Tocilizumab therapy in rheumatoid arthritis with interstitial lung disease : a multicentre retrospective study

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BACKGROUND: Interstitial lung disease (ILD) is the most severe extra-articular manifestation of rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Although it is responsible of 10-20% of all RA mortality, no controlled studies are available for the treatment of RA-ILD and its therapeutic approach is still debated.

AIMS: To analyse the evolution of ILD in a population of RA patients treated with tocilizumab (TCZ).

METHODS: In this national multicentre study, we retrospectively collected patients with RA-ILD treated with at least one dose of TCZ. For each patient, disease activity and serological data were evaluated. Moreover, we analysed the evolution of high-resolution computed tomography (HRCT) and pulmonary function tests, including forced vital capacity (FVC) and diffusing capacity of the lung for carbon monoxide (DLCO).

RESULTS: Twenty-eight RA-ILD patients were identified (females/males 18/10, mean age 61.6 years), with a mean follow up for TCZ therapy of 30 months. At the end of follow up, FVC remained stable in 14 (56%) patients, improved in 5 (20%) and worsened in 6 (24%). DLCO remained stable in 14 (56%) patients, improved in 5 (20%) and worsened in 6 (24%), even though in 3 patients DLCO and FVC showed an opposite trend. HRCT remained stable in the majority (25) of cases, worsened in two patients with a usual interstitial pneumonia pattern and improved in only one case with a non-specific interstitial pneumonia pattern.

CONCLUSIONS: The management of RA-ILD patients remains a critical unmet need. TCZ demonstrated a good safety profile in patients with RA-ILD and a potential effect on the stabilisation of lung involvement.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:50

Enthalten in:

Internal medicine journal - 50(2020), 9 vom: 15. Sept., Seite 1085-1090

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Manfredi, Andreina [VerfasserIn]
Cassone, Giulia [VerfasserIn]
Furini, Federica [VerfasserIn]
Gremese, Elisa [VerfasserIn]
Venerito, Vincenzo [VerfasserIn]
Atzeni, Fabiola [VerfasserIn]
Arrigoni, Eugenio [VerfasserIn]
Della Casa, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]
Cerri, Stefania [VerfasserIn]
Govoni, Marcello [VerfasserIn]
Petricca, Luca [VerfasserIn]
Iannone, Florenzo [VerfasserIn]
Salvarani, Carlo [VerfasserIn]
Sebastiani, Marco [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
DMARD
I031V2H011
Interstitial lung disease
Journal Article
Multicenter Study
Rheumatoid arthritis
Therapy
Tocilizumab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 27.04.2021

Date Revised 27.04.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/imj.14670

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM302658602