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Valk AM, Keijser JBD, van Dam KPJ, Stalman EW, Wieske L, Steenhuis M, Kummer LYL, Spuls PI, Bekkenk MW, Musters AH, Post NF, Bosma AL, Horváth B, Hijnen DJ, Schreurs CRG, van Kempen ZLE, Killestein J, Volkers AG, Tas SW, Boekel L, Wolbink GJ, Keijzer S, Derksen NIL, van Deelen M, van Mierlo G, Kuijpers TW, Eftimov F, van Ham SM, Ten Brinke A, Rispens T. Suppressed IgG4 class switching in dupilumab- and TNF inhibitor-treated patients after mRNA vaccination. Allergy 2024. [PMID: 38439527 DOI: 10.1111/all.16089] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/27/2023] [Revised: 02/09/2024] [Accepted: 02/18/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
Abstract
BACKGROUND The noninflammatory immunoglobulin G4 (IgG4) is linked to tolerance and is unique to humans. Although poorly understood, prolonged antigenic stimulation and IL-4-signaling along the T helper 2-axis may be instrumental in IgG4 class switching. Recently, repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination has been linked to IgG4 skewing. Although widely used immunosuppressive drugs have been shown to only moderately affect humoral responses to SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination, the effect on IgG4 switching has not been investigated. METHODS Here we study the impact of such immunosuppressive drugs, including the IL-4 receptor-blocking antibody dupilumab, on IgG4 skewing upon repeated SARS-CoV-2 mRNA vaccination. Receptor-binding domain (RBD) specific antibody responses were longitudinally measured in 600 individuals, including patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases treated with a TNF inhibitor (TNFi) and/or methotrexate (MTX), dupilumab, and healthy/untreated controls, after repeated mRNA vaccination. RESULTS We observed a substantial increase in the proportion of RBD-specific IgG4 antibodies (median 21%) in healthy/untreated controls after third vaccination. This IgG4 skewing was profoundly reduced in dupilumab-treated patients (<1%). Unexpectedly, an equally strong suppression of IgG4 skewing was observed in TNFi-treated patients (<1%), whereas MTX caused a modest reduction (7%). RBD-specific total IgG levels were hardly affected by these immunosuppressive drugs. Minimal skewing was observed, when primary vaccination was adenoviral vector-based. CONCLUSIONS Our results imply a critical role for IL-4/IL-13 as well as TNF in vivo IgG4 class switching. These novel findings advance our understanding of IgG4 class switch dynamics, and may benefit humoral tolerance induction strategies, treatment of IgG4 pathologies and mRNA vaccine optimization.
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- Anika M Valk
- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, St. Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health/Infection and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health/Infection and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health/Infection and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health/Infection and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam Public Health/Infection and Immunology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, UMCG Expertise Center for Blistering Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University of Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center Rotterdam, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Keijzer S, Oskam N, Ooijevaar-de Heer P, Steenhuis M, Keijser JB, Wieske L, van Dam KP, Stalman EW, Kummer LY, Boekel L, Kuijpers TW, ten Brinke A, van Ham SM, Eftimov F, Tas SW, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T. Longitudinal rheumatoid factor autoantibody responses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination or infection. Front Immunol 2024; 15:1314507. [PMID: 38487524 PMCID: PMC10937420 DOI: 10.3389/fimmu.2024.1314507] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/13/2023] [Accepted: 02/15/2024] [Indexed: 03/17/2024] Open
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Background Rheumatoid factors (RFs) are autoantibodies that target the Fc region of IgG, and are found in patients with rheumatic diseases as well as in the healthy population. Many studies suggest that an immune trigger may (transiently) elicit RF responses. However, discrepancies between different studies make it difficult to determine if and to which degree RF reactivity can be triggered by vaccination or infection. Objective We quantitatively explored longitudinal RF responses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination and infection in a well-defined, large cohort using a dual ELISA method that differentiates between true RF reactivity and background IgM reactivity. In addition, we reviewed existing literature on RF responses after vaccination and infection. Methods 151 healthy participants and 30 RA patients were included to measure IgM-RF reactivity before and after SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations by ELISA. Additionally, IgM-RF responses after a SARS-CoV-2 breakthrough infection were studied in 51 healthy participants. Results Published prevalence studies in subjects after infection report up to 85% IgM-RF seropositivity. However, seroconversion studies (both infection and vaccination) report much lower incidences of 2-33%, with a trend of lower percentages observed in larger studies. In the current study, SARS-CoV-2 vaccination triggered low-level IgM-RF responses in 5.5% (8/151) of cases, of which 1.5% (2/151) with a level above 10 AU/mL. Breakthrough infection was accompanied by development of an IgM-RF response in 2% (1/51) of cases. Conclusion Our study indicates that de novo RF induction following vaccination or infection is an uncommon event, which does not lead to RF epitope spreading.
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- Sofie Keijzer
- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam Institute for Infection and Immunity, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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van Dam KPJ, Volkers AG, Wieske L, Stalman EW, Kummer LYL, van Kempen ZLE, Killestein J, Tas SW, Boekel L, Wolbink GJ, van der Kooi AJ, Raaphorst J, Takkenberg RB, D'Haens GRAM, Spuls PI, Bekkenk MW, Musters AH, Post NF, Bosma AL, Hilhorst ML, Vegting Y, Bemelman FJ, Voskuyl AE, Broens B, Sanchez AP, van Els CACM, de Wit J, Rutgers A, de Leeuw K, Horváth B, Verschuuren JJGM, Ruiter AM, van Ouwerkerk L, van der Woude D, Allaart RCF, Teng YKO, van Paassen P, Busch MH, Jallah PBP, Brusse E, van Doorn PA, Baars AE, Hijnen DJ, Schreurs CRG, van der Pol WL, Goedee HS, Steenhuis M, Keijzer S, Keijser JBD, Cristianawati O, Ten Brinke A, Verstegen NJM, van Ham SM, Rispens T, Kuijpers TW, Löwenberg M, Eftimov F. Primary SARS-CoV-2 infection in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: long-term humoral immune responses and effects on disease activity. BMC Infect Dis 2023; 23:332. [PMID: 37198536 DOI: 10.1186/s12879-023-08298-6] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2022] [Accepted: 04/29/2023] [Indexed: 05/19/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs) on immunosuppressants (ISPs) may have impaired long-term humoral immune responses and increased disease activity after SARS-CoV-2 infection. We aimed to investigate long-term humoral immune responses against SARS-CoV-2 and increased disease activity after a primary SARS-CoV-2 infection in unvaccinated IMID patients on ISPs. METHODS IMID patients on active treatment with ISPs and controls (i.e. IMID patients not on ISP and healthy controls) with a confirmed SARS-CoV-2 infection before first vaccination were included from an ongoing prospective cohort study (T2B! study). Clinical data on infections and increased disease activity were registered using electronic surveys and health records. A serum sample was collected before first vaccination to measure SARS-CoV-2 anti-receptor-binding domain (RBD) antibodies. RESULTS In total, 193 IMID patients on ISP and 113 controls were included. Serum samples from 185 participants were available, with a median time of 173 days between infection and sample collection. The rate of seropositive IMID patients on ISPs was 78% compared to 100% in controls (p < 0.001). Seropositivity rates were lowest in patients on anti-CD20 (40.0%) and anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents (60.5%), as compared to other ISPs (p < 0.001 and p < 0.001, respectively). Increased disease activity after infection was reported by 68 of 260 patients (26.2%; 95% CI 21.2-31.8%), leading to ISP intensification in 6 out of these 68 patients (8.8%). CONCLUSION IMID patients using ISPs showed reduced long-term humoral immune responses after primary SARS-CoV-2 infection, which was mainly attributed to treatment with anti-CD20 and anti-TNF agents. Increased disease activity after SARS-CoV-2 infection was reported commonly, but was mostly mild. TRIAL REGISTRATION NL74974.018.20, Trial ID: NL8900. Registered on 9 September 2020.
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Affiliation(s)
- Koos P J van Dam
- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Center for Blistering Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Centre of Expertise for Lupus-, Vasculitis- and Complement-Mediated Systemic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine - Nephrology section, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
- Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Location Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Ruwaard J, L' Ami MJ, Kneepkens EL, Krieckaert C, Nurmohamed MT, Hooijberg F, van Kuijk A, van Denderen JC, Burgemeister L, Rispens T, Boers M, Wolbink GJ. Interval prolongation of etanercept in rheumatoid arthritis, ankylosing spondylitis, and psoriatic arthritis: a randomized controlled trial. Scand J Rheumatol 2023; 52:129-136. [PMID: 35234569 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2022.2028364] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The majority of patients with a rheumatic disease treated with etanercept may be overexposed. Data regarding etanercept tapering are scarce, particularly in psoriatic arthritis (PsA) and ankylosing spondylitis (AS). We compared extending the dose interval to continuation of the standard dose and studied the success rate of etanercept discontinuation. Etanercept concentrations were measured throughout the study. METHOD 160 patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA), PsA, or AS with sustained minimal disease activity (MDA) were enrolled in this 18-month, open-label, randomized controlled trial. The intervention group doubled the dosing interval at baseline and discontinued etanercept 6 months later. The control group continued the standard dose for 6 months and doubled the dosing-interval thereafter. The primary outcome was the proportion of patients maintaining MDA at 6 month follow-up. RESULTS At 6 months, MDA status was maintained in 47 patients (63%) in the intervention group and 56 (74%) in the control group (p = 0.15), with comparable results in all rheumatic diseases. And median etanercept concentrations decreased from 1.50 µg/mL (interquartile range 1.06- 2.65) to 0.46 µg/mL (0.28-0.92). In total, 40% discontinued etanercept successfully with maintained MDA for at least 6 months. CONCLUSION Etanercept tapering can be done without losing efficacy in RA, PsA, and AS patients in sustained MDA. A substantial proportion of patients could stop etanercept for at least 6 months. In many patients, low drug concentrations proved sufficient to control disease activity. However, the risk of minor and major flares is substantial, even in patients continuing standard dosing.
