OBJECTIVES: To describe the effectiveness and safety of biologics for the treatment of relapsing and/or refractory polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). METHODS: A retrospective European collaborative study was conducted in patients with PAN who received biologics for relapsing and/or refractory disease. RESULTS: Forty-two patients with PAN received a total of 53 biologic courses, including TNF-α blockers in 15 cases, rituximab (RTX) in 18 cases, tocilizumab (TCZ) in 10 cases and other biologics in 10 cases. TNF-α blockers and TCZ were mainly used for refractory diseases whereas RTX was mainly initiated for relapsing disease. After a median follow-up of 29 (8-50) months, remission, partial response, treatment failure and treatment discontinuation due to severe adverse events occurred in, respectively, 40%, 13%, 40% and 7% of patients receiving TNF-α blockers, 50%, none, 30% and 20% of TCZ recipients, and 33%, 11%, 56% and none of the RTX recipients. No remission was noted in patients treated with other biologics. Severe adverse events were observed in 14 (28%) patients without significant differences between the three biologics, leading to early biologics discontinuation in only three cases. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that TCZ may be effective in relapsing and/or refractory PAN. Our data warrant further study to confirm these findings.

Use of biologics to treat relapsing and/or refractory polyarteritis nodosa: data from a European collaborative study / Hadjadj, J.; Canzian, A.; Karadag, O.; Contis, A.; Maurier, F.; Sanges, S.; Sartorelli, S.; Denis, L.; de Moreuil, C.; Durel, C. -A.; Durupt, S.; Jachiet, M.; Rouzaud, D.; Salvarani, C.; Padoan, R.; Dagna, L.; Bonnet, F.; Agard, C.; Moulinet, T.; Hermet, M.; Sterpu, R.; Maria, A. T. J.; Keraen, J.; Guillevin, L.; Jayne, D.; Terrier, B.. - In: RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 1462-0332. - 62:1(2022), pp. 341-346. [10.1093/rheumatology/keac332]

Use of biologics to treat relapsing and/or refractory polyarteritis nodosa: data from a European collaborative study

Dagna L.;
2022-01-01

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To describe the effectiveness and safety of biologics for the treatment of relapsing and/or refractory polyarteritis nodosa (PAN). METHODS: A retrospective European collaborative study was conducted in patients with PAN who received biologics for relapsing and/or refractory disease. RESULTS: Forty-two patients with PAN received a total of 53 biologic courses, including TNF-α blockers in 15 cases, rituximab (RTX) in 18 cases, tocilizumab (TCZ) in 10 cases and other biologics in 10 cases. TNF-α blockers and TCZ were mainly used for refractory diseases whereas RTX was mainly initiated for relapsing disease. After a median follow-up of 29 (8-50) months, remission, partial response, treatment failure and treatment discontinuation due to severe adverse events occurred in, respectively, 40%, 13%, 40% and 7% of patients receiving TNF-α blockers, 50%, none, 30% and 20% of TCZ recipients, and 33%, 11%, 56% and none of the RTX recipients. No remission was noted in patients treated with other biologics. Severe adverse events were observed in 14 (28%) patients without significant differences between the three biologics, leading to early biologics discontinuation in only three cases. CONCLUSION: These results suggest that TCZ may be effective in relapsing and/or refractory PAN. Our data warrant further study to confirm these findings.
2022
biologics
blocker
Polyarteritis nodosa
rituximab
TNF-α
tocilizumab
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