Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and organising pneumonia

2021 ◽  
Vol 14 (1) ◽  
pp. e238173
Author(s):  
Mohamed Faisal ◽  
Asyraf Roslan ◽  
Nik Nuratiqah Nik Abeed ◽  
Andrea Ban Yu-Lin
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
High Resolution ◽  
Corticosteroid Therapy ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Recent Addition ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
High Index Of Suspicion

Organising pneumonia (OP) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) may be part of pulmonary manifestation (disease related) or disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) related. We report a case series of RA patients with DMARDs related OP. A 65-year-old woman developed OP 3 weeks after initiation of methotrexate (MTX). High-resolution CT (HRCT) scan of the thorax revealed bilateral consolidations in the lung bases. She had complete radiological resolution 6 months after corticosteroid therapy with cessation of MTX. The second case was of a 60-year-old woman on MTX with recent addition of leflunomide due to flare of RA. She developed worsening cough 4 months later and HRCT scan revealed consolidation in the left upper lobe with biopsy proven OP. She responded within 6 months of corticosteroid therapy with clinical and radiological resolution. This case series highlights that OP may developed with low-dose MTX (as early as 3 weeks) and leflunomide and the diagnosis requires a high index of suspicion.

scholarly journals COVID-19: An Emerging Culprit of Inflammatory Arthritis

2021 ◽  
Vol 2021 ◽  
pp. 1-8
Author(s):  
Muhammad Shariq Mukarram ◽  
Muhammad Ishaq Ghauri ◽  
Sehrish Sethar ◽  
Nasir Afsar ◽  
Amir Riaz ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Rheumatic Disease ◽  
Inflammatory Arthritis ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Case Series ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Rheumatic Manifestations ◽  
Musculoskeletal Manifestations ◽  
Disease Modifying

Arthralgia is one of the most common symptoms that occur in patients with COVID-19. About 15% of patients present with arthralgia at some point. Although COVID-19 seems to attack the musculoskeletal system (muscles and joints) in its infective and postinfective stage causing inflammatory arthritis, not much is known about the rheumatic manifestations of this infection. In this case series of 5 patients, we discuss the occurrence of bilaterally symmetrical polyarthritis in patients, previously free from any rheumatic disease, after encountering COVID-19 infection. The musculoskeletal manifestations in these patients phenotypically resembled rheumatoid arthritis. These patients were treated successfully with low-dose glucocorticoids and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs).

scholarly journals Rheumatoid arthritis associated with primary biliary cholangitis under treatment with biological drugs

2019 ◽  
pp. 20-23
Author(s):  
Xaviar Michael Jones ◽  
Mariano Montiel Bertone ◽  
Verónica Gabriela Savio ◽  
Marina Laura Werner ◽  
Ingrid Strusberg
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Therapeutic Approach ◽  
Biochemical Parameters ◽  
Case Series ◽  
The Other ◽  
Primary Biliary Cholangitis ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Biological Drugs ◽  
Disease Modifying

The therapeutic approach of patients with two or more autoimmune diseases is quite a challenge, especially when the treatment of one of them, can precipitate the progression of the other. Even though the association of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and primary biliary cholangitis (PBC) is rare; when both coexist, the use of methotrexate and other hepatotoxic drugs should be used with caution. With a most widespread indication of biologic disease- modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) some reports of patients with RA and PBC treated with etanercept, infliximab, rituximab, tocilizumab and abatacept have been published. We report a case series that includes 4 patients with RA and PBC treated with bDMARDs. This is the first report to describe two cases in which golimumab was used to control RA and the second to report patients who received adalimumab and abatacept. Three cases of patients treated with rituximab have been published to date. None of the patients of our report suffered a progression of their PBC; matter in fact, two of them showed an improvement in their biochemical parameters. PBC symptoms did not get worse in any of the patients. On the contrary, laboratory parameters improved in two of the four patients.

scholarly journals Efficacy of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs, glucocorticoids and tofacitinib: a systematic literature review informing the 2013 update of the EULAR recommendations for management of rheumatoid arthritis

2014 ◽  
Vol 73 (3) ◽  
pp. 510-515 ◽  
Author(s):  
Cécile Gaujoux-Viala ◽  
Jackie Nam ◽  
Sofia Ramiro ◽  
Robert Landewé ◽  
Maya H Buch ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Systematic Review ◽  
Combination Therapy ◽  
Low Dose ◽  
Tight Control ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Acr20 Response ◽  
Early Ra ◽  
Disease Modifying

