Refractory adult onset Still's disease successfully treated with anakinra
Refractory adult onset Still's disease successfully treated with anakinra
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DOI:
10.1136/ard.2004.026617
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发表时间:
2005-04-01
影响因子:
27.4
通讯作者:
da Silva, JC
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作者:
Godinho, FMV;Santos, MJP;da Silva, JC
METHODS AND RESULTS We treated 168 patients with RA between 1 April 2000 and 1 October 2002, 82% female, with a median disease duration of 10 years (range 1–49). Inclusion criteria were 28 joint count Disease Activity Score (DAS28) of. 3.5 and failure of two disease modifying antirheumatic drugs, including methotrexate. Patients with heart failure or with a malignancy 5 years before screening were excluded. After the alert about tuberculosis, 6 patients starting with infliximab treatment were screened for that disease. All patients were treated with an initial infliximab dose of 3 mg/kg (weeks 0, 2, 6, and subsequently, every 8 weeks). When the response was insufficient—that is, a decrease in DAS28, 1.2 compared with baseline on two subsequent occasions, the dose could be increased to 7.5 mg/kg. The median duration of treatment was 0.86 years (range 0–2.5); the median number of infusions used was 7 (range 1–18). Methotrexate and prednisone were used by 92% and 50% of the patients, respectively.