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Table 2 Treatment patterns and disease courses of new-onset SJIA in Germany

From: Practice and consensus-based strategies in diagnosing and managing systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis in Germany

Database

National pediatric rheumatology database (2011–2013)

ICON-JIA (2010–2015)

AID registry (2008–2015)

Number SJIA patients

125

34

251

Initial pharmacologic treatments

 Timeframe assessed

Patients with disease duration of 12 months or less

At time of enrollment (within 12 months of disease onset) and within three months prior

In the first three months of treatment

NSAIDs

55 (44.0%)

29 (85.3%)

145 (57,8%)

Systemic glucocorticoids

75 (60.0%)

33 (97.1%)

178 (70.9%)

Intraarticular glucocorticoids

6 (4.8%)

4 (11.8%)

N/A

 Methotrexate

68 (54.4%)

16 (47.1%)

102 (40.6%)

 Anakinra

17 (13.6%)

5 (14.7%)

31 (12.4%)

 Canakinumab

5 (4.0%)

2 (5.9%)

7 (2.8%)

 Tocilizumab

12 (9.6%)

2 (5.9%)

12 (4.8%)

 Adalimumab

1 (0.8%)

0 (0%)

0 (0%)

 Etanercept

2 (1.6%)

1 (2.9%)

6 (2.4%)

 Cyclosporin A

0 (0%)

1 (2.9%)

0 (0%)

Disease course

N/A

Inactive disease:

3 months: 56%

6 months: 64%

9 months: 70%

12 months: 70%

18 months: 68%

24 months: 80%

Sufficient data for 156 pts.:

Monocyclic 42 (26.9%)

Polycyclic 62 (39.7%)

Chronic 52 (33.3%)

Among 108 pts. with arthritis:

Monocyclic 19 (17.6%)

Polycyclic 39 (36.1%)

Chronic 50 (46.2%)

  1. AID Autoinflammatory diseases, ICON-JIA Inception cohort of patients with new-onset juvenile idiopathic arthritis, N/A Not available, NSAIDs Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs, SJIA Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis