A New Era in the Treatment of Thyroid Eye Disease

Copyright © 2019 Horizon Therapeutics plc. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved..

PURPOSE: Improved understanding of thyroid eye disease (TED) pathogenesis has facilitated identification of a targeted molecular approach for TED treatment offering the potential to halt or slow disease progression in a nonsurgical manner. Herein, we provide a summary of the current knowledge of TED management, followed by discussion of a novel insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor (IGF-1R) antagonist antibody and its potential to change the course of the disease.

DESIGN: Perspective.

METHODS: Review of the literature and authors' experience.

RESULTS: Many publications demonstrate IGF-1R overexpression in TED, and its activation as an autoantigen as a critical factor in TED pathogenesis. Several in vitro studies demonstrate that IGF-1R inhibition attenuates downstream molecular events including cytokine and hyaluronan production, and cellular differentiation. These observations led to the hypothesis that blocking IGF-1R may abrogate the clinical progression of TED. The recent completion of phase 2 and 3 randomized, placebo-controlled trials demonstrate the efficacy and safety of teprotumumab, a fully human monoclonal IGF-1R antagonist antibody, in patients with moderate-to-severe, active TED. Both the phase 2 and the recent phase 3 study results demonstrate that more patients with active TED receiving teprotumumab experienced a meaningful improvement in proptosis.

CONCLUSIONS: Current TED treatment strategies target inflammation and symptoms, but do not modify the disease course. Therefore, proptosis as well as strabismus and its resulting diplopia often remain, impacting patient well-being and quality of life over the long term. Targeted molecular therapy using teprotumumab demonstrates disease-modifying benefits with the potential to shift the paradigm for TED treatment.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:208

Enthalten in:

American journal of ophthalmology - 208(2019) vom: 26. Dez., Seite 281-288

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Patel, Amy [VerfasserIn]
Yang, Huasheng [VerfasserIn]
Douglas, Raymond S [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
EC 2.7.10.1
Journal Article
Receptor, IGF Type 1
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Review
Teprotumumab
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Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.03.2020

Date Revised 27.03.2020

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.ajo.2019.07.021

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM299885755