Adalimumab for the treatment of refractory active and inactive non-infectious uveitis

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BACKGROUND/AIMS: To compare the efficacy of adalimumab in eyes with active and inactive non-infectious uveitis in the real-world setting.

METHODS: Multicentre, retrospective, chart review of patients with refractory non-infectious uveitis treated with adalimumab. Main outcome measures included reduction of prednisolone dose, ability to taper immunosuppressives and a composite endpoint of treatment failure encompassing active inflammatory chorioretinal or retinal vascular lesions, intraocular inflammation grade and visual acuity.

RESULTS: Thirty-seven eyes of 22 patients were studied. Mean follow-up was 20.1 months (median: 13). Most had either posterior or panuveitis (n=12, 55%). Mean duration of uveitis at baseline was 83.2 months (median: 61), where the majority (n=15, 68%) had already been treated with two or more conventional immunosuppressive agents in addition to prednisolone. Oral prednisolone was reduced to ≤10 mg/day in 9 of 12 patients (75%) by 6 weeks. At 6 months of therapy, nine (90%) of the active eyes achieved a 2-step improvement in anterior chamber inflammation, with six (60%) demonstrating a similar improvement in vitreous haze grade. Almost all (n=17, 94%) of the initially inactive eyes maintained clinical quiescence at this time point. The incidence rate of treatment failure during follow-up was 88 per 100 eye-years for the active eyes and 24 per 100 eye-years for the initially inactive eyes. There were no serious adverse effects.

CONCLUSION: Adalimumab appears to reduce the corticosteroid burden in active and inactive non-infectious uveitis in the real-world setting. Inflammatory activity at the time of adalimumab commencement may determine long-term treatment success.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2018

Erschienen:

2018

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:102

Enthalten in:

The British journal of ophthalmology - 102(2018), 12 vom: 29. Dez., Seite 1672-1678

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Lee, Jonathan Tl [VerfasserIn]
Yates, William B [VerfasserIn]
Rogers, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Wakefield, Denis [VerfasserIn]
McCluskey, Peter [VerfasserIn]
Lim, Lyndell L [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adalimumab
Adult
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Antibodies
Child
Chronic Disease
Comparative Study
FYS6T7F842
Humanised
Humans
Inflammation
Journal Article
Monoclonal
Multicenter Study
Ophthalmology
Prednisone
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Retrospective Studies
Treatment Failure
Treatment Outcome
Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
Uveitis
VB0R961HZT

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Date Completed 31.05.2019

Date Revised 09.04.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/bjophthalmol-2017-311234

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM281179298