Shaunak Mulani1, Sean McNish1, Derek Jones1, Victoria K Shanmugam1. 1. Division of Rheumatology, School of Medicine and Health Sciences, Ideas to Health Laboratory, The George Washington University, Washington, District of Columbia, USA.
Abstract
AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of antinuclear antibody (ANA) positivity in a cohort of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), and to assess the frequency of seroconversion during treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitor therapy. METHODS: This prospective study was conducted through the Wound Etiology and Healing (WE-HEAL) Study. Immunofluorescence ANA testing was performed at baseline, and repeated when clinically indicated. ANA titers of ≥1 : 160 were considered positive. Data were collected on demographics and disease activity scores including the Hurley stage, the HS Sartorius score (HSS) and the active nodule (AN) count. RESULTS: At the time of data lock, 73 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of HS were enrolled, and four (5.4%) had baseline positive ANA. None of the patients had clinical evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune diseases. There were no significant differences in demographics, baseline HSS (43.25 ± 47.55 compared to 59.48 ± 56.67, P = 0.58) or AN count (3.25 ± 3.20 compared to 3.45 ± 2.36, P = 0.87) in the ANA positive group. Of the 69 patients who were ANA negative at enrollment, 31 (45%) received TNF-α inhibitor therapy. During follow up, one patient developed drug-induced lupus secondary to TNF-α inhibitor use. Additionally, one patient seroconverted to ANA positive without sequelae and one patient developed drug-induced hepatitis secondary to TNF-α inhibitor use. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of baseline ANA positivity in this HS population was similar to that seen in the general population (5.4%). The rate of seroconversion and drug-induced complications in this population were low.
AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the prevalence of antinuclear antibody (ANA) positivity in a cohort of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS), and to assess the frequency of seroconversion during treatment with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitor therapy. METHODS: This prospective study was conducted through the Wound Etiology and Healing (WE-HEAL) Study. Immunofluorescence ANA testing was performed at baseline, and repeated when clinically indicated. ANA titers of ≥1 : 160 were considered positive. Data were collected on demographics and disease activity scores including the Hurley stage, the HS Sartorius score (HSS) and the active nodule (AN) count. RESULTS: At the time of data lock, 73 patients with a confirmed diagnosis of HS were enrolled, and four (5.4%) had baseline positive ANA. None of the patients had clinical evidence of systemic lupus erythematosus or other autoimmune diseases. There were no significant differences in demographics, baseline HSS (43.25 ± 47.55 compared to 59.48 ± 56.67, P = 0.58) or AN count (3.25 ± 3.20 compared to 3.45 ± 2.36, P = 0.87) in the ANA positive group. Of the 69 patients who were ANA negative at enrollment, 31 (45%) received TNF-α inhibitor therapy. During follow up, one patient developed drug-induced lupus secondary to TNF-α inhibitor use. Additionally, one patient seroconverted to ANA positive without sequelae and one patient developed drug-induced hepatitis secondary to TNF-α inhibitor use. CONCLUSION: The prevalence of baseline ANA positivity in this HS population was similar to that seen in the general population (5.4%). The rate of seroconversion and drug-induced complications in this population were low.
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