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2024
  • Velauthapillai A, Bootsma MFR, Bruni C, Bergmann C, Matucci-Cerinic M, Launay D, Riemekastan G, Garzanova L, Airò P, Rezus E, da Silva JAP, Del Galdo F, Hunzelmann N, Chung LS, Krasowska D, Distler O, van den Ende CHM, Vonk MC; EUSTAR collaborators. Preventive effects of early immunosuppressive treatment on the development of interstitial lung disease in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2024 Jul 22:keae375. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keae375. Epub ahead of print. PubMedID: 39037917.
  • Dima A, Vonk MC, Garaiman A, Kersten BE, Becvar R, Tomcik M, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Castellvi I, Jaime JT, Brzosko M, Milchert M, Krasowska D, Michalska-Jakubus M, Airo P, Matucci-Cerinic M, Bruni C, Iudici M, Distler J, Gheorghiu AM, Poormoghim H, Motta F, De Santis M, Parvu M, Distler O, Mihai C. Clinical significance of the anti-Nucleolar Organizer Region 90 antibodies (NOR90) in systemic sclerosis: Analysis of the European Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) cohort and a systematic literature review. Eur J Intern Med. 2024 Jul:125:104-110. doi: 10.1016/j.ejim.2024.03.035. PubMed ID: 38599922.
  • Colalillo A, Hachulla E, Pellicano C, Smith V, Bergmann C, Riemekasten G, Zanatta E, Henes J, Launay D, Marcoccia A, Gheorghiu AM, Truchetet ME, Iannone F, Simeón Aznar CP, Oliveira S, Vonk M, Del Galdo F, Rosato E; EUSTAR collaborators. DLco and echocardiographic parameters in identifying mild pulmonary hypertension in the EUSTAR cohort of systemic sclerosis patients. Chest. 2024 Jun 5:S0012-3692(24)00683-4. Online ahead of print. doi:10.1016/j.chest.2024.05.010. PubMed ID: 38849072.
  • Ciaffi J, Liem SIE, Cannegieter S, Ahmed S, Hoekstra EM, Wiland P, Atsumi T, Szücs G, Balbir Gurman A, Czirják L, Zanatta E, Koetter I, Henes JC, Matucci-Cerinic M, Airò P, Ursini F, Huizinga TWJ, De Vries-Bouwstra J, Collaborators E. Untangling the relationship between smoking and systemic sclerosis: an analysis of the EUSTAR cohort. RMD Open. 2024 May 20;10(2):e004101. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2024-004101. PubMed ID: 38772679.
  • Windirsch K, Jordan S, Becker MO, Bruni C, Dobrota R, Elhai M, Garaiman IA, Mihai CM, Iudici M, Hasler P, Ribi C, Maurer B, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O. Therapeutic management of fibrosis in systemic sclerosis patients – an analysis from the Swiss EUSTAR cohort. Swiss Med Wkly. 2024 Feb 6;154:3630. doi: 10.57187/s.3630. PubMed ID: 38579324.
  • Deibel E, Carreira PE, Vonk M, Del Papa N, Bečvář R, Guillén-Del-Castillo A, Campochiaro C, Poormoghim H, Liem S, Lazzaroni MG, Giollo A, Mekinian A, de Vries-Bouwstra J, De Santis M, Balbir-Gurman A, Mihai C, De Luca G, Moiseev S, Zanatta E, Foti R, Rednic S, Denton C, Cutolo M, Belloli L, Airo P, Garzanova L, Moroncini G, İnanç M, Panopoulos S, Tandaipan JL, Chatelus E, Rosato E, Kuwana M, Yavuz S, Alegre-Sancho JJ, Smith V, Szűcs G, Henes J, Rodríguez-Pintó I, Atzeni F, Spierings J, Truchetet ME, Milchert M, Brito de Araujo D, Riemekasten G, Bernardino V, Martin T, Del Galdo F, Vacca A, Mendoza F, Midtvedt Ø, Murdaca G, Santiago T, Codullo V, Cacciapaglia F, Walker U, Brunborg C, Tirelli F, Allanore Y, Furst DE, Matucci M, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Hoffmann-Vold AM. Does the Impact of COVID-19 on Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Change Over Time? Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2024 Jan;76(1):88-97. doi: 10.1002/acr.25226. PubMed ID: 37667424.
  • Lepri G, Bruni C, Tofani L, Moggi-Pignone A, Orlandi M, Tomassetti S, Hughes M, Del Galdo F, Irace R, Distler O, Riccieri V, Allanore Y, Gheorghiu AM, Siegert E, De Vries-Bouwstra J, Hachulla E, Tikly M, Damjanov N, Spertini F, Mouthon L, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Gabrielli A, Guiducci S, Matucci-Cerinic M, Furst D, Bellando-Randone S, Eustar Collaborators. The Performance of Pulmonary Function Tests in Predicting Systemic Sclerosis-Interstitial Lung Disease in the European Scleroderma Trial and Research Database. Diagnostics (Basel). 2024 Jan 30;14(3):295. doi: 10.3390/diagnostics14030295. PubMed ID: 38337811.
2023
  • Guler S, Sarbu AC, Stalder O, Allanore Y, Bernardino V, Distler J, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Matucci-Cerinic M, Müller-Ladner U, Ortiz-Santamaria V, Rednic S, Riccieri V, Smith V, Ullman S, Walker UA, Geiser TK, Distler O, Maurer B, Kollert F. Phenotyping by persistent inflammation in systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease: a EUSTAR database analysis. Thorax. 2023 Dec;78(12):1188-1196. doi: 10.1136/thorax-2023-220541. PubMed ID: 37798114.
  • Lescoat A, Huang S, Carreira PE, Siegert E, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Distler JHW, Smith V, Del Galdo F, Anic B, Damjanov N, Rednic S, Ribi C, Bancel DF, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Khanna D, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Cutaneous Manifestations, Clinical Characteristics, and Prognosis of Patients With Systemic Sclerosis Sine Scleroderma: Data From the International EUSTAR Database. JAMA Dermatol. 2023 Aug 1;159(8):837-847. doi: 10.1001/jamadermatol.2023.1729. PubMed ID: 37378994. PubMed Central ID: PMC10308295.
  • Campochiaro C, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Avouac J, Henes J, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Smith V, Siegert E, Airò P, Oksel F, Pellerito R, Vanthuyne M, Pozzi MR, Inanc M, Sibilia J, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Allanore Y; EUSTAR Collaborators. Sex influence on outcomes of patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease: a EUSTAR database analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Jul 5;62(7):2483-2491. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac660. PubMed ID: 36413079.
