Chasing crystals out of the body: will treat to serum urate target for gout help us get there?

Singh, Jasvinder A.; Uhlig, Till

doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2016-210436

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“…Other published assessments of the ACP guideline for gout 64,65 and of the value of treat-to-target ULT 56,66 buttress the opinions of the G-CAN panel presented in this paper. However, controversy persists, since support has also been voiced for the ACP guidelines 67 .…”

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Discordant American College of Physicians and international rheumatology guidelines for gout management: consensus statement of the Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN)

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Gout is a common form of inflammatory arthritis for which highly effective treatments are available, yet the management of this disease is frequently suboptimal. Gout often presents as an acute 'flare' of painful inflammation that typically resolves within a week or two, but can be difficult to control in some instances, can negatively affect quality of life, can be costly to experience and treat, and can warrant hospital admission. If gout-associated hyperuricaemia is inadequately treated, gout flares often progress in frequency and severity, and a state of chronic, inflammatory arthritis can supervene, leading to continuous pain, decreased joint function, and permanent joint damage.Guidelines for the management of gout are intended to help physicians select the most effective course of treatment and to educate patients in order to ensure adherence. In November 2016, the American College of Physicians (ACP) published a clinical practice guideline for the management of acute and recurrent gout 1 . Despite evaluating similar evidence, the ACP clinical practice guideline differs substantially from all other gout management guidelines issued by major international rheumatology groups in the past 5 years, including the 2012 Abstract | In November 2016, the American College of Physicians (ACP) published a clinical practice guideline on the management of acute and recurrent gout. This guideline differs substantially from the latest guidelines generated by the American College of Rheumatology (ACR), European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) and 3e (Evidence, Expertise, Exchange) Initiative, despite reviewing largely the same body of evidence. The Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN) convened an expert panel to review the methodology and conclusions of these four sets of guidelines and examine possible reasons for discordance between them. The G-CAN position, presented here, is that the fundamental pathophysiological knowledge underlying gout care, and evidence from clinical experience and clinical trials, supports a treat-to-target approach for gout aimed at lowering serum urate levels to below the saturation threshold at which monosodium urate crystals form. This practice, which is truly evidence-based and promotes the steady reduction in tissue urate crystal deposits, is promoted by the ACR, EULAR and 3e Initiative recommendations. By contrast, the ACP does not provide a clear recommendation for urate-lowering therapy (ULT) for patients with frequent, recurrent flares or those with tophi, nor does it recommend monitoring serum urate levels of patients prescribed ULT. Results from emerging clinical trials that have gout symptoms as the primary end point are expected to resolve this debate for all clinicians in the near term future. NATURE REVIEWS | RHEUMATOLOGY VOLUME 13 | SEPTEMBER 2017 | 561 CONSENSUS STATEMENT © 2 0 1 7 M a c m i l l a n P u b l i s h e r s L i m i t e d , p a r t o f S p r i n g e r N a t u r e . A l l r i g h t s r e s e r v e d . UricaseAn enzyme that degrades ur...

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Discordant American College of Physicians and international rheumatology guidelines for gout management: consensus statement of the Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN)

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“…These findings support the notion of an increasing burden of gout observed in previous studies (5,25,28,43,44). Although gout is medically managed by urate‐lowering therapy (ULT), studies show that management of disease and patient adherence to medications and other interventions are not sufficiently effective (25,45,46). In addition to the issue related to the standard of treatment for gout by health care professionals (17), studies have shown that there were no sufficient treatments offered to gout patients (21,22).…”

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Prevalence, Incidence, and Years Lived With Disability Due to Gout and Its Attributable Risk Factors for 195 Countries and Territories 1990–2017: A Systematic Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Safiri

Kolahi

Cross

et al. 2020

Arthritis & Rheumatology

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Objective To describe the levels and trends of point prevalence, annual incidence, and years lived with disability (YLD) for gout and its attributable risk factors in 195 countries and territories from 1990 to 2017 according to age, sex, and Sociodemographic Index (SDI; a composite of sociodemographic factors). Methods Data were extracted from the Global Burden of Disease (GBD) 2017 study. A comprehensive systematic review of databases and the disease‐modeled analysis were performed by the GBD team at the Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation, in collaboration with researchers and experts worldwide, to provide estimates at global, regional, and national levels during 1990 and 2017. Counts and age‐standardized rates per 100,000 population, along with 95% uncertainty intervals (95% UIs), were reported for point prevalence, annual incidence, and YLD. Results Globally, there were ~41.2 million (95% UI 36.7 million, 46.1 million) prevalent cases of gout, with 7.4 million incident cases per year (95% UI 6.6 million, 8.5 million) and almost 1.3 million YLD (95% UI 0.87 million, 1.8 million) in 2017. The global age‐standardized point prevalence estimates and annual incidence rates in 2017 were 510.6 (95% UI 455.6, 570.3) and 91.8 (95% UI 81.3, 104.1) cases per 100,000 population, respectively, an increase of 7.2% (95% UI 6.4%, 8.1%) and 5.5% (95% UI 4.8%, 6.3%) from 1990. The corresponding age‐standardized YLD rate was 15.9 (95% UI 10.7, 21.8) cases per 100,000 persons, a 7.2% increase (95% UI 5.9%, 8.6%) from 1990. In 2017, the global point prevalence estimates for gout were higher in males, and higher prevalence was seen in older age groups and increased with age for both males and females. The burden of gout was generally highest in developed regions and countries. The 3 countries with the highest age‐standardized point prevalence estimates of gout in 2017 were New Zealand (1,394.0 cases [95% UI 1,290.1, 1,500.9]), Australia (1,171.4 cases [95% UI 1,038.1, 1,322.9]), and the US (996.0 cases [95% UI 923.1, 1,076.8]). The countries with the highest increases in age‐standardized point prevalence estimates of gout from 1990 to 2017 were the US (34.7% [95% UI 27.7%, 43.1%]), Canada (28.5% [95% UI 21.9%, 35.4%]), and Oman (28.0% [95% UI 21.5%, 34.8%]). Globally, high body mass index and impaired kidney function accounted for 32.4% (95% UI 18.7%, 49.2%) and 15.3% (95% UI 13.5%, 17.1%), respectively, of YLD due to gout in the 2017 estimates. The YLD attributable to these risk factors were higher in males. Conclusion The burden of gout increased across the world from 1990 to 2017, with variations in point prevalence, annual incidence, and YLD between countries and territories. Besides improving the clinical management of disease, prevention and health promotion in communities to provide basic knowledge of the disease, risk factors, consequences, and effective treatment options (tailoring to high‐risk groups such as the middle‐aged male population) are crucial to avoid disease onset and hence to decrease the global diseas...

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Burden of gout in the Nordic region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

Kiadaliri

Uhlig

Englund

2018

Scandinavian Journal of Rheumatology

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Chasing crystals out of the body: will treat to serum urate target for gout help us get there?

Cited by 5 publications

References 35 publications

Discordant American College of Physicians and international rheumatology guidelines for gout management: consensus statement of the Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN)

Discordant American College of Physicians and international rheumatology guidelines for gout management: consensus statement of the Gout, Hyperuricemia and Crystal-Associated Disease Network (G-CAN)

Prevalence, Incidence, and Years Lived With Disability Due to Gout and Its Attributable Risk Factors for 195 Countries and Territories 1990–2017: A Systematic Analysis of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2017

Burden of gout in the Nordic region, 1990–2015: findings from the Global Burden of Disease Study 2015

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