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Prognostic value of 18 FDG-PET at diagnosis and follow-up in giant cell arteritis: An observational restrospective study.
European Journal of Internal Medicine 2024 April 16
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the ability of 18 FDG PET/CT, at diagnosis of giant cell arteritis (GCA) and during follow-up, to predict occurrence of relapse in large-vessel GCA (LV-GCA).
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study using the French Study Group for Large-Vessel Vasculitis (GEFA) network. Data from patients with LV-GCA diagnosed by PET/CT and who had PET/CT in the following year were collected. For each PET/CT, PET vascular activity score (PETVAS) and total vascular score (TVS) were assessed, and their ability to predict the occurrence of subsequent relapse was assessed.
RESULTS: A total of 65 LV-GCA patients were included, of whom 55 had undergone a follow-up PET/CT 3 to 12 months after the diagnosis of GCA. Patients for whom the second PET/CT (PET2) was performed during active GCA were excluded. PETVAS and TVS decreased between PET1 and PET2 in all patients (p < 0.001). There was no correlation between vascular activity scores in PET2 and time to prednisone taper. For relapse prediction, at PET1, the AUC of the TVS and PETVAS were respectively 51.9 and 41.9 at 6 months, 55.3 and 49.7 at 1 year, 55 and 55.7 at 2 years. For PET2, the AUC were respectively 46.1 and 46.7 at 6 months, 52.1 and 48.9 at 1 year, 58.4 and 52.3 at 2 years.
CONCLUSION: PET vascular activity scores at diagnosis and at follow-up PET/CT performed outside a period of GCA activity do not display high performance to predict the occurrence of subsequent relapse in LV-GCA patients.
METHODS: We conducted a retrospective study using the French Study Group for Large-Vessel Vasculitis (GEFA) network. Data from patients with LV-GCA diagnosed by PET/CT and who had PET/CT in the following year were collected. For each PET/CT, PET vascular activity score (PETVAS) and total vascular score (TVS) were assessed, and their ability to predict the occurrence of subsequent relapse was assessed.
RESULTS: A total of 65 LV-GCA patients were included, of whom 55 had undergone a follow-up PET/CT 3 to 12 months after the diagnosis of GCA. Patients for whom the second PET/CT (PET2) was performed during active GCA were excluded. PETVAS and TVS decreased between PET1 and PET2 in all patients (p < 0.001). There was no correlation between vascular activity scores in PET2 and time to prednisone taper. For relapse prediction, at PET1, the AUC of the TVS and PETVAS were respectively 51.9 and 41.9 at 6 months, 55.3 and 49.7 at 1 year, 55 and 55.7 at 2 years. For PET2, the AUC were respectively 46.1 and 46.7 at 6 months, 52.1 and 48.9 at 1 year, 58.4 and 52.3 at 2 years.
CONCLUSION: PET vascular activity scores at diagnosis and at follow-up PET/CT performed outside a period of GCA activity do not display high performance to predict the occurrence of subsequent relapse in LV-GCA patients.
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