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Kolb-Mäurer A, Sunderkötter C, Kukowski B, Meuth SG. An update on Peginterferon beta-1a Management in Multiple Sclerosis: results from an interdisciplinary Board of German and Austrian Neurologists and dermatologists. BMC Neurol 2019; 19:130. [PMID: 31202258 PMCID: PMC6570848 DOI: 10.1186/s12883-019-1354-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2017] [Accepted: 05/31/2019] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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BACKGROUND Interferon (IFN) beta drugs have been approved for the treatment of relapsing forms of multiple sclerosis (RMS) for more than 20 years and are considered to offer a favourable benefit-risk profile. In July 2014, subcutaneous (SC) peginterferon beta-1a 125 μg dosed every 2 weeks, a pegylated form of interferon beta-1a, was approved by the EMA for the treatment of adult patients with RRMS and in August 2014 by the FDA for RMS. Peginterferon beta-1a shows a prolonged half-life and increased systemic drug exposure resulting in a reduced dosing frequency compared to other available interferon-based products in MS. In the Phase 3 ADVANCE trial peginterferon beta-1a demonstrated significant positive effects on clinical and MRI outcome measures versus placebo after one year. Furthermore, in the ATTAIN extension study, sustained efficacy with long-term treatment for nearly 6 years was shown. MAIN TEXT In July 2016, an interdisciplinary panel of German and Austrian experts convened to discuss the management of side effects associated with peginterferon beta-1a and other interferon beta-based treatments in MS in daily practice. The panel was composed of experts from university hospitals and private clinics comprised of neurologists, dermatologists, and an MS nurse. In this paper we report recommendations regarding best practices for adverse event management, focussing on peginterferon beta-1a. Injection site reactions (ISRs) and influenza-like illness are the most common adverse effects of interferon beta therapies and can present a burden for MS patients leading to non-adherence and discontinuation of therapy. Peginterferon beta-1a shows improved pharmacological properties. In clinical trials, the adverse event (AE) profile of peginterferon beta-1a was similar to other interferon beta formulations. The most common AEs were mild to moderate ISRs, influenza-like illness, pyrexia, and headache. Current information on the underