Infliximab for intensification of primary therapy for patients with Kawasaki disease and coronary artery aneurysms at diagnosis

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OBJECTIVE: Children with Kawasaki disease (KD) and an initial echocardiogram that demonstrates coronary artery aneurysms (CAAs, Z score ≥2.5) are at high risk for severe cardiovascular complications. We sought to determine if primary adjunctive infliximab treatment at a dose of either 5 or 10 mg/kg, compared with intravenous immunoglobulin (IVIG) alone, is associated with a greater likelihood of CAA regression in patients with KD with CAA at the time of diagnosis.

DESIGN AND SETTING: Single-centre observational study.

PATIENTS: Children with acute KD and Z score ≥2.5 at baseline.

INTERVENTIONS: Primary adjunctive infliximab (5 or 10 mg/kg) within 48 hours of initiating IVIG 2 g/kg.

MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: Incidence of CAA regression to Zmax <2 within 2 months of disease onset.

RESULTS: Of the 168 patients with KD, 111 received IVIG alone and 57 received primary adjunctive infliximab therapy: 39 received 5 mg/kg and 18 received 10 mg/kg. Incidence of CAA regression to Zmax <2 within 2 months was statistically significant at 52%, 62% and 83% in the IVIG alone, IVIG+infliximab 5 mg/kg and IVIG+infliximab 10 mg/kg, respectively. The multivariable logistic regression model adjusting for age, sex, baseline Zmax and bilateral CAA at baseline showed that IVIG plus 10 mg/kg infliximab was significantly associated with a greater likelihood of CAA regression (adjusted OR: 4.45, 95% CI 1.17 to 16.89, p=0.028) compared with IVIG alone. The difference between IVIG+infliximab 5 mg/kg and IVIG alone was not significant.

CONCLUSIONS: Primary adjunctive high-dose 10 mg/kg infliximab treatment was associated with a greater likelihood of CAA regression in patients with CAA at the time of diagnosis.

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CommentIn: Arch Dis Child. 2023 Oct;108(10):781-782. - PMID 37567754

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:108

Enthalten in:

Archives of disease in childhood - 108(2023), 10 vom: 12. Okt., Seite 833-838

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Miyata, Koichi [VerfasserIn]
Bainto, Emelia V [VerfasserIn]
Sun, Xiaoying [VerfasserIn]
Jain, Sonia [VerfasserIn]
Dummer, Kirsten B [VerfasserIn]
Burns, Jane C [VerfasserIn]
Tremoulet, Adriana H [VerfasserIn]

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B72HH48FLU
Cardiology
Immunoglobulins, Intravenous
Infliximab
Journal Article
Observational Study
Paediatrics
Rheumatology

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Date Completed 21.09.2023

Date Revised 06.02.2024

published: Print-Electronic

CommentIn: Arch Dis Child. 2023 Oct;108(10):781-782. - PMID 37567754

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1136/archdischild-2023-325639

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM357601742