FERNANDO HENRIQUE CARLOS DE SOUZA
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P ICHC, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina - Médico
LIM/17 - Laboratório de Investigação em Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
LIM/17 - Laboratório de Investigação em Reumatologia, Hospital das Clínicas, Faculdade de Medicina
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bookPart Cuidados Pré-Imunossupressão(2018) LOPES, Michelle Remião Ugolini; PROENçA, Adriana Coracini Tonácio de; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique Carlos de; MORAES, Júlio César Bertacini de- Gathering patients and rheumatologists' perceptions to improve outcomes in idiopathic inflammatory myopathies(2022) BERTOGLIO, Isabela M.; ABRAHAO, Glaucia F.; SOUZA, Fernando H. C. de; MIOSSI, Renata; MORAES, Paloma C. de; SHINJO, Samuel K.; BONFA, Eloisa; LOPES, Michelle R. UgoliniObjective: Therapeutic targets in Idiopathic Inflammatory Myopathies (IIM) are based on the opinions of physicians/specialists, which may not reflect the main concerns of patients. The authors, therefore, assessed the outcome concerns of patients with IIM and compared them with the concerns of rheumatologists in order to develop an IIM outcome standard set. Methods: Ninety-three IIM patients, 51 rheumatologists, and one physiotherapist were invited to participate. An open questionnaire was initially applied. The top 10 answers were selected and applied in a multiple-choice questionnaire, inquiring about the top 3 major concerns. Answers were compared, and the agreement rate was calculated. Concerns were gathered in an IIM outcome standard set with validated measures. Results: The top three outcome concerns raised by patients were medication side effects/muscle weakness/prevention functionality loss. The top three concerns among rheumatologists were to prevent loss of functionality/to ensure the quality of life/to achieve disease remission. Other's outcomes concerns only pointed out by patients were muscle pain/diffuse pain/skin lesions/fatigue. The agreement rate between both groups was 41%. Assessment of these parameters guided the development of an IIM standard set which included Myositis Disease Activity Assessment Visual Analogue Scale/Manual Muscle Testing/fatigue and pain Global Visual Analogue Scale/Health Assessment Questionnaire/level of physical activity. Conclusion: The authors propose a novel standard set to be pursued in IIM routine follow-up, which includes not only the main patients/rheumatologist outcome concerns but also additional important outcomes only indicated by patients. Future studies are necessary to confirm if this comprehensive approach will result in improved adherence and ultimately in better assistance.
bookPart Cuidados pré-imunossupressão(2021) LOPES, Michelle Remião Ugolini; PROENçA, Adriana Coracini Tonacio de; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique Carlos de; MORAES, Júlio César Bertacini de- Ankylosing spondylitis and psoriatic arthritis: revisiting screening of latent tuberculosis infection and its follow-up during anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy in an endemic area(2020) SHIMABUCO, Andrea Yukie; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina de; MIOSSI, Renata; BONFIGLIOLI, Karina Rossi; MORAES, Julio Cesar Bertacini de; GONCALVES, Celio Roberto; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival Degrava; GOLDENSTEIN-SCHAINBERG, Claudia; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique Carlos de; PRADO, Leandro Lara do; UGOLINI-LOPES, Michele Remiao; YUKI, Emily Figueiredo Vieira Neves; BONFA, Eloisa; SAAD, Carla Goncalves SchahinOBJECTIVES: To retrospectively evaluate the performance and distinctive pattern of latent tuberculosis (TB) infection (LTBI) screening and treatment in patients with ankylosing spondylitis (AS) and psoriatic arthritis (PsA) under anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) therapy and determine the relevance of re-exposure and other risk factors for TB development. METHODS: A total of 135 and 83 patients with AS and PsA, respectively, were evaluated for LTBI treatment before receiving anti-TNF drugs via the tuberculin skin test (TST), chest radiography, and TB exposure history assessment. All subjects were evaluated for TB infection at 3-month intervals. RESULTS: The patients with AS were more often treated for LTBI than were those with PsA (42% versus 30%, p=0.043). The former also presented a higher frequency of TST positivity (93% versus 64%, p=0.002), although they had a lower frequency of exposure history (18% versus 52%, p=0.027) and previous TB (0.7% versus 6%, p=0.03). During follow-up [median, 5.8 years; interquartile range (1QR), 2.2-9.0 years], 11/218 (5%) patients developed active TB (AS, n=7; PsA, n=4). TB re-exposure was the main cause in seven patients (64%) after 12 months of therapy (median, 21.9 months; IQR, 14.2-42.8 months) and five LTBI-negative patients. TB was identified within the first year in four patients (36.3%) (median, 5.3 months; IQR, 1.2-8.8 months), two of whom were LTBI-positive. There was no difference in the TB-free survival according to the anti-TNF drug type/class; neither synthetic drug nor prednisone use was related to TB occurrence (p > 0.05). CONCLUSION: Known re-exposure is the most critical factor for incident TB cases in spondyloarthritis. There are also some distinct features in AS and PsA LTBI screening, considering the higher frequency of LTBI and TST positivities in patients with AS. Annual risk reassessment taking into consideration these peculiar features and including the TST should be recommended for patients in endemic countries.
