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П.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ananyeva</surname><given-names>L. P.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>Ананьева Лидия Петровна.</p><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Lidia P. Ananyeva.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><email xlink:type="simple">lpana@yandex.ru</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8020-2494</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Бабак</surname><given-names>В. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Babak</surname><given-names>V. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Valeriya V. Babak.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0576-4870</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Колтакова</surname><given-names>А. Д.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Koltakova</surname><given-names>A. D.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Anastasiya D. Koltakova.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3650-7658</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Конева</surname><given-names>О. A.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Koneva</surname><given-names>O. A.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Olga A. Koneva.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0283-9681</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Десинова</surname><given-names>О. В.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Desinova</surname><given-names>O. V.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Oxana V. Desinova.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1004-9647</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Старовойтова</surname><given-names>М. Н.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Starovoytova</surname><given-names>M. N.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Mayya N. Starovoytova.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2667-4284</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Овсянникова</surname><given-names>О. Б.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Ovsyannikova</surname><given-names>O. B.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Olga B. Ovsyannikova.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib><contrib contrib-type="author" corresp="yes"><contrib-id contrib-id-type="orcid">https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4688-9637</contrib-id><name-alternatives><name name-style="eastern" xml:lang="ru"><surname>Шаяхметова</surname><given-names>Р. У.</given-names></name><name name-style="western" xml:lang="en"><surname>Shayakhmetova</surname><given-names>R. U.</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>115522, Москва, Каширское шоссе, 34а</p></bio><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Rushana U. Shayakhmetova.</p><p>115522, Moscow, Kashirskoye Highway, 34A</p></bio><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff-1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff-1"><aff xml:lang="ru"><institution>ФГБНУ «Научно-исследовательский институт ревматологии им. В.А. Насоновой»</institution><country>Россия</country></aff><aff xml:lang="en"><institution>V.A. Nasonova Research Institute of Rheumatology</institution><country>Russian Federation</country></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date pub-type="collection"><year>2025</year></pub-date><pub-date pub-type="epub"><day>02</day><month>03</month><year>2025</year></pub-date><volume>63</volume><issue>1</issue><fpage>86</fpage><lpage>94</lpage><permissions><copyright-statement>Copyright &amp;#x00A9; Ананьева Л.П., Бабак В.В., Колтакова А.Д., Конева О.A., Десинова О.В., Старовойтова М.Н., Овсянникова О.Б., Шаяхметова Р.У., 2025</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2025</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Ананьева Л.П., Бабак В.В., Колтакова А.Д., Конева О.A., Десинова О.В., Старовойтова М.Н., Овсянникова О.Б., Шаяхметова Р.У.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Ananyeva L.P., Babak V.V., Koltakova A.D., Koneva O.A., Desinova O.V., Starovoytova M.N., Ovsyannikova O.B., Shayakhmetova R.U.</copyright-holder><license xml:lang="ru" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>Данная работа распространяется под лицензией Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.</license-p></license><license xml:lang="en" license-type="creative-commons-attribution" xlink:href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/" xlink:type="simple"><license-p>This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.</license-p></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/3704">https://rsp.mediar-press.net/rsp/article/view/3704</self-uri><abstract><sec><title>Актуальность</title><p>Актуальность. Оценка необратимого органного повреждения у больных системной склеродермией (ССД) является сложной задачей. Предложенный в 2019 г. индекс повреждения SCTC-DI (Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Damage Index) изучен недостаточно и требует апробации для более широкого применения.</p><p>Цель исследования – изучить формирование у пациентов с системной склеродермией необратимых органных повреждений, оцениваемых с помощью SCTC-DI при проспективном наблюдении в течение одного года. Материалы и методы. Было выполнено проспективное наблюдательное исследование, в рамках которого дважды с интервалом, медиана которого составила 12 [10; 14] мес., определялся SCTC-DI у 74 совершеннолетних больных ССД. В этой группе было 62 (84%) женщины, средний возраст больных составлял 48±13 лет. Диагноз ССД соответствовал классификационным критериям прогрессирующего системного склероза и в 43 (58%) случаях ССД была представлена лимитированной формой. Медиана давности заболевания составила 92 [47; 164] мес. Критерием включения было значение SCTC-DI≥1 как минимум по одному из 23 показателей в одной из точек оценки. Статистическая обработка данных проводилась с использованием методов параметрического и непараметрического анализа.