Discontinuation or tapering strategies of biologics in rheumatoid arthritis in remission

Copyright © 2016 Société Nationale Française de Médecine Interne (SNFMI). Published by Elsevier SAS. All rights reserved..

The arrival of new drugs and new therapeutic strategies allowed to reach sustained remission in an increasing number of patients with rheumatoid arthritis. The study of biologic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) adaptation strategies is a need to optimize the benefit/risk balance and cost/effectiveness ratio of these molecules. Current recommendations such as EULAR 2016 propose tapering bDMARDs, especially when combined with a csDMARD, when the patient is in remission after stopping persistent glucocorticoids. The analysis of literature comprising 22 studies shows that a bDMARD adaptation is possible in established rheumatoid arthritis when clinico-biological and ultrasound remission is maintained over six months. Priority should be given to a progressive tapering strategy doses controlled by disease activity while maintaining "tight control" to identify and effectively treat a relapse, a retreatment being usually favorable.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2017

Erschienen:

2017

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:38

Enthalten in:

La Revue de medecine interne - 38(2017), 4 vom: 28. Apr., Seite 256-263

Sprache:

Französisch

Weiterer Titel:

Stratégies d’arrêt ou de réduction des biomédicaments dans la polyarthrite rhumatoïde en rémission

Beteiligte Personen:

Mallick, A [VerfasserIn]
Fautrel, B [VerfasserIn]
Sagez, F [VerfasserIn]
Sordet, C [VerfasserIn]
Javier, R-M [VerfasserIn]
Petit, H [VerfasserIn]
Chatelus, E [VerfasserIn]
Rahal, N [VerfasserIn]
Gottenberg, J-E [VerfasserIn]
Sibilia, J [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antirheumatic Agents
Biological Factors
Biological Products
Décroissance du traitement
Dose reduction
Espacement
Journal Article
Polyarthrite rhumatoïde
Réduction de dose
Rémission
Remission
Review
Rheumatoid arthritis
Spacing
Treatment tapering

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Date Completed 28.09.2017

Date Revised 28.09.2017

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.revmed.2016.12.014

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM268657408