Jahresbericht 2025 aus der Kerndokumentation der Regionalen Kooperativen Rheumazentren

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Beitragende

  • Katinka Albrecht - , Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) (Autor:in)
  • Katja Thiele - , Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) (Autor:in)
  • Tobias Alexander - , Berliner Institut für Gesundheitsforschung in der Charité, Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) (Autor:in)
  • Martin Aringer - , Medizinische Klinik und Poliklinik III, UniversitätsCentrum für Autoimmun- und Rheumatische Erkrankungen (UCARE) (Autor:in)
  • Jacqueline Detert - , Rheumatologisch-immunologische Praxis Templin (Autor:in)
  • Thorsten Eidner - , Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena (Autor:in)
  • Martin Feuchtenberger - , MVZ Med Bayern Ost, Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg (Autor:in)
  • Jörg Henes - , Universitätsklinikum Tübingen (Autor:in)
  • Kirsten Karberg - , Rheumatologischen Versorgungszentrum (RVZ) Steglitz (Autor:in)
  • Uta Kiltz - , Ruhr-Universität Bochum (Autor:in)
  • Benjamin Köhler - , Rheumazentrum Ratingen (Autor:in)
  • Andreas Krause - , Vivantes - Netzwerk für Gesundheit GmbH (Autor:in)
  • Jutta G. Richter - , Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf (Autor:in)
  • Susanna Späthling-Mestekemper - , Rheumapraxis München (Autor:in)
  • Mirko Steinmüller - , Rheumateam Wetzlar und Burbach (Autor:in)
  • Silke Zinke - , Dr.med. Silke Zinke - Rheumatologische Schwerpunktpraxis (Autor:in)
  • Anja Strangfeld - , Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ), Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin (Autor:in)
  • Johanna Callhoff - , Deutsche Rheuma-Forschungszentrum (DRFZ) (Autor:in)

Abstract

Background: Data of patients with inflammatory rheumatic diseases are annually recorded within the National Database of the German Collaborative Rheumatology Centers. Methods: For rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), axial spondylarthritis (axSpA), systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), Sjögren’s syndrome (SjS), idiopathic inflammatory myositis (IIM), polymyalgia rheumatica (PMR), giant cell arteritis (GCA), ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV), Behçet’s disease (BD), adult onset Still’s disease (AOSD) and autoinflammatory diseases (AID) data are reported from 2023. Information includes physician-reported disease activity on a numeric rating scale (NRS) of 0–10, treatment and patient-reported outcomes. For selected diagnoses, developments from 2010 to 2023 are presented regarding physicians’ assessments of disease activity and treatment. Results: A total of 13,884 patients were documented from 14 rheumatology centers, most frequently with RA (5734), PsA (1741) and axSpA (1494). The mean age ranged from 45 years (BD) to 73 years (GCA) and the median disease duration ranged from 3 years (PMR) to 16 years (axSpA). Disease activity was predominantly low, with 6% (BD) to 15% (axSpA) rated moderate to high (> 4 on the NMR) by rheumatologists. Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARD) were most frequently prescribed for axSpA (65%), AOSD (58%), PsA (53%) and GCA (41%). Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors were frequently used in axSpA (53%), BD (30%) and PsA (28%), interleukin (IL)-1 inhibitors in AOSD (51%) and AID (50%), IL-6Ri in GCA (38%), IL17i in PsA (17%) and rituximab in AAV (29%). Higher levels of pain, fatigue, sleep disturbances and reduced well-being were reported by patients with IIM, SSc, axSpA and AID. Among those younger than 65 years, 58% (SSc) to 77% (axSpA) were employed. The percentage of early retirement due to rheumatic diseases was 5% (AOSD) to 18% (AAV). Since 2010 the development in the proportion of patients in remission or with very low disease activity (NRS 0-1) has increased across all diagnoses. In terms of treatment there has been an increase in b/tsDMARDs and a decrease in glucocorticoids for various diagnoses. Conclusion: The results show the diversity of inflammatory rheumatic diagnoses and the continuously growing range of treatment in rheumatology along with good disease control in many patients.

Details

OriginalspracheDeutsch
Seiten (von - bis)761-771
Seitenumfang11
FachzeitschriftZeitschrift fur Rheumatologie
Jahrgang84
Ausgabenummer9
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Nov. 2025
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 40323420
ORCID /0000-0003-4471-8375/work/202354027

Schlagworte

ASJC Scopus Sachgebiete

Schlagwörter

  • DMARD therapy, Health services research, Long-term observational research, Rheumatic diseases, Rheumatology