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2020 Publications

  • Castellví I, Elhai M, Bruni C, Airò P, Jordan S, Beretta L, Codullo V, Montecucco CM, Bokarewa M, Iannonne F, Balbir A, Hsu VM, Distler O, Matucci-Cerinic M, Allanore Y; for EUSTAR network. Safety and effectiveness of abatacept in systemic sclerosis: The EUSTAR experience. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2020 Dec;50(6):1489-1493. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2019.12.004. PMID: 32165035
  • Benvenuti F, Zanatta E, Avouac J, Müller-Ladner U, Cozzi F, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Matucci-Cerinic M, Allanore Y, Doria A. The power of the EUSTAR cohort: key findings to date and implications for management of systemic sclerosis patients. Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2020 Nov;16(11):1065-1074. doi: 10.1080/1744666X.2021.1836962. PMID: 33076716
  • Allanore Y, Bozzi S, Terlinden A, Huscher D, Amand C, Soubrane C, Siegert E, Czirják L, Carreira PE, Hachulla E, Zanatta E, Li M, Airò P, Mendoza FA, Rosato E, Distler O; EUSTAR Collaborators. Health Assessment Questionnaire-Disability Index (HAQ-DI) use in modelling disease progression in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: an analysis from the EUSTAR database. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 Oct 28;22(1):257. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-02329-2. PMID: 33115544. (PDF)
  • Hughes M, Heal C, Siegert E, Hachulla E, Airó P, Riccardi A, Distler O, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR Collaborators. Significant weight loss in systemic sclerosis: a study from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2020 Aug;79(8):1123-1125. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217035. PMID: 32213494. (PDF)
  • Mihai C, Distler O, Gheorghiu AM, Constantin PI, Dobrota R, Jordan S, Smith V, Hachulla E, Henes J, Siegert E, Vettori S, Müller-Ladner U, Matucci Cerinic M, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Incidence and risk factors for gangrene in patients with systemic sclerosis from the EUSTAR cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Aug 1;59(8):2016-2023. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez558. PMID: 31790136
  • Jaeger VK, Tikly M, Xu D, Siegert E, Hachulla E, Airò P, Valentini G, Matucci Cerinic M, Distler O, Cozzi F, Carreira P, Allanore Y, Müller-Ladner U, Ananieva LP, Balbir-Gurman A, Distler JHW, Czirják L, Li M, Henes J, Jimenez SA, Smith V, Damjanov N, Denton CP, DelGaldo F, Saketkoo LA, Walker UA; and EUSTAR co-authors. Racial differences in systemic sclerosis disease presentation: a European Scleroderma Trials and Research group study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2020 Jul 1;59(7):1684-1694. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez486. PMID: 31680161
  • Bruni C, Tashkin DP, Steen V, Allanore Y, Distler O, Grotts J, Matucci-Cerinic M, Furst DE; EUSTAR, SLS I & SLS II centres collaborators. Intravenous versus oral cyclophosphamide for lung and/or skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis: an indirect comparison from EUSTAR and randomised controlled trials. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2020 May-Jun;38 Suppl 125(3):161-168. Epub 2020 Aug 27. doi: clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=15633. PMID: 32865169. (PDF)
  • Bütikofer L, Varisco PA, Distler O, Kowal-Bielecka O, Allanore Y, Riemekasten G, Villiger PM, Adler S; EUSTAR collaborators. ACE inhibitors in SSc patients display a risk factor for scleroderma renal crisis-a EUSTAR analysis. Arthritis Res Ther. 2020 Mar 24;22(1):59. doi: 10.1186/s13075-020-2141-2. PMID: 32209135. (PDF)
  • Frantz C, Huscher D, Avouac J, Hachulla E, Balbir-Gurman A, Riemekasten G, Siegert E, Lazzaroni MG, Carreira PE, Vettori S, Zanatta E, Ullman S, Czirjàk L, Kowal-Bielecka O, Distler O, Matucci-Cerinic M, Allanore Y; EUSTAR co-authors. Outcomes of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis patients: Results on more than 12,000 patients from the EUSTAR database. Autoimmun Rev. 2020 Feb;19(2):102452. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2019.102452. PMID: 31838157
  • Blagojevic J, Abignano G, Avouac J, Cometi L, Frerix M, Bellando-Randone S, Guiducci S, Bruni C, Huscher D, Jaeger VK, Lóránd V, Maurer B, Nihtyanova S, Riemekasten G, Siegert E, Tarner IH, Vettori S, Walker UA, Czirják L, Denton CP, Distler O, Allanore Y, Müller-Ladner U, Moggi-Pignone A, Matucci-Cerinic M, Del Galdo F; EUSTAR co-workers. Use of vasoactive/vasodilating drugs for systemic sclerosis (SSc)-related digital ulcers (DUs) in expert tertiary centres: results from the analysis of the observational real-life DeSScipher study. Clin Rheumatol. 2020 Jan;39(1):27-36. doi: 10.1007/s10067-019-04564-8. PMID: 31111363