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Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews (2024)
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Chen, A., Lax, S. J., Grainge, M. J., Lanyon, P. C., & Pearce, F. A. (in press). Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews. Rheumatology Advances in Practice,

Objectives: To comprehensively review systematic reviews of prevalence, incidence, and mortality of Raynaud’s, Sjögren’s, and Scleroderma, and to identify any research gaps. Methods: An umbrella review of English language systematic reviews was unde... Read More about Prevalence, Incidence, and Mortality of Raynaud’s Phenomenon, Sjögren’s Syndrome, and Scleroderma: an umbrella review of systematic reviews.

A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of the Use of Transition Tools for Patients Transitioning from Paediatric to Adult Rheumatology Services (2024)
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Griffin, K., Pearce, F., & Packham, J. (in press). A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of the Use of Transition Tools for Patients Transitioning from Paediatric to Adult Rheumatology Services. Rheumatology Advances in Practice,

Introduction: Transition from paediatric to adult care can be challenging, but transition tools are designed to increase successful rates of transfer. Objectives: Conduct a meta-analysis and systematic review into the use of transition tools on tran... Read More about A Meta-Analysis and Systematic Review of the Use of Transition Tools for Patients Transitioning from Paediatric to Adult Rheumatology Services.

Long-term outcomes (beyond 5 years) of liver transplant recipients--a transatlantic multicenter study (2023)
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Palaniyappan, N., Peach, E., Pearce, F., Dhaliwal, A., Campos-Varela, I., Cant, M. R., …Aravinthan, A. D. (2024). Long-term outcomes (beyond 5 years) of liver transplant recipients--a transatlantic multicenter study. Liver Transplantation, 30(2), 170-181. https://doi.org/10.1097/LVT.0000000000000244

The long-term (>5y) outcomes following liver transplantation (LT) have not been extensively reported. The aim was to evaluate outcomes of LT recipients who have survived the first 5 years. A multicenter retrospective analysis of prospectively collect... Read More about Long-term outcomes (beyond 5 years) of liver transplant recipients--a transatlantic multicenter study.

Antibody prevalence after three or more COVID-19 vaccine doses in individuals who are immunosuppressed in the UK: a cross-sectional study from MELODY (2023)
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Pearce, F. A., Lim, S. H., Bythell, M., Lanyon, P., Hogg, R., Taylor, A., …Willicombe, M. (2023). Antibody prevalence after three or more COVID-19 vaccine doses in individuals who are immunosuppressed in the UK: a cross-sectional study from MELODY. The Lancet Rheumatology, 5(8), E461-E473. https://doi.org/10.1016/S2665-9913%2823%2900160-1

Background: In the UK, additional COVID-19 vaccine booster doses and treatments are offered to people who are immunosuppressed to protect against severe COVID-19, but how best to choose the individuals that receive these vaccine booster doses and tre... Read More about Antibody prevalence after three or more COVID-19 vaccine doses in individuals who are immunosuppressed in the UK: a cross-sectional study from MELODY.

COVID-19 infection and hospitalization risk according to vaccination status and DMARD treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (2022)
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Cordtz, R., Kristensen, S., Westermann, R., Duch, K., Pearce, F., Lindhardsen, J., …Dreyer, L. (2023). COVID-19 infection and hospitalization risk according to vaccination status and DMARD treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Rheumatology, 62(1), 77-88. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keac241

Objectives: The objectives of this study were to investigate the incidence of COVID-19 hospitalization in unvaccinated and vaccinated patients with RA compared with matched controls, and in patients with RA according to DMARD treatment. Methods: T... Read More about COVID-19 infection and hospitalization risk according to vaccination status and DMARD treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis.

Estimating the clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease in the UK (2021)
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Wijayasiri, P., Hayre, J., Nicholson, E. S., Kaye, P., Wilkes, E. A., Evans, J., …Aravinthan, A. D. (2021). Estimating the clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease in the UK. JHEP Reports, 3(5), Article 100329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhepr.2021.100329

Background and Aim The clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease (WD) in the UK remains unknown. The estimated genetic prevalence in the UK, 142/million, is higher than the clinical prevalence (15/million) reported in other European studies. The aim o... Read More about Estimating the clinical prevalence of Wilson’s disease in the UK.

Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis (2021)
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Johnston, P. I., Wright, S. W., Orr, M., Pearce, F. A., Stevens, J. W., Hubbard, R. B., & Collini, P. J. (2021). Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis. AIDS, 35(6), 957-970. https://doi.org/10.1097/QAD.0000000000002815

Objective and design: People living with HIV (PLH) suffer disproportionately from the chronic diseases exacerbated by smoking tobacco. We performed a systematic review and meta-analysis to establish the relative prevalence of smoking among PLH. M... Read More about Worldwide relative smoking prevalence among people living with and without HIV: a systematic review and meta-analysis.

BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK (2020)
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Pearce, F. A., Rutter, M., Sandhu, R., Batten, R. L., Garner, R., Little, J., …Lanyon, P. C. (2021). BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK. Rheumatology, 60(3), 1480-1490. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa759

Objectives: To assess the baseline care provided to patients with SLE attending UK Rheumatology units, audited against standards derived from the recently published BSR guideline for the management of adults with SLE, the NICE technology appraisal fo... Read More about BSR guideline on the management of adults with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) 2018: Baseline multi-centre audit in the UK.

Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic (2020)
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Peach, E., Rutter, M., Lanyon, P., Grainge, M. J., Hubbard, R., Aston, J., …Pearce, F. (2021). Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic. Rheumatology, 60(4), 1902–1909. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/keaa855

Objectives: To quantify the risk of death among people with rare autoimmune rheumatic diseases (RAIRD) during the UK 2020 COVID-19 pandemic compared with the general population, and compared with their pre-COVID risk. Methods: We conducted a cohort s... Read More about Risk of death among people with rare autoimmune diseases compared with the general population in England during the 2020 COVID-19 pandemic.

Rituximab as therapy to induce remission after relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis (2020)
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Smith, R. M., Jones, R. B., Specks, U., Bond, S., Nodale, M., Aljayyousi, R., …Jayne, D. (2020). Rituximab as therapy to induce remission after relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis. Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases, 79(9), 1243-1249. https://doi.org/10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-216863

Objectives: Evaluation of rituximab and glucocorticoids as therapy to induce remission after relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in a prospective observational cohort of patients enrolled into the induction phase of the RITAZAREM trial. Me... Read More about Rituximab as therapy to induce remission after relapse in ANCA-associated vasculitis.

Rituximab for maintenance of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: expert consensus guidelines (2020)
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Tieu, J., Smith, R., Basu, N., Brogan, P., D’Cruz, D., Dhaun, N., …Jayne, D. R. W. (2020). Rituximab for maintenance of remission in ANCA-associated vasculitis: expert consensus guidelines. Rheumatology, 59(4), e24-e32. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kez640

Outcomes and compliance with standards of care in ANCA-associated vasculitis: insights from a large multi-region audit (2018)
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Pearce, F., McGrath, C., Sandhu, R., Packham, J. C., Watts, R., Rhodes, B., …Lanyon, P. C. (2018). Outcomes and compliance with standards of care in ANCA-associated vasculitis: insights from a large multi-region audit. Rheumatology Advances in Practice, 2(2), 1-7. https://doi.org/10.1093/rap/rky025

Objectives: We aimed to conduct a large audit of routine care for patients with ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV). Methods: We invited all 34 hospitals within one health region in England to undertake a retrospective case note audit of all patients n... Read More about Outcomes and compliance with standards of care in ANCA-associated vasculitis: insights from a large multi-region audit.

Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
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Pearce, F. A., Lanyon, P. C., Watts, R. A., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Hubbard, R. B. (2018). Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology, 57(10), 1873. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/key249

This is a correction to: Rheumatology, Volume 57, Issue 6, June 2018, Pages 1002–1010, https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex512

Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
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Royle, J. G., Lanyon, P. C., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(9), 2601. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4219-7

© 2018, International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR). The above article originally published with an error present in the 2nd sentence in the 4th paragraph of the discussion section and is now presented correctly in this article. The... Read More about Correction to: The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
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Royle, J. G., Lanyon, P. C., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(8), 2103-2111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4182-3

Abstract To estimate the incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the United Kingdom. We conducted a historical cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). We calculated the incidence and survival... Read More about The incidence, prevalence, and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
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Royle, J. G., Lanyon, P. C., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(8), 2103–2111. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-018-4182-3

Objective: To estimate the incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the United Kingdom. Methods: We conducted a historical cohort study using data from the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD). We calculated the incidence an... Read More about The incidence, prevalence and survival of systemic sclerosis in the UK Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (2018)
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Pearce, F. A., Lanyon, P. C., Watts, R. A., Grainge, M. J., Abhishek, A., & Hubbard, R. B. (2018). Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink. Rheumatology, 57(6), 1002-1010. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex512

Objectives: We aimed to provide insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA), by conducting a large case–control study using a general population-based, prospectively collected database of healthcare records. Methods: We... Read More about Novel insights into the aetiology of granulomatosis with polyangiitis—a case–control study using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink.

Long term outcomes of daily oral vs. pulsed intravenous cyclophosphamide in a non-trial setting in ANCA associated vasculitis (2017)
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La-Crette, J., Royle, J., Lanyon, P. C., Ferraro, A., Butler, A., & Pearce, F. A. (2018). Long term outcomes of daily oral vs. pulsed intravenous cyclophosphamide in a non-trial setting in ANCA associated vasculitis. Clinical Rheumatology, 37(4), 1085–1090. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10067-017-3944-7

Objectives We aimed to compare risk of death, relapse, neutropenia and infection requiring hospital admission between unselected ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) patients according to whether cyclophosphamide induction was by daily oral (PO) or pulse... Read More about Long term outcomes of daily oral vs. pulsed intravenous cyclophosphamide in a non-trial setting in ANCA associated vasculitis.

Can granulomatosis with polyangiitis be diagnosed earlier in primary care? A case–control study (2017)
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Pearce, F. A., Hubbard, R. B., Grainge, M. J., Watts, R. A., Abhishek, A., & Lanyon, P. C. (2018). Can granulomatosis with polyangiitis be diagnosed earlier in primary care? A case–control study. QJM: An International Journal of Medicine, 111(1), 39-45. https://doi.org/10.1093/qjmed/hcx194

© The Author 2017. Published by Oxford University Press on behalf of the Association of Physicians. All rights reserved. Background: People with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) commonly described long delays before diagnosis. Aim: To study the... Read More about Can granulomatosis with polyangiitis be diagnosed earlier in primary care? A case–control study.

Global ethnic and geographic differences in the clinical presentations of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody–associated vasculitis (2017)
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Pearce, F. A., Craven, A., Merkel, P. A., Luqmani, R. A., & Watts, R. A. (2017). Global ethnic and geographic differences in the clinical presentations of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody–associated vasculitis. Rheumatology, 56(11), 1962-1969. https://doi.org/10.1093/rheumatology/kex293

© The Author 2017. Objectives. There are few data on clinical profiles of ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) in different ethnic populations. The aim of this study was to examine the differences in the ANCA type and clinical features of AAV between pop... Read More about Global ethnic and geographic differences in the clinical presentations of anti-neutrophil cytoplasm antibody–associated vasculitis.