  • Colalillo A, Pellicano C, Ananyeva LP, Hachulla E, Cuomo G, Györfi AH, Czirják L, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Mouthon L, Poormoghim H, Del Galdo F, Hunzelmann N, Spierings J, Kuwana M, Rosato E; and the EUSTAR Collaborators. Tricuspid Annular Plane Systolic Excursion/Systolic Pulmonary Artery Pressure Ratio and Cardiorenal Syndrome Type 2 in the Systemic Sclerosis EUSTAR Cohort. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken). 2023 Jul 17. doi: 10.1002/acr.25196. PubMed ID: 37458105.
  • Lescoat A, Huscher D, Schoof N, Airò P, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Riemekasten G, Hachulla E, Doria A, Rosato E, Hunzelmann N, Montecucco C, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O, Ben Shimol J, Cutolo M, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease in the EUSTAR database: analysis by region. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Jun 1;62(6):2178-2188. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac576. PubMed ID: 36222557.
  • Colalillo A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Pellicano C, Romaniello A, Gabrielli A, Hachulla E, Smith V, Simeón-Aznar CP, Castellví I, Airò P, Truchetet ME, Siegert E, Distler O, Rosato E; EUSTAR collaborators. The role of TAPSE/sPAP ratio in predicting pulmonary hypertension and mortality in the systemic sclerosis EUSTAR cohort. Autoimmun Rev. 2023 Apr;22(4):103290. doi: 10.1016/j.autrev.2023.103290. PubMed ID: 36746368.
  • Iudici M, Mongin D, Siegert E, Carreira PE, Distler J, Henes J, Zanatta E, Hachulla E, De Luca G, de Souza Müller C, Santiago T, Tandaipan JL, Valdetaro Bianchi B, De Santis M, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Courvoisier DS; EUSTAR collaborators. Glucocorticoids prescribing practices in systemic sclerosis: an analysis of the EUSTAR database. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Apr 3;62(4):1559-1567. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac533. PubMed ID: 36099040.
  • Hoffmann-Vold AM, Brunborg C, Airò P, Ananyeva LP, Czirják L, Guiducci S, Hachulla E, Li M, Mihai C, Riemekasten G, Sfikakis PP, Valentini G, Kowal-Bielecka O, Allanore Y, Distler O; EUSTAR collaborators. Cohort Enrichment Strategies for Progressive Interstitial Lung Disease in Systemic Sclerosis From European Scleroderma Trials and Research. Chest. 2023 Mar;163(3):586-598. doi: 10.1016/j.chest.2022.09.044. PubMed ID: 36244404.
  • Garaiman A, Steigmiller K, Gebhard C, Mihai C, Dobrota R, Bruni C, Matucci-Cerinic M, Henes J, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Smith V, Doria A, Allanore Y, Dagna L, Anić B, Montecucco C, Kowal-Bielecka O, Martin M, Tanaka Y, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Held U, Distler O, Becker MO; EUSTAR Collaborators. Use of platelet inhibitors for digital ulcers related to systemic sclerosis: EUSTAR study on derivation and validation of the DU-VASC model. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Feb 6;62(SI):SI91-SI100. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac405. PubMed ID: 35904554.
  • Hughes M, Huang S, Alegre-Sancho JJ, Carreira PE, Engelhart M, Hachulla E, Henes J, Kerzberg E, Pozzi MR, Riemekasten G, Smith V, Szücs G, Vanthuyne M, Zanatta E, Distler O, Gabrielli AG, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Steen VD, Khanna D; EUSTAR Collaborators. Late skin fibrosis in systemic sclerosis: a study from the EUSTAR cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2023 Feb 6;62(SI):SI54-SI63. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac363. PubMed ID: 35731139.
2022
  • Elhai M, Sritharan N, Boubaya M, Balbir-Gurman A, Siegert E, Hachulla E, de Vries-Bouwstra J, Riemekasten G, Distler JHW, Rosato E, Del Galdo F, Mendoza FA, Furst DE, de la Puente C, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Bloch-Queyrat C, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Stratification in systemic sclerosis according to autoantibody status versus skin involvement: a study of the prospective EUSTAR cohort. Lancet Rheumatol. 2022 Nov;4(11):e785-e794. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(22)00217-X. PubMed ID: 38265945.
  • Kuster S, Jordan S, Elhai M, Held U, Steigmiller K, Bruni C, Cacciapaglia F, Vettori S, Siegert E, Rednic S, Codullo V, Airo P, Braun-Moscovici Y, Hunzelmann N, Joao Salvador M, Riccieri V, Gheorghiu AM, Alegre Sancho JJ, Romanowska-Prochnicka K, Castellví I, Kötter I, Truchetet ME, López-Longo FJ, Novikov PI, Giollo A, Shirai Y, Belloli L, Zanatta E, Hachulla E, Smith V, Denton C, Ionescu RM, Schmeiser T, Distler JHW, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Kuwana M, Allanore Y, Distler O; EUSTAR collaborators. Effectiveness and safety of tocilizumab in patients with systemic sclerosis: a propensity score matched controlled observational study of the EUSTAR cohort. RMD Open. 2022 Nov;8(2):e002477. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2022-002477. PubMed ID: 36328401. PubMed Central ID: PMC9639158.
  • Zanatta E, Huscher D, Ortolan A, Avouac J, Airò P, Balbir-Gurman A, Siegert E, Matucci Cerinic M, Cozzi F, Riemekasten G, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Distler O, Gabrielli A, Heitmann S, Hunzelmann N, Montecucco C, Morovic-Vergles J, Ribi C, Doria A, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators. Phenotype of limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis patients with positive anti-topoisomerase I antibodies: data from the EUSTAR cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Nov 28;61(12):4786-4796. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keac188. PubMed ID: 35348643.
  • Bruni C, Chung L, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Assassi S, Gabrielli A, Khanna D, Bernstein EJ, Distler O; EUSTAR and SCTC collaborators. High-resolution computed tomography of the chest for the screening, re-screening and follow-up of systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease: a EUSTAR-SCTC survey. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2022 Oct;40(10):1951-1955. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/7ry6zz. PubMed ID: 35819810.
  • Liem SIE, Boonstra M, le Cessie S, Riccardi A, Airo P, Distler O, Matucci-Cerinic M, Caimmi C, Siegert E, Allanore Y, Huizinga TWJ, Toes REM, Scherer HU, de Vries-Bouwstra JK; EUSTAR collaborators. Sex-specific risk of anti-topoisomerase antibodies on mortality and disease severity in systemic sclerosis: 10-year analysis of the Leiden CCISS and EUSTAR cohorts. Lancet Rheumatol. 2022 Oct;4(10):e699-e709. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(22)00224-7. PubMed ID: 38265968.