</p></sec><sec><title>Результаты исследования</title><p>Результаты исследования. При включении в исследование медиана SCTC-DI составила 7,5 [4; 12] (min–max: 0–23). 27 (36%) пациентов исходно имели низкую степень повреждений (SCTC-DI≤5), остальные – умеренную или тяжелую. При повторной оценке медиана SCTC-DI снизилась до 7 [4; 10] (min–max: 0–17; р=0,023). Через 1 год произошло статистически значимое снижение частоты дигитальных язвочек, клинических признаков гипотонии пищевода и симптомов гастроэзофагеальной рефлюксной болезни. В то же время увеличилась частота выявления заболевания миокарда, связанного с ССД (р&lt;0,001). При этом наблюдалось уменьшение счета сосудистых изменений и повреждения желудочно-кишечного тракта (р&lt;0,001), а также увеличение счета сердечно-сосудистых нарушений (р=0,027). Снижение суммарного счета SCTC-DI было статистически значимо взаимосвязано с применением пероральных глюкокортикоидов в период исследования (p=0,011), а также циклофосфамида в анамнезе (p=0,015).</p></sec><sec><title>Заключение</title><p>Заключение. SCTC-DI был предложен для объективной оценки изменений состояния пациентов с ССД и учитывает необратимые изменения основных проявлений заболевания, что отражается в увеличении значения индекса со временем. В данном исследовании наблюдалось небольшое, но статистически значимое уменьшение суммарного счета SCTC-DI при разнонаправленном изменении значений его отдельных составляющих. Применение SCTC-DI выявило определенные недостатки данного индекса, которые накладывают существенные ограничения на его использование в клинической практике. Их наличие указывает на необходимость дальнейшей работы по валидации SCTC-DI и более чётких дефиниций основных показателей необратимого повреждения.</p></sec></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="en"><sec><title>Background</title><p>Background. The assessment of organ damage in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc) is challenging. The Scleroderma Clinical Trials Consortium Damage Index (SCTC-DI) proposed in 2019 has not been sufficiently studied and requires testing for wider use.</p><p>The aim of the study was to examine the progression of organ damage in patients with systemic sclerosis assessed by SCTC-DI during a one-year prospective follow-up.</p></sec><sec><title>Materials and methods</title><p>Materials and methods. A prospective observational study was performed, within the framework of which the SCTC-DI was assessed twice with an interval of 12 [10; 14] months in 74 adult patients (62 (84%) women) with SSc with an average age of 48±13 years. SSc was classified according to the criteria of progressive systemic sclerosis and in 43 (58%) cases was represented by a limited form. The duration of the disease was 92 [47; 164] months. The inclusion criterion was SCTC-DI≥1 point for at least one of 23 indicators at one of the assessment points. Statistical data processing was performed using parametric and nonparametric analysis methods.</p></sec><sec><title>Results of the study</title><p>Results of the study. At inclusion in the study, the median (Me) of the SCTC-DI was 7.5 [4; 12] points (min–max: 0–23). 27 (36%) patients initially had a low degree of damage (SCTC-DI≤5), the rest had moderate or severe damage. Upon repeated assessment, the Me of SCTC-DI decreased to 7 [4; 10] points (min–max: 0–17; p=0.023). After one year, there was a significant decrease in the incidence of digital ulcers, clinical signs of esophageal hypotension and symptoms of gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD). At the same time, the incidence of myocardial disease associated with SSc increased (p&lt;0.001). There was also a decrease in the median vascular and gastrointestinal tract damage scores (p&lt;0.001), and an increase in the median cardiovascular score (p=0.027). The decrease in the total SCTC-DI score was statistically associated with the use of oral glucocorticoid therapy during the study period (p=0.011), as well as cyclophosphamide anamnesis (p=0.015).</p></sec><sec><title>Conclusion</title><p>Conclusion. The SCTC-DI was proposed for an objective assessment of changes in the condition of patients with SSc and takes into account irreversible changes in the main manifestations of the disease, which is reflected in an increase in the index value over time. In this study, the total SCTC-DI slightly but reliably increased with a multidirectional change in the values of individual index components. The use of the DI revealed certain of its shortcomings, which impose significant restrictions on its use in practice and mean the need for further work on validating the DI and more precise definitions of the main indicators of irreversible damage.</p></sec></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>прогрессирующий системный склероз</kwd><kwd>индекс повреждения</kwd><kwd>SCTC-DI</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>progressive systemic sclerosis</kwd><kwd>damage index</kwd><kwd>SCTC-DI</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group><funding-statement xml:lang="ru">Работа выполнена за счет средств бюджетного финансирования на выполнение государственного задания по теме FURS-2022-003 (номер государственного задания 1021051402790-6).</funding-statement></funding-group></article-meta></front><back><ref-list><title>References</title><ref id="cit1"><label>1</label><citation-alternatives><mixed-citation xml:lang="ru">Ferdowsi N, Stevens W, Baron M, Nikpour M. 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