P0915 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)-Associated Peripheral Arthritis is Not Associated With Objective Markers of Luminal IBD Disease Activity - Results From the CHASE Cohort
Katherine Falloon, MD1, Suha Abushamma, MD2, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH3, Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, FACG4, Abhik Bhattacharya, MD5, Raymond K. Cross, MD, MS, FACG6, Shashank Cheemalavagu, MD7, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, MD5, Emily Gore, MD5, Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD8, Sara N. Horst, MD9, Jason K. Hou, MD, MS, FACG10, M. Elaine. Husni, MD, MPH7, Jeremy A. Klein, MD11, Edward V. Loftus, MD, FACG12, Dana J. Lukin, MD13, David T.. Rubin, MD, FACG14, Ellen Scherl, MD15, Taha Qazi, MD16, Qijun Yang, MS2, Benjamin L. Cohen, MD7, Brian G.. Feagan, MD17, Florian Rieder, MD18 1Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Shaker Heights, OH; 2Cleveland Clinic, Cleveland, OH; 3Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA; 4University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC; 5Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY; 6Melissa L. Posner Institute for Digestive Health & Liver Disease at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, MD; 7Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH; 8University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC; 9Vanderbilt Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic, Nashville, TN; 10Baylor College of Medicine / Michael E. DeBakey Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Houston, TX; 11University of Chicago Medical Center, Chicago, IL; 12Mayo Clinic College of Medicine and Science, Rochester, MN; 13Jill Roberts Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, New York Presbyterian Hospital-Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, NY; 14University of Chicago Medicine, Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Chicago, IL; 15New York-Presbyterian Hospital/Weill Cornell Medical Center, New York, NY; 16Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Beachwood, OH; 17Western University, London, ON, Canada; 18Digestive Diseases and Surgery Institute; Lerner Research Institute, Program for Global Translational Inflammatory Bowel Diseases; Cleveland Clinic Foundation, Cleveland, OH
Introduction: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD)-associated peripheral spondyloarthritis (IBD-pSpA) is common but remains understudied. Although the type I vs type II classification, which categorizes patients based upon number and size of involved joints, is commonly accepted by gastroenterologists, this schema is neither widely accepted within the rheumatology literature nor prospectively validated. The aim of this study was to assess the association between clinical presentation of IBD-pSpA and IBD activity.
Methods: We prospectively recruited patients with IBD-pSpA, defined by previously established consensus criteria (incorporating presence of swollen/tender joints on physical exam), from six sites across the United States. The relationship of clinical presentation of IBD-pSpA (number and type of involved peripheral joints as proposed by the type I vs type II classification schema) with objective markers of disease activity was assessed. Unadjusted univariate logistic regression analysis was performed to assess association between joint distribution and disease activity. R software was used. A significance level of 0.05 was assumed for all tests.
Results: One hundred six patients (61% female, 70% Crohn’s disease (CD)) were included (see Table 1 for summary statistics). Within a month of enrollment, 24% had results available for fecal calprotectin and 53% for C-reactive protein (CRP). Within three months of enrollment, 18% had IBD-related imaging. The most recent endoscopy results were available in 96% of patients, with median time from endoscopy to enrollment 0.8 years (interquartile range 0.3-1.60). There was no statistically significant association between pattern of joint distribution and elevated fecal calprotectin ( >150 μg/g), active IBD on imaging, or active CD endoscopically. There was a statistically significant association between knee involvement and elevated CRP (odds ratio [OR], 4.3; 95% CI, 1.18–21.0; p=0.04) and active ulcerative colitis (UC) endoscopically (OR, 5.9; 95% CI, 1.16– 37.0; p=0.04).
Discussion: Contrary to the type I vs type II classification, in this prospective study, the pattern of joint involvement in IBD-pSpA was not associated with IBD activity. Knee involvement was associated with elevated CRP and endoscopic activity in patients with UC.
Note: The table for this abstract can be viewed in the ePoster Gallery section of the ACG 2024 ePoster Site or in The American Journal of Gastroenterology's abstract supplement issue, both of which will be available starting October 27, 2024.
Suha Abushamma indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Ashwin Ananthakrishnan: Geneoscopy – Advisor or Review Panel Member.
Edward Barnes: AbbVie, Inc. – Consultant. Boomerang – Consultant. Bristol-Meyers Squibb – Consultant. Direct Biologics – Consultant. Eli Lilly and Company – Advisor or Review Panel Member. Pfizer – Consultant. Target RWE – Consultant.
Abhik Bhattacharya indicated no relevant financial relationships.
Katherine Falloon, MD1, Suha Abushamma, MD2, Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MBBS, MPH3, Edward Barnes, MD, MPH, FACG4, Abhik Bhattacharya, MD5, Raymond K. Cross, MD, MS, FACG6, Shashank Cheemalavagu, MD7, Jean-Frédéric Colombel, MD5, Emily Gore, MD5, Hans Herfarth, MD, PhD8, Sara N. Horst, MD9, Jason K. Hou, MD, MS, FACG10, M. Elaine. Husni, MD, MPH7, Jeremy A. Klein, MD11, Edward V. Loftus, MD, FACG12, Dana J. Lukin, MD13, David T.. Rubin, MD, FACG14, Ellen Scherl, MD15, Taha Qazi, MD16, Qijun Yang, MS2, Benjamin L. Cohen, MD7, Brian G.. Feagan, MD17, Florian Rieder, MD18. P0915 - Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD)-Associated Peripheral Arthritis is Not Associated With Objective Markers of Luminal IBD Disease Activity - Results From the CHASE Cohort, ACG 2024 Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. Philadelphia, PA: American College of Gastroenterology.