Rituximab in practice : Clinical evaluation of patients with pemphigus after rituximab administration

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Pemphigus Vulgaris (PV) is a rare autoimmune blistering disease, which mainly causes mucosal and/or cutaneous lesions. In June 2018, FDA approved Rituximab (RTX)-a B-cell depleting agent-for the management of patients with moderate-to-severe pemphigus. Although the majority of patients respond well to this drug, some do not reach complete remission with a single cycle of RTX. In this review, following an overview of RTX and its clinical outcomes, we have focused on the possible outcomes after RTX therapy in patients with PV. The response is defined into four main categories; complete responders, partial responders, nonresponders, and paradoxical reactions, based on three possibilities of reaching the consolidation phase after 3 months, reaching remission until 6 months, and the ability of corticosteroid tapering in 6 months after RTX administration. Concerning the safety of RTX, three categories of infusion reactions, short and long-term side effects are discussed. Additionally, we have suggested approaches for the evaluation of clinical and serological responses at different critical time-points, including 1, 2, 3, and 6 months after RTX administration. Finally, available markers to predict the response to RTX and research gaps in the field of RTX therapy have been summarized.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:34

Enthalten in:

Dermatologic therapy - 34(2021), 1 vom: 01. Jan., Seite e14633

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Mahmoudi, Hamidreza [VerfasserIn]
Tavakolpour, Soheil [VerfasserIn]
Balighi, Kamran [VerfasserIn]
Farid, Ali Salehi [VerfasserIn]
Nili, Ali [VerfasserIn]
Jan, Delnavaz [VerfasserIn]
Daneshpazhooh, Maryam [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

4F4X42SYQ6
Anti-cd20 monoclonal antibody
Immunologic Factors
Journal Article
Pemphigus
Review
Rituximab
Safety
Treatment

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Date Completed 24.05.2021

Date Revised 24.05.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1111/dth.14633

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM318461579