  • Campochiaro C, Lazzaroni MG, Bruni C, Zanatta E, De Luca G, Matucci-Cerinic M. Open questions on the management of targeted therapies for the treatment of systemic sclerosis-interstitial lung disease: results of a EUSTAR survey based on a systemic literature review. Ther Adv Musculoskelet Dis. 2022 Aug 22;14:1759720X221116408. doi: 10.1177/1759720X221116408. PubMed ID: 36051631. PubMed Central ID: PMC9425887.
  • Hughes M, Heal C, Henes J, Balbir-Gurman A, Distler JHW, Airò P, Müller-Ladner U, Hunzelmann N, Kerzberg E, Rudnicka L, Truchetet ME, Stebbings S, Tanaka Y, Hoffman-Vold AM, Gabrielli A, Distler O, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR Collaborators. Digital pitting scars are associated with a severe disease course and death in systemic sclerosis: a study from the EUSTAR cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Mar 2;61(3):1141-1147. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab510. PubMed ID: 34146098.
  • Iudici M, Jarlborg M, Lauper K, Müller-Ladner U, Smith V, Allanore Y, Balbir-Gurman A, Doria A, Airò P, Walker UA, Riccieri V, Vonk MC, Gabrielli A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Szücs G, Martin T, Distler O, Courvoisier DS; EUSTAR collaborators. Representativeness of systemic sclerosis patients in interventional randomized trials: an analysis of the EUSTAR database. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2022 Feb 2;61(2):743-755. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab437. PubMed ID: 33989387.
2021
  • Gigante A, Hoffmann-Vold AM, Alunni Fegatelli D, Gabrielli A, Leodori G, Coleiro B, De Santis M, Dagna L, Alegre-Sancho JJ, Montecucco C, Carreira PE, Balbir-Gurman A, Doria A, Riemekasten G, Airò P, Distler J, Distler O, Rosato E; EUSTAR collaborators. Estimated glomerular filtration rate is a marker of mortality in the European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR) database. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Dec 24;61(1):213-222. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab302. PubMed ID: 33769468.
  • Lazzaroni MG, Marasco E, Campochiaro C, DeVries-Bouwstra J, Gonzalez-Perez MI, Rojas-Serrano J, Hachulla E, Zanatta E, Barsotti S, Furini F, Triantafyllias K, Abignano G, Truchetet ME, De Luca G, De Langhe E, Hesselstrand R, Ingegnoli F, Bertoldo E, Smith V, Bellando-Randone S, Poormoghim H, Colombo E, Ceribelli A, Furloni A, Zingarelli S, Cavazzana I, Franceschini F, Del Galdo F, Denton CP, Cavagna L, Distler O, Allanore Y, Airò P; EUSTAR co-authors. The clinical phenotype of systemic sclerosis patients with anti-PM/Scl antibodies: results from the EUSTAR cohort. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2021 Nov 3;60(11):5028-5041. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keab152. PubMed ID: 33580257.
  • Lóránd V, Nagy G, Bálint Z, Komjáti D, Minier T, Kumánovics G, Farkas N, Tarner IH, Müller-Ladner U, Czirják L, Varjú C; DeSScipher Consortium and contributing EUSTAR Centres. Sensitivity to change of joint count composite indices in 72 patients with systemic sclerosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2021 Jul-Aug;39 Suppl 131(4):77-84. doi: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/cl3bbb. PubMed ID: 33734965.
  • Hernández J, Jordan S, Dobrota R, Iudici M, Hasler P, Ribi C, Villiger P, Vlachoyiannopoulos P, Vacca A, Garzanova L, Giollo A, Rosato E, Kötter I, Carreira PE, Doria A, Henes J, Müller-Ladner U, Smith V, Distler J, Gabrielli A, Hoffman-Vold AM, Walker U, Distler O; The Eustar Collaborators. The burden of systemic sclerosis in Switzerland – the Swiss systemic sclerosis EUSTAR cohort. Swiss Med Wkly. 2021 Jul 14;151:w20528. doi: 10.4414/smw.2021.20528. PubMed ID: 34283895.
  • Hoffmann-Vold AM, Allanore Y, Alves M, Brunborg C, Airó P, Ananieva LP, Czirják L, Guiducci S, Hachulla E, Li M, Mihai C, Riemekasten G, Sfikakis PP, Kowal-Bielecka O, Riccardi A, Distler O; EUSTAR collaborators. Progressive interstitial lung disease in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease in the EUSTAR database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2021 Feb;80(2):219-227. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2020-217455. PubMed ID: 32988845. PubMed Central ID: PMC7815627.
2020
  • 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. PubMed ID: 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. PubMed ID: 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. PubMed ID: 33115544. PubMed Central ID: PMC7592571.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 32213494.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 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. PubMed ID: 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. PubMed ID: 32865169. https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=15633.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 32209135. PubMed Central ID: PMC7093969.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 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. PubMed ID: 31111363.
2019
  • 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. PubMed ID: 31422354.
  • 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. 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. PubMed ID: 31227488. PubMed Central ID: PMC6788922.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 30969034. PubMed Central ID: PMC6771590
  • 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. doi: 10.5167/uzh-176367. PubMed ID: 31573474. https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=13878
2018
  • 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. PubMed ID: 30967395.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 30852552. PubMed Central ID: PMC6517861.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 30997150. PubMed Central ID: PMC6446182.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 30678703. PubMed Central ID: PMC6346551.
  • 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. PubMed ID: 30039730.
  • Jaeger VK, Valentini G, Hachulla E, Cozzi F, Distler O, Airó P, Czirják L, Allanore Y, Siegert E, Rosato E, Matucci-Cerinic M, Caimmi C, Henes J, Carreira PE, Smith V, Del Galdo F, Denton CP, Ullman S, De Langhe E, Riccieri V, Alegre-Sancho JJ, Rednic S, Müller-Ladner U, Walker UA; EUSTAR coauthors. Brief Report: Smoking in Systemic Sclerosis: A Longitudinal European Scleroderma Trials and Research Group Study. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2018 Nov;70(11):1829-1834. doi: 10.1002/art.40557. PubMed ID: 29781588.
