scholarly journals Treatment for rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of hospitalization for pneumonia: Associations with prednisone, disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, and anti–tumor necrosis factor therapy

2006 ◽  
Vol 54 (2) ◽  
pp. 628-634 ◽  
Author(s):  
Frederick Wolfe ◽  
Liron Caplan ◽  
Kaleb Michaud
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Factor Therapy ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
Necrosis Factor

scholarly journals Back to Basics: Prioritizing Communication as a Key Instrument in Managing Rheumatoid Arthritis

2021 ◽  
pp. jrheum.210984
Author(s):  
Paul Studenic ◽  
Helga Radner
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Drug Therapy ◽  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Synthetic Dmards ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) have come to experience a tremendous increase in therapeutic options with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).1 After decades of dissatisfying drug therapy results with conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs) only, the introduction of the first tumor necrosis factor inhibitors in the late 1990s has revolutionized RA treatment.2

scholarly journals MANAGEMENT OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS: SPECIAL CONSIDERATION FOR BIOLOGIC DISEASE-MODIFYING ANTIRHEUMATIC DRUGS

2018 ◽  
Vol 11 (11) ◽  
pp. 47 ◽  
Author(s):  
Salmi Abdul Razak ◽  
Mohd Makmor-bakry ◽  
Adyani Md Redzuan
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitor ◽  
Special Consideration ◽  
Biologic Therapies ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Factor Inhibitor ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is a progressive chronic inflammatory disease affecting 0.5–1.0% of the adult population worldwide. Due to the damages caused by this autoimmune disease, new biologic therapies, particularly the biologic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs), are now being the treatment of choice in the management of RA. However, special precaution and prescreening before the usage of bDMARDs are needed to ensure better clinical response and avoiding risk of adverse event during treatment with the selected bDMARDs. In this review paper, we will provide overview on the incidence and pathogenesis of the disease, available pharmacological treatment and emphasizing special consideration in need on initiation of bDMARDs among RA patients. A literature review was performed by searching for relevant articles in Medline database through PubMed using medical subject headings terms and keywords: RA, bDMARDs, special consideration, tumor necrosis factor inhibitor, and non-tumor necrosis factor inhibitor. All papers reviewed were from 1999 to 2017 and were written in English. In this article, use of conventional synthetic DMARDs (csDMARDs), bDMARDs and special consideration to be taken upon initiation of biologic therapies in RA will be reviewed.

scholarly journals Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs in the main monogenic autoinflammatory diseases treatment. Experience of application in rheumatological practice

2021 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 24-30
Author(s):  
S. O. Salugina ◽  
E. S. Fedorov ◽  
M. I. Kaleda
Keyword(s):  
Tumor Necrosis Factor ◽  
Tumor Necrosis ◽  
Periodic Fever ◽  
Interleukin 1 ◽  
Autoinflammatory Diseases ◽  
Response To Treatment ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
Necrosis Factor

Objective: to assess the frequency of prescription, efficacy and tolerability of biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) therapy in patients with major monogenic autoinflammatory diseases (mAID) according to the Federal Rheumatology Center clinical practice. Patients and methods. From 2008 to 2020 years, 158 patients with mAID were included in the study, 53 of whom were prescribed bDMARDs: 12 patients had Familial Mediterranean Fever (FMF); 26 – Cryopyrin-Associated Periodic Syndromes (CAPS), including 21 patients with MuckleWells Syndrome (MWS) and 5 – with Chronic Infantile Onset Neurologic Cutaneous Articular / Neonatal Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease (CINCA/NOMID), 12 patients had Tumor necrosis factor (TNF) receptor-Associated Periodic Fever Syndrome (TRAPS) and 3 – Hyper-Immunoglobulinemia D-syndrome (HIDS/MKD). Among all these patients 25 were male and 28 female, aged 1.5 to 44 years, 45 were children (under 18) and 8 adults. Interleukin 1 inhibitors (iIL1) were prescribed in accordance with the following scheme: canakinumab – subcutaneously 2–5 mg/kg or 150 mg per injection, every 4–8 weeks; anakinra – subcutaneously 1–5 mg/kg or 100 mg/day, daily. Etanercept (ETC) was injected subcutaneously 0.4–0.8 mg/kg 1–2 times a week, and adalimumab (ADA) was injected subcutaneously 20–40 mg once every 2 weeks. Tocilizumab (TCZ) was administered intravenously, 8–12 mg/kg once every 2–4 weeks. The duration of the disease at the time of treatment initiation ranged from 1 to 44 years. The duration of bDMARDs therapy in patients with mAID ranged from 1 month to 12 years.Results and discussion. From 158 patients with mAID, in 53 (33.5%) bDMARDs were administered. They were used more often in patients with CAPS (56.6%), and less often – in TRAPS (26.4%), FMF (28.3%) and HIDS/MKD (5.7%). iIL1 were the most frequently prescribed bDMARDs (90.6%): canakinumab (in 38 patients) and anakinra (in 10), they were mainly used in patients with CAPS, in 2/3 of patients with TRAPS, HIDS/MKD and colchicine-resistant FMF. During the first days of iIL1 treatment, all patients with mAID showed a statistically significant clinical improvement: normalization of general condition, emotional recovery, relief of fever, disappearance of rash, decrease in the severity of lymphadenopathy and hepatosplenomegaly, relief or significant positive dynamics of eye symptoms, subjective improvement in hearing and audiogram (with dynamic control in patients with CAPS), decrease in the level of acute phase markers (in all cases). In 7 patients with CAPS, who received anakinra, after a positive response was achieved, switching to canakinumab was performed, which maintained the full effectiveness of therapy. TCZ (in 7 patients) and inhibitors of tumor necrosis factor α (iTNFα) – ADA (in 3) and ETC (in 4), – were used less frequently. iTNFα were more often prescribed to FMF patients with a complete response to treatment. Tolerability of bDMARD therapy was satisfactory in all patients. Conclusion. Currently, iIL1 are the first line of therapy among biological agents for mAID, especially in patients with CAPS. If they are ineffective or intolerant in certain situations, alternative bDMARDs (iTNFα and IL6 inhibitors) can also be used, but this issue needs further study.

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