Efficacy and safety of treatments in cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa: A French observational retrospective study

Thomas Bettuzzi (1) , Marie Jachiet (2) , Emilie Sbidian (3, 4, 1, 5) , Laure Frumholtz (6) , Florence Cordoliani (7) , Luc Mouthon (8, 9) , François Chasset (10) , Romain Paule (8) , Jean-David Bouaziz (2, 11) , Loïc Guillevin (8) , Benjamin Terrier (8) , Selim Aractingi (12) , Nicolas Dupin (13) , Alexis Régent (14)

1 Service de dermatologie [Mondor]
2 Service de Dermatologie [AP-HP Hôpital Saint-Louis]
3 EPI-PHARE - EPI-PHARE
4 EpiDermE - Epidemiology in Dermatology and Evaluation in Therapeutics
5 CIC Henri Mondor - Centre d'Investigation Clinique Henri Mondor
6 Service de dermatologie [Paris]
7 Hôpital Saint-Louis
8 Hôpital Cochin [AP-HP]
9 UPCité - Université Paris Cité
10 Service de dermatologie et allergologie [CHU Tenon]
11 HIPI (UMR_S_976 / U976) - Immunologie humaine, physiopathologie & immunothérapie
12 CRSA - Centre de Recherche Saint-Antoine
13 ROCS - Réseaux & Optimisation Combinatoire et Stochastique
14 Service de médecine interne et centre de référence des maladies rares [CHU Cochin]

Cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa is a form of medium-sized vessel vasculitis. Despite a disabling and prolonged course, data on treatment efficacy and safety remain scarce.

Retrospective study.

Keywords: azathioprine; colchicine; cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa; glucocorticoids; methotrexate; treatment; vasculitis

Domains: Dermatology

Thomas Bettuzzi, Marie Jachiet, Emilie Sbidian, Laure Frumholtz, Florence Cordoliani, et al.. Efficacy and safety of treatments in cutaneous polyarteritis nodosa: A French observational retrospective study. Journal of The American Academy of Dermatology, 2022, 86 (5), pp.1035-1041. ⟨10.1016/j.jaad.2021.06.872⟩. ⟨hal-03692814⟩