conferenceObject Gathering Patients' and Physicians' Perceptions to Improve Outcomes in Systemic Autoimmune Myopathies(2019) BERTOGLIO, Isabela; ABRAHAO, Glaucia; UGOLINI-LOPES, Michelle Remiao; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique; MIOSSI, Renata; SHINJO, Samuel; BONFA, Eloisa- Increment of immunogenicity after third dose of a homologous inactivated SARS-CoV-2 vaccine in a large population of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases(2022) AIKAWA, Nadia Emi; KUPA, Leonard de Vinci Kanda; MEDEIROS-RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina; SAAD, Carla Goncalves Schahin; YUKI, Emily Figueiredo Neves; PASOTO, Sandra Gofinet; ROJO, Priscila Tagliaferro; PEREIRA, Rosa Maria Rodrigues; SHINJO, Samuel Katsuyuki; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival Degrava; ANDRADE, Danieli Castro Oliveira; HALPERN, Ari Stiel Radu; FULLER, Ricardo; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique Carlos; GUEDES, Lissiane Karine Noronha; ASSAD, Ana Paula Luppino; MORAES, Julio Cesar Bertacini de; LOPES, Michelle Remiao Ugolini; MARTINS, Victor Adriano de Oliveira; BETANCOURT, Lorena; RIBEIRO, Carolina Torres; SALES, Lucas Peixoto; BERTOGLIO, Isabela Maria; BONOLDI, Virginia Lucia Nazario; MELLO, Renata Lys Pinheiro; BALBI, Gustavo Guimaraes Moreira; SARTORI, Ana Marli Christovam; ANTONANGELO, Leila; SILVA, Clovis Artur; BONFA, EloisaObjective To determine the immunogenicity of the third dose of CoronaVac vaccine in a large population of patients with autoimmune rheumatic diseases (ARD) and the factors associated with impaired response. Methods Adult patients with ARD and age-balanced/sex-balanced controls (control group, CG) previously vaccinated with two doses of CoronaVac received the third dose at D210 (6 months after the second dose). The presence of anti-SARS-CoV-2 S1/S2 IgG and neutralising antibodies (NAb) was evaluated previously to vaccination (D210) and 30 days later (D240). Patients with controlled disease suspended mycophenolate mofetil (MMF) for 7 days or methotrexate (MTX) for 2 weekly doses after vaccination. Results ARD (n=597) and CG (n=199) had comparable age (p=0.943). Anti-S1/S2 IgG seropositivity rates significantly increased from D210 (60%) to D240 (93%) (p<0.0001) in patients with ARD. NAb positivity also increased: 38% (D210) vs 81.4% (D240) (p<0.0001). The same pattern was observed for CG, with significantly higher frequencies for both parameters at D240 (p<0.05). Multivariate logistic regression analyses in the ARD group revealed that older age (OR=0.98, 95% CI 0.96 to 1.0, p=0.024), vasculitis diagnosis (OR=0.24, 95% CI 0.11 to 0.53, p<0.001), prednisone >= 5 mg/day (OR=0.46, 95% CI 0.27 to 0.77, p=0.003), MMF (OR=0.30, 95% CI 0.15 to 0.61, p<0.001) and biologics (OR=0.27, 95% CI 0.16 to 0.46, p<0.001) were associated with reduced anti-S1/S2 IgG positivity. Similar analyses demonstrated that prednisone >= 5 mg/day (OR=0.63, 95% CI 0.44 to 0.90, p=0.011), abatacept (OR=0.39, 95% CI 0.20 to 0.74, p=0.004), belimumab (OR=0.29, 95% CI 0.13 to 0.67, p=0.004) and rituximab (OR=0.11, 95% CI 0.04 to 0.30, p<0.001) were negatively associated with NAb positivity. Further evaluation of COVID-19 seronegative ARD at D210 demonstrated prominent increases in positivity rates at D240 for anti-S1/S2 IgG (80.5%) and NAb (59.1%) (p<0.0001). Conclusions We provide novel data on a robust response to the third dose of CoronaVac in patients with ARD, even in those with prevaccination COVID-19 seronegative status. Drugs implicated in reducing immunogenicity after the regular two-dose regimen were associated with non-responsiveness after the third dose, except for MTX.