  • Carreira PE, Carmona L, Joven BE, Loza E, Andreu JL, Riemekasten G, Vettori S, Balbir-Gurman A, Airò P, Walker UA, 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; the EUSTAR co-authors. Gender differences in early systemic sclerosis patients: a report from the EULAR scleroderma trials and research group (EUSTAR) database. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2018 Jul-Aug;36 Suppl 113(4):68-75. Epub 2018 Sep 29. PubMed ID: 30277860. http://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=11860.
  • Jaeger VK, Distler O, Maurer B, Czirják L, Lóránd V, Valentini G, Vettori S, Del Galdo F, Abignano G, Denton C, Nihtyanova S, Allanore Y, Avouac J, Riemekasten G, Siegert E, Huscher D, Matucci-Cerinic M, Guiducci S, Frerix M, Tarner IH, Garay Toth B, Fankhauser B, Umbricht J, Zakharova A, Mihai C, Cozzi F, Yavuz S, Hunzelmann N, Rednic S, Vacca A, Schmeiser T, Riccieri V, García de la Peña Lefebvre P, Gabrielli A, Krummel-Lorenz B, Martinovic D, Ancuta C, Smith V, Müller-Ladner U, Walker UA. Functional disability and its predictors in systemic sclerosis: a study from the DeSScipher project within the EUSTAR group. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2018 Mar 1;57(3):441-450. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kex182. PubMed ID: 28499034.
  • Adler S, Huscher D, Siegert E, Allanore Y, Czirják L, DelGaldo F, Denton CP, Distler O, Frerix M, Matucci-Cerinic M, Mueller-Ladner U, Tarner IH, Valentini G, Walker UA, Villiger PM, Riemekasten G; EUSTAR co-workers on behalf of the DeSScipher project research group within the EUSTAR network. Systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease – individualized immunosuppressive therapy and course of lung function: results of the EUSTAR group. Arthritis Res Ther. 2018 Jan 30;20(1):17. doi: 10.1186/s13075-018-1517-z. PubMed ID: 29382380. PubMed Central ID: PMC5791165.
2017
  • Elhai M, Meune C, Boubaya M, Avouac J, Hachulla E, Balbir-Gurman A, Riemekasten G, Airò P, Joven B, Vettori S, Cozzi F, Ullman S, Czirják L, Tikly M, Müller-Ladner U, Caramaschi P, Distler O, Iannone F, Ananieva LP, Hesselstrand R, Becvar R, Gabrielli A, Damjanov N, Salvador MJ, Riccieri V, Mihai C, Szücs G, Walker UA, Hunzelmann N, Martinovic D, Smith V, Müller CS, Montecucco CM, Opris D, Ingegnoli F, Vlachoyiannopoulos PG, Stamenkovic B, Rosato E, Heitmann S, Distler JHW, Zenone T, Seidel M, Vacca A, Langhe E, Novak S, Cutolo M, Mouthon L, Henes J, Chizzolini C, Mühlen CAV, Solanki K, Rednic S, Stamp L, Anic B, Santamaria VO, De Santis M, Yavuz S, Sifuentes-Giraldo WA, Chatelus E, Stork J, Laar JV, Loyo E, García de la Peña Lefebvre P, Eyerich K, Cosentino V, Alegre-Sancho JJ, Kowal-Bielecka O, Rey G, Matucci-Cerinic M, Allanore Y; EUSTAR group. Mapping and predicting mortality from systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Nov;76(11):1897-1905. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2017-211448. PubMed ID: 28835464.
  • Carreira PE, Carmona L, Joven BE, Loza E, Andreu JL, Riemekasten G, Vettori S, Allanore Y, Balbir-Gurman A, Airò P, Walker UA, Damjanov N, Ananieva LP, Rednic S, Czirják L, Distler O, Farge D, Hesselstrand R, Corrado A, Caramaschi P, Tikly M, Matucci-Cerinic M; and EUSTAR co-authors. Clinical determinants of elevated systolic pulmonary artery pressure measured by transthoracic Doppler echocardiography in early systemic sclerosis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2017 Sep-Oct;35 Suppl 106(4):114-121. Epub 2017 Jun 20. PubMed ID: 28664832.
  • Kowal-Bielecka O, Fransen J, Avouac J, Becker M, Kulak A, Allanore Y, Distler O, Clements P, Cutolo M, Czirjak L, Damjanov N, Del Galdo F, Denton CP, Distler JHW, Foeldvari I, Figelstone K, Frerix M, Furst DE, Guiducci S, Hunzelmann N, Khanna D, Matucci-Cerinic M, Herrick AL, van den Hoogen F, van Laar JM, Riemekasten G, Silver R, Smith V, Sulli A, Tarner I, Tyndall A, Welling J, Wigley F, Valentini G, Walker UA, Zulian F, Müller-Ladner U; EUSTAR Coauthors. Update of EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Aug;76(8):1327-1339. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209909. PubMed ID: 27941129.
  • Kowal-Bielecka O, Chwiesko-Minarowska S, Bernatowicz PL, Allanore Y, Radstake T, Matucci-Cerinic M, Broen J, Hesselstrand R, Krasowska D, Riemekasten G, Vonk M, Kowalczuk O, Bielecki M, Milewski R, Chyczewski L, Niklinski J, Kowal K. The arachidonate 5-lipoxygenase activating protein gene polymorphism is associated with the risk of scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease: a multicentre European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR) study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2017 May 1;56(5):844-852. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew499. PubMed ID: 28160477.
  • Lazzaroni MG, Cavazzana I, Colombo E, Dobrota R, Hernandez J, Hesselstrand R, Varju C, Nagy G, Smith V, Caramaschi P, Riccieri V, Hachulla E, Balbir-Gurman A, Chatelus E, Romanowska-Próchnicka K, Araújo AC, Distler O, Allanore Y, Airò P; EUSTAR co-authors. Malignancies in Patients with Anti-RNA Polymerase III Antibodies and Systemic Sclerosis: Analysis of the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Cohort and Possible Recommendations for Screening. J Rheumatol. 2017 May;44(5):639-647. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.160817. PubMed ID: 28089973.
  • Valentini G, Iudici M, Walker UA, Jaeger VK, Baron M, Carreira P, Czirják L, Denton CP, Distler O, Hachulla E, Herrick AL, Kowal-Bielecka O, Pope J, Müller-Ladner U, Riemekasten G, Avouac J, Frerix M, Jordan S, Minier T, Siegert E, Ong VH, Vettori S, Allanore Y. The European Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR) task force for the development of revised activity criteria for systemic sclerosis: derivation and validation of a preliminarily revised EUSTAR activity index. Ann Rheum Dis. 2017 Jan;76(1):270-276. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-209768. PubMed ID: 27621285.
