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Objectives To describe the ophthalmological characteristics in a Juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) cohort and to evaluate how therapeutic advances have changed the course of the uveitis. Methods Analysis of a retrospective cohort study of consecutive JIA pediatric patients including JIA-associated uveitis (JIA-U) and comparison with a previous study in the same uveitis center assessed before the wide-spread of biological therapy. Results The total of 49 JIA patients were analyzed, of whom 18 JIA-U, compared with a JIA-U past cohort of 66 patients. Systemic corticosteroids were used significantly less in the current JIA-U group ( p  = 0.008) than in the past one. JIA-U present cohort was on therapy more frequently with conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) than the past group ( p  = 0.039), mostly treated with methotrexate (93.3%). Furthermore, a larger use of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) was described in the current JIA-U group ( p  = 0.005) also associated with csDMARDs ( p  = 0.003). Adalimumab was used more (72.7%) in the present JIA-U cohort compared to a larger treatment with infliximab (61.5%) in the past ( p  = 0.005). Higher number of uveitis recurrences was observed in the previous cohort compared to the current one ( p  = 0.005). Fewer complications were described in this study than in the previous: posterior synechiae ( p  = 0.007), cataract ( p  &lt; 0.001), band keratopathy ( p  &lt; 0.001), and elevated intraocular pressure (IOP) ( p  = 0.047). Conclusion Current therapies reduced the uveitis recurrences and ocular complications including cataract due also to the lower use of corticosteroids. The new close collaboration with the pediatric rheumatologic center in the same University has contributed to the care improvement and decrease of uveitis complications.

international ophtalmology/international ophthalmology

Juvenile idiopathic arthritis-associated uveitis in the era of biological therapy: how the disease changed in more than 20 years of observation in a tertiary referral center in Rome (Italy)