Methotrexate related cutaneous adverse drug reactions : a systematic literature review

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OBJECTIVES: Recently, there is an increased number of reports being published on Methotrexate (MTX) related cutaneous manifestations. We aimed to identify and critically appraise descriptive studies describing the MTX related skin manifestations, treatment approach, and their outcomes.

METHODOLOGY: An extensive literature search was performed in the PubMed, Embase, and Scopus databases from inception to April 2021 without any restrictions along with the bibliographic search of included studies, grey literature search, and a snowball search was performed in Google and Google Scholar to identify the relevant literature. Descriptive studies reporting MTX related cutaneous manifestations were considered for the review. The study selection, data extraction, and quality assessment were conducted by two independent reviewers and any disagreements were settled by consensus with the third reviewer.

RESULTS: 31 out of 8,365 descriptive studies including 38 patients (22 females and 16 males) aged between 12 and 78 years prescribed for the management of rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriasis were included in this review. Toxic epidermal necrolysis (TEN), papular eruption, vasculitis, erosions of psoriasis, ulcerated psoriatic plaques, local reactions, keratinocyte dystrophy, erythema multiforme, drug rash with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms, Steven Johnson syndrome and photosensitive dermatitis were the majority of MTX induced cutaneous reactions. Immediate withdrawal of MTX, providing appropriate care with anti-inflammatory, topical steroids, and supplementation with folic acid were reported to be effective for the management of the MTX related cutaneous manifestations.

CONCLUSIONS: Clinicians and healthcare professionals should be aware of possible acute cutaneous drug reactions induced by MTX to avoid further consequences and fatal conditions. Immediate withdrawal of MTX and supportive care were reported as an efficacious therapeutic management of acute cutaneous drug reactions.

PROSPERO REGISTRATION NUMBER: CRD42020220038.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:33

Enthalten in:

Journal of basic and clinical physiology and pharmacology - 33(2022), 5 vom: 01. Sept., Seite 549-565

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Zuber, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Harikrishna [VerfasserIn]
Vidhyashree [VerfasserIn]
Chhabra, Manik [VerfasserIn]
Venkataraman, Rajesh [VerfasserIn]
Kumar, Sathish [VerfasserIn]
Rashid, Muhammed [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

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Adverse effect
Case report
Cutaneous reaction
Folic Acid
Journal Article
Methotrexate
Review
Skin manifestation
Systematic Review
Systematic review
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Date Completed 28.09.2022

Date Revised 28.09.2022

published: Electronic-eCollection

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1515/jbcpp-2021-0165

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM33244760X