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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Aug 1.
Published in final edited form as: Arthritis Rheumatol. 2019 Jun 18;71(8):1339–1349. doi: 10.1002/art.40862

Table 3.

Treatment/Outcomes of Subjects with SSc-ILD and PH

Treatment/Outcome SSc-ILD and PH (N=29)
History of Treatment with PAH Targeted Therapies, no (%) 24 (82.8)
Initial Treatment with PAH Targeted Therapies, no (%)
  None 5 (17.2)
  PDE5I 19 (65.5)
  PDE5I and ERA 4 (13.8)
  Intravenous Prostacyclin 1 (3.4)
Most Recent PAH Targeted Therapy Regimen, no (%)
  None 6 (20.7)
  PDE5I 13 (44.8)
  ERA 1 (3.4)
  PDE5I and ERA 3 (10.3)
  PDE5I and Inhaled Prostacyclin 1 (3.4)
  ERA and IV Prostacyclin 1 (3.4)
  PDE5I, ERA and Inhaled Prostacyclin 2 (6.9)
  PDE5I, ERA, and IV Prostacyclin 1 (3.4)
  PDE5I, ERA and Clinical Trial 1 (3.4)
Use of Single Agent PAH Targeted Therapy, no (%) 11 (37.9)
Use of Dual Agent PAH Targeted Therapy, no (%) 9 (31)
Use of Triple Agent PAH Targeted Therapy, no (%) 4 (13.8)
Requirement of Prostacyclin During PH Therapy, no (%) 6 (20.7)
History of ILD Treatment, no (%) 24 (82.8)
History of ILD Treatment with Mycophenolate Mofetil, no (%) 21 (72.4)
History of ILD Treatment with Pulse IV Cyclophosphamide, no (%) 8 (27.6)
Most Recent ILD Treatment, no (%)
  None 9 (31)
  Mycophenolate Mofetil 15 (51.7)
  Rituximab 2 (6.9)
  Tocilizumab and Mycophenolate Mofetil 1 (3.4)
  Pirfenidone and Mycophenolate Mofetil 1 (3.4)
  Cyclophosphamide 1 (3.4)
History of Supplemental Oxygen Use, no (%) 9 (31)
History of Transplant,* no (%) 1 (3.4)
Alive or Deceased, no (%)
  Alive 27 (93.1)
  Deceased 2 (6.9)
WHO Functional Class (Prior to PH Diagnosis), no (%)
  Class I 0 (0)
  Class II 12 (41.4)
  Class III 16 (55.2)
  Class IV 1 (3.4)
WHO Functional Class (Most Recent), no (%)
  Class I 4 (13.8)
  Class II 8 (27.6)
  Class III 17 (58.6)
  Class IV 0 (0)
*

Autologous HSCT

SSc – systemic sclerosis; ILD – interstitial lung disease; SSc-ILD – systemic sclerosis associated interstitial lung disease; PH – pulmonary hypertension; PAH – pulmonary arterial hypertension; PDE5i – phosphodiesterase-5 inhibitor; ERA – endothelin-receptor antagonist; HSCT – hematopoietic stem-cell transplant; WHO – World Health Organization; IV-intravenous.