2016
  • Dobrota R, Maurer B, Graf N, Jordan S, Mihai C, Kowal-Bielecka O, Allanore Y, Distler O; EUSTAR coauthors. Prediction of improvement in skin fibrosis in diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR analysis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Oct;75(10):1743-8. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208024. PubMed ID: 27016052. PubMed Central ID: PMC5036205.
  • Jaeger VK, Wirz EG, Allanore Y, Rossbach P, Riemekasten G, Hachulla E, Distler O, Airò P, Carreira PE, Balbir Gurman A, Tikly M, Vettori S, Damjanov N, Müller-Ladner U, Distler JH, Li M, Walker UA; EUSTAR co-authors. Incidences and Risk Factors of Organ Manifestations in the Early Course of Systemic Sclerosis: A Longitudinal EUSTAR Study. PLoS One. 2016 Oct 5;11(10):e0163894. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0163894. PubMed ID: 27706206. PubMed Central ID: PMC5051961.
  • Lóránd V, Bálint Z, Komjáti D, Németh B, Minier T, Kumánovics G, Farkas N, Czirják L, Varjú C; DeSScipher Consortium and contributing EUSTAR centers. Validation of disease activity indices using the 28 joint counts in systemic sclerosis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2016 Oct;55(10):1849-58. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kew246. PubMed ID: 27402873.
  • Wirz EG, Jaeger VK, Allanore Y, Riemekasten G, Hachulla E, Distler O, Airò P, Carreira PE, Tikly M, Vettori S, Balbir Gurman A, Damjanov N, Müller-Ladner U, Distler J, Li M, Häusermann P, Walker UA; EUSTAR coauthors. Incidence and predictors of cutaneous manifestations during the early course of systemic sclerosis: a 10-year longitudinal study from the EUSTAR database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jul;75(7):1285-92. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207271. PubMed ID: 26232495.
  • Mihai C, Landewé R, van der Heijde D, Walker UA, Constantin PI, Gherghe AM, Ionescu R, Rednic S, Allanore Y, Avouac J, Czirják L, Hachulla E, Riemekasten G, Cozzi F, Airò P, Cutolo M, Mueller-Ladner U, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR co-authors. Digital ulcers predict a worse disease course in patients with systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Apr;75(4):681-6. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205897. PubMed ID: 25688073.
  • Jordan S, Distler J, Maurer B, Walker UA, Huscher D, Allanore Y, Riemekasten G, Distler O, EUSTAR. Effect of endothelin-1 receptor antagonists on skin fibrosis in scleroderma patients from the EUSTAR database. J Scleroderma Relat Disord. 2016;1(2):220-225. doi: 10.5301/jsrd.5000204.
  • Avouac J, Walker UA, Hachulla E, Riemekasten G, Cuomo G, Carreira PE, Caramaschi P, Ananieva LP, Matucci-Cerinic M, Czirjak L, Denton C, Ladner UM, Allanore Y; EUSTAR collaborators*; EUSTAR collaborators. Joint and tendon involvement predict disease progression in systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR prospective study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jan;75(1):103-9. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205295. PubMed ID: 25165035.
  • Elhai M, Avouac J, Walker UA, Matucci-Cerinic M, Riemekasten G, Airò P, Hachulla E, Valentini G, Carreira PE, Cozzi F, Balbir Gurman A, Braun-Moscovici Y, Damjanov N, Ananieva LP, Scorza R, Jimenez S, Busquets J, Li M, Müller-Ladner U, Kahan A, Distler O, Allanore Y; EUSTAR co-authors. A gender gap in primary and secondary heart dysfunctions in systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR prospective study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2016 Jan;75(1):163-9. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206386. PubMed ID: 25342760.
2015
  • Ingegnoli F, Boracchi P, Gualtierotti R, Smith V, Cutolo M, Foeldvari I; EUSTAR co-authors. A comparison between nailfold capillaroscopy patterns in adulthood in juvenile and adult-onset systemic sclerosis: A EUSTAR exploratory study. Microvasc Res. 2015 Nov;102:19-24. doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2015.07.007. PubMed ID: 26254260.
  • Brand M, Hollaender R, Rosenberg D, Scott M, Hunsche E, Tyndall A, Denaro V, Carreira P, Varju C, Gabrielli B, Zingarelli S, Caramaschi P, Simic-Pasalic K, Müller-Ladner U, Vasile M, Mihai C, Rosato E, Vacca A, Zenone T, Mohamed WA, Ancuta C, Zampogna G, Rednic S, Jabaar N, Belloli L, Pozzi MR, Foti R, Walker UA; EUSTAR Co-Investigators. An observational cohort study of patients with newly diagnosed digital ulcer disease secondary to systemic sclerosis registered in the EUSTAR database. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Jul-Aug;33(4 Suppl 91):S47-54. Epub 2015 Aug 5. PubMed ID: 26243652.
  • Sandmeier B, Jäger VK, Nagy G, Carreira PE, Tzankov A, Widuchowska M, Antic M, Distler O, Reichert H, Distler JH, Walker UA, Hügle T. Autopsy versus clinical findings in patients with systemic sclerosis in a case series from patients of the EUSTAR database. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2015 Jul-Aug;33(4 Suppl 91):S75-9. Epub 2015 Sep 1. PubMed ID: 26339891.
  • Hachulla E, Clerson P, Airò P, Cuomo G, Allanore Y, Caramaschi P, Rosato E, Carreira PE, Riccieri V, Sarraco M, Denton CP, Riemekasten G, Pozzi MR, Zeni S, Mihai CM, Ullman S, Distler O, Rednic S, Smith V, Walker UA, Matucci-Cerinic M, Müller-Ladner U, Launay D; EUSTAR co-workers. Value of systolic pulmonary arterial pressure as a prognostic factor of death in the systemic sclerosis EUSTAR population. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2015 Jul;54(7):1262-9. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keu450. PubMed ID: 25596413. PubMed Central ID: PMC4473765.
  • Jordan S, Distler JH, Maurer B, Huscher D, van Laar JM, Allanore Y, Distler O; EUSTAR Rituximab study group. Effects and safety of rituximab in systemic sclerosis: an analysis from the European Scleroderma Trial and Research (EUSTAR) group. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Jun;74(6):1188-94. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204522. PubMed ID: 24442885.
