IgA vasculitis with underlying monoclonal IgA gammopathy : innovative therapeutic approach targeting plasma cells. A case series

© 2022. The Author(s), under exclusive licence to International League of Associations for Rheumatology (ILAR)..

OBJECTIVE: There is currently no evidence of the possible benefit of plasma cell-targeting therapies (PCTT) in immunoglobulin A (IgA) monoclonal gammopathy (MG) associated with IgA vasculitis (IgAV). We report the outcome of different PCTT regimens in a cohort of MG-IgAV.

METHODS: We used a French network to retrospectively describe the outcome of MG-IgAV patients treated with PCTT.

RESULTS: Five patients were included (mean age 65 years). All patients had severe baseline presentation including extensive necrotic purpura (n = 5), gastrointestinal involvement (n = 2), peripheral neuropathies (n = 2), and glomerulonephritis (n = 1). Two patients had IgA indolent multiple myeloma and three had IgA "MG of undetermined significance." Monotypic IgA deposition in the skin vessels wall was highlighted using an immunofluorescence assay. Cases of vasculitis in three patients (n = 3) were refractory to multiple line therapies, including cyclophosphamide (n = 3) or rituximab. Finally, PCTT including bortezomib plus cyclophosphamide and dexamethasone, bortezomib plus melphalan and prednisone, or bortezomib plus lenalidomide and dexamethasone were proposed, allowing complete remission in 4/5 patients without major adverse drug events.

CONCLUSION: This study suggests that the MG-IgAV phenotype might be distinctive of usual IgAV (severe and refractory to conventional immunosuppressive regimens) and supports the benefit of PCTT. This study sheds new light on the overall biology of IgAV, strengthening the pathogenic role of the monoclonal IgA component in IgAV.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:41

Enthalten in:

Clinical rheumatology - 41(2022), 10 vom: 17. Okt., Seite 3119-3123

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Hankard, Antoine [VerfasserIn]
Ingen-Housz-Oro, Saskia [VerfasserIn]
El Karoui, Khalil [VerfasserIn]
Paule, Romain [VerfasserIn]
Lioger, Bertrand [VerfasserIn]
Brihaye, Benoit [VerfasserIn]
Battistella, Maxime [VerfasserIn]
Jobard, Stéphanie [VerfasserIn]
Magnant, Julie [VerfasserIn]
Diot, Elisabeth [VerfasserIn]
Bigot, Adrien [VerfasserIn]
Ferreira-Maldent, Nicole [VerfasserIn]
Deriaz, Sophie [VerfasserIn]
Cook, Ann-Rose [VerfasserIn]
Henique, Hélène [VerfasserIn]
Maillot, Francois [VerfasserIn]
Aouba, Achille [VerfasserIn]
Audemard-Verger, Alexandra [VerfasserIn]
MINHEMON, the SNMFI [VerfasserIn]

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Bortezomib
Cyclophosphamide
Dexamethasone
F0P408N6V4
Gammopathy
Henoch-Schönlein purpura
IgA vasculitis
Immunoglobulin A
Journal Article
Lenalidomide
Melphalan
Monoclonal plasma cells
Multiple myeloma
Prednisone
Q41OR9510P
Rituximab
VB0R961HZT

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Date Completed 22.09.2022

Date Revised 22.09.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s10067-022-06181-4

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM342351435