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Skalkou A, Pelechas E, Voulgari PV, Drosos AA. TNF-Induced Lupus. A Case-Based Review. Curr Rheumatol Rev 2021; 18:72-82. [PMID: 34727862 DOI: 10.2174/1573397117666211102094330] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2020] [Revised: 04/30/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Nowadays, tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNFα) inhibitors have revolutionised the treatment of inflammatory arthritides by demonstrating efficacy with an acceptable toxicity profile. However, autoimmune phenomena and clinical entities have been reported ranging from an isolated presence of autoantibodies to full-blown autoimmune diseases, among them, drug-induced lupus (DIL). Case Presentation: A 62-year-old woman with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) refractory to methotrexate and prednisone, was treated with adalimumab (ADA). 4 months later, she presented acute cutaneous eruptions after sun exposure, positive ANA (1/640 fine speckled pattern), Ro (SSA) and anti-Smith (Sm) antibodies with no other clinical or laboratory abnormalities. The diagnosis of DIL was made, ADA was discontinued and she was treated successfully with prednisone plus local calcineurin inhibitors. Conclusion: Thus, we review the literature for cases of DIL development in patients treated with TNFα inhibitors. Rheumatologists should be aware of the possible adverse events and the requirement of careful clinical evaluation and monitoring.
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- Anastasia Skalkou
- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110. Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110. Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110. Greece
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Medical School, University of Ioannina, Ioannina 45110. Greece
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Vaz JLP, Fernandes V, Nogueira F, Arnóbio A, Levy RA. Infliximab-induced autoantibodies: a multicenter study. Clin Rheumatol 2015; 35:325-32. [PMID: 26676808 DOI: 10.1007/s10067-015-3140-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/18/2015] [Revised: 11/09/2015] [Accepted: 11/29/2015] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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The purpose of this study was to assess autoantibody incidence in patients treated with infliximab for various diseases, and the development of autoimmune diseases using a multicenter, longitudinal, open-label, phase IV observational study. All patients received anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) according to local treatment guidelines. The autoantibodies assessed before and after infliximab treatment were ANA, anti-Sm, anti-dsDNA, anticardiolipin IgM/IgG, anti-Scl70, anti-centromere B, anti-chromatin, anti-ribosomal P, anti-Sm-RNP, anti-RNP A, anti-RNP 68 kD, anti-La/SSB, anti-Ro/SSA 52 kD and 60 kD, and anti-Jo1. ANA was determined by indirect immunofluorescence on HEp-2 cells (INOVA); the remaining was assessed using BioPlexTM 2200. The Fisher exact test, Wilcoxon test, and the McNemar were used when appropriate.Two hundred eighty-six patients were included (139 with rheumatoid arthritis, 77 with ankylosing spondylitis, 29 with inflammatory bowel disease, 27 with psoriatic arthritis, and 14 with psoriasis), 167 females and 119 males, with mean age of 46.3 years. Subjects received at least five infusions of infliximab (6-month treatment). A significant difference was observed in antinuclear antibody (ANA) detection between samplings (p = 0.001). Among patients that had ANA before treatment (n = 92), six became ANA-negative, 48 had increased titers, 29 maintained, and nine decreased titers after treatment; a total of 186 patients had a positive ANA after treatment. Fine speckled nuclear pattern was most commonly observed (both before and after infliximab treatment). The number of patients with anti-dsDNA had a statistically significant increase (p = 0.003). No significant differences were noted for anticardiolipin and the remaining autoantibodies tested. Among the 286 patients included in the study, only one (0.35 %) showed clinical signs of drug-induced lupus, presenting elevated ANA and anti-dsDNA titers that normalized once treatment was discontinued. Infliximab induced the formation of autoantibodies in the combined population (ANA and anti-dsDNA with no apparent clinical importance).
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- João Luiz Pereira Vaz
- Departamento de Reumatologia, Universidade Federal do Estado Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Departamento de Reumatologia, Universidade de Cuiabá, Cuiabá, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Ciências Médicas, Universidade do Estado do Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Centro de Imunoterapia de Ipanema-CITIPA, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. .,Rua Rodolfo Dantas 16/1004, Rio de Janeiro, BR, 22002040, Brazil.
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Pereira Vaz JL, Ferreira Andrade CA, Cardoso Pereira A, Martins MDFM, Abramino Levy R. Revisão sistemática da indução de autoanticorpos e lúpus eritematoso pelo infliximabe. REVISTA BRASILEIRA DE REUMATOLOGIA 2013. [DOI: 10.1590/s0482-50042013000400008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Poulin Y, Thérien G. Drug-induced hepatitis and lupus during infliximab treatment for psoriasis: case report and literature review. J Cutan Med Surg 2010; 14:100-4. [PMID: 20338127 DOI: 10.2310/7750.2009.09007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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BACKGROUND Infliximab (IFX) can induce elevation of hepatic aminotransferase levels. Hepatitis has been reported in patients treated with IFX and with risk factors such as viral hepatitis, alcohol intake, or concomitant use of hepatotoxic drugs. Liver disorders occurring in a patient without risk factors have rarely been reported, and liver biopsies to substantiate the liver changes have very rarely been described. The presence of lupus-like symptoms with newly positive antinuclear antibodies (ANAs), sometimes with double-stranded deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) antibodies, has also been reported with IFX. Only a few articles have reported in detail these types of adverse events in patients with psoriasis. To our knowledge, the combination of lupus-like symptoms with simultaneous occurrence of a biopsy-proven hepatitis has not been reported with the use of IFX for psoriasis. OBJECTIVE Description of a case of drug-induced hepatitis in a patient with concurrent clinical and serologic features of lupus induced by IFX. METHODS We present the case of a 40-year-old woman with psoriasis who developed a biopsy-proven drug-induced hepatitis and concurrent lupus symptoms with positive ANAs while under IFX treatment. A review of related publications is presented. CONCLUSION The clinician must be aware of uncommon side effects of IFX, such as liver anomalies and development of autoantibodies. Liver enzymes should be monitored regularly, and ANAs should be checked if liver enzymes are increasing and in the presence of lupus symptoms.
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- Yves Poulin
- Dermatology Unit, Hospital Hotel-Dieu de Québec, Québec City, Québec
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Infliximab-induced lupus-like syndrome in a patient with ankylosing spondylitis. Rheumatol Int 2008; 29:451-4. [DOI: 10.1007/s00296-008-0684-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2008] [Accepted: 08/03/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Lebwohl M, Bagel J, Gelfand JM, Gladman D, Gordon KB, Hsu S, Kalb RE, Kimball AB, Korman NJ, Krueger GG, Mease P, Morison WL, Paller A, Pariser DM, Ritchlin C, Strober B, Van Voorhees A, Weinstein GD, Young M, Horn L. From the Medical Board of the National Psoriasis Foundation: Monitoring and vaccinations in patients treated with biologics for psoriasis. J Am Acad Dermatol 2008; 58:94-105. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.08.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Revised: 08/14/2007] [Accepted: 08/28/2007] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Díaz-Ley B, Guhl G, Fernández-Herrera J. Uso de fármacos biológicos en dermatosis fuera de la indicación aprobada. Primera parte: infliximab y adalimumab. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(07)70159-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Costa MF, Said NR, Zimmermann B. Drug-induced lupus due to anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha agents. Semin Arthritis Rheum 2007; 37:381-7. [PMID: 17977585 DOI: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2007.08.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 146] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2007] [Revised: 07/05/2007] [Accepted: 08/10/2007] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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PURPOSE To evaluate the reported cases of drug-induced lupus erythematosus (DILE) due to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha therapy and to compare "classic" DILE with DILE secondary to anti-TNFalpha therapy. We also add 3 case reports related to 3 different anti-TNFalpha drugs to the literature. METHODS We searched the Medline database for cases published in English and evaluated 53 cases in 27 papers purported to be TNFalpha-induced DILE. We compared the clinical and laboratory features of cases that fulfilled our criteria for TNFalpha DILE to those of DILE due to non-TNFalpha drugs as found in standard texts. We also report the clinical and laboratory findings of our 3 patients with drug-induced lupus related to anti-TNFalpha drugs, 1 each in patients treated with adalimumab, etanercept, and infliximab. RESULTS Of the 53 purported cases of DILE due to anti-TNFalpha therapy, we excluded 17 with cutaneous manifestations alone and 3 with overlap syndromes and mixed connective tissue disease. In the 33 cases that met our criteria for systemic DILE, 21 cases were due to infliximab, 10 cases were due to etanercept, and only 2 cases were related to adalimumab. TNFalpha-blocker-induced DILE cases had a higher prevalence of antibodies to double-stranded DNA, rash, and hypocomplementemia than DILE due to other drugs. Fever is common in both types of DILE. Renal disease, which is rare in classic DILE, has been reported in cases of TNFalpha DILE. CONCLUSIONS TNFalpha DILE has significant clinical and laboratory manifestations which distinguish it from DILE due to drugs other than anti-TNF agents and may be difficult to diagnose in patients treated for autoimmune diseases. It is appropriate to consider whether all patients who are begun on anti-TNF therapy should have pretreatment serologic evaluation for systemic lupus erythematosus.
