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Osteoarthritis: new horizons for treatment
OP0171 Signal intensity alteration within infrapatellar fat pad predicts total knee arthroplasty within four years: data from the osteoarthritis initiative
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  1. K Wang1,2,
  2. C Ding1,2,3,4,
  3. MJ Hannon5,
  4. Z Chen2,6,
  5. C Kwoh7,
  6. DJ Hunter8
  1. 1Department of Rheumatology, Arthritis Research Institute, 1st Affiliated Hospital of Anhui Medical University, Hefei, China
  2. 2Menzies Institute for Medical Research, Hobart
  3. 3Royal North Shore Hospital and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
  4. 4Translational Research Centre, Academy of Orthopedics, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Southern Medical University, Guangzhou, China
  5. 5Division of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pittsburgh, United States
  6. 6School of Mathematics and Information Science, Nanjing Normal University of Special Education, Nanjing, China
  7. 7University of Arizona Arthritis Center& Division of Rheumatology, University of Arizona College of Medicine, Tucson, United States
  8. 8Department of Rheumatology, Royal North Shore Hospital and Institute of Bone and Joint Research, Kolling Institute, University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia

Abstract

Background Osteoarthritis (OA) is a common joint disease that frequently affects the knee and is the leading cause of total knee arthroplasty (TKA) in Western countries. The most common reason for TKA is to ease pain and disability. Investigation on prognostic factors associated with TKA could be a possible way to find therapeutic targets to slow disease progression and delay the time for knee replacement.

Objectives To investigate whether infrapatellar fat pad (IPFP) signal intensity (SI) alteration predicts the occurrence of TKA in patients with knee OA over 4 years.

Methods Participants with symptomatic knee OA were selected from the Osteoarthritis Initiative (OAI) study. Case knees (n=127) were defined as those that received TKA during 4 years follow-up visit. They were matched by gender, age and radiographic status measured at baseline with a control knee. We used T2 weighted MR images to measure IPFP SI alteration using a newly developed algorithm in MATLAB. The measurements were assessed at OAI baseline (BL), T0 (the visit when TKA was reported), 1 year prior to T0 (T1). Conditional logistic regression was used to assess the relationship between cases and control knees and assess the risk of TKA in regard to SI alteration.

Results Participants (n=237) were mostly female (57%), with average age of 63.7±8.5 years old and mean BMI of 29.5±4.7 kg/m2. In multivariable analysis, standard deviation of IPFP SI [sDev (IPFP)] and the ratio of high SI region volume to whole IPFP volume [Percentage (H)] measured at BL were significantly associated with TKA after adjustment for BMI, knee bending activities, self-reported knee injury and surgery history (HR: 3.5, 95% CI 1.1 to 11.4; HR: 8.9, 95% CI 1.2 to 67.2). IPFP SI alterations measured at T1 including sDev (IPFP), Percentage (H) and clustering effect of high SI [Clustering factor (H)] were significantly associated with TKA (HR: 4.0, 95% CI 1.2 to 13.2; HR 10.9, 95% CI 1.9, 63.6; HR: 1.8, 95% CI 1.1 to 2.9). All measurements including mean value of IPFP SI [Mean (IPFP)], sDev (IPFP), mean value of IPFP high SI [Mean (H)], standard deviation of IPFP high SI [sDev (H)], median value of IPFP high SI [Median (H)], upper quartile value of IPFP high SI [UQ (H)], Percentage (H), Clustering factor (H) were significantly associated with TKA at T0.

Conclusions IPFP SI is an important predictor for TKA in knee OA patients. Targeting IPFP SI could be a potential way to reduce the need for future TKA.

Acknowledgements Special thanks go to the participants who made this study possible, the OAI investigators, staff, participants and the funding of POMA study.

Disclosure of Interest None declared

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-eular.1163

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