  • Maurer B, Graf N, Michel BA, Müller-Ladner U, Czirják L, Denton CP, Tyndall A, Metzig C, Lanius V, Khanna D, Distler O; EUSTAR co-authors. Prediction of worsening of skin fibrosis in patients with diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis using the EUSTAR database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Jun;74(6):1124-31. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205226. PubMed ID: 24981642.
2014
  • Minier T, Guiducci S, Bellando-Randone S, Bruni C, Lepri G, Czirják L, Distler O, Walker UA, Fransen J, Allanore Y, Denton C, Cutolo M, Tyndall A, Müller-Ladner U, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR co-workers; EUSTAR co-workers. Preliminary analysis of the very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis (VEDOSS) EUSTAR multicentre study: evidence for puffy fingers as a pivotal sign for suspicion of systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Dec;73(12):2087-93. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203716. PubMed ID: 23940211.
  • Keck AD, Foocharoen C, Rosato E, Smith V, Allanore Y, Distler O, Stamenkovic B, Pereira Da Silva JA, Hadj Khelifa S, Denisov LN, Hachulla E, García de la Peña Lefebvre P, Sibilia J, Airò P, Caramaschi P, Müller-Ladner U, Wiland P, Walker UA. Nailfold capillary abnormalities in erectile dysfunction of systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR group analysis. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2014 Apr;53(4):639-43. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ket392. PubMed ID: 24310296.
  • Müller-Ladner U, Tyndall A, Czirjak L, Denton C, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR centres. Ten years EULAR Scleroderma Research and Trials (EUSTAR): what has been achieved? Ann Rheum Dis. 2014 Feb;73(2):324-7. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203997. PubMed ID: 24121165.
  • Ghrénassia E, Avouac J, Khanna D, Derk CT, Distler O, Suliman YA, Airo P, Carreira PE, Foti R, Granel B, Berezne A, Cabane J, Ingegnoli F, Rosato E, Caramaschi P, Hesselstrand R, Walker UA, Alegre-Sancho JJ, Zarrouk V, Agard C, Riccieri V, Schiopu E, Gladue H, Steen VD, Allanore Y. Prevalence, correlates and outcomes of gastric antral vascular ectasia in systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR case-control study. J Rheumatol. 2014 Jan;41(1):99-105. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.130386. PubMed ID: 24293584.
2013
  • Ingegnoli F, Ardoino I, Boracchi P, Cutolo M; EUSTAR co-authors. Nailfold capillaroscopy in systemic sclerosis: data from the EULAR scleroderma trials and research (EUSTAR) database. Microvasc Res. 2013 Sep;89:122-8. doi: 10.1016/j.mvr.2013.06.003. PubMed ID: 23792167.
  • Elhai M, Meunier M, Matucci-Cerinic M, Maurer B, Riemekasten G, Leturcq T, Pellerito R, Von Mühlen CA, Vacca A, Airo P, Bartoli F, Fiori G, Bokarewa M, Riccieri V, Becker M, Avouac J, Müller-Ladner U, Distler O, Allanore Y; EUSTAR. Outcomes of patients with systemic sclerosis-associated polyarthritis and myopathy treated with tocilizumab or abatacept: a EUSTAR observational study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Jul;72(7):1217-20. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-202657. PubMed ID: 23253926.
  • Heijnen IA, Foocharoen C, Bannert B, Carreira PE, Caporali R, Smith V, Kumánovics G, Becker MO, Vanthuyne M, Simsek I, Bocelli-Tyndall C, Walker UA. Clinical significance of coexisting antitopoisomerase I and anticentromere antibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis: a EUSTAR group-based study. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2013 Mar-Apr;31(2 Suppl 76):96-102. Epub 2012 Oct 24. PubMed ID: 23101460.
  • Schneeberger D, Tyndall A, Kay J, Søndergaard KH, Carreira PE, Morgiel E, Deuschle K, Derk CT, Widuchowska M, Walker UA. Systemic sclerosis without antinuclear antibodies or Raynaud’s phenomenon: a multicentre study in the prospective EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2013 Mar;52(3):560-7. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes315. PubMed ID: 23221323.
2012
  • Saketkoo LA, Escorpizo R, Keen KJ, Fligelstone K, Distler O; EUSTAR. International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health Core Set construction in systemic sclerosis and other rheumatic diseases: a EUSTAR initiative. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012 Dec;51(12):2170-6. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes185. PubMed ID: 22919048.
  • Koumakis E, Wipff J, Dieudé P, Ruiz B, Bouaziz M, Revillod L, Guedj M, Distler JH, Matucci-Cerinic M, Humbert M, Riemekasten G, Airo P, Melchers I, Hachulla E, Cusi D, Wichmann HE, Hunzelmann N, Tiev K, Caramaschi P, Diot E, Kowal-Bielecka O, Cuomo G, Walker U, Czirják L, Damjanov N, Lupoli S, Conti C, Müller-Nurasyid M, Müller-Ladner U, Riccieri V, Cracowski JL, Cozzi F, Bournia VK, Vlachoyiannopoulos P, Chiocchia G, Boileau C, Allanore Y. TGFβ receptor gene variants in systemic sclerosis-related pulmonary arterial hypertension: results from a multicentre EUSTAR study of European Caucasian patients. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Nov;71(11):1900-3. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201755. PubMed ID: 22896741.
  • Foeldvari I, Tyndall A, Zulian F, Müller-Ladner U, Czirjak L, Denton C, Kowal-Bielecka O, Bancel DF, Matucci-Cerinic M. Juvenile and young adult-onset systemic sclerosis share the same organ involvement in adulthood: data from the EUSTAR database. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2012 Oct;51(10):1832-7. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/kes144. PubMed ID: 22728264.
  • Meier FM, Frommer KW, Dinser R, Walker UA, Czirjak L, Denton CP, Allanore Y, Distler O, Riemekasten G, Valentini G, Müller-Ladner U; EUSTAR Co-authors. Update on the profile of the EUSTAR cohort: an analysis of the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research group database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2012 Aug;71(8):1355-60. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200742. PubMed ID: 22615460.
  • Foocharoen C, Distler O, Becker M, Müller-Ladner U, von Mühlen C, Leuchten N, Walker UA. Clinical correlations of hypocomplementaemia in systemic sclerosis: an analysis of the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group (EUSTAR) database. Scand J Rheumatol. 2012 May;41(3):243-6. doi: 10.3109/03009742.2011.641583. PubMed ID: 22309107.
