Systemic sclerosis

ER Volkmann, K Andréasson, V Smith - The Lancet, 2023‏ - thelancet.com
Systemic sclerosis, also known as scleroderma, is a rare and complex autoimmune
connective-tissue disease. Once considered an untreatable and unpredictable condition …

Standardization of the modified Rodnan skin score for use in clinical trials of systemic sclerosis

D Khanna, DE Furst, PJ Clements… - … of scleroderma and …, 2017‏ - journals.sagepub.com
The modified Rodnan skin score (mRSS) is a measure of skin thickness and is used as a
primary or secondary outcome measure in clinical trials of systemic sclerosis (scleroderma) …

Nintedanib for systemic sclerosis–associated interstitial lung disease

O Distler, KB Highland, M Gahlemann… - … England Journal of …, 2019‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is a common manifestation of systemic sclerosis
and a leading cause of systemic sclerosis–related death. Nintedanib, a tyrosine kinase …

Myeloablative autologous stem-cell transplantation for severe scleroderma

KM Sullivan, EA Goldmuntz… - … England Journal of …, 2018‏ - Mass Medical Soc
Background Despite current therapies, diffuse cutaneous systemic sclerosis (scleroderma)
often has a devastating outcome. We compared myeloablative CD34+ selected autologous …

Mycophenolate mofetil versus oral cyclophosphamide in scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease (SLS II): a randomised controlled, double-blind, parallel group …

DP Tashkin, MD Roth, PJ Clements… - The Lancet …, 2016‏ - thelancet.com
Background 12 months of oral cyclophosphamide has been shown to alter the progression
of scleroderma-related interstitial lung disease when compared with placebo. However …

Efficacy and safety of nintedanib in patients with systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease treated with mycophenolate: a subgroup analysis of the …

KB Highland, O Distler, M Kuwana… - The Lancet …, 2021‏ - thelancet.com
Summary Background In the Safety and Efficacy of Nintedanib in Systemic Sclerosis
(SENSCIS) trial, nintedanib reduced the rate of decline in forced vital capacity (FVC) in …

How we treat chronic graft-versus-host disease

MED Flowers, PJ Martin - Blood, The Journal of the American …, 2015‏ - ashpublications.org
Chronic graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) remains a common and potentially life-
threatening complication of allogeneic hematopoietic stem cell transplantation (HCT). The 2 …

Cutaneous manifestations of scleroderma and scleroderma-like disorders: a comprehensive review

C Ferreli, G Gasparini, A Parodi, E Cozzani… - Clinical reviews in …, 2017‏ - Springer
Scleroderma refers to an autoimmune connective tissue fibrosing disease, including three
different subsets: localized scleroderma, limited cutaneous systemic sclerosis, and diffuse …

Autologous non-myeloablative haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation compared with pulse cyclophosphamide once per month for systemic sclerosis (ASSIST): an …

RK Burt, SJ Shah, K Dill, T Grant, M Gheorghiade… - The Lancet, 2011‏ - thelancet.com
Background Non-randomised studies of haemopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) in
systemic sclerosis have shown improvements in lung function and skin flexibility but high …

Association of the autoimmune disease scleroderma with an immunologic response to cancer

CG Joseph, E Darrah, AA Shah, AD Skora… - Science, 2014‏ - science.org
Autoimmune diseases are thought to be initiated by exposures to foreign antigens that cross-
react with endogenous molecules. Scleroderma is an autoimmune connective tissue …