Comparing Psoriatic Arthritis Low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound, and Clinical Outcomes: Data from the TICOPA Trial

Philip S Helliwell^{1

2}, Laura C Coates^{3

4}, Ne Siang Chew^{3

4}, Giovanni Lettieri^{3

4}, Anna R Moverley^{3

4}, Jane E Freeston^{3

4}, Jackie Nam^{3

4}, Robin Waxman^{3

4}, Paul Emery^{3

4}, Philip G Conaghan^{3

4}

Affiliations

¹ From the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford; Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford; York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Scarborough, UK. p.helliwell@leeds.ac.uk.
² P.S. Helliwell, MA, PhD, DM, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; L.C. Coates, MBChB, MRCP, NIHR Clinician Scientist, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford; N.S. Chew, MRCP, FRCR, Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; G. Lettieri, MD, Honorary Consultant Radiologist, Clinical Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; A.R. Moverley, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology; J.E. Freeston, MA, MD, MRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; J. Nam, MBBCh FCP, PhD, Consultant in Rheumatology and Honorary Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; R. Waxman, MPH, Research Coordinator, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P. Emery, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FRACP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. p.helliwell@leeds.ac.uk.
³ From the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford; Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford; York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Scarborough, UK.
⁴ P.S. Helliwell, MA, PhD, DM, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; L.C. Coates, MBChB, MRCP, NIHR Clinician Scientist, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford; N.S. Chew, MRCP, FRCR, Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; G. Lettieri, MD, Honorary Consultant Radiologist, Clinical Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; A.R. Moverley, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology; J.E. Freeston, MA, MD, MRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; J. Nam, MBBCh FCP, PhD, Consultant in Rheumatology and Honorary Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; R. Waxman, MPH, Research Coordinator, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P. Emery, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FRACP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

PMID: 31676693
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.181385

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Comparing Psoriatic Arthritis Low-field Magnetic Resonance Imaging, Ultrasound, and Clinical Outcomes: Data from the TICOPA Trial

Philip S Helliwell et al. J Rheumatol. 2020.

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. 2020 Sep 1;47(9):1338-1343.

doi: 10.3899/jrheum.181385. Epub 2019 Nov 1.

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¹ From the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford; Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford; York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Scarborough, UK. p.helliwell@leeds.ac.uk.
² P.S. Helliwell, MA, PhD, DM, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; L.C. Coates, MBChB, MRCP, NIHR Clinician Scientist, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford; N.S. Chew, MRCP, FRCR, Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; G. Lettieri, MD, Honorary Consultant Radiologist, Clinical Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; A.R. Moverley, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology; J.E. Freeston, MA, MD, MRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; J. Nam, MBBCh FCP, PhD, Consultant in Rheumatology and Honorary Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; R. Waxman, MPH, Research Coordinator, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P. Emery, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FRACP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust. p.helliwell@leeds.ac.uk.
³ From the Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, Leeds; National Institute for Health Research (NIHR) Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, Leeds; Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford; Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust, Bradford; York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology, Scarborough, UK.
⁴ P.S. Helliwell, MA, PhD, DM, FRCP, Professor of Clinical Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; L.C. Coates, MBChB, MRCP, NIHR Clinician Scientist, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford; N.S. Chew, MRCP, FRCR, Consultant Musculoskeletal Radiologist, Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; G. Lettieri, MD, Honorary Consultant Radiologist, Clinical Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, and Bradford Teaching Hospitals Foundation Trust; A.R. Moverley, MBBS, BSc, FRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist, York Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Scarborough General Hospital, Department of Rheumatology; J.E. Freeston, MA, MD, MRCP, Consultant Rheumatologist and Honorary Clinical Associate Professor, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; J. Nam, MBBCh FCP, PhD, Consultant in Rheumatology and Honorary Lecturer, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; R. Waxman, MPH, Research Coordinator, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P. Emery, MA, MD, FRCP, FMedSci, Arthritis Research UK Professor of Rheumatology, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust; P.G. Conaghan, MBBS, PhD, FRCP, FRACP, Professor of Musculoskeletal Medicine, Leeds Institute of Rheumatic and Musculoskeletal Medicine, University of Leeds, and NIHR Leeds Biomedical Research Centre, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust.

PMID: 31676693
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.181385

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Objective: The Tight Control of inflammation in Psoriatic arthritis (TICOPA; isrctn.com: ISRCTN30147736) trial compared standard care (StdC) and tight control (TC) in early psoriatic arthritis (PsA), demonstrating better outcomes for TC. This substudy evaluated the performance metrics of modern imaging outcomes and compared them to the clinical data.

Methods: Non-contrast 0.2T magnetic resonance imaging (MRI; single hand) was assessed using the Outcomes in Rheumatology (OMERACT) PsA MRI Scoring System (PsAMRIS) with an additional global inflammation score. Ultrasound (US; same hand) was scored for greyscale, power Doppler, and erosions at the metacarpophalangeal (MCP) and proximal interphalangeal (PIP) joints and scores summated.

Results: Seventy-eight patients had paired (baseline and 48 weeks) US data and 61 paired MRI data; 50 had matched clinical, MR, and US data. Significant within-group changes were seen for the inflammatory PsAMRIS components at MCP level: MRI global inflammation [median difference (range), standardized response mean (SRM)]: 3.25 (-5.0 to 12.0), 0.68; 1.0 (-4.5 to 17.5), 0.45 for TC and StdC, respectively. Similar within-group differences were obtained for US: 1.0 (-13.0 to 23.0), 0.45; 3.0 (-6.0 to 21.0), 0.77 for TC and StdC, respectively. No differences were seen between treatment groups. Significant correlations were found between baseline and change MRI and US scores. A significant correlation was found between baseline PsA disease activity scores and MRI global inflammation scores (Spearman ρ for MCP, PIP: 0.46, 0.63, respectively). No differences in erosion progression were observed.

Conclusion: The PsAMRIS and US inflammation scores demonstrated good responsiveness. No between-group differences were demonstrated, but this substudy was likely underpowered to determine differences between the 2 treatment strategies.

Keywords: JOINT EROSIONS; JOINT INFLAMMATION; MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PSORIATIC ARTHRITIS; ULTRASOUND.

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