Does regression of skin thickening predict improvement of internal organ involvement and survival in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis? A EUSTAR analysis

We found that regression of skin fibrosis is associated with a lower probability of lung progression and better survival at follow up. The link between the disease course of skin and lung fibrosis in SSc can help to better stratify patients in clinical practice and enrich for ILD progressive patients in clinical trials.

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Arthritis Research & Therapy
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2024-10-31
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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13075-024-03418-2
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5
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Systemic Sclerosis and Related Diseases
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Does regression of skin thickening predict improvement of internal organ involvement and survival in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis? A EUSTAR analysis

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Abstract

We found that regression of skin fibrosis is associated with a lower probability of lung progression and better survival at follow up. The link between the disease course of skin and lung fibrosis in SSc can help to better stratify patients in clinical practice and enrich for ILD progressive patients in clinical trials.

Arthritis Research & TherapyVol. 26(1)
Marche Polytechnic University (IT), Oslo University Hospital (NO), University of Leeds (GB), University of Padua (IT), Radboud University Nijmegen (NL), University of Freiburg (DE), Medical University of Silesia (PL), Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences & Peking Union Medical College (CN), University of Zurich (CH), Peking Union Medical College Hospital (CN), Radboud University Medical Center (NL), Ege University (TR), Düsseldorf University Hospital (DE), University Hospital of Zurich (CH), NIHR Leeds Musculoskeletal Biomedical Research Unit (GB), Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf (DE), University of Florence (IT), Charité - Universitätsmedizin Berlin (DE), Sapienza University of Rome (IT)
Universität Zürich, Universitätsspital Zürich
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