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- J Ruwaard
- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam UMC
- Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam UMC
- Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam UMC
- Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology and Data Science, Amsterdam UMC
- Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van Dam KP, Wieske L, Stalman EW, Kummer LY, Roosen J, van Kempen ZL, Killestein J, Volkers AG, Boekel L, Wolbink GJ, van der Kooi AJ, Raaphorst J, Löwenberg M, Takkenberg RB, D'Haens GR, Spuls PI, Bekkenk MW, Musters AH, Post NF, Bosma AL, Hilhorst ML, Vegting Y, Bemelman FJ, Voskuyl AE, Broens B, Sanchez AP, van Els CA, de Wit J, Rutgers A, de Leeuw K, Horváth B, Verschuuren JJ, Ruiter AM, van Ouwerkerk L, van der Woude D, Allaart RC, Teng YO, van Paassen P, Busch MH, Jallah PB, Brusse E, van Doorn PA, Baars AE, Hijnen DJ, Schreurs CR, van der Pol W, Goedee HS, Steenhuis M, Keijzer S, Keijser JB, Cristianawati O, Rispens T, Brinke AT, Verstegen NJ, Marieke van Ham S, Tas SW, Kuijpers TW, Eftimov F. Disease activity in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases after SARS-CoV-2 vaccinations. J Autoimmun 2023; 135:102984. [PMID: 36621174 PMCID: PMC9805902 DOI: 10.1016/j.jaut.2022.102984] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 12/15/2022] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
Abstract
For patients with immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMIDs), concerns exist about increased disease activity after vaccination. We aimed to assess changes in disease activity after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with IMIDs, and determine risk factors for increased disease activity. In this substudy of a prospective observational cohort study (Target-to-B!), we included patients with IMIDs who received a SARS-CoV-2 vaccine. Patients reported changes in disease activity on a five-point Likert scale every 60 days for up to twelve months after first vaccination. In case of self-reported increased activity, hospital records were screened whether the treating physician reported increased activity, and for potential intensification of immunosuppressive (ISP) treatment. Mixed models were used to study determinants for self-reported increased disease activity. In total, 2111 patients were included for analysis after primary immunization (mean age 49.7 years [SD 13.7], 1329/2111 (63.0%) female), from which 1266 patients for analysis after first additional vaccination. Increased disease activity at 60 days after start of primary immunization was reported by 223/2111 (10.6%). In 96/223 (43.0%) the increase was confirmed by the treating physician and in 36/223 (16.1%) ISP treatment was intensified. Increased disease activity at seven to 60 days after additional vaccination, was reported by 139/1266 (11.0%). Vaccinations were not temporally associated with self-reported increased disease activity. Conversely, increased disease activity before first vaccination, neuromuscular disease, and multiple sclerosis were associated. Altogether, self-reported increased disease activity after vaccination against SARS-CoV-2 was recorded in a minority of patients and was generally mild. Moreover, multivariate analyses suggest that disease related factors, but not vaccinations are the major determinants for self-reported increased disease activity.
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Affiliation(s)
- Koos P.J. van Dam
- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Department of Clinical Neurophysiology, St Antonius Hospital, Nieuwegein, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Location Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands,Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM), Bilthoven, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Center for Blistering Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University Groningen, Groningen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Centre of Expertise for Lupus, Vasculitis- and Complement-mediated Systemic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine – Nephrology Section, Leiden University Medical Centre, Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Brain Center UMC Utrecht, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Brain Center UMC Utrecht, Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Utrecht, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands,Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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Koers J, Derksen N, Falkenburg W, Ooijevaar-de Heer P, Nurmohamed MT, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T. Elevated Fab glycosylation of anti-hinge antibodies. Scand J Rheumatol 2023; 52:25-32. [PMID: 34726124 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2021.1986959] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/05/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is characterized by systemic inflammation and the presence of anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPAs), which contain remarkably high levels of Fab glycosylation. Anti-hinge antibodies (AHAs) recognize immunoglobulin G (IgG) hinge neoepitopes exposed following cleavage by inflammation-associated proteases, and are also frequently observed in RA, and at higher levels compared to healthy controls (HCs). Here, we investigated AHA specificity and levels of Fab glycosylation as potential immunological markers for RA. METHOD AHA serum levels, specificity, and Fab glycosylation were determined for the IgG1/4-hinge cleaved by matrix metalloproteinase-3, cathepsin G, pepsin, or IdeS, using enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay and lectin affinity chromatography, in patients with early active RA (n = 69) and HCs (n = 97). RESULTS AHA reactivity was detected for all hinge neoepitopes in both RA patients and HCs. Reactivity against CatG-IgG1-F(ab´)2s and pepsin-IgG4-F(ab´)2s was more prevalent in RA. Moreover, all AHA responses showed increased Fab glycosylation levels in both RA patients and HCs. CONCLUSIONS AHA responses are characterized by elevated levels of Fab glycosylation and highly specific neoepitope recognition, not just in RA patients but also in HCs. These results suggest that extensive Fab glycosylation may develop in response to an inflammatory proteolytic microenvironment, but is not restricted to RA.
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- J Koers
- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Medical Microbiology, Amsterdam University Medical Centers, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam University Medical Center, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam University Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van Kempen ZLE, Hogenboom L, Toorop AA, Steenhuis M, Stalman EW, Kummer LYL, van Dam KPJ, Bloem K, ten Brinke A, van Ham SM, Kuijpers TW, Wolbink GJ, Loeff FC, Wieske L, Eftimov F, Rispens T, Strijbis EMM, Killestein J. Ocrelizumab Concentration Is a Good Predictor of SARS-CoV-2 Vaccination Response in Patients with Multiple Sclerosis. Ann Neurol 2023; 93:103-108. [PMID: 36250739 PMCID: PMC9874752 DOI: 10.1002/ana.26534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2022] [Revised: 10/03/2022] [Accepted: 10/10/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
Abstract
Ocrelizumab, an anti-CD20 monoclonal antibody, counteracts induction of humoral immune responses after severe acute respiratory syndrome-coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) vaccinations in patients with multiple sclerosis (MS). We aimed to assess if serum ocrelizumab concentration measured at the time of vaccination could predict the humoral response after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination. In 52 patients with MS, we found ocrelizumab concentration at the time of vaccination to be a good predictor for SARS-CoV-2 IgG anti-RBD titers after vaccination (comparable to B-cell count). As the course of ocrelizumab concentration may be predicted using pharmacokinetic models, this may be a superior biomarker to guide optimal timing for vaccinations in B-cell depleted patients with MS. ANN NEUROL 2023;93:103-108.
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- Zoé L. E. van Kempen
- Department of NeurologyAmsterdam UMC, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of NeurologyAmsterdam UMC, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of NeurologyAmsterdam UMC, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of ImmunopathologySanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMCAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of ImmunopathologySanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMCAmsterdamThe Netherlands,Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Sanquin Diagnostic ServicesSanquin LaboratoryAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of ImmunopathologySanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMCAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of ImmunopathologySanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMCAmsterdamThe Netherlands,Swammerdam Institute for Life SciencesUniversity of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious DiseaseAmsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of ImmunopathologySanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMCAmsterdamThe Netherlands,Department of RheumatologyAmsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology CenterAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Sanquin Diagnostic ServicesSanquin LaboratoryAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands,Department of Clinical NeurophysiologySt. Antonius HospitalNieuwegeinThe Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam NeuroscienceAmsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of AmsterdamAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of ImmunopathologySanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMCAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of NeurologyAmsterdam UMC, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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- Department of NeurologyAmsterdam UMC, Vrije UniversiteitAmsterdamThe Netherlands
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Wieske L, van Dam KPJ, Steenhuis M, Stalman EW, Kummer LYL, van Kempen ZLE, Killestein J, Volkers AG, Tas SW, Boekel L, Wolbink GJ, van der Kooi AJ, Raaphorst J, Löwenberg M, Takkenberg RB, D'Haens GRAM, Spuls PI, Bekkenk MW, Musters AH, Post NF, Bosma AL, Hilhorst ML, Vegting Y, Bemelman FJ, Voskuyl AE, Broens B, Sanchez AP, van Els CACM, de Wit J, Rutgers A, de Leeuw K, Horváth B, Verschuuren JJGM, Ruiter AM, van Ouwerkerk L, van der Woude D, Allaart RCF, Teng YKO, van Paassen P, Busch MH, Jallah PBP, Brusse E, van Doorn PA, Baars AE, Hijnen DJ, Schreurs CRG, van der Pol WL, Goedee HS, Keijzer S, Keijser JBD, Boogaard A, Cristianawati O, Ten Brinke A, Verstegen NJM, Zwinderman KAH, van Ham SM, Kuijpers TW, Rispens T, Eftimov F. Humoral responses after second and third SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders on immunosuppressants: a cohort study. The Lancet Rheumatology 2022; 4:e338-e350. [PMID: 35317410 PMCID: PMC8930018 DOI: 10.1016/s2665-9913(22)00034-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 36.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Background Disease-specific studies have reported impaired humoral responses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders treated with specific immunosuppressants. Disease-overarching studies, and data on recall responses and third vaccinations are scarce. Our primary objective was to investigate the effects of immunosuppressive monotherapies on the humoral immune response after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in patients with prevalent immune-mediated inflammatory disorders. Methods We did a cohort study in participants treated in outpatient clinics in seven university hospitals and one rheumatology treatment centre in the Netherlands as well as participants included in two national cohort studies on COVID-19-related disease severity. We included patients aged older than 18 years, diagnosed with any of the prespecified immune-mediated inflammatory disorders, who were able to understand and complete questionnaires in Dutch. Participants with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders who were not on systemic immunosuppressants and healthy participants were included as controls. Anti-receptor binding domain IgG responses and neutralisation capacity were monitored following standard vaccination regimens and a three-vaccination regimen in subgroups. Hybrid immune responses—ie, vaccination after previous SARS-CoV-2 infection—were studied as a proxy for recall responses. Findings Between Feb 2 and Aug 1, 2021, we included 3222 participants in our cohort. Sera from 2339 participants, 1869 without and 470 participants with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection were analysed (mean age 49·9 years [SD 13·7]; 1470 [62·8%] females and 869 [37·2%] males). Humoral responses did not differ between disorders. Anti-CD20 therapy, sphingosine 1-phosphate receptor (S1P) modulators, and mycophenolate mofetil combined with corticosteroids were associated with lower relative risks for reaching seroconversion following standard vaccination (0·32 [95% CI 0·19–0·49] for anti-CD20 therapy, 0·35 [0·21–0·55] for S1P modulators, and 0·61 [0·40–0·90] for mycophenolate mofetil combined with corticosteroids). A third vaccination increased seroconversion for mycophenolate mofetil combination treatments (from 52·6% after the second vaccination to 89·5% after the third) but not significantly for anti-CD20 therapies (from 36·8% to 45·6%) and S1P modulators (from 35·5% to 48·4%). Most other immunosuppressant groups showed moderately reduced antibody titres after standard vaccination that did not increase after a third vaccination, although seroconversion rates and neutralisation capacity were unaffected. In participants with previous SARS-CoV-2 infection, SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were boosted after vaccination, regardless of immunosuppressive treatment. Interpretation Humoral responses following vaccination are impaired by specific immunosuppressants. After standard vaccination regimens, patients with immune-mediated inflammatory disorders taking most immunosuppressants show similar seroconversion to controls, although antibody titres might be moderately reduced. As neutralisation capacity and recall responses are also preserved in these patients, this is not likely to translate to loss of (short-term) protection. In patients on immunosuppressants showing poor humoral responses after standard vaccination regimens, a third vaccination resulted in additional seroconversion in patients taking mycophenolate mofetil combination treatments, whereas the effect of a third vaccination in patients on anti-CD20 therapy and S1P modulators was limited. Funding ZonMw (The Netherlands Organization for Health Research and Development).
