Treatment Outcomes With Rituximab in 100 Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica Influence of FCGR3A Polymorphisms on the Therapeutic Response to Rituximab
Treatment Outcomes With Rituximab in 100 Patients With Neuromyelitis Optica Influence of FCGR3A Polymorphisms on the Therapeutic Response to Rituximab
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DOI:
10.1001/jamaneurol.2015.1276
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发表时间:
2015-09-01
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29
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Kim, Ho Jin
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作者:
Kim, Su-Hyun;Jeong, In Hye;Kim, Ho Jin
IMPORTANCE Despite the increased use of rituximab therapy in neuromyelitis optica spectrum disorder (NMOSD), the overall efficacy and safety of long-term rituximab treatment in a large group of patients is uncertain. Furthermore, the identification of a predictor of rituximab response is an important issue for assessing the individual risk-benefit of therapy and making treatment decisions.OBJECTIVE To assess the long-term clinical efficacy and safety of rituximab treatment in patients with NMOSD and the influence of fragment c gamma receptor 3A (FCGR3A) polymorphisms on rituximab response. DESIGN,SETTING, AND PARTICIPANTS A retrospective review of 100 patients with relapsing NMOSD treated with rituximab for at least 6 months, from February 1, 2006, to January 31, 2015, at the institutional referral center. After induction therapy, a single infusion of rituximab (375mg/m(2)) as maintenance therapy was administered whenever a reemergence of CD27(+) memory B cells among peripheral blood mononuclear cells occurred. Using an allele-specific polymerase chain reaction-based method, the gene polymorphisms FCGR3A-V158F were assessed. MAINOUTCOMES AND MEASURES The primary end point was annualized relapse rate; disability (Expanded Disability Status Scale score), safety of rituximab treatment, event of insufficient memory B-cell depletion following rituximab, and time to retreatment of rituximab were secondary end points.RESULTS By January 31, 2015, a total of 100 patients received repeated rituximab treatment during a median of 67 months. Of these patients, 41 had more than 5 years' follow-up and 24 had more than 7 years' follow-up. The annualized relapse rate was reduced significantly by 96%(mean [SD] annualized relapse rate of prerituximab vs postrituximab, 2.4 [2.0] vs 0.1 [0.6]) and disability improved or stabilized in 96% of patients. Rates of adverse events were generally stable. The FCGR3A-F allele was associated with a risk of relapse while receiving rituximab treatment (additive model, P