement detection, in the majority of cases (28, 19%) despite previous immunosuppressive treatment. One-third of patients (47, 32% each) was ANA and anti-ENA antibodies negative and a similar percentage was anti-Ro52 kDa antibodies positive. Non-specific interstitial pneumonia (65, 60%), organising pneumonia (23, 21%), and usual interstitial pneumonia-like pattern (14, 13%) were the main ILD patterns observed. Twenty-six patients died (17%), 19 (13%) had a rapidly progressive-ILD. Conclusion The clinical spectrum of the anti-MDA5 antibodies-related disease is heterogeneous. Rapidly-progressive ILD deeply impacts the prognosis also in non-Asian patients, occurring early during the disease course. Anti-MDA5 antibody positivity should be considered even when baseline autoimmune screening is negative, anti-Ro52 kDa antibodies are positive, and radiology findings show a NSIP pattern.