Monitoring of Adverse Events and Safety in Autoinflammatory Diseases: Real-Life Data from the Eurofever Registry.

OBJECTIVES: The study is aimed to evaluate the impact of safety events in the Eurofever registry for Autoinflammatory diseases. METHODS: This was a retrospective and longitudinal observational multicentre study. Data were retrieved from the international registry Eurofever, starting patients' enrolment since 2009. All moderate, severe, or very severe AEs reported by treating physician in Eurofever were analyzed regardless of a possible suspected causal relationship to any therapies and according to the latest release of the Medical Dictionary for Regulatory Activities. RESULTS: Complete information on safety were available in 2464 patients enrolled in the registry. In 1499 of them retrospective data encompassing the period from disease onset to enrolment were available, whereas 965 consecutive patients entered in the longitudinal part of the study. A total of 479 AEs have been reported in 275 patients. Eighty-two AEs were reported as serious and 99 were drug-related according to the physicians. Infections or infestations (94; 19.6%), gastrointestinal disorders (66; 13.8%), nervous system disorders (41; 8.6%) and systemic disorders or administration site reactions (35; 7.3%) were the most frequent reported events. The highest absolute number of drug-related AEs were related to biologic DMARDs (40/99 reports, 40,4%) and colchicine (31/99 reports, 31.3%). CONCLUSIONS: Present study shows the importance of a longitudinal and homogeneous registration of the AEs in rare conditions, with a particular focus on the safety profile of the treatments used in these conditions.

Clinical features, treatment and outcomes of Italian children with enthesitis-related arthritis and juvenile psoriatic arthritis: a cross-sectional cohort study.

OBJECTIVES: Limited information is available on the clinical features, treatment modalities and outcomes of the juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) categories of enthesitis-related arthritis (ERA) and juvenile psoriatic arthritis (JPsA). This study was aimed to describe the characteristics of Italian children with ERA and JPsA and to compare them with those of patients with the other categories of JIA. METHODS: Patients were part of a multinational sample included in a study aimed to investigate the prevalence of disease categories, treatment approaches, and disease status in patients from across different geographical areas (EPOCA Study). All patients underwent a retrospective assessment, based on the review of clinical chart, and a cross-sectional evaluation, which included assessment of physician- and parent-reported outcomes and laboratory tests, and recording of ongoing therapies. RESULTS: Of the 9081 children with JIA enrolled in the EPOCA Study, 1300 were recruited at 18 paediatric rheumatology centres in Italy. 45 (3.5%) had ERA and 49 (3.8%) had JPsA. Several remarkable differences in demographic features and frequency of articular and extra-articular manifestations, disease damage, impairment in physical function and health-related quality of life, school-related problems, comorbidities, and ongoing treatments were observed between ERA and JPsA and the other JIA categories. CONCLUSIONS: We described the characteristics of Italian children with ERA and JPsA and highlighted their peculiarities and their differences from the other JIA subsets. These data provide useful insights for future revisions of JIA classification and a benchmarking against which the features from other cohorts may be compared.