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Affiliation(s)
- Luuk Wieske
- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Nephrology, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
- Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Centre for Infectious Disease Control, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Bilthoven, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, University Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Center for Blistering Diseases, University Medical Center Groningen, University Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Centre of Expertise for Lupus-, Vasculitis- and Complement-Mediated Systemic Diseases, Department of Internal Medicine, Nephrology Section, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Nephrology and Clinical Immunology, Maastricht University Medical Center, Maastricht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurosurgery, Brain Center UMC Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Clinical Research Unit, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Amsterdam UMC and Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- L Boekel
- Department of Rheumatology, Reade, location Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam 1056 AB, Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Reade, location Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam 1056 AB, Netherlands.,Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Center, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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van Kempen ZLE, Wieske L, Stalman EW, Kummer LYL, van Dam PJ, Volkers AG, Boekel L, Toorop AA, Strijbis EMM, Tas SW, Wolbink GJ, Löwenberg M, van Sandt C, Ten Brinke A, Verstegen NJM, Steenhuis M, Kuijpers TW, van Ham SM, Rispens T, Eftimov F, Killestein J. Longitudinal humoral response after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in ocrelizumab treated MS patients: To wait and repopulate? Mult Scler Relat Disord 2021; 57:103416. [PMID: 34847379 PMCID: PMC8608662 DOI: 10.1016/j.msard.2021.103416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2021] [Accepted: 11/19/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
Abstract
OBJECTIVE The objective of this study was to measure humoral responses after SARS-CoV-2 vaccination in MS patients treated with ocrelizumab (OCR) compared to MS patients without disease modifying therapies (DMTs) in relation to timing of vaccination and B-cell count. METHODS OCR treated patients were divided into an early and a late group (cut-off time 12 weeks between infusion and first vaccination). Patients were vaccinated with mRNA-1273 (Moderna). B-cells were measured at baseline (time of first vaccination) and SARS-CoV-2 antibodies were measured at baseline, day 28, 42, 52 and 70. RESULTS 87 patients were included (62 OCR patients, 29 patients without DMTs). At day 70, seroconversion occurred in 39.3% of OCR patients compared to 100% of MS patients without DMTs. In OCR patients, seroconversion varied between 26% (early group) to 50% (late group) and between 27% (low B-cells) to 56% (at least 1 detectable B-cell/µL). CONCLUSIONS Low B-cell counts prior to vaccination and shorter time between OCR infusion and vaccination may negatively influence humoral response but does not preclude seroconversion. We advise OCR treated patients to get their first vaccination as soon as possible. In case of an additional booster vaccination, timing of vaccination based on B-cell count and time after last infusion may be considered.
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- Z L E van Kempen
- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherland.
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland; Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, location Reade, Department of Rheumatology, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Hematopoiesis, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherland; Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Melbourne, at the Peter Doherty Institute for Infection and Immunity, 792 Elizabeth, Melbourne, VIC 3000, USA
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Pediatric Immunology, Rheumatology and Infectious Disease, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherland; Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, University of Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Neurology and Neurophysiology, Amsterdam Neuroscience, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, University of Amsterdam, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, the Netherland
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- Department of Neurology, Amsterdam UMC, Vrije Universiteit, De Boelelaan 1117, 1081 HV Amsterdam, the Netherland
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Boekel L, Hooijberg F, Vogelzang EH, Klarenbeek PL, Bos WH, Tas SW, Wolbink GJ. Spinning straw into gold: description of a disruptive rheumatology research platform inspired by the COVID-19 pandemic. Arthritis Res Ther 2021; 23:207. [PMID: 34348783 PMCID: PMC8338203 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-021-02574-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2021] [Accepted: 07/06/2021] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
Clinical research projects often use traditional methods in which data collection and signing informed consent forms rely on patients' visits to the research institutes. However, during challenging times when the medical community is in dire need of information, such as the current COVID-19 pandemic, it becomes more urgent to use digital platforms that can rapidly collect data on large numbers of patients. In the current manuscript, we describe a novel digital rheumatology research platform, consisting of almost 5000 patients with autoimmune diseases and healthy controls, that was set up rapidly during the COVID-19 pandemic, but which is sustainable for the future. Using this platform, uniform patient data can be collected via questionnaires and stored in a single database readily available for analysis. In addition, the platform facilitates two-way communication between patients and researchers, so patients become true research partners. Furthermore, blood collection via a finger prick for routine and specific laboratory measurements has been implemented in this large cohort of patients, which may not only be applicable for research settings but also for clinical care. Finally, we discuss the challenges and potential future applications of our platform, including supplying tailored information to selected patient groups and facilitation of patient recruitment for clinical trials.
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- L Boekel
- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, location Reade, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, location Reade, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Medical Microbiology and Infection Prevention, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, location Reade, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Department of Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, Meibergdreef 9, 1105 AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, location Reade, Dr. Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Center, Plesmanlaan 125, 1066 CX, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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Berkhout LC, l'Ami MJ, Krieckaert CLM, Vogelzang EH, Kos D, Nurmohamed MT, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T. The effect of methotrexate on tumour necrosis factor concentrations in etanercept-treated rheumatoid arthritis patients. Rheumatology (Oxford) 2020; 59:1703-1708. [PMID: 31691828 DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/kez513] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2019] [Revised: 09/30/2019] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
Abstract
OBJECTIVES Recently, we demonstrated that early low concentrations of circulating, adalimumab-bound TNF in RA patients treated with adalimumab was associated with future anti-drug antibody formation. Furthermore, low TNF was associated with less frequent baseline MTX use. This is remarkable, because of the anti-inflammatory effects of MTX and a potential inhibiting effect on cytokine production. We hypothesized an indirect effect of non-MTX use on low TNF concentrations via immunogenicity. To investigate the effect of MTX on TNF concentrations independent of anti-drug antibody formation, we measured TNF in RA patients treated with etanercept, a drug with low immunogenicity. METHODS TNF was quantified in 186 consecutive etanercept-treated RA patients at baseline and at weeks 4, 16 and 28. The dynamics of TNF during etanercept treatment were compared with dynamics recently published for adalimumab. RESULTS We demonstrated that TNF concentrations at week 4 did not associate with baseline MTX or remission after 28 weeks. Furthermore, median (interquartile range) TNF increased from <112 (<112-<112) pg/ml at baseline to 548 (344-688) pg/ml at week 4 and remained stable at week 16 and 28 [598 (442-756) and 568 (444-755) pg/ml, respectively]. CONCLUSION Circulating TNF did not associate with MTX usage in etanercept-treated patients. This implies that MTX does not have a direct effect on TNF concentrations in circulation and that the association between early low TNF and non-use of MTX for adalimumab is thus most likely due to anti-drug antibody formation.
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- Lea C Berkhout
- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam.,Sanquin Reagents B.V
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center
- Reade.,Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center
- Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam.,Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center
- Reade
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam
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Unger PPA, Lighaam LC, Vermeulen E, Kruithof S, Makuch M, Culver EL, van Bruggen R, Remmerswaal EBM, Ten Berge IJM, Emmens RW, Niessen HWM, Barnes E, Wolbink GJ, van Ham SM, Rispens T. Divergent chemokine receptor expression and the consequence for human IgG4 B cell responses. Eur J Immunol 2020; 50:1113-1125. [PMID: 32289181 DOI: 10.1002/eji.201948454] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/28/2019] [Revised: 02/01/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
IgG4 antibodies are unique to humans. IgG4 is associated with tolerance during immunotherapy in allergy, but also with pathology, as in pemphigus vulgaris and IgG4-related disease. Its induction is largely restricted to nonmicrobial antigens, and requires repeated or prolonged antigenic stimulation, for reasons poorly understood. An important aspect in generating high-affinity IgG antibodies is chemokine receptor-mediated migration of B cells into appropriate niches, such as germinal centers. Here, we show that compared to IgG1 B cells, circulating IgG4 B cells express lower levels of CXCR3, CXCR4, CXCR5, CCR6, and CCR7, chemokine receptors involved in GC reactions and generation of long-lived plasma cells. This phenotype was recapitulated by in vitro priming of naive B cells with an IgG4-inducing combination of TFH /TH2 cytokines. Consistent with these observations, we found a low abundance of IgG4 B cells in secondary lymphoid tissues in vivo, and the IgG4 antibody response is substantially more short-lived compared to other IgG subclasses in patient groups undergoing CD20+ B cell depletion therapy with rituximab. These results prompt the hypothesis that factors needed to form IgG4 B cells restrain at the same time the induction of a robust migratory phenotype that could support a long-lived IgG4 antibody response.
