J Rheumatol 2022 Jun 1. Epub 2022 Jun 1.
AJ Mathew DNB, DM Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Ontario, Canada. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The Copenhagen Center for Arthritis and Research (COPECARE), Center for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopedics, Copenhagen University Hospital - Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark. Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. Department of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Christian Medical College, Vellore, India. M Sutton MSc Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Ontario, Canada. D Pereira MSc Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Ontario, Canada. DD Gladman MD, FRCPC Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Ontario, Canada. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. V Chandran DM, PhD, FRCPC Centre for Prognosis Studies in the Rheumatic Diseases, Psoriatic Arthritis Program, Schroeder Arthritis Institute, Krembil Research Institute, University Health Network, Toronto Ontario, Canada. Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Institute of Medical Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology, University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. Potential conflicts of interest: None. Address for correspondence: Dr. Vinod Chandran, 1E416, Toronto Western Hospital, 399 Bathurst Street, Toronto Ontario, Canada, M5T2S8. Email:
Objective: Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of conventional and targeted disease modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (cDMARDs and tDMARDs, respectively) in treating enthesitis in PsA.
Methods: Patients with active enthesitis, defined as ≥1 tender entheses (of 29 sites included in the spondyloarthritis research consortium of Canada enthesitis index, the Leeds enthesitis index, and the Maastricht ankylosing spondylitis enthesitis score), enrolled in a large PsA cohort were included. Medications at baseline were classified into 3 mutually exclusive categories: 1. Read More