Impact of the 2023 ACR/EULAR antiphospholipid syndrome criteria in 1200 women with prior obstetric antiphospholipid syndrome


Por: Alijotas-Reig, J, Esteve-Valverde, E, Sáez-Comet, L, Anunciación-Llunell, A, Ferrer-Oliveras, R, Lefkou, E, Mekinian, A, Belizna, C, Hoxha, A, Tincani, A, Marozio, L, Espinosa, G, de Carolis, S, Udry, S, Latino, JO, Llurba, E, Chighizola, CB, Gerosa, M, Pengo, V, Lundelin, K, Rovere-Querini, P, Canti, V, Mayer-Pickel, K, Reshetnyak, T, Tabacco, S, Stojanovich, L, Gonçalves, BA, Morales-Perez, S, Miró-Mur, F

Publicada: 1 may 2026
Resumen:
Aim: The goal of a high specificity led to a loss of sensitivity in the new 2023 ACR/EULAR APS classification criteria, and mainly affecting obstetric clinical phenotype (OAPS). To reclassify a cohort of 1,200 women diagnosed of OAPS based on the Sydney classification criteria by applying the 2023 ACR/EULAR APS criteria. Methods: The European Registry on Obstetric Antiphospholipid Syndrome (EUROAPS) with 1,200 women that fulfil the Sydney classification criteria were reanalysed according to the obstetric (domain 4) and laboratory domain 8 of the new classification criteria. Results: When our cases were re-classified by applying the clinical criteria of domain 4, 816 cases (68%) would be excluded, leaving 384 cases (32%). The criteria that moderate to high IgM positivity is insufficient to classify patients, it led to a drop of additional 46 women, with a final number of excluded cases of 862 (71.83%), leaving only 338 cases (28.17%). Furthermore, the implementation of 40 units threshold discarded 86 women with an antiphospholipid antibody positivity above the 99th percentile cutoff. Eventually, from the 1,200 cases initially classified by the Sydney criteria, only 256 (21,33%) will remain. Conclusion: The 2023 ACR/EULAR classification criteria substantially reduce the proportion of women with prior obstetric APS who remain classifiable in our cohort. Although these findings highlight a marked decrease in case identification compared with the Sydney criteria, the potential clinical and research implications of this reduction warrant further evaluation in prospective studies.

Filiaciones:
Alijotas-Reig, J:
 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Passeig Vall dHebron 119-129, Barcelona 08035, Spain

 Vall dHebron Univ Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Syst Autoimmune Dis Unit, Barcelona, Spain

 Vall dHebron Inst Recerca, Syst Autoimmune Dis Res Unit, Barcelona, Spain

Esteve-Valverde, E:
 Hosp St Camil, Dept Internal Med, Syst Autoimmune Dis Unit, Consorci Sanit Garraf, Barcelona, Spain

Ferrer-Oliveras, R:
 Hosp Univ Quiron salud, Obstet Dept, High Risk Unit, Barcelona, Spain

Lefkou, E:
 Hippokration Hosp Thessaloniki, Haematol Unit, Thessaloniki, Greece

Mekinian, A:
 Sorbonne Univ, Hop St Antoine, AP HP,Biotherapy Dept DHU i2B, Serv Med Interne & Inflammat Immunopathol, Paris, France

Belizna, C:
 Univ Hosp Angers, Vasc & Coagulat Dept, Angers, France

Hoxha, A:
 Univ Padua, Thrombot & Haemorrhag Ctr, Internal Med Unit, Padua, Italy

Tincani, A:
 Univ Brescia, Dept Clin & Expt Sci, Rheumatol & Clin Immunol Unit, Spedali Civili, Brescia, Italy

Marozio, L:
 Univ Torino, Dept Obstet & Gynaecol, Turin, Italy

Espinosa, G:
 Univ Barcelona, Hosp Clin, Syst Autoimmune Dis Serv, Barcelona, Spain

Udry, S:
 Dr Carlos G Durand Hosp, Autoimmune Thrombophil Dis & Pregnancy Div, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Latino, JO:
 Dr Carlos G Durand Hosp, Autoimmune Thrombophil Dis & Pregnancy Div, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Llurba, E:
 Univ Hosp Santa Creu i St Pau, Obstet & Gynaecol Dept, High Risk Unit, Barcelona, Spain

Chighizola, CB:
 Univ Milan, Dept Clin Sci & Community Hlth, Milan, Italy

 ASST G Pini CTO, Unit Pediat Rheumatol, Milan, Italy

Gerosa, M:
 Univ Milan, Dept Clin Sci & Community Hlth, Div Rheumatol, Milan, Italy

Pengo, V:
 Univ Padua, Dept Cardiac Thorac & Vasc Sci, Cardiol Unit, Padua, Italy

Lundelin, K:
 Univ Turku, Fac Med, Dept Pediat, Turku, Finland

Rovere-Querini, P:
 IRCCS Osped San Raffaele, Internal Med, Milan, Italy

 IRCCS Osped San Raffaele, Div Immunol Transplantat & Infect Dis, Milan, Italy

Canti, V:
 IRCCS Osped San Raffaele, Internal Med, Milan, Italy

 IRCCS Osped San Raffaele, Div Immunol Transplantat & Infect Dis, Milan, Italy

Mayer-Pickel, K:
 Med Univ Graz, Dept Obstet, Graz, Austria

Reshetnyak, T:
 VA Nasonova Res Inst Rheumatol, Dept Syst Rheumat Dis, Moscow, Russia

Tabacco, S:
 Sapienza Univ Rome, Dept Gynecol Obstet & Urol, Rome, Italy

Stojanovich, L:
 Univ Belgrade, Univ Med Ctr, Belgrade, Serbia

Gonçalves, BA:
 Univ Autonoma Barcelona, Dept Med, Passeig Vall dHebron 119-129, Barcelona 08035, Spain

 Vall dHebron Univ Hosp, Dept Internal Med, Syst Autoimmune Dis Unit, Barcelona, Spain

Morales-Perez, S:
 Hosp St Joan Despi Moises Broggi, Dept Internal Med, Barcelona, Spain

Hosp Univ Miguel Servet, Dept Internal Med, Zaragoza, Spain
Catholic Univ, Gemelli Hosp, Dept Gynaecol, Rome, Italy
Hosp Univ Miguel Servet, Dept Internal Med, Zaragoza, Spain
Catholic Univ, Gemelli Hosp, Dept Gynaecol, Rome, Italy
ISSN: 03012115





European Journal of Obstetrics & Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
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Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 321 Número:
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WOS Id: 001716402000001
ID de PubMed: 41797084
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