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- Peter-Paul A Unger
- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Blood Cell Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Renal Transplant Unit, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Cardiovascular Surgery, ACS, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Pathology and Cardiovascular Surgery, ACS, VU Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Translational Gastroenterology Unit, John Radcliffe Hospital, Oxford and Nuffield Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Centre, Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.,University of Amsterdam, Swammerdam Institute for Life Sciences, The Netherlands
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- Sanquin Research, Department of Immunopathology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Berkhout LC, Vogelzang EH, Hart MM, Loeff FC, Dijk L, Derksen NI, Wieringa R, van Leeuwen WA, Krieckaert CL, de Vries A, Nurmohamed MT, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T. The effect of certolizumab drug concentration and anti-drug antibodies on TNF neutralisation. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2020. [DOI: 10.55563/clinexprheumatol/nlr4r8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Lea C. Berkhout
- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biologics Lab, Sanquin Diagnostic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Biologics Lab, Sanquin Diagnostic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center
- Reade, Amsterdam; and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center
- Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam; and Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Abstract
Tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) have significantly improved treatment outcome of rheumatic diseases since their incorporation into treatment protocols two decades ago. Nevertheless, a substantial fraction of patients experiences either primary or secondary failure to TNFi due to ineffectiveness of the drug or adverse reactions. Secondary failure and adverse events can be related to the development of anti-drug antibodies (ADA). The earliest studies that reported ADA toward TNFi mainly used drug-sensitive assays. Retrospectively, we recognize this has led to an underestimation of the amount of ADA produced due to drug interference. Drug-tolerant ADA assays also detect ADA in the presence of drug, which has contributed to the currently reported higher incidence of ADA development. Comprehension and awareness of the assay format used for ADA detection is thus essential to interpret ADA measurements correctly. In addition, a concurrent drug level measurement is informative as it may provide insight in the extent of underestimation of ADA levels and improves understanding the clinical consequences of ADA formation. The clinical effects are dependent on the ratio between the amount of drug that is neutralized by ADA and the amount of unbound drug. Pharmacokinetic modeling might be useful in this context. The ADA response generally gives rise to high affinity IgG antibodies, but this response will differ between patients. Some patients will not reach the phase of affinity maturation while others generate an enduring high titer high affinity IgG response. This response can be transient in some patients, indicating a mechanism of tolerance induction or B-cell anergy. In this review several different aspects of the ADA response toward TNFi will be discussed. It will highlight the ADA assays, characteristics and regulation of the ADA response, impact of immunogenicity on the pharmacokinetics of TNFi, clinical implications of ADA formation, and possible mitigation strategies.
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- Sadaf Atiqi
- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Department of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Department of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Department of Rheumatology, Reade, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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Berkhout LC, l'Ami MJ, Ruwaard J, Hart MH, Heer POD, Bloem K, Nurmohamed MT, van Vollenhoven RF, Boers M, Alvarez DF, Smith CH, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T. Dynamics of circulating TNF during adalimumab treatment using a drug-tolerant TNF assay. Sci Transl Med 2020; 11:11/477/eaat3356. [PMID: 30700574 DOI: 10.1126/scitranslmed.aat3356] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2018] [Revised: 09/08/2018] [Accepted: 12/19/2018] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Abstract
Patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be successfully treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors, including the monoclonal antibody adalimumab. Once in remission, a proportion of patients can successfully discontinue treatment, indicating that blocking TNF is no longer required for disease control. To explore the dynamics of circulating TNF during adalimumab treatment, we developed a competition enzyme-linked immunosorbent assay that can quantify TNF in the presence of large amounts of TNF inhibitor, i.e., a "drug-tolerant" assay. In 193 consecutive adalimumab-treated patients with RA, we demonstrated that circulating TNF increased in average of >50-fold upon treatment and reached a stable concentration in time for most patients. A similar increase in TNF was found in 30 healthy volunteers after one dose of adalimumab. This implies that TNF in circulation during anti-TNF treatment is not primarily associated with disease activity. During treatment, TNF was in complex with adalimumab and could be recovered as inactive 3:1 adalimumab-TNF complexes. No quantitative association was found between TNF and adalimumab concentrations. Low TNF concentrations at week 4 were associated with a higher frequency of antidrug antibodies (ADAs) at subsequent time points, less frequent methotrexate use at baseline, and less frequent remission after 52 weeks. Also in healthy volunteers, early low TNF concentrations are associated with ADAs. In conclusion, longitudinal TNF concentrations are mostly stable during adalimumab treatment and may therefore not predict successful treatment discontinuation. However, early low TNF is strongly associated with ADA formation and may be used as timely predictor of nonresponse toward adalimumab treatment.
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- Lea C Berkhout
- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, 1056 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, 1056 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, 1056 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, 1056 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, Academic Medical Center, 1105 AZ Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, Amsterdam UMC, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, VU University Medical Center, 1081 HV Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- St. John's Institute of Dermatology, Division of Genetics and Molecular Medicine, Kings College London, SE1 9RT London, UK
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.,Amsterdam Rheumatology and immunology Center, Reade, 1056 AB Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, 1066 CX Amsterdam, Netherlands, and Landsteiner Laboratory, Academic Medical Centre, University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
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L' Ami MJ, Ruwaard J, Krieckaert C, Nurmohamed MT, van Vollenhoven RF, Rispens T, Wolbink GJ. Serum drug concentrations to optimize switching from adalimumab to etanercept in rheumatoid arthritis. Scand J Rheumatol 2019; 48:266-270. [PMID: 31012365 DOI: 10.1080/03009742.2019.1577915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
Abstract
Objectives: Inadequate response to adalimumab can be caused by insufficient blockade of the target tumour necrosis factor (TNF) at low serum concentrations. In such cases, patients may respond to another TNF inhibitor. We investigated whether the serum adalimumab concentration is related to the efficacy of a second TNF inhibitor, etanercept, in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). Methods: Patients with RA starting etanercept treatment were prospectively observed in the Reade Rheumatology Registry. In patients previously on adalimumab, serum concentrations were determined before treatment discontinuation. According to this concentration, three subgroups were formed: < 0.5 μg/mL, 0.5-5.0 μg/mL, and ≥ 5.0 μg/mL. The European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) good/moderate response rate after 52 weeks of etanercept was compared between the switcher subgroups and biologic-naive patients. Results: In total, 449 consecutive patients were included, of whom 69 switched from adalimumab (15%) and 380 were biologic naive (85%). EULAR good or moderate response was achieved by 74% of the biologic-naive patients and by 72%, 50%, and 52% of switchers with adalimumab concentration < 0.5 μg/mL, 0.5-5.0 μg/mL, and ≥ 5.0 μg/mL, respectively (p = 0.15). Patients with an adalimumab concentration ≥ 0.5 μg/mL were significantly less likely to achieve EULAR good/moderate response on etanercept compared to biologic-naive patients, whereas patients with a concentration < 0.5 μg/mL did not significantly differ from patients starting etanercept without prior biologic treatment. Conclusion: RA patients with an inadequate response to adalimumab, in the presence of sufficient drug concentrations, benefit less from switching to another TNF inhibitor, etanercept.
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- M J L' Ami
- a Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center , Reade , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center , Reade , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center , Reade , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center , Reade , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,b Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, UMC/VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center , Reade , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,b Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, UMC/VU University Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,c Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center, UMC/Academic Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- d Department of Immunopathology , Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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- a Department of Rheumatology , Amsterdam Rheumatology and Immunology Center , Reade , Amsterdam , The Netherlands.,d Department of Immunopathology , Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Center , Amsterdam , The Netherlands
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Hernández-Breijo B, Plasencia-Rodríguez C, Navarro-Compán V, Martínez-Feito A, Jochems A, Kneepkens EL, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T, Diego C, Pascual-Salcedo D, Balsa A. Association between concomitant csDMARDs and clinical response to TNF inhibitors in overweight patients with axial spondyloarthritis. Arthritis Res Ther 2019; 21:66. [PMID: 30786913 PMCID: PMC6383284 DOI: 10.1186/s13075-019-1849-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2018] [Accepted: 02/11/2019] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Background The aim of our study was to investigate the influence of conventional synthetic disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) and body mass index (BMI) on circulating drug levels and clinical response to tumour necrosis factor inhibitor (TNFi) therapy in axial spondyloarthritis (axSpA) patients. Methods Prospective observational study during 1 year with 2 cohorts (Madrid and Amsterdam) including 180 axSpA patients treated with standard doses of infliximab or adalimumab. Patients were stratified by BMI, being 78 (43%) normal weight (18.5–24.9 kg/m2) and 102 (57%) overweight/obese (≥ 25.0 kg/m2). After the first year of treatment, TNFi trough levels were measured by capture ELISA. Clinical response to TNFi was defined as ∆BASDAI ≥ 2 and clinical remission as BASDAI < 2 and CRP ≤ 5 mg/L. Logistic regression models were employed to analyse the association between concomitant csDMARDs and BMI with drug levels and clinical response. Results Seventy-nine patients (44%) received concomitant csDMARDs. The administration of concomitant csDMARDs (OR 3.82; 95% CI 1.06–13.84) and being normal weight (OR 18.38; 95% CI 2.24–150.63) were independently associated with serum TNFi drug persistence. Additionally, the use of concomitant csDMARDs contributed positively to achieve clinical response (OR 7.86; 95% CI 2.39–25.78) and remission (OR 4.84; 95% CI 1.09–21.36) in overweight/obese patients, but no association was found for normal-weight patients (OR 1.10; 0.33–3.58). Conclusions The use of concomitant csDMARDs with TNFi may increase the probability of achieving clinical response in overweight/obese axSpA patients. Further research studies including larger cohorts of patients need to be done to confirm it. Electronic supplementary material The online version of this article (10.1186/s13075-019-1849-3) contains supplementary material, which is available to authorized users.
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- Borja Hernández-Breijo
- Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain. .,Immunology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain.
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- Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.,Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.,Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.,Immunology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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- Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
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- Immunopathology, Sanquin, Amsterdam, Netherlands
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- Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain
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- Immuno-Rheumatology Research Group, IdiPaz, University Hospital La Paz, Paseo de La Castellana 261, 28046, Madrid, Spain.,Rheumatology, University Hospital La Paz, Madrid, Spain
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Menting SP, van den Reek JMPA, Baerveldt EM, de Jong EMGJ, Prens EP, Lecluse LLA, Wolbink GJ, Van der Kleij D, Spuls PI, Rispens T. The correlation of clinical efficacy, serum trough levels and antidrug antibodies in ustekinumab-treated patients with psoriasis in a clinical-practice setting. Br J Dermatol 2015; 173:855-7. [PMID: 25865153 DOI: 10.1111/bjd.13834] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- S P Menting
- Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
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- Department of Dermatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Radboud University Nijmegen Medical Center, Nijmegen, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.,Biologicals Laboratory, Sanquin Diagnostic Services, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Dermatology, Academic Medical Center, Meibergdreef 9, 1105AZ, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, the Netherlands
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van Schie KA, Hart MH, de Groot ER, Kruithof S, Aarden LA, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T. Response to: 'The antibody response against human and chimeric anti-TNF therapeutic antibodies primarily targets the TNF binding region’ by Rinaudo-Gaujouset al. Ann Rheum Dis 2015; 74:e41. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-207529] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/16/2015] [Accepted: 03/23/2015] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Vogelzang EH, Pouw MF, Nurmohamed M, Kneepkens EL, Rispens T, Wolbink GJ, Krieckaert CLM. Adalimumab trough concentrations in patients with rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis treated with concomitant disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:474-5. [PMID: 25433018 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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- E H Vogelzang
- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research and Landsteiner Laboratory Academic Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van Schie KA, Hart MH, de Groot ER, Kruithof S, Aarden LA, Wolbink GJ, Rispens T. The antibody response against human and chimeric anti-TNF therapeutic antibodies primarily targets the TNF binding region. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:311-4. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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BackgroundIn a subset of patients, anti tumour necrosis factor (TNF) therapeutic antibodies are immunogenic, resulting in the formation of antidrug antibodies (ADAs). Neutralising ADAs compete with TNF for its binding site and reduces the effective serum concentration, causing clinical non-response. It is however unknown to which extent ADAs are neutralising.ObjectivesTo study which proportion of antibodies to human(ised) anti-TNF (adalimumab, golimumab, certolizumab) as well as chimeric anti-TNF (infliximab) is neutralising.MethodsNeutralising capacity of ADAs was assessed using a TNF competition assay in ADA-positive sera of patients treated with adalimumab (n=21), golimumab (n=4), certolizumab (n=9) or infliximab (n=34) sent in to our diagnostic department.ResultsIn 34 sera with ADAs to adalimumab, golimumab or certolizumab, >97% of the antibodies were neutralising. In 34 sera with ADAs to infliximab >90% of the antibodies were neutralising. Further characterisation of the broader antibody response to infliximab revealed that non-neutralising antibodies to infliximab do not target murine domains, but may bind infliximab-unique domains not involved in TNF binding (located outside the paratope).ConclusionsOur study shows that ADAs to human(ised) as well as chimeric anti-TNF therapeutic antibodies are largely neutralising. This highly restricted ADA response suggests an immunodominant role for the paratope of anti-TNF therapeutics.
