Escalera CR, Guisado ÁMZ, Mateo FJ, Bahamontes-Rosa N, Villanueva MJG. Use of belimumab in real-world in Spain: a scoping review about characteristics of SLE patients.
Clin Rheumatol 2022;
41:3373-3382. [PMID:
35871173 PMCID:
PMC9308486 DOI:
10.1007/s10067-022-06287-9]
[Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/28/2022] [Revised: 07/04/2022] [Accepted: 07/06/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Abstract
Background
Belimumab was the first biological drug approved for Systemic Lupus Erythematosus (SLE). There is not a review focusing on all real-life experience with belimumab to date that could help to describe how this drug behaves in the Spanish clinical setting.
Objective
To describe the characteristics of SLE patients treated with belimumab added to standard of care in real-clinical setting in Spain.
Methods
We conducted a comprehensive scoping review of real-world data (RWD) according to PRISMA Scoping Reviews Checklist and the framework proposed by Arksey and O’Malley. PubMed and EMBASE were searched without language restriction and hand searches of relevant articles were examined.
Results
We included data from 222 patients treated with belimumab for SLE included in 19 RWD studies conducted in Spain. The mean age was 40.9 years, 84.2% were female, and baseline scores SELENA-SLEDAI ranged between 5.9 and 12. Lupus nephritis basal prevalence was of 2.7%. The main reason for belimumab initiation was previous treatments lack of efficacy (69.7%) and the most common laboratory abnormalities were hypocomplementemia (40.9%), ANA + (34.2%), and anti-DNA (33.3%). The addition of belimumab to standard therapy was associated with a reduction of daily glucocorticoids intake in 1.4–11.1 mg at 6 months. Belimumab discontinuation was observed in 18.6% of patients.
Conclusion
Our study helps to further explore the profile of SLE patients most likely to be treated with belimumab.
Supplementary Information
The online version contains supplementary material available at 10.1007/s10067-022-06287-9.
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