conferenceObject Distinctive Pattern of LTBI Screening Parameters in Ankylosing Spondylitis (AS) and Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) in Endemic Areas(2019) SHIMABUCO, Andrea; RIBEIRO, Ana Cristina de Medeiros; MIOSSI, Renata; BONFIGLIOLI, Karina; MORAES, Julio Cesar Bertacini; GONCALVES, Celio; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival; GOLDENSTEIN-SCHAINBERG, Claudia; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique; PRADO, Leandro; UGOLINI-LOPES, Michelle Remiao; YUKI, Emily; BONFA, Eloisa; SAAD, Carla Goncalves Schahin- LTBI SCREENING IN SPONDYLOARTHRITIS PATIENTSPRIOR TO ANTI-TNF TREATMENT AND FOLLOW-UP IN AN ENDEMIC AREA(2019) SHIMABUCO, Andrea; MEDEIROS, Ana; MIOSSI, Renata; BONFIGLIOLI, Karina; MORAES, Julio; GONCALVES, Celio; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival D.; GOLDENSTEIN-SCHAINBERG, Claudia; SOUZA, Fernando; PRADO, Leandro; LOPES, Michelle; BONFA, Eloisa; SAAD, Carla
conferenceObject Early DAS28 Drop Is a Predictor for Clinical Response to Anti-TNF Agents in Patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis: An Observational Study of a Real Life Inception Cohort(2016) RIBEIRO, Ana C. M.; BONFIGLIOLI, Karin.; MIOSSI, Renata; SAAD, Carla G. S.; MORAES, Julio C. B.; WAISBERG, Mariana G.; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique Carlos de; AIKAWA, Nadia E.; PRADO, Leandro L. do; LOPES, Michelle; SEGURO, Luciana; BONFA, Eloisa- Clinical and laboratory features of overlap syndromes of idiopathic inflammatory myopathies associated with systemic lupus erythematosus, systemic sclerosis, or rheumatoid arthritis(2014) AGUILA, Lisbeth Aranbicia; LOPES, Michelle Remiao Ugolini; PRETTI, Flavia Zon; SAMPAIO-BARROS, Percival Degrava; SOUZA, Fernando Henrique Carlos de; BORBA, Eduardo Ferreira; SHINJO, Samuel KatsuyukiBecause overlap syndromes (OSs) are rarely described, we analyzed retrospectively their frequencies and correlations in Brazilian series of 31 patients with dermatomyositis (DM)/polymyositis (PM) associated with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), systemic sclerosis (SSc), or rheumatoid arthritis (RA) attended at a referral single center. Myositis-specific autoantibodies (MSAs: anti-Jo-1, anti-PL-7, anti-PL-12, anti-EJ, anti-OJ, anti-SRP, anti-Mi-2) and myositis-associated autoantibodies (MAAs: anti-PM-Scl75, anti-PM-Scl100, anti-Ku) as well as specific autoantibodies related to SLE, SSc, and RA were investigated. The mean age of the OS patients (9 DM and 22 PM) was 44.6 +/- 15.4 years, with a predominance of women (83.9 %) and white ethnicity (58.1 %). PM was the most frequent inflammatory myopathy, and the clinical presentation of DM/PM was significantly different among the OS groups. Overlap was found with SSc (48.4 %), SLE (29.0 %), and RA (22.6 %). The clinical manifestations of DM/PM were identified simultaneously with SSc and RA in the majority of cases, in contrast to identification in the SLE group (p < 0.05). All patients were positive for antinuclear antibodies, and the prevalence of MSA and MAA was 38.8 % in all OS groups, mutually exclusive, and more frequent in the SSc group. Comparing the clinical and laboratory features, there was a higher frequency of vascular (skin ulcers, Raynaud's phenomenon) and pulmonary (interstitial lung disease) involvement in the SSc group (p < 0.05). Moreover, there were no differences among the groups in relation to disease relapse and deaths. Concluding, this is the first study to show the different characteristics of a series of patients with connective tissue disease (CTD)-OS in the heterogeneous Brazilian population.