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Kneepkens EL, Krieckaert CLM, van der Kleij D, Nurmohamed MT, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Rispens T, Wolbink GJ. Lower etanercept levels are associated with high disease activity in ankylosing spondylitis patients at 24 weeks of follow-up. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:1825-9. [PMID: 24812290 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-205213] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/08/2014] [Accepted: 04/16/2014] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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BACKGROUND Previous data have shown that etanercept levels are associated with clinical response in rheumatoid arthritis. However, for ankylosing spondylitis (AS), data regarding this topic are inconclusive. OBJECTIVES To investigate the relationship between etanercept levels and clinical response in patients with AS. METHODS Observational prospective cohort study of 162 patients with AS =treated with etanercept, monitored during 24 weeks of treatment. Etanercept trough levels were determined, retrospectively, using an ELISA. Disease activity was measured using AS Disease Activity Score (ASDAS), including C-reactive protein (CRP) and Bath AS Disease Activity index (BASDAI). Active disease was defined as ASDAS≥2.1. Since etanercept is a drug administered at home there might have been some variation in trough level sampling. RESULTS At 24 weeks etanercept levels were significantly higher in patients with ASDAS<2.1, (3.8 mg/L; IQR 2.5-5.2) compared with patients with ASDAS≥2.1 (2.3 mg/L; IQR 1.2-3.4; p≤0.001). Generalised estimating equation analysis demonstrated a statistically significant association between etanercept levels and ASDAS, BASDAI, CRP and erythrocyte sedimentation rate (all p<0.001). When patients were categorised into quartiles according to etanercept levels, the lowest quartile (etanercept<1.80 mg/L) comprised 35% of all patients with ASDAS≥2.1 while the highest quartile comprised only 14%. CONCLUSIONS Disease activity and inflammation are associated with etanercept levels in patients with AS at 24 weeks of treatment. Measuring etanercept levels might help in identifying overtreatment and undertreatment and optimise etanercept therapy in AS.
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- E L Kneepkens
- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Laboratory for Monoclonal Therapeutics, Sanquin Diagnostic Services, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Centre, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Research Institute
- Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands Department of Immunopathology, Sanquin Research, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bossini-Castillo L, de Kovel C, Kallberg H, van ‘t Slot R, Italiaander A, Coenen M, Tak PP, Posthumus MD, Wijmenga C, Huizinga T, van der Helm-van Mil AHM, Stoeken-Rijsbergen G, Rodriguez-Rodriguez L, Balsa A, González-Álvaro I, González-Gay MÁ, Gómez-Vaquero C, Franke B, Vermeulen S, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Dijkmans BAC, Wolbink GJ, Ophoff RA, Maehlen MT, van Riel P, Merriman M, Klareskog L, Lie BA, Merriman T, Crusius JBA, Brouwer E, Martin J, de Vries N, Toes R, Padyukov L, Koeleman BPC. A genome-wide association study of rheumatoid arthritis without antibodies against citrullinated peptides. Ann Rheum Dis 2014; 74:e15. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-204591] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Blits M, Vosslamber S, Lubbers J, Ridder SD, Oostlander AE, Wolbink GJ, Schaardenburg DV, Nurmohamed MT, Pegtel DM, Verweij CL. A5.30 Systemic Inflammation and B-Cells in Rheumatoid Arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2013. [DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2013-203219.30] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Jamnitski A, Krieckaert CL, Nurmohamed MT, Hart MH, Dijkmans BA, Aarden L, Voskuyl AE, Wolbink GJ. Patients non-responding to etanercept obtain lower etanercept concentrations compared with responding patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2011; 71:88-91. [PMID: 21914626 DOI: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2011-200184] [Citation(s) in RCA: 108] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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ObjectiveTo investigate the relationship between serum etanercept levels and clinical response.MethodsIn 292 etanercept-treated patients with rheumatoid arthritis clinical and pharmacological data were determined at baseline and after 1, 4 and 6 months of etanercept treatment. Differences in etanercept levels between good, moderate and European League Against Rheumatism (EULAR) non-responders were assessed after 6 months of therapy.ResultsAfter 6 months of therapy etanercept levels were significantly higher in good responders (median (IQR) 3.78 (2.53–5.17)) compared with both moderate 3.10 (2.12–4.47) and EULAR non-responders 2.80 (1.27–3.93) (all p<0.05). There was a significant association between clinical response and serum etanercept levels (regression coefficient 0.54, 95% CI 0.21 to 0.86, p=0.001). When patients were categorised into quartiles according to the height of etanercept levels, the lowest quartile (etanercept level <2.1 mg/l) comprised 40% of all non-responders. The highest quartile (etanercept level >4.7 mg/l) comprised 35% of all good EULAR responders. Anti-etanercept antibodies were detected in none of the sera.ConclusionThe authors demonstrated that lower etanercept levels were associated with non-response. Therapeutic drug monitoring and the possibility of the adjusted dosing regimes in the selected groups of patients should be investigated further as a possible tool to optimise treatment with etanercept.
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- A Jamnitski
- Jan van Breemen Research Institute/Reade, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Korswagen LA, Bartelds GM, Krieckaert CLM, Turkstra F, Nurmohamed MT, van Schaardenburg D, Wijbrandts CA, Tak PP, Lems WF, Dijkmans BAC, van Vugt RM, Wolbink GJ. Venous and arterial thromboembolic events in adalimumab-treated patients with antiadalimumab antibodies: a case series and cohort study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 63:877-83. [PMID: 21452312 DOI: 10.1002/art.30209] [Citation(s) in RCA: 89] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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OBJECTIVE We observed 3 patients who developed severe venous and arterial thromboembolic events during treatment with adalimumab, 2 of whom had rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and 1 of whom had psoriatic arthritis. Antiadalimumab antibodies were detected in all 3 patients. We undertook this study to determine whether the development of antiadalimumab antibodies was associated with thromboembolic events during adalimumab treatment. METHODS A retrospective search (with blinding with regard to antiadalimumab antibody status) for thromboembolic events was performed in a prospective cohort of 272 consecutively included adalimumab-treated RA patients. Incidence rates were calculated and hazard ratios (HRs) were estimated using Cox regression. None of the index patients were part of the cohort. RESULTS Antiadalimumab antibodies were detected in 76 of 272 patients (28%). Eight thromboembolic events were found, 4 of which had occurred in patients with antiadalimumab antibodies. The incidence rate was 26.9/1,000 person-years for patients with antiadalimumab antibodies and 8.4/1,000 person-years for patients without those antibodies (HR 3.8 [95% confidence interval 0.9-15.3], P = 0.064). After adjustment for duration of followup, age, body mass index, erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and prior thromboembolic events, the HR was 7.6 (95% confidence interval 1.3-45.1) (P = 0.025). CONCLUSION These findings suggest that the occurrence of venous and arterial thromboembolic events during adalimumab treatment is higher in patients with antiadalimumab antibodies than in those without antiadalimumab antibodies. Patient numbers were relatively small; therefore, validation in other cohorts is mandatory.
