Outcome measures for Takayasu's arteritis

Aydin S. Z., Merkel P. A., Direskeneli H.

CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY, cilt.27, sa.1, ss.32-37, 2015 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier identifier

  • Yayın Türü: Makale / Derleme
  • Cilt numarası: 27 Sayı: 1
  • Basım Tarihi: 2015
  • Doi Numarası: 10.1097/bor.0000000000000129
  • Dergi Adı: CURRENT OPINION IN RHEUMATOLOGY
  • Derginin Tarandığı İndeksler: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Sayfa Sayıları: ss.32-37
  • Anahtar Kelimeler: disease assessment, outcome measures, Takayasu's arteritis, QUALITY-OF-LIFE, LARGE-VESSEL VASCULITIS, DISEASE-ACTIVITY, CLINICAL-TRIALS, DIAGNOSIS, MANAGEMENT, EFFICACY, HEALTH, INTERVENTION, PROGRESSION
  • Marmara Üniversitesi Adresli: Evet

Özet

Purpose of reviewTakayasu's arteritis (TAK) is a large-vessel vasculitis with a chronic, indolent course affecting the aorta and its main branches. This review will describe the recent studies to develop validated outcome measures to assess TAK.Recent findingsTAK is traditionally assessed with a physician's global assessment including symptoms and signs of inflammation and vascular insufficiency, acute-phase reactants (APRs), and imaging including conventional digital subtraction angiography, computerized tomographic, and magnetic resonance angiography, and recently 18-FDG-PET. Recent attempts to develop a validated tool for disease assessment include the Indian Takayasu Clinical Activity Score (ITAS2010), which incorporates clinical signs and symptoms with APRs in a simplified and weighted adoption of the Birmingham Vasculitis Activity Score. Among biomarkers to assess clinical activity, pentraxin-3 is perhaps the most promising, but its validity and superiority against APRs in clinical practice need to be demonstrated. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) are increasingly recognized as of substantial importance to measure in clinical trials; in addition to so-called generic' tools such as the SF-36 or measures of fatigue, disease-specific instruments would likely help capture aspects of TAK not measured by generic quality-of-life assessments or physician-based tools.SummaryAlthough outcome measures for TAK are not sufficiently validated, progress in the assessment of TAK is reflected in recent studies with new tools such as ITAS2010, new biomarkers, and a variety of PROs.