2011
  • Fransen J, Popa-Diaconu D, Hesselstrand R, Carreira P, Valentini G, Beretta L, Airo P, Inanc M, Ullman S, Balbir-Gurman A, Sierakowski S, Allanore Y, Czirjak L, Riccieri V, Giacomelli R, Gabrielli A, Riemekasten G, Matucci-Cerinic M, Farge D, Hunzelmann N, Van den Hoogen FH, Vonk MC. Clinical prediction of 5-year survival in systemic sclerosis: validation of a simple prognostic model in EUSTAR centres. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Oct;70(10):1788-92. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.144360. PubMed ID: 21784727.
  • Wipff J, Coriat R, Masciocchi M, Caramaschi P, Derk CT, Hachulla E, Riccieri V, Mouthon L, Krasowska D, Ananyeva LP, Kahan A, Matucci-Cerinic M, Chaussade S, Allanore Y. Outcomes of Barrett’s oesophagus related to systemic sclerosis: a 3-year EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research prospective follow-up study. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Aug;50(8):1440-4. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/ker110. PubMed ID: 21415021.
  • Beyer C, Distler JH, Allanore Y, Aringer M, Avouac J, Czirják L, Cutolo M, Damjanov N, Del Galdo F, Fligelstone K, Guiducci S, Kowal-Bielecka O, van Laar JM, Martucci-Cerinic M, Müller-Ladner U, Riemekasten G, Tarner IH, Tyndall A, Kennedy AT, Valentini G, Vettori S, Walker UA, Denton C, Distler O; EUSTAR Biobanking Group. EUSTAR biobanking: recommendations for the collection, storage and distribution of biospecimens in scleroderma research. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Jul;70(7):1178-82. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.142489. PubMed ID: 21285118.
  • Distler JH, Jordan S, Airo P, Alegre-Sancho JJ, Allanore Y, Balbir Gurman A, Caporali R, Caramaschi P, Carreira PE, Chizzolini C, Cutolo M, Tuncay Duruöz M, Farge-Bancel D, Hesselstrand R, Iannone F, De Keyser F, Kucharz EJ, Launay D, García de la Peña Lefebvre P, Lukacova O, Marasini B, Martinovic D, Marques Neto JF, Radic M, Rednic S, Riemekasten G, Rovensky J, Seidel MF, Senel S, Smith V, Sunderkötter C, Ton E, van Laar JM, Matucci-Cerinic M, Müller Ladner U, Distler O. Is there a role for TNFα antagonists in the treatment of SSc? EUSTAR expert consensus development using the Delphi technique. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2011 Mar-Apr;29(2 Suppl 65):S40-5. Epub 2011 May 12. PubMed ID: 21586217. https://www.clinexprheumatol.org/abstract.asp?a=4616
  • Avouac J, Fransen J, Walker UA, Riccieri V, Smith V, Muller C, Miniati I, Tarner IH, Randone SB, Cutolo M, Allanore Y, Distler O, Valentini G, Czirjak L, Müller-Ladner U, Furst DE, Tyndall A, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR Group. Preliminary criteria for the very early diagnosis of systemic sclerosis: results of a Delphi Consensus Study from EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group. Ann Rheum Dis. 2011 Mar;70(3):476-81. doi: 10.1136/ard.2010.136929. PubMed ID: 21081523.
  • Hügle T, Schuetz P, Daikeler T, Tyndall A, Matucci-Cerinic M, Walker UA, van Laar JM; EUSTAR members. Late-onset systemic sclerosis-a systematic survey of the EULAR scleroderma trials and research group database. Rheumatology (Oxford). 2011 Jan;50(1):161-5. doi: 10.1093/rheumatology/keq321. PubMed ID: 20884657.
2010
  • Tyndall AJ, Bannert B, Vonk M, Airò P, Cozzi F, Carreira PE, Bancel DF, Allanore Y, Müller-Ladner U, Distler O, Iannone F, Pellerito R, Pileckyte M, Miniati I, Ananieva L, Gurman AB, Damjanov N, Mueller A, Valentini G, Riemekasten G, Tikly M, Hummers L, Henriques MJ, Caramaschi P, Scheja A, Rozman B, Ton E, Kumánovics G, Coleiro B, Feierl E, Szucs G, Von Mühlen CA, Riccieri V, Novak S, Chizzolini C, Kotulska A, Denton C, Coelho PC, Kötter I, Simsek I, de la Pena Lefebvre PG, Hachulla E, Seibold JR, Rednic S, Stork J, Morovic-Vergles J, Walker UA. Causes and risk factors for death in systemic sclerosis: a study from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Oct;69(10):1809-15. doi: 10.1136/ard.2009.114264. PubMed ID: 20551155.
  • Alizadeh BZ, Broen J, Rueda B, Hesselstrand R, Wuttge D, Simeon C, Ortego-Centeno N, Gonzalez-Gay MA, Pros A, Herrick A, Worthington J, Denton C, Fonseca C, Riemekasten G, Vonk MC, van den Hoogen F, Guiducci S, Matucci-Cerinic M, Scorza R, Beretta L, Airó P, Coenen M, Martin J, Koeleman BP, Radstake TR; EUSTAR. Functional variants of Fc gamma receptor (FCGR2A) and FCGR3A are not associated with susceptibility to systemic sclerosis in a large European Study (EUSTAR). J Rheumatol. 2010 Aug 1;37(8):1673-9. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091259. PubMed ID: 20551103.
  • Avouac J, Walker U, Tyndall A, Kahan A, Matucci-Cerinic M, Allanore Y; EUSTAR; Miniati I, Muller A, Iannone F, Distler O, Becvar R, Sierakowsky S, Kowal-Bielecka O, Coelho P, Cabane J, Cutolo M, Shoenfeld Y, Valentini G, Rovensky J, Riemekasten G, Vlachoyiannopoulos P, Caporali R, Jiri S, Inanc M, Zimmermann Gorska I, Carreira P, Novak S, Czirjak L, Oliveira Ramos F, Jendro M, Chizzolini C, Kucharz EJ, Richter J, Cozzi F, Rozman B, Mallia CM, Gabrielli A, Farge D, Kiener HP, Schöffel D, Airo P, Wollheim F, Martinovic D, Trotta F, Jablonska S, Reich K, Bombardieri S, Siakka P, Pellerito R, Bambara LM, Morovic-Vergles J, Denton C, Hinrichs R, Van den Hoogen F, Damjanov N, Kötter I, Ortiz V, Heitmann S, Krasowska D, Seidel M, Hasler P, Van Laar JM, Kaltwasser JP, Foeldvari I, Juan Mas A, Bajocchi G, Wislowska M, Pereira Da Silva JA, Jacobsen S, Worm M, Graniger W, Kuhn A, Stankovic A, Cossutta R, Majdan M, Damjanovska Rajcevska L, Tikly M, Nasonov EL, Steinbrink K, Herrick A, Müller-Ladner U, Dinc A, Scorza R, Sondergaard K, Indiveri F, Nielsen H, Szekanecz Z, Silver RM, Antivalle M, Espinosa IB, García de la Pena Lefebvre P, Midtvedt O, Launay D, Valesini F, Tuvik P, Ionescu RM, Del Papa N, Pinto S, Wigley F, et al. Characteristics of joint involvement and relationships with systemic inflammation in systemic sclerosis: results from the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research Group (EUSTAR) database. J Rheumatol. 2010 Jul;37(7):1488-501. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.091165. PubMed ID: 20551097.