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- L A Korswagen
- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Rispens T, Leeuwen AV, Vennegoor A, Killestein J, Aalberse RC, Wolbink GJ, Aarden LA. Measurement of serum levels of natalizumab, an immunoglobulin G4 therapeutic monoclonal antibody. Anal Biochem 2011; 411:271-6. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2011.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Revised: 12/06/2010] [Accepted: 01/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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van den Bemt BJF, den Broeder AA, Wolbink GJ, Hekster YA, van Riel PLCM, Benraad B, van den Hoogen FHJ. Anti-infliximab antibodies are already detectable in most patients with rheumatoid arthritis halfway through an infusion cycle: an open-label pharmacokinetic cohort study. BMC Musculoskelet Disord 2011; 12:12. [PMID: 21232150 PMCID: PMC3034722 DOI: 10.1186/1471-2474-12-12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2010] [Accepted: 01/13/2011] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Background This study in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with infliximab describes prospectively the course of (anti)infliximab levels within an infusioncycle to assess at what moment patients develop low/no infliximab trough levels and/or detectable anti-infliximab levels. Methods Infliximab treated RA patients were included in this descriptive open-label cohort study. During one infusioncycle (anti-)infliximab levels were assessed just before and one hour after infusion, and subsequently at 50%, 75% and at the end of the infusioncycle (pre-infusion). Results 27 patients were included. The median infliximab levels decreased from 77.0 mg/l (p25-p75: 65-89) one hour after the infusion to pre-infusion levels of 0.0 mg/l (p25-p75: 0.0-3.1). In 7 (26%) patients pre-infusion anti-infliximab antibodies were detected; these antibodies were already present halfway through the infusioncycle in 5 of the 7 individuals. Patients with detectable pre-infusion anti-infliximab antibodies have significantly more often low/no infliximab levels (< 1 mg/l) halfway trough the infusioncycle (in 5/7 patients) compared to patients without detectable pre-infusion anti-infliximab antibodies (0/20 patients, p < 0.001). Conclusions Most anti-infliximab forming patients have detectable anti-infliximab antibodies halfway through an infusioncycle, which implies that these patients are exposed to nontherapeutical infliximab levels during more than halve of their infusion cycle. As none of the patients without anti-infliximab antibodies had no/low-infliximab levels halfway through the infusioncycle, the presence of pre-infusion anti-infliximab antibodies seems a sensitive and specific predictor for no/low infliximab-levels
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Bartelds GM, de Groot E, Nurmohamed MT, Hart MHL, van Eede PH, Wijbrandts CA, Crusius JBA, Dijkmans BAC, Tak PP, Aarden L, Wolbink GJ. Surprising negative association between IgG1 allotype disparity and anti-adalimumab formation: a cohort study. Arthritis Res Ther 2010; 12:R221. [PMID: 21187010 PMCID: PMC3046534 DOI: 10.1186/ar3208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2010] [Revised: 11/16/2010] [Accepted: 12/27/2010] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Introduction The human monoclonal antibody adalimumab is known to induce an anti-globulin response in some adalimumab-treated patients. Antibodies against adalimumab (AAA) are associated with non-response to treatment. Immunoglobulins, such as adalimumab, carry allotypes which represent slight differences in the amino acid sequences of the constant chains of an IgG molecule. Immunoglobulins with particular IgG (Gm) allotypes are racially distributed and could be immunogenic for individuals who do not express these allotypes. Therefore, we investigated whether a mismatch in IgG allotypes between adalimumab and IgG in adalimumab-treated patients is associated with the development of AAA. Methods This cohort study consisted of 250 adalimumab-treated rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients. IgG allotypes were determined for adalimumab and for all patients. Anti-idiotype antibodies against adalimumab were measured with a regular radio immunoassay (RIA), and a newly developed bridging enzyme linked immunosorbent assay (ELISA) was used to measure anti-allotype antibodies against adalimumab. The association between AAA and the G1m3 and the G1m17 allotypes was determined. For differences between groups we used the independent or paired samples t-test, Mann-Whitney test or Chi square/Fisher's exact test as appropriate. To investigate the influence of confounders on the presence or absence of AAA a multiple logistic regression-analysis was used. Results Adalimumab carries the G1m17 allotype. No anti-allotype antibodies against adalimumab were detected. Thirty-nine out of 249 patients had anti-idiotype antibodies against adalimumab (16%). IgG allotypes of RA patients were associated with the frequency of AAA: patients homozygous for G1m17 had the highest frequency of AAA (41%), patients homozygous for G1m3 the lowest frequency (10%), and heterozygous patients' AAA frequency was 14% (P = 0.0001). Conclusions An allotype mismatch between adalimumab and IgG in adalimumab-treated patients did not lead to a higher frequency of AAA. On the contrary, patients who carried the same IgG allotype as present on the adalimumab IgG molecule, had the highest frequency of anti-adalimumab antibodies compared to patients whose IgG allotype differed from adalimumab. This suggests that the allotype of adalimumab may not be highly immunogenic. Furthermore, patients carrying the G1m17-allotype might be more prone to antibody responses.
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- Geertje M Bartelds
- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Institute, Dr, Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Arends S, Lebbink HR, Spoorenberg A, Bungener LB, Roozendaal C, van der Veer E, Houtman PM, Griep EN, Limburg PC, Kallenberg CGM, Wolbink GJ, Brouwer E. The formation of autoantibodies and antibodies to TNF-α blocking agents in relation to clinical response in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol 2010; 28:661-668. [PMID: 20822711] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2010] [Accepted: 03/22/2010] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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OBJECTIVES To investigate the influence of antibody formation to TNF-α blocking agents on the clinical response in AS patients treated with infliximab (IFX), etanercept (ETA), or adalimumab (ADA), and to investigate the development of ANA, ANCA, and anti-dsDNA antibodies in association with the formation of antibodies to TNF-α blocking agents. METHODS Consecutive AS outpatients with active disease who started treatment with IFX (n=20), ETA (n=20), or ADA (n=20) were included in this longitudinal observational study. Clinical data were collected prospectively at baseline and after 3, 6, and 12 months of anti-TNF-α treatment. At the same time points, serum samples were collected. In these samples, antibodies to TNF-α blocking agents, serum TNF-α blocker levels, and ANA, ANCA, and anti-dsDNA antibodies were measured retrospectively. RESULTS Anti-IFX, anti-ETA, and anti-ADA antibodies were induced in 20%, 0%, and 30% of patients, respectively. Although ANA, ANCA, and anti-dsDNA antibodies were detected during anti-TNF-α treatment, no significant association was found between the presence of these autoantibodies and the formation of antibodies to TNF-α blocking agents. Patients with anti-IFX or anti-ADA antibodies had significantly lower serum TNF-α blocker levels compared to patients without these antibodies. Furthermore, significant negative correlations were found between serum TNF-α blocker levels and assessments of disease activity. CONCLUSIONS This study indicates that antibody formation to IFX or ADA is related to a decrease in efficacy and early discontinuation of anti-TNF-α treatment in AS patients. Furthermore, autoantibody formation does not seem to be associated with antibody formation to TNF-α blocking agents.
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- S Arends
- Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology, University Medical Center Groningen, Groningen, The Netherlands.
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van Kuijk AWR, de Groot M, Stapel SO, Dijkmans BAC, Wolbink GJ, Tak PP. Relationship between the clinical response to adalimumab treatment and serum levels of adalimumab and anti-adalimumab antibodies in patients with psoriatic arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2010; 69:624-5. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.108787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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van de Stadt LA, van der Horst A, de Koning M, Bos WH, Wolbink GJ, van de Stadt RJ, Pruijn GJM, Dijkmans BAC, van Schaardenburg D, Hamann D. The extent of the anti-citrullinated protein antibody repertoire is associated with arthritis development in seropositive arthralgia patients. Ann Rheum Dis 2010. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2010.129577m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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de Vries MK, Brouwer E, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Spoorenberg A, van Denderen JC, Jamnitski A, Nurmohamed MT, Dijkmans BAC, Aarden LA, Wolbink GJ. Decreased clinical response to adalimumab in ankylosing spondylitis is associated with antibody formation. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 68:1787-8. [PMID: 19822712 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.109702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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de Vries MK, van Eijk IC, van der Horst-bruinsma IE, Peters MJL, Nurmohamed MT, Dijkmans BAC, Hazenberg BPC, Wolbink GJ. Erythrocyte sedimentation rate, C-reactive protein level, and serum amyloid A protein for patient selection and monitoring of anti-tumor necrosis factor treatment in ankylosing spondylitis. Arthritis Care Res (Hoboken) 2009; 61:1484-90. [DOI: 10.1002/art.24838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Thurlings RM, Teng O, Vos K, Gerlag DM, Aarden L, Stapel SO, van Laar JM, Tak PP, Wolbink GJ. Clinical response, pharmacokinetics, development of human anti-chimaeric antibodies, and synovial tissue response to rituximab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 69:409-12. [PMID: 19596693 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.109041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES To analyse whether persistence of synovial B lineage cells and lack of clinical response to rituximab treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) are associated with low rituximab serum levels and anti-rituximab antibody (ARA) formation. METHODS Fifty-eight patients with RA were treated with rituximab. The clinical response was determined 24 weeks after each treatment course using the Disease Activity Score evaluated in 28 joints (DAS28) and EULAR response criteria. Rituximab serum levels, ARAs and synovial B lineage cell numbers were determined before and after treatment. RESULTS Four weeks after treatment rituximab serum levels were highly variable. Low rituximab levels were associated with ARA formation (in five patients (8.6%)) and high baseline erythrocyte sedimentation rate. Interestingly, serum rituximab levels were not related to persistence of synovial B lineage cells or clinical response. Furthermore, response to treatment and re-treatment was similar in ARA-positive and ARA-negative patients. CONCLUSION There is clear variability in serum levels after rituximab treatment, but rituximab levels are not lower in patients with persistence of synovial B lineage cells or lack of clinical response. The current treatment schedule suffices to induce and maintain a clinical response, even when ARAs are formed.
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- R M Thurlings
- Academic Medical Centre/University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bartelds GM, Wijbrandts CA, Nurmohamed MT, Stapel S, Lems WF, Aarden L, Dijkmans BAC, Tak PP, Wolbink GJ. Anti-infliximab and anti-adalimumab antibodies in relation to response to adalimumab in infliximab switchers and anti-tumour necrosis factor naive patients: a cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 69:817-21. [PMID: 19581278 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2009.112847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 165] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate how antibodies against anti-tumour necrosis factor (anti-TNF) agents influence response after switching from infliximab to adalimumab in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS This cohort study consisted of 235 patients with RA, all treated with adalimumab. At baseline 52 patients (22%) had been previously treated with infliximab ('switchers'), and 183 (78%) were anti-TNF naive. Disease activity (using the 28-joint count Disease Activity Score (DAS28)) and presence of antibodies against infliximab and adalimumab were assessed. Clinical response to adalimumab was compared between switchers and anti-TNF naive patients and their anti-infliximab and anti-adalimumab antibody status. RESULTS After 28 weeks of adalimumab treatment the decrease in DAS28 (Delta DAS28) for the 235 patients was 1.6+/-1.5 (mean+/-SD). Anti-adalimumab antibodies were detected in 46 patients (20%). Delta DAS28 was 1.8+/-1.4 in patients without anti-adalimumab and 0.6+/-1.3 in patients with anti-adalimumab (p<0.0001). Thirty-three of the 52 switchers (63%) had anti-infliximab antibodies. Patients with anti-infliximab more often developed anti-adalimumab than anti-TNF naive patients (11 (33%) vs 32 (18%); p=0.039). Delta DAS28 was greater for anti-TNF naive patients (1.7+/-1.5) than for switchers without anti-infliximab antibodies (Delta DAS28=0.9+/-1.4) (p=0.009). Delta DAS28 for switchers with anti-infliximab was 1.2+/-1.3 and did not differ significantly from anti-TNF naive patients (p=0.262). CONCLUSION Switchers with anti-infliximab antibodies more often develop antibodies against adalimumab than anti-TNF naive patients. Response to adalimumab was limited in switchers without anti-infliximab antibodies, which raises the question whether a second anti-TNF treatment should be offered to patients with RA for whom an initial treatment with an anti-TNF blocker fails, in the absence of anti-biological antibodies.
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- G M Bartelds
- Department of Rheumatology, Jan van Breemen Institute, Dr Jan van Breemenstraat 2, 1056 AB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van Eijk IC, de Vries MK, Levels JHM, Peters MJL, Huizer EE, Dijkmans BAC, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Hazenberg BPC, van de Stadt RJ, Wolbink GJ, Nurmohamed MT. Improvement of lipid profile is accompanied by atheroprotective alterations in high-density lipoprotein composition upon tumor necrosis factor blockade: a prospective cohort study in ankylosing spondylitis. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009; 60:1324-30. [PMID: 19404933 DOI: 10.1002/art.24492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 74] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE Cardiovascular mortality is increased in ankylosing spondylitis (AS), and inflammation plays an important role. Inflammation deteriorates the lipid profile and alters high-density lipoprotein cholesterol (HDL-c) composition, reflected by increased concentrations of serum amyloid A (SAA) within the particle. Anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) treatment may improve these parameters. We therefore undertook the present study to investigate the effects of etanercept on lipid profile and HDL composition in AS. METHODS In 92 AS patients, lipid levels and their association with the inflammation markers C-reactive protein (CRP), erythrocyte sedimentation rate, and SAA were evaluated serially during 3 months of etanercept treatment. HDL composition and its relationship to inflammation markers was determined in a subgroup of patients, using surface-enhanced laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight analysis. RESULTS With anti-TNF treatment, levels of all parameters of inflammation decreased significantly, whereas total cholesterol, HDL-c, and apolipoprotein A-I (Apo A-I) levels increased significantly. This resulted in a better total cholesterol:HDL-c ratio (from 3.9 to 3.7) (although the difference was not statistically significant), and an improved Apo B:Apo A-I ratio, which decreased by 7.5% over time (P=0.008). In general, increases in levels of all lipid parameters were associated with reductions in inflammatory activity. In addition, SAA was present at high levels within HDL particles from AS patients with increased CRP levels and disappeared during treatment, in parallel with declining plasma levels of SAA. CONCLUSION Our results show for the first time that during anti-TNF therapy for AS, along with favorable changes in the lipid profile, HDL composition is actually altered whereby SAA disappears from the HDL particle, increasing its atheroprotective ability. These findings demonstrate the importance of understanding the role of functional characteristics of HDL-c in cardiovascular diseases related to chronic inflammatory conditions.
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- I C van Eijk
- Jan van Breemen Institute, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bos WH, Wolbink GJ, Boers M, Tijhuis GJ, de Vries N, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Tak PP, van de Stadt RJ, van der Laken CJ, Dijkmans BAC, van Schaardenburg D. Arthritis development in patients with arthralgia is strongly associated with anti-citrullinated protein antibody status: a prospective cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis 2009; 69:490-4. [PMID: 19363023 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.105759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 201] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are associated with increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of the presence and levels of ACPA on arthritis development in patients with arthralgia. METHODS Patients with arthralgia positive for ACPA or IgM rheumatoid factor (IgM-RF) were tested for the shared epitope (SE) and were prospectively followed up for at least 12 months. Absence of clinical arthritis at inclusion and arthritis development during follow-up were independently confirmed by two investigators. Cox regression hazard analyses were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) for arthritis development. RESULTS 147 patients with arthralgia were included (50 ACPA positive, 52 IgM-RF positive and 45 positive for both antibodies). After a median follow-up of 28 months (interquartile range (IQR) 19-39), 29 patients developed arthritis in a median of 4 (IQR 3-6) joints and 26 (90%) of these were ACPA positive. The presence of ACPA (HR = 6.0; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.8 to 19.8; p = 0.004), but not of IgM-RF (HR = 1.4, 95% CI 0.6 to 3.1) nor the SE (HR = 1.5, 95% CI 0.7 to 3.0), was associated with arthritis development. Within the group of ACPA-positive patients, the risk for arthritis was enhanced by the presence of IgM-RF (HR = 3.0; 95% CI 1.4 to 6.9; p = 0.01) and high ACPA levels (HR = 1.7; 95% CI 1.1 to 2.5; p = 0.008), but not the SE (HR = 1.0; 95% CI 0.5 to 2.1; p = 1.0). CONCLUSION In patients with arthralgia the presence of ACPA (but not of IgM-RF or SE) predicts arthritis development. The risk in ACPA-positive patients may be further increased by the concomitant presence of IgM-RF or high levels of ACPA.
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- W H Bos
- Jan van Breemen Instituut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Bos WH, Wolbink GJ, Boers M, Tijhuis GJ, de Vries N, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Tak PP, van de Stadt RJ, van der Laken CJ, Dijkmans BAC, van Schaardenburg D. Arthritis development in patients with arthralgia is strongly associated with anti-citrullinated protein antibody status: a prospective cohort study. Ann Rheum Dis 2009. [PMID: 19363023 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.c105759] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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BACKGROUND Anti-citrullinated protein antibodies (ACPA) are associated with increased risk for rheumatoid arthritis. OBJECTIVE To investigate the effect of the presence and levels of ACPA on arthritis development in patients with arthralgia. METHODS Patients with arthralgia positive for ACPA or IgM rheumatoid factor (IgM-RF) were tested for the shared epitope (SE) and were prospectively followed up for at least 12 months. Absence of clinical arthritis at inclusion and arthritis development during follow-up were independently confirmed by two investigators. Cox regression hazard analyses were used to calculate hazard ratios (HRs) for arthritis development. RESULTS 147 patients with arthralgia were included (50 ACPA positive, 52 IgM-RF positive and 45 positive for both antibodies). After a median follow-up of 28 months (interquartile range (IQR) 19-39), 29 patients developed arthritis in a median of 4 (IQR 3-6) joints and 26 (90%) of these were ACPA positive. The presence of ACPA (HR = 6.0; 95% confidence interval (95% CI) 1.8 to 19.8; p = 0.004), but not of IgM-RF (HR = 1.4, 95% CI 0.6 to 3.1) nor the SE (HR = 1.5, 95% CI 0.7 to 3.0), was associated with arthritis development. Within the group of ACPA-positive patients, the risk for arthritis was enhanced by the presence of IgM-RF (HR = 3.0; 95% CI 1.4 to 6.9; p = 0.01) and high ACPA levels (HR = 1.7; 95% CI 1.1 to 2.5; p = 0.008), but not the SE (HR = 1.0; 95% CI 0.5 to 2.1; p = 1.0). CONCLUSION In patients with arthralgia the presence of ACPA (but not of IgM-RF or SE) predicts arthritis development. The risk in ACPA-positive patients may be further increased by the concomitant presence of IgM-RF or high levels of ACPA.
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- W H Bos
- Jan van Breemen Instituut, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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van den Bemt BJF, den Broeder AA, Snijders GF, Hekster YA, van Riel PLCM, Benraad B, Wolbink GJ, van den Hoogen FHJ. Sustained effect after lowering high-dose infliximab in patients with rheumatoid arthritis: a prospective dose titration study. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67:1697-701. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.083683] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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West RL, Zelinkova Z, Wolbink GJ, Kuipers EJ, Stokkers PCF, van der Woude CJ. Immunogenicity negatively influences the outcome of adalimumab treatment in Crohn's disease. Aliment Pharmacol Ther 2008; 28:1122-6. [PMID: 18691349 DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2008.03828.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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BACKGROUND Adalimumab is an effective treatment in patients with Crohn's disease; as it is a humanized anti-tumour necrosis factor monoclonal antibody, immunogenicity is thought not to be of any significance. AIM To assess whether antibodies to adalimumab (ATAs) affect adalimumab treatment outcome in patients with Crohn's disease previously treated with infliximab. METHODS A retrospective study was performed. Patients with active Crohn's disease and who had lost response or were intolerant to infliximab were treated with adalimumab. Clinical response and side effects were assessed as were serum ATAs and antibodies to infliximab (ATIs). RESULTS In total 30 patients [M/F (7/23)], median age 36 years (range 21-73) were treated with adalimumab for 318 days (median range 83-632). Clinical response was 77% (23/30), a dose escalation was necessary in eight (27%) patients and side effects were observed in 47% (14/30). In five patients (17%) ATAs were detected; of these patients, four were nonresponders. The presence of ATAs was related to nonresponse to adalimumab (P = 0.006). ATIs were positive in 57% of patients (17/30) and serum levels were significantly increased in adalimumab nonresponders (P = 0.01). CONCLUSION Immunogenicity plays a role in adalimumab treatment because of the development of ATAs.
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- R L West
- Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Erasmus MC University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
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van der Laken CJ, Voskuyl AE, Roos JC, Stigter van Walsum M, de Groot ER, Wolbink GJ, Dijkmans BAC, Aarden LA. [The formation of infliximab and anti-infliximab immune complexes as an explanation for non-responding to infliximab treatment of rheumatoid arthritis: observational study in 4 patients]. Ned Tijdschr Geneeskd 2008; 152:1672-1677. [PMID: 18714521] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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OBJECTIVE To investigate the in vivo mechanism of non-responding to infliximab treatment of patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and the role of anti-infliximab antibodies by using radiolabeled infliximab. DESIGN Descriptive and comparative study. METHOD Two responding and two non-responding RA patients were infused with radiolabeled infliximab. Subsequently imaging investigations and serum analysis were performed at set times. RESULTS The scintigrams showed that the labelled infliximab was mainly present in the blood until 24 h after infusion. There was a trend of faster blood clearance and higher liver and spleen uptake of 99mTc-infliximab in one non-responding patient. Labelled infliximab was taken up by inflamed joints. The anti-infliximab level was high (1008 and 1641 U/ml) in the non-responders and low or not detectable in the responders. Sucrose gradients of serum revealed antibody complexes in both non-responders. Various sizes of antibody complexes, including very large ones, were observed in one non-responder who developed a serious infusion reaction. CONCLUSION Infliximab-anti-infliximab immune complexes were found to form in RA non-responders due to the presence of significant quantities of anti-infliximab. This finding may partly explain the failure of the infliximab treatment.
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Bos WH, Bartelds GM, Vis M, van der Horst AR, Wolbink GJ, van de Stadt RJ, van Schaardenburg D, Dijkmans BAC, Lems WF, Nurmohamed MT, Aarden L, Hamann D. Preferential decrease in IgG4 anti-citrullinated protein antibodies during treatment with tumour necrosis factor blocking agents in patients with rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 68:558-63. [DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.088401] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Objective:To investigate the dynamics of IgG1 and IgG4 anti-citrullinated protein antibody (ACPA) subclasses during anti-tumour necrosis factor (TNF) treatment in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA).Methods:IgG, IgG1 and IgG4 ACPA levels were determined by ELISA on anti-citrullinated fibrinogen (ACF) and IgG1 : IgG4 ACPA ratios were calculated. A pilot study was performed in 28 ACF-positive patients treated with infliximab for one year. Confirmation of the results was obtained using a cohort of 180 consecutive patients treated with adalimumab for 28 weeks.Results:The median reduction in ACF levels was 31% for total IgG, 29% for IgG1, 40% for IgG4 and 22% for the IgG4 : IgG1 ACF ratio in the infliximab cohort. In adalimumab-treated patients, ACF levels declined 14% for total IgG and IgG1, and 36% for IgG4 ACF; the IgG4 : IgG1 ratio was reduced by 24% (all percentage values p<0.05). The decrease in antibody levels was correlated with the clinical response; European League Against Rheumatism good responders had the greatest decline in antibody levels and this effect was most pronounced for IgG4 (48% reduction). The IgG4 : IgG1 ACF ratio preferentially decreased in patients with adequate therapeutic adalimumab levels.Conclusion:ACPA subclass distribution is modulated by effective anti-inflammatory treatment. The preferential decline of IgG4 ACPA, reflected by the decreased IgG4 : IgG1 ratio, suggests a beneficial effect of anti-TNF treatment on chronic antigenic stimulation by citrullinated proteins. This effect may be directly anti-TNF mediated or the result of effective dampening of the inflammation in the rheumatoid joint.
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Bos WH, Ursum J, de Vries N, Bartelds GM, Wolbink GJ, Nurmohamed MT, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, van de Stadt RJ, Crusius JBA, Tak PP, Dijkmans BAC, van Schaardenburg D. The role of the shared epitope in arthralgia with anti-cyclic citrullinated peptide antibodies (anti-CCP), and its effect on anti-CCP levels. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 67:1347-50. [PMID: 18388157 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.089953] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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OBJECTIVES Patients presenting with both arthralgia and antibodies to cyclic citrullinated peptide (anti-CCP) have an increased risk of developing rheumatoid arthritis (RA). To further characterise this patient group and shed more light on its relationship with clinically manifest early arthritis and established RA, an immunogenetic and serological analysis was performed. METHODS In a group of 111 patients with anti-CCP-positive arthralgia, anti-CCP levels and shared epitope (SE) status were determined. Data were compared with 125 and 128 patients with anti-CCP-positive early arthritis and established RA respectively. RESULTS In patients with anti-CCP-positive arthralgia, the frequency of SE allele positivity is significantly lower when compared with anti-CCP-positive early arthritis and established RA (58% vs 80%, and 58% vs 92%, respectively, both p<0.001). Median anti-CCP levels were higher in the group of patients with SE-positive arthralgia compared with the group of patients with SE-negative arthralgia (p = 0.02). Median anti-CCP levels were similar in the groups of patients with SE-positive arthralgia and arthritis. CONCLUSIONS The lower frequency of SE positivity in patients with arthralgia compared with patients with RA indicates that, compared with patients who were SE positive, patients who were SE negative as a group go through a longer arthralgia phase, or alternatively have a lower risk for transition from anti-CCP positive arthralgia to RA. Furthermore, the present results suggest that in this early stage the effect of the SE on disease risk may be mediated through higher anti-CCP levels.
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- W H Bos
- Jan van Breemen Institute, Department of Rheumatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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de Vries MK, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE, Nurmohamed MT, Aarden LA, Stapel SO, Peters MJL, van Denderen JC, Dijkmans BAC, Wolbink GJ. Immunogenicity does not influence treatment with etanercept in patients with ankylosing spondylitis. Ann Rheum Dis 2008; 68:531-5. [PMID: 18375542 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2008.089979] [Citation(s) in RCA: 109] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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BACKGROUND Immunogenicity, specifically the onset of antibodies against tumour necrosis factor (TNF) blocking agents, seems to play an important role in non-response to treatment with these drugs. OBJECTIVES To assess the relation of clinical response of ankylosing spondylitis (AS) to etanercept with etanercept levels, and the presence of antibodies to etanercept. METHODS Patients with AS were treated with etanercept 25 mg twice weekly, according to the international Assessment in Ankylosing Spondylitis (ASAS) working group consensus statement. Sera were collected at baseline and after 3 and 6 months of treatment. Clinical response was defined as a 50% improvement or as an absolute improvement of 2 points on a (0-10 scale) Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI) score. Functional etanercept levels were measured by a newly developed ELISA, measuring the binding of etanercept to TNF. Antibodies against etanercept were measured with a two-site assay and antigen binding test. Clinical data were used to correlate disease activity with serum etanercept levels. RESULTS In all, 53 consecutive patients were included. After 3 months of treatment 40 patients (76%) fulfilled the response criteria. Mean etanercept levels were 2.7 mg/litre and 3.0 mg/litre after 3 and 6 months respectively. Characteristics and etanercept levels of responders and non-responders were similar. No antibodies to etanercept were detected with any of the assays. CONCLUSION Etanercept levels of responders and non-responders were similar and no antibodies to etanercept were detected with any of the assays. This study indicates that etanercept is much less immunogenic compared with the other TNF-blocking agents.
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- M K de Vries
- VU University Medical Center, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.
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Wijbrandts CA, Dijkgraaf MGW, Kraan MC, Vinkenoog M, Smeets TJ, Dinant H, Vos K, Lems WF, Wolbink GJ, Sijpkens D, Dijkmans BAC, Tak PP. The clinical response to infliximab in rheumatoid arthritis is in part dependent on pretreatment tumour necrosis factor alpha expression in the synovium. Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 67:1139-44. [PMID: 18055470 PMCID: PMC2564801 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2007.080440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 105] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To determine whether the heterogeneous clinical response to tumour necrosis factor (TNF)alpha blocking therapy in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) can be predicted by TNFalpha expression in the synovium before initiation of treatment. METHODS Prior to initiation of infliximab treatment, arthroscopic synovial tissue biopsies were obtained from 143 patients with active RA. At week 16, clinical response was evaluated using the 28-joint Disease Activity Score (DAS28). Immunohistochemistry was used to analyse the cell infiltrate as well as the expression of various cytokines, adhesion molecules and growth factors. Stained sections were evaluated by digital image analysis. Student t tests were used to compare responders (decrease in DAS28 > or =1.2) with non-responders (decrease in DAS28 <1.2) and multivariable regression was used to identify the independent predictors of clinical response. RESULTS Synovial tissue analysis confirmed our hypothesis that the baseline level of TNFalpha expression is a significant predictor of response to TNFalpha blocking therapy. TNFalpha expression in the intimal lining layer and synovial sublining were significantly higher in responders than in non-responders (p = 0.047 and p = 0.008, respectively). The numbers of macrophages, macrophage subsets and T cells (all able to produce TNFalpha) were also significantly higher in responders than in non-responders. The expression of interleukin (IL)1beta, IL6, IL18, IL10, E-selectin, intercellular adhesion molecule (ICAM)-1, vascular cell adhesion molecule (VCAM)-1, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and basic fibroblast growth factor (bFGF) was not associated with response to anti-TNFalpha treatment. CONCLUSION The effects of TNFalpha blockade are in part dependent on synovial TNFalpha expression and infiltration by TNFalpha producing inflammatory cells. Clinical response cannot be predicted completely, indicating involvement of other as yet unknown mechanisms.
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- C A Wijbrandts
- Division of Clinical Immunology and Rheumatology, Academic Medical Center/University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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Peters MJL, Vis M, van Halm VP, Wolbink GJ, Voskuyl AE, Lems WF, Dijkmans BAC, Twisk JWR, de Koning MHMT, van de Stadt RJ, Nurmohamed MT. Changes in lipid profile during infliximab and corticosteroid treatment in rheumatoid arthritis. Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66:958-61. [PMID: 17314120 PMCID: PMC1955113 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.059691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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OBJECTIVE To evaluate the effects of infliximab and corticosteroid treatment on the lipid profile in patients with active rheumatoid arthritis (RA). METHODS Infliximab infusions were given at weeks 0, 2, 6 and then every 8 weeks. Before each infusion, disease activity parameters (Disease Activity Index 28-Joint Score (DAS28)) C reactive protein (CRP) and lipid levels (total cholesterol, high-density lipoprotein (HDL)-cholesterol, triglycerides, apolipoprotein A1 (apo A1) and apolipoprotein B) were measured in 80 consecutive patients with RA, who completed the study period of 48 weeks. Longitudinal analyses were used to investigate (1) the course of lipid levels over a period of time and (2) the relationship between lipids, prednisone dose and disease activity. RESULTS Infliximab treatment causes a significant reduction in disease activity and a concomitant decrease in prednisone dose. Although they initially improved significantly, all lipid levels had returned to baseline levels after 48 weeks, except for apo A1. Longitudinal analyses revealed significant yet opposite associations between lipid levels and disease activity and between lipid levels and prednisone dose. DAS28 improvement by 1 point was associated with an increase of 0.016 mmol/l (0.618 mg/dl) total cholesterol and 0.045 mmol/l (1.737 mg/dl) HDL-cholesterol. Reduction of 10 mg prednisone was associated with a decrease of 0.04 mmol/l (1.544 mg/dl) total cholesterol and 0.16 mmol/l (6.177 mg/dl) HDL-cholesterol. CONCLUSION Overall, no changes in serum lipid levels were observed after 48 weeks of infliximab treatment. The initial beneficial effects of infliximab on the lipid profile, by means of a reduction of disease activity, are attenuated by a concomitant decrease in prednisone dose.
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- M J L Peters
- Department of Rheumatology, VU University Medical Center, PO Box 7057, 1007 MB Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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de Vries MK, Wolbink GJ, Stapel SO, de Groot ER, Dijkmans BAC, Aarden LA, van der Horst-Bruinsma IE. Inefficacy of infliximab in ankylosing spondylitis is correlated with antibody formation. Ann Rheum Dis 2007; 66:133-4. [PMID: 17178760 PMCID: PMC1798422 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2006.057745] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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Bartelds GM, Wolbink GJ, Stapel S, Aarden L, Lems WF, Dijkmans BAC, Nurmohamed MT. High levels of human anti-human antibodies to adalimumab in a patient not responding to adalimumab treatment. Ann Rheum Dis 2006; 65:1249-50. [PMID: 16905585 PMCID: PMC1798278 DOI: 10.1136/ard.2005.049858] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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