Research Article

Role of Colchicine Treatment in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS): Real-Life Data from the AIDA Network

Table 1

Demographic and clinical features of patients enrolled.

Demographic and clinical information
 Age at disease onset in years, mean (SD)
 Age at diagnosis in years, mean (SD)
 Age at enrollment in years, mean (SD)
 Male/female patients10/14
 Patients with pediatric onset-TRAPS, (%)13 (54.2)
 Patients with adult onset-TRAPS, (%)11 (45.8)
 High-/low-penetrance mutations6/18
 Family members with symptoms, (%)10 (41.7)
 Relapsing-remitting disease course, (%)18 (75)
 Chronic disease course, (%)6 (25)
 Duration of flares10.8 ± 7.9
 Flares/year2.43 ± 0.8
 Amyloidosis at diagnosis1 (4.2)
Clinical manifestations during flares, (%)
 Thoracic pain10 (41.7)
 Pericarditis9 (37.5)
 Pleuritis2 (8.3)
 Abdominal pain13 (54.2)
 Pharyngitis9 (37.5)
 Oral aphthosis6 (25)
 Skin rash9 (37.5)
 Lymphadenopathy8 (33.3)
 Myalgia15 (62.5)
 Arthralgia17 (70.8)
 Arthritis5 (20.8)
 Periorbital pain4 (16.7)
Laboratory findings
 Median erythrocyte sedimentation rate, mm/1 h (IQR)55.7 (42)
 Median C-reactive protein, mg/L (IQR)7.7 (10.5)
 Median serum amyloid A, mg/L (IQR)59.7 (63)
 Proteinuria, (%)1 (4.2)

Abbreviations: IQR: interquartile range; : number of patients; SD: standard deviation; TRAPS: tumor necrosis factor associated periodic syndrome.