Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, Manchester, UK.
Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2010 May;62(5):664-75. doi: 10.1002/acr.20207.
To compare the clinical utility of anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) antibodies and rheumatoid factor (RF) testing in predicting both functional outcome and response to treatment in early inflammatory polyarthritis (IP) patients.
A total of 916 IP subjects from a primary care incidence registry (1990-1994) had anti-CCP antibody and RF status determined at baseline. Mean change in Health Assessment Questionnaire (HAQ) score between baseline and 5 years was compared by antibody status. The effect of treatment with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and/or steroids over 5 years, early (<6 months of symptom onset) versus late initiation, and duration of treatment were also compared by anti-CCP antibody status. The analysis was adjusted for treatment decisions and censoring over the followup, using marginal structural models.
Anti-CCP antibody-positive patients (n = 268) had more severe disease both at presentation and 5 years of followup, and this was independent of RF. On adjustment, anti-CCP antibody-negative patients treated early experienced a significant improvement in functional disability compared with anti-CCP antibody-negative patients who were never treated (-0.31; 95% confidence interval [95% CI] -0.53, -0.08), and experienced additional benefit for each additional month of early treatment. Anti-CCP antibody-positive patients treated early did not have a significant improvement in HAQ score compared with those not treated (-0.14; 95% CI -0.52, 0.24).
In this first observational study to examine the influence of anti-CCP antibody status on treatment response, anti-CCP antibody-positive IP patients showed less benefit from treatment, particularly early treatment, than anti-CCP antibody-negative patients. This provides support for the inclusion of anti-CCP antibodies as well as RF in the classification criteria for rheumatoid arthritis and for stratification by anti-CCP antibody status in clinical trials.
比较抗环瓜氨酸肽(anti-CCP)抗体和类风湿因子(RF)检测在预测早期炎症性关节炎(IP)患者的功能结局和治疗反应方面的临床应用。
共有 916 名来自初级保健发病登记处(1990-1994 年)的 IP 患者,在基线时确定了抗 CCP 抗体和 RF 状态。通过抗体状态比较基线和 5 年时健康评估问卷(HAQ)评分的平均变化。还通过抗 CCP 抗体状态比较了 5 年内使用疾病修饰抗风湿药物和/或类固醇治疗、早期(症状发病<6 个月)与晚期开始、以及治疗持续时间的效果。使用边缘结构模型,对随访期间的治疗决策和截尾进行调整,进行分析。
抗 CCP 抗体阳性患者(n = 268)在就诊时和 5 年随访时疾病更严重,且独立于 RF。经调整,与从未治疗的抗 CCP 抗体阴性患者相比,早期治疗的抗 CCP 抗体阴性患者在功能障碍方面有显著改善(-0.31;95%置信区间 [95%CI] -0.53,-0.08),且每提前一个月治疗可获得额外的获益。与未治疗的患者相比,早期治疗的抗 CCP 抗体阳性患者的 HAQ 评分没有显著改善(-0.14;95%CI -0.52,0.24)。
在这项首次观察性研究中,我们研究了抗 CCP 抗体状态对治疗反应的影响,结果显示,与抗 CCP 抗体阴性患者相比,抗 CCP 抗体阳性的 IP 患者从治疗中获益较少,尤其是早期治疗。这为将抗 CCP 抗体与 RF 纳入类风湿关节炎分类标准,并根据抗 CCP 抗体状态进行临床试验分层提供了支持。