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2019 Publications

  • Fasano S, Riccardi A, Messiniti V, Caramaschi P, Rosato E, Maurer B, Smith V, Siegert E, De Langhe E, Riccieri V, Airó P, Mihai C, Avouac J, Zanatta E, Walker UA, Iannone F, García De la Peña Lefebvre P, Distler JHW, Vacca A, Distler O, Kowal-Bielecka O, Allanore Y, Valentini G. Revised European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group Activity Index is the best predictor of short-term severity accrual. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Dec;78(12):1681-1685. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215787. PMID: 31422354. (PDF)
  • Sobanski V, Giovannelli J, Allanore Y, Riemekasten G, Airò P, Vettori S, Cozzi F, Distler O, Matucci-Cerinic M, Denton C, Launay D, Hachulla E; EUSTAR Collaborators. Phenotypes Determined by Cluster Analysis and Their Survival in the Prospective European Scleroderma Trials and Research Cohort of Patients With Systemic Sclerosis. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Sep;71(9):1553-1570. doi: 10.1002/art.40906. PMID: 30969034. (PDF)
  • Becker M, Graf N, Sauter R, Allanore Y, Curram J, Denton CP, Khanna D, Matucci-Cerinic M, de Oliveira Pena J, Pope JE, Distler O; EUSTAR Collaborators; EUSTAR Collaborators (numerical order of centres). Predictors of disease worsening defined by progression of organ damage in diffuse systemic sclerosis: a European Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) analysis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Sep;78(9):1242-1248. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215145. PMID: 31227488. (PDF)
  • Radic M, Becker MO, Distler O, Huscher D, Siegert E, Riemekasten G; EUSTAR group. Does angiotensin and endothelin receptor blockade have an impact on lung function? An analysis from the EUSTAR database. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2019 Jul-Aug;37 Suppl 119(4):154-155. Epub 2019 Sep 26. PMID: 31573474. (PDF)
  • Elhai M, Boubaya M, Distler O, Smith V, Matucci-Cerinic M, Alegre Sancho JJ, Truchetet ME, Braun-Moscovici Y, Iannone F, Novikov PI, Lescoat A, Siegert E, Castellví I, Airó P, Vettori S, De Langhe E, Hachulla E, Erler A, Ananieva L, Krusche M, López-Longo FJ, Distler JHW, Hunzelmann N, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Riccieri V, Hsu VM, Pozzi MR, Ancuta C, Rosato E, Mihai C, Kuwana M, Saketkoo LA, Chizzolini C, Hesselstrand R, Ullman S, Yavuz S, Rednic S, Caimmi C, Bloch-Queyrat C, Allanore Y; for EUSTAR network. Outcomes of patients with systemic sclerosis treated with rituximab in contemporary practice: a prospective cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 Jul;78(7):979-987. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-214816. PMID: 30967395. (PDF)
  • Wu W, Jordan S, Graf N, de Oliveira Pena J, Curram J, Allanore Y, Matucci-Cerinic M, Pope JE, Denton CP, Khanna D, Distler O; EUSTAR Collaborators. Progressive skin fibrosis is associated with a decline in lung function and worse survival in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis in the European Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) cohort. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019 May;78(5):648-656. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2018-213455. PMID: 30852552. (PDF)
  • Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O, Murray B, Kowal-Bielecka O, Khanna D, Allanore Y; EUSTAR and SCTC collaborators. Setting the international standard for longitudinal follow-up of patients with systemic sclerosis: a Delphi-based expert consensus on core clinical features. RMD Open. 2019 Mar 4;5(1):e000826. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2018-000826. PMID: 30997150. (PDF)
  • Blagojevic J, Bellando-Randone S, Abignano G, Avouac J, Cometi L, Czirják L, Denton CP, Distler O, Frerix M, Guiducci S, Huscher D, Jaeger VK, Lóránd V, Maurer B, Nihtyanova S, Riemekasten G, Siegert E, Tarner IH, Vettori S, Walker UA, Allanore Y, Müller-Ladner U, Del Galdo F, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR co-workers. Classification, categorization and essential items for digital ulcer evaluation in systemic sclerosis: a DeSScipher/European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR) survey. Arthritis Res Ther. 2019 Jan 24;21(1):35. doi: 10.1186/s13075-019-1822-1. PMID: 30678703. (PDF)
  • Carreira PE, Carmona L, Joven BE, Loza E, Andréu JL, Riemekasten G, Vettori S, Balbir-Gurman A, Airò P, Walker U, Damjanov N, Matucci-Cerinic M, Ananieva LP, Rednic S, Czirják L, Distler O, Farge D, Hesselstrand R, Corrado A, Caramaschi P, Tikly M, Allanore Y. Differences associated with age at onset in early systemic sclerosis patients: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) database. Scand J Rheumatol. 2019 Jan;48(1):42-51. doi: 10.1080/03009742.2018.1459830. PMID: 30039730