ObjectivesTo update a previous systematic review assessing the efficacy of conventional synthetic disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (csDMARDs) in rheumatoid arthritis (RA).MethodsTwo systematic reviews of the literature using PubMed, Embase and the Cochrane library were performed from 2009 until January 2013 to assess the efficacy of csDMARDs (as monotherapy or combination therapy) in adults with RA, and the efficacy of glucocorticoids in early RA. A third systematic review was performed until March 2013 to assess the efficacy of tofacitinib by meta-analysis.ResultsFor glucocorticoids, of 222 hits, five publications relating to four new trials were analysed for efficacy, confirming that initial treatment of RA with low-dose prednisone plus methotrexate (MTX) results in better clinical and structural outcomes at 1 and 2 years than treatment with MTX alone. For csDMARDs, of 498 studies, only two new studies were randomised controlled trials comparing MTX monotherapy with MTX in combination with another csDMARD without differences in glucocorticoid usage. Using tight control principles, clinical outcomes were no better with immediate triple therapy than with ‘step-up’ therapy. For tofacitinib, the pooled analysis of 10 trials showed that tofacitinib was more efficacious on signs and symptoms, disability and appeared to be more efficacious on structural damage than control treatment with placebo (OR (95% CI)—American College of Rheumatology 20% (ACR20) response: 2.44 (1.97 to 3.02)) or treatment with MTX (ACR20 response: 2.38 (1.66 to 3.43)).ConclusionsAddition of low-dose glucocorticoids to csDMARD therapy produces benefits in early RA. Under tight control conditions, combination therapy with csDMARDs is no better than MTX monotherapy. Tofacitinib is a new DMARD with proven efficacy.

scholarly journals FRI0526 THE INCIDENCE, PREVALENCE AND MEDICATION USE OF RHEUMATOID ARTHRITIS AMONG KOREAN WOMEN IN CHILDBEARING YEARS: A NATIONWIDE POPULATION-BASED STUDY

2020 ◽  
Vol 79 (Suppl 1) ◽  
pp. 862.2-863
Author(s):  
M. K. Chung ◽  
J. S. Park ◽  
H. S. Lim ◽  
C. H. Lee ◽  
J. Lee
Keyword(s):  
Rheumatoid Arthritis ◽  
Lupus Erythematosus ◽  
Medication Use ◽  
Population Based ◽  
Korean Women ◽  
Childbearing Age ◽  
Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Antirheumatic Drugs ◽  
Disease Modifying ◽  
Incidence Prevalence

Background:Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) predominantly affects women and has a significant impact on childbearing. Several population-based studies identifying incidence, prevalence, and medication use of RA have been reported, yet epidemiological studies focusing on women with RA in childbearing years are missing.Objectives:We aimed to identify the incidence, prevalence and medication use of RA among Korean women in childbearing years.Methods:From National Health Insurance Service (NHIS) data (2009-2016), containing inpatient and outpatient claim information for approximately 97% of the Korean population, we identified 9,217,139 women aged between 20-44 years. Incidence and prevalence of RA in the specific sociodemographic group of women in childbearing age were analyzed, and the prevalence of medication prescription were compared between women with RA and controls without rheumatic diseases such as RA, systemic lupus erythematosus, and ankylosing spondylitis. Individuals with RA were defined by the presence of International Classification of Disease, 10th revision code, M05. The medication use was defined as receiving > 90days prescriptions of NSAIDs, corticosteroids (CSs), and conventional synthetic (cs) disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) or > 1day prescription of biologic (b) DMARDs.Results:Total 24,590 women with RA were identified. The average incidence of RA during 2011-2016 among women in childbearing years was 24.1/100,000 person-years (PYs) (95% CI 20.91-27.31) with a yearly increase from 20.99/100,000 PYs in 2011 to 28.38/100,000 PYs in 2016. The average prevalence of RA during 2009-2016 among women in childbearing years was 105.2/100,000 PYs (95% CI 99.0-111.5) with a minimum of 95.7/100,000 PYs in 2009 and a maximum of 110.5/100,000 PYs in 2016. There were increasing trends in both incidence and prevalence of RA according to age among women in childbearing years peaking in the age group of 40-44 years. The prescriptions of NSAIDs, CSs, csDMARDs and bDMARDs were more frequent in women with RA than controls (NSAIDs; 94.21% vs 21.79%, CSs; 83.65% vs 4.28%, csDMARDs; 91.23% vs 0.41%, bDMARDs; 0.11% vs 0%, p<0.001).Conclusion:The incidence and prevalence of RA are high among Korean women in childbearing years, and medication use was significantly more frequent in this specific population than controls. High disease burden is imposed upon women in childbearing years.References:[1] Won S, Cho SK, Kim D, Han M, Lee J, Jang EJ, Sung YK, Bae SC: Update on the prevalence and incidence of rheumatoid arthritis in Korea and an analysis of medical care and drug utilization. Rheumatol Int 2018, 38(4):649-656.[2] Smeele HTW, Dolhain R: Current perspectives on fertility, pregnancy and childbirth in patients with Rheumatoid Arthritis. Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism 2019, 49(3s):S32-s35.Table 1.Medication use among women with RA and controls in childbearing age between 20-44 years during 2009-2016Control(n=155,486)RA(n=23,756)n(%)n(%)PNSAIDs33,887(21.79)22,380(94.21)<.0001Steroids6,653(4.28)19,871(83.65)<.0001csDMARDs634(0.41)21,673(91.23)<.0001bDMARDs0(0.00)27(0.11)<.0001RA, rheumatoid arthritis; NSAID, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug; cs, conventional synthetic; b, biologic; DMARDs, disease modifying antirheumatic drugsDisclosure of Interests:None declared

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