Radiographic Progression in Sacroiliac Joints in Patients With Axial Spondyloarthritis: Results From a Five-Year International Observational Study.

Denis PoddubnyyJoachim SieperServet AkarSantiago Muñoz-FernándezHildrun HaibelTorsten DiekhoffMikhail ProtopopovElisabeth AltmaierFabiana GanzRobert D Inman

Published in: ACR open rheumatology (2023)

16% of patients with nr-axSpA progressed to r-axSpA within 5 years. Male sex, fulfillment of the imaging arm of the ASAS criteria, and good response to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs were predictors of radiographic progression in patients with recently diagnosed axSpA.

Keyphrases

anti inflammatory drugs
high resolution
ankylosing spondylitis
disease activity
mass spectrometry
photodynamic therapy
fluorescence imaging