
Background: Monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (MAISs) have a low prevalence and a delay in their diagnosis, with the risk of complications being AA amyloidosis the most serious. Biological therapy has been a fundamental pillar in improving the prognosis of these diseases, reducing said risk.
Objectives: We aim to study the prevalence, diagnostic delay and treatment profile of MAISs patients in an adult rheumatology service of a tertiary hospital.
Methods: Observational and retrospective study of patients with MAISs, excluding those without genetic test or negative genetic test, with a follow-up period of 17 years (2005-2021). Demographic, clinical and therapeutic variables were collected.
Results: 24 patients (50% men) were included with a mean age of 27,88 ± 11.57y. The prevalence of MAISs was 0.34%, from a total of 7,032 patients followed up in the Rheumatology service during 2020. Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF) was the most frequent (70.83%). FMF, Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS), and Hyperimmunoglobulin D Syndrome (HIDS) had a median age at symptom onset of 6, 8.5 and 2 years, a median diagnostic delay of 6, 8.75 and 11 years and a mean duration of the bouts of 4.47 (2.87), 12.25 (7.59) and 6 (2.65) days, respectively. The most frequent symptoms were: fever (79.17%), arthralgia/arthritis (79.17%) and abdominal pain (75%). During follow up 20.83% received glucocorticoids (GC) chronically (more than 3 months), 79.16% colchicine, 16.66% methotrexate and 41.66% biological therapies (
| MAISs | Gender (men % ) | Biological therapies prescribed during follow up (n ) | Patients under biological therapies at the end of follow up (n ) |
|---|---|---|---|
| FMF (n=17 ) | 41.17% | Anakinra: 2 | Anakinra: 3 |
| Canakinumab: 2 | Canakinumab: 2 | ||
| Etanercept: 1 | |||
| Tocilizumab: 1 | |||
| TRAPS (n=4 ) | 100% | Anakinra: 1 | Canakinumab: 1 |
| Canakinumab: 1 | |||
| Etanercept: | |||
| Tocilizumab: | |||
| HIDS (=3 ) | 66.66% | Anakinra: 3 | Canakinumab: 2 |
| Canakinumab: 3 | |||
| Etanercept. 1 |
Conclusion: MAISs prevalence was 0.34%. The diagnostic delay was of years, more than a decade for HIDS. Colchicine was widely used and well tolerated. Synthetic DMARDs had little role in treatment. Biological therapies were prescribed in a third of patients, anti IL-1 being the most used.
Disclosure of Interests: None declared