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Evaluation of the impact of concomitant fibromyalgia on TNF alpha blockers’ effectiveness in axial spondyloarthritis: results of a prospective, multicentre study
  1. Anna Moltó1,2,
  2. Adrien Etcheto1,2,
  3. Laure Gossec3,
  4. Nadia Boudersa4,
  5. Pascal Claudepierre5,
  6. Nicolas Roux6,
  7. Lucie Lemeunier7,
  8. Antoine Martin8,
  9. Lartitia Sparsa9,
  10. Pascal Coquerelle10,
  11. Martin Soubrier11,
  12. Serge Perrot12,
  13. Maxime Dougados1,2
  1. 1 Rheumatology Department, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
  2. 2 Department of INSERM (U1153): Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, PRES Sorbonne Paris-Cité, Paris, France
  3. 3 Rheumatology Department, Sorbonne Universités, UPMC Univ Paris, Hôpital Pitié Salpêtrière, AP-HP, Paris, France
  4. 4 Rheumatology Department, Dr Benbadis University Hospital, Constantine, Algeria
  5. 5 Department of Rheumatology, AP-HP, CHU Henri Mondor, Université Paris Est Créteil, Créteil, France
  6. 6 Rheumatology Department, Hôpital de Metz, Metz, France
  7. 7 Rheumatology Department, Saint Antoine Hospital, APHP, Paris, France
  8. 8 Dermatology and Rheumatology Department, Saint Brieuc Hospital, Saint Brieuc, France
  9. 9 Rheumatology Department, Mulhouse Hospital, Groupe hospitalier de Mulhouse et Sud Alsace, Mulhouse, France
  10. 10 Rheumatology, Nephrology and Endocrinology Department, Hôpital de Bethune, Bethune, France
  11. 11 Rheumatology Department, CHU Clermont-Ferrand, Clermont-Ferrand, France
  12. 12 Department of Pain Center and INSERM U987, Paris Descartes University, Cochin Hospital, AP-HP, Paris, France
  1. Correspondence to Dr Anna Moltó, Rheumatology B Department, Cochin Hospital, 27 rue du Faubourg Saint Jacques, Paris 75014, France; anna.molto{at}cch.aphp.fr

Abstract

Objective To describe the prevalence of fibromyalgia (FM) in an axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) population and to confirm that concomitant FM had a negative impact on tumour necrosis factor blockers’ (TNFb) response.

Design Prospective observational study with two visits 3 months apart.

Patients Adult patients with AxSpa initiating a TNFb.

Study groups FM was defined by the Fibromyalgia Rapid Screening Tool (FiRST) at baseline and also by a sustained positive FiRST (both visits) and by a fulfilment of the 1990 American College of Rheumatology criteria for FM.

Statistical analysis Prevalence of FM; evaluation of the impact of a concomitant FM on TNFb response (Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI 50) as primary endpoint), adjusted by factors known to have an impact on TNFb response.

Results Among the 508 patients included in the main analysis, 192 (37.8%) were screened at baseline as FM. Percentage of success after 12 weeks of treatment was lower in the FM group for most of the effectiveness endpoints (eg, BASDAI 50: 45.3% vs 54.1% in the FM/not FM groups according to the FiRST), except for the C reactive protein change endpoints which were not different across groups.

Conclusion This study confirms that FM coexists in patients with axSpA and that its presence seems to have a negative impact on TNFb response, which seems more related to the self-reported instruments used in its evaluation, rather than a different treatment effect of the molecule in this subgroup of patients.

  • anti-tnf
  • spondyloarthritis
  • fibromyalgis/pain syndromes

https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-212378

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    Footnotes

    • Handling editor Josef S Smolen

    • Contributors AMo, LG, SP, MD: conception, design, analysis and interpretation of data. AMo: drafting the article. All authors critically revised the manuscript for important intellectual content. All authors read and approved the final manuscript.

    • Funding This study was conducted thanks to an unrestricted grant from MSD.

    • Competing interests None declared.

    • Ethics approval Ethics approval was obtained according to local regulations and all patients gave their informed consent.

    • Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.

    • Data sharing statement The data sets generated and/or analysed during the current study are not publicly available due to consent restrictions. Programming codes used for statistical analysis during the current study are available from the corresponding author upon reasonable request.