  • Allanore Y, Meune C, Vonk MC, Airo P, Hachulla E, Caramaschi P, Riemekasten G, Cozzi F, Beretta L, Derk CT, Komócsi A, Farge D, Balbir A, Riccieri V, Distler O, Chialà A, Del Papa N, Simic KP, Ghio M, Stamenkovic B, Rednic S, Host N, Pellerito R, Zegers E, Kahan A, Walker UA, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR co-authors. Prevalence and factors associated with left ventricular dysfunction in the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group (EUSTAR) database of patients with systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2010 Jan;69(1):218-21. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.103382. PubMed ID: 19279015.
2009
  • Matucci-Cerinic M, Allanore Y, Czirják L, Tyndall A, Müller-Ladner U, Denton C, Valentini G, Distler O, Fligelstone K, Tyrrel-Kennedy A, Farge D, Kowal-Bielecka O, van den Hoogen F, Cutolo M, Sampaio-Barros PD, Nash P, Takehara K, Furst DE. The challenge of early systemic sclerosis for the EULAR Scleroderma Trial and Research group (EUSTAR) community. It is time to cut the Gordian knot and develop a prevention or rescue strategy. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Sep;68(9):1377-80. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.106302. PubMed ID: 19674983.
  • Walker UA, Tyndall A, Czirják L, Denton CP, Farge-Bancel D, Kowal-Bielecka O, Müller-Ladner U, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR co-authors. Geographical variation of disease manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research (EUSTAR) group database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jun;68(6):856-62. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.091348. PubMed ID: 18625615.
  • Avouac J, Kowal-Bielecka O, Landewe R, Chwiesko S, Miniati I, Czirjak L, Clements P, Denton C, Farge D, Fligelstone K, Földvari I, Furst DE, Müller-Ladner U, Seibold J, Silver RM, Takehara K, Toth BG, Tyndall A, Valentini G, van den Hoogen F, Wigley F, Zulian F, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR Coauthors. European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) Scleroderma Trial and Research group (EUSTAR) recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis: methods of elaboration and results of systematic literature research. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 May;68(5):629-34. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.095299. PubMed ID: 18957486.
  • Kowal-Bielecka O, Landewé R, Avouac J, Chwiesko S, Miniati I, Czirjak L, Clements P, Denton C, Farge D, Fligelstone K, Földvari I, Furst DE, Müller-Ladner U, Seibold J, Silver RM, Takehara K, Toth BG, Tyndall A, Valentini G, van den Hoogen F, Wigley F, Zulian F, Matucci-Cerinic M; EUSTAR Co-Authors. EULAR recommendations for the treatment of systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research group (EUSTAR). Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 May;68(5):620-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.096677. PubMed ID: 19147617.
  • Distler JH, Allanore Y, Avouac J, Giacomelli R, Guiducci S, Moritz F, Akhmetshina A, Walker UA, Gabrielli A, Müller-Ladner U, Tyndall A, Matucci-Cerinic M, Distler O; EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research group. EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research group statement and recommendations on endothelial precursor cells. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Feb;68(2):163-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.091918. PubMed ID: 18653485.
2008
  • Tyndall A, Ladner UM, Matucci-Cerinic M. The EULAR Scleroderma Trials and Research Group (EUSTAR): an international framework for accelerating scleroderma research. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2008 Nov;20(6):703-6. doi: 10.1097/BOR.0b013e328311f841. PubMed ID: 18946332.
  • Rozman B, Cucnik S, Sodin-Semrl S, Czirják L, Varjú C, Distler O, Huscher D, Aringer M, Steiner G, Matucci-Cerinic M, Guiducci S, Stamenkovic B, Stankovic A, Kveder T. Prevalence and clinical associations of anti-Ku antibodies in patients with systemic sclerosis: a European EUSTAR-initiated multi-centre case-control study. Ann Rheum Dis. 2008 Sep;67(9):1282-6. doi: 10.1136/ard.2007.073981. PubMed ID: 18063672.
2007
  • Czirják L, Nagy Z, Aringer M, Riemekasten G, Matucci-Cerinic M, Furst DE; EUSTAR. The EUSTAR model for teaching and implementing the modified Rodnan skin score in systemic sclerosis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jul;66(7):966-9. doi: 10.1136/ard.2006.066530. PubMed ID: 17234649. PubMed Central ID: PMC1955103.
  • Walker UA, Tyndall A, Czirják L, Denton C, Farge-Bancel D, Kowal-Bielecka O, Müller-Ladner U, Bocelli-Tyndall C, Matucci-Cerinic M. Clinical risk assessment of organ manifestations in systemic sclerosis: a report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials And Research group database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Jun;66(6):754-63. doi: 10.1136/ard.2006.062901. PubMed ID: 17234652. PubMed Central ID: PMC1954657.
  • Allanore Y, Borderie D, Airo P, Guiducci S, Czirják L, Nasonov EL, Riemekasten G, Caramaschi P, Majdan M, Krasowska D, Friedl E, Lemarechal H, Ananieva LP, Nievskaya T, Ekindjian OG, Matucci-Cerinic M, Kahan A. Lack of association between three vascular endothelial growth factor gene polymorphisms and systemic sclerosis: results from a multicenter EUSTAR study of European Caucasian patients. Ann Rheum Dis. 2007 Feb;66(2):257-9. doi: 10.1136/ard.2006.054346. PubMed ID: 16740682. PubMed Central ID: PMC1798516.
2005
  • Tyndall A, Mueller-Ladner U, Matucci-Cerinic M. Systemic sclerosis in Europe: first report from the EULAR Scleroderma Trials And Research (EUSTAR) group database. Ann Rheum Dis. 2005 Jul;64(7):1107. doi: 10.1136/ard.2005.036038. PubMed ID: 15958775. PubMed Central ID: PMC1755555.