Vasoactive therapy in systemic sclerosis: Real-life therapeutic practice in more than 3000 patients

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Beitragende

  • Nicolas Hunzelmann - , Universität zu Köln (Autor:in)
  • German Network for Systemic Scleroderma - (Autor:in)
  • Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie
  • Universitätsklinikum Schleswig-Holstein Campus Lübeck
  • Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • Eberhard Karls Universität Tübingen
  • Universität Heidelberg
  • Universitätsklinikum Freiburg
  • Justus Liebig University Giessen
  • Helios St. Elisabeth Klinik Oberhausen
  • Ruhr-Universität Bochum
  • Johanniter-Hospital
  • Universität Ulm
  • Universität Regensburg
  • Medizinische Universität Graz
  • Clinic of Rheumatology of Aachen
  • Universität Leipzig
  • Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg
  • Klinikum Rechts der Isar (MRI TUM)
  • Universitätsklinikum Düsseldorf
  • Georg-August-Universität Göttingen
  • Johannes Gutenberg-Universität Mainz
  • Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU)
  • Clinic for Dermatology
  • Helios Kliniken Gruppe
  • Center for Rheumatology Bad Doberan
  • ACURA Kliniken-Rheumazentrum Baden-Baden
  • Kliniken der Stadt Köln gGmbH
  • Julius-Maximilians-Universität Würzburg
  • Universitätsklinikum Frankfurt
  • Center for Rheumatology (Rehabilitation)
  • Klinikum Stephansplatz
  • GRP-Hospital Ruesselheim
  • Immanuel Krankenhaus Berlin
  • Asklepios Klinik Altona
  • Deutsches Krebsforschungszentrum (DKFZ)
  • Westfälische Wilhelms-Universität Münster

Abstract

Objective. Vasculopathy is a key factor in the pathophysiology of systemic sclerosis (SSc) and the main cause for Raynaud phenomenon (RP), digital ulcers (DU), and/or pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). It is so far unknown how patients with SSc are treated with vasoactive agents in daily practice. To determine to which extent patients with SSc were treated with different vasoactive agents, we used data from the German Network for Systemic Scleroderma registry. Methods. The data of 3248 patients with SSc were analyzed. Results. Patients were treated with vasoactive drugs in 61.1% of cases (1984/3248). Of these, 47.6% received calcium channel inhibitors, followed by 34.2% treated with angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors, 21.1% treated with intravenous (IV) prostanoids, 10.1% with pentoxifylline, 8.8% with angiotensin 1 receptor antagonists (AT1RA), 8.7% with endothelin 1 receptor antagonists (ET1RA), 4.1% with phosphodiesterase type 5 (PDE5) inhibitors, and 5.3% with others. Patients with RP received vasoactive therapy in 63.3% of cases, with DU in 70.1%, and with PAH in 78.2% of cases. Logistic regression analysis revealed that patients with PAH were significantly more often treated with PDE5 inhibitors and ET1RA, and those with DU with ET1RA and IV prostanoids. In addition, 41.8% of patients were treated with ACE inhibitors and/or AT1RA. Patients registered after 2009 received significantly more often ET1RA, AT1RA, and IV prostanoids compared with patients registered prior to 2005. Conclusion. These data clearly indicate that many patients with SSc do not yet receive sufficient vasoactive therapy. Further, in recent years, a marked change of treatment regimens can be observed.

Titel in Übersetzung
Vasoaktive Therapie bei systemischer Sklerose
Praxisnahe therapeutische Praxis bei mehr als 3000 Patienten

Details

OriginalspracheEnglisch
Seiten (von - bis)66-74
Seitenumfang9
FachzeitschriftJournal of rheumatology
Jahrgang43
Ausgabenummer1
PublikationsstatusVeröffentlicht - Jan. 2016
Peer-Review-StatusJa

Externe IDs

PubMed 26568599
ORCID /0000-0002-4330-1861/work/151982019

Schlagworte

Schlagwörter

  • German network for systemic scleroderma, Real life, Systemic sclerosis, Vasoactive therapy