An International Delphi Survey for the Definition of New Classification Criteria for Familial Mediterranean Fever, Mevalonate Kinase Deficiency, TNF Receptor-associated Periodic Fever Syndromes, and Cryopyrin-associated Periodic Syndrome
Federici, Silvia; Vanoni, Federica; Ben-Chetrit, Eldad; Cantarini, Luca; Frenkel, Joost; Goldbach-Mansky, Raphaela; Gul, Ahmet; Hoffman, Hal; Koné-Paut, Isabelle; Kuemmerle-Deschner, Jasmin; Lachmann, Helen J; Martini, Alberto; Obici, Laura; Ozen, Seza; Simon, Anna; Hofer, Michael; Ruperto, Nicolino; Gattorno, Marco; for Eurofever and the Pediatric Rheumatology International Trials Organization (PRINTO)
(2019) Journal of Rheumatology, volume 46, issue 4, pp. 429 - 436
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OBJECTIVE: Provisional evidence-based classification criteria for hereditary periodic fever (HPF) have been recently developed. However, no consensus on how to combine clinical criteria, laboratory tests, and results of molecular analysis has been reached. The objective of this study is to understand which variables physicians consider important for the classification of
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patients with HPF. METHODS: Two Delphi surveys were sent to health professionals in the field of autoinflammation. In the first open survey, 124 researchers could list all the variables they consider useful for the diagnosis of each monogenic periodic fever. The variables could be of any type and each researcher could complete the survey for 1 or more diseases. In the second survey, 162 researchers were asked to select, from a list of items coming from the first survey, the 10 top variables and to rank them by assigning a score from 10 to 1. RESULTS: The response rates to the Delphi surveys were 85% for the first session and 87% for the second. The variables selected for each disease (corresponding to the third quartile, considering the total score obtained by the variables after the second Delphi survey) were 21 for mevalonate kinase deficiency, 22 for cryopyrinopathies, 18 for familial Mediterranean fever, and 20 for tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic fever syndrome. A positive genetic test reached the top rank in all the HPF. CONCLUSION: Our process led to the identification of those features considered the most important as candidate variables to be included in a new set of evidence-based classification criteria for HPF.
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Keywords: Classification Criteria, TNF receptor-Associated periodic fever syndromes, Cryopyrinopathies, Familial mediterranean fever, Mevalonate kinase deficiency, FAMILIAL MEDITERRANEAN FEVER, CRYOPYRINOPATHIES, TNF RECEPTOR-ASSOCIATED PERIODIC FEVER SYNDROMES, MEVALONATE KINASE DEFICIENCY, CLASSIFICATION CRITERIA, Rheumatology, Immunology and Allergy, Immunology
ISSN: 0315-162X
Publisher: Journal of Rheumatology
Note: Funding Information: From the Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, and Direzione Scientifica, PRINTO, Genoa, Italy; Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli, Dipartimento di Pediatria, Bellinzona, Switzerland; Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Rheumatology Unit, Jerusalem, Israel; University of Siena, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Unit, Siena, Italy; Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Afdeling Kinderreumatologie, Utrecht, the Netherlands; Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego, San Diego, California, USA; İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, Pediatrik Romatoloji, İstanbul, Turkey; Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, National Referral Centre of Auto-Inflammatory Diseases, CEREMAI, Centre Hospitalier Universitaire (CHU) de Biĉetre, AP-HP, University of Paris Sud, le Kremlin Biĉetre, France; Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Autoinflammation Reference Center Tuebingen, University Hospital Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany; Royal Free Campus, National Amyloidosis Centre, London, UK; Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico (IRCCS) Policlinico San Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura delle Amiloidosi Sistemiche, Pavia, Italy; Hacettepe University, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, Ankara, Turkey; Radboud University Medical Center (UMC), Pediatric Rheumatology, Nijmegen, the Netherlands; Unité Romande d’Immuno-rhumatologie Pédiatrique, Centre hospitalier universitaire vaudois (CHUV), University of Lausanne, Lausanne; Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland. This study is part of the International Study Group for Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases project, funded by the E-Rare-3 program, grant number 9003037603. S. Federici, MD, PhD, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO; F. Vanoni, MD, Ospedale Regionale di Bellinzona e Valli, Dipartimento di Pediatria, and Geneva University Hospitals; E. Ben-Chetrit, MD, Hadassah-Hebrew University Hospital, Rheumatology Unit; L. Cantarini, MD, PhD, University of Siena, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, Rheumatology Unit; J. Frenkel, MD, PhD, Wilhelmina Kinderziekenhuis, Universitair Medisch Centrum Utrecht, Afdeling Kinderreumatologie; R. Goldbach-Mansky, MD, MHS, Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego; A. Gul, MD, İstanbul Üniversitesi Cerrahpaşa Tıp Fakültesi, Pediatrik Romatoloji; H. Hoffman, MD, Rady Children’s Specialists of San Diego; I. Koné-Paut, MD, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology, National Referral Centre of Auto-Inflammatory Diseases CEREMAI, CHU de Biĉetre, AP-HP, University of Paris Sud, le Kremlin Biĉetre; J. Kuemmerle-Deschner, MD, Division of Rheumatology, Department of Pediatrics and Autoinflammation Reference Center Tübingen, University Hospital Tübingen; H.J. Lachmann, MD, Royal Free Campus, National Amyloidosis Centre; A. Martini, MD, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Direzione Scientifica; L. Obici, MD, Fondazione IRCCS Policlinico San Matteo, Centro per lo Studio e la Cura delle Amiloidosi Sistemiche; S. Ozen, MD, Hacettepe University, Department of Pediatric Rheumatology; A. Simon, MD, PhD, Radboud UMC, Pediatric Rheumatology; M. Hofer, MD, Unité Romande d’Immuno-rhumatologie Pédiatrique, CHUV, University of Lausanne, and Geneva University Hospitals; N. Ruperto, MD, MPH, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO; M. Gattorno, MD, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Clinica Pediatrica e Reumatologia, PRINTO. These authors contributed equally to this article: S. Federici, F. Vanoni, N. Ruperto, and M. Gattorno. Address correspondence to Dr. S. Federici, Istituto Giannina Gaslini, Pediatric Division, Via Gaslini 5, Genoa 16147, Italy. E-mail: silviafederici@gmail.com Accepted for publication July 18, 2018. Funding Information: This study is part of the International Study Group for Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases project, funded by the E-Rare-3 program, grant number 9003037603. The authors acknowledge Eugenia Mosci, Elisa Patrone, and Roberto Cavanna for technical support. Publisher Copyright: © 2019.
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