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- Michelle F Costa
- Roger Williams Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, Providence, RI 02908, USA
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Ramos-Casals M, Brito-Zerón P, Muñoz S, Soria N, Galiana D, Bertolaccini L, Cuadrado MJ, Khamashta MA. Autoimmune diseases induced by TNF-targeted therapies: analysis of 233 cases. Medicine (Baltimore) 2007; 86:242-251. [PMID: 17632266 DOI: 10.1097/md.0b013e3181441a68] [Citation(s) in RCA: 486] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-targeted therapies are increasingly used for a rapidly expanding number of rheumatic and autoimmune diseases. With this use and longer follow-up periods of treatment, there are a growing number of reports of the development of autoimmune processes related to anti-TNF agents. We have analyzed the clinical characteristics, outcomes, and patterns of association with the different anti-TNF agents used in all reports of autoimmune diseases developing after TNF-targeted therapy found through a MEDLINE search of articles published between January 1990 and December 2006. We identified 233 cases of autoimmune diseases (vasculitis in 113, lupus in 92, interstitial lung diseases in 24, and other diseases in 4) secondary to TNF-targeted therapies in 226 patients. The anti-TNF agents were administered for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in 187 (83%) patients, Crohn disease in 17, ankylosing spondylitis in 7, psoriatic arthritis in 6, juvenile RA in 5, and other diseases in 3. The anti-TNF agents administered were infliximab in 105 patients, etanercept in 96, adalimumab in 21, and other anti-TNF agents in 3. We found 92 reported cases of lupus following anti-TNF therapy (infliximab in 40 cases, etanercept in 37, and adalimumab in 15). Nearly half the cases fulfilled 4 or more classification criteria for systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE), which fell to one-third after discarding preexisting lupus-like features. One hundred thirteen patients developed vasculitis after receiving anti-TNF agents (etanercept in 59 cases, infliximab in 47, adalimumab in 5, and other agents in 2). Leukocytoclastic vasculitis was the most frequent type of vasculitis, and purpura was the most frequent cutaneous lesion. A significant finding was that one-quarter of patients with vasculitis related to anti-TNF agents had extracutaneous involvement. Twenty-four cases of interstitial lung disease associated with the use of anti-TNF agents were reported. In these patients, 2 specific characteristics should be highlighted: the poor prognosis in spite of cessation of anti-TNF therapy, and the possible adjuvant role of concomitant methotrexate. In conclusion, the use of anti-TNF agents has been associated with an increasing number of cases of autoimmune diseases, principally cutaneous vasculitis, lupus-like syndrome, SLE, and interstitial lung disease.
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- Manuel Ramos-Casals
- From Department of Autoimmune Diseases (MR-C, PB-Z, SM, NS, DG), Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), University of Barcelona, Hospital Clínic, Barcelona, Spain; and Lupus Research Unit (LB, M-JC, MAK), The Rayne Institute, King's College London School of Medicine at Guy's, King's and St Thomas' Hospitals, St Thomas' Hospital, London, United Kingdom
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Rozenbaum M, Boulman N, Slobodin G, Ayubkhanov E, Rosner I. Polyarthritis flare complicating rheumatoid arthritis infliximab therapy: a paradoxic adverse reaction. J Clin Rheumatol 2007; 12:269-71. [PMID: 17149054 DOI: 10.1097/01.rhu.0000250241.91842.b6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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BACKGROUND The treatment of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) has changed dramatically over the past decade with the introduction of antitumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents. Although subsets of patients may have only partial or no response, there is no report yet on possible worsening of RA with this therapy. OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to determine whether infliximab may paradoxically exacerbate RA. METHODS One hundred seven patients with RA refractory to 3 disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs were treated with 3 mg/kg infliximab and methotrexate for at least 6 months. RESULTS In 3 patients, there was an exacerbation of RA associated with the use of infliximab. The flare occurred during the first 6 to 12 months of treatment with polyarthritis, fever, and elevated acute phase reactants. Increase of infliximab dose resulted in further deterioration. CONCLUSION We describe a paradoxic reaction, an exacerbation of RA, with infliximab. The mechanism of this side effect is unclear but may be related to altered immunity induced by the inhibition of TNF activity in predisposed patients.
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Díaz-Ley B, Guhl G, Fernández-Herrera J. Off-Label Use of Biologic Agents in the Treatment of Dermatosis, Part 1: Infliximab and Adalimumab. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/s1578-2190(07)70539-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Current awareness: Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2006. [DOI: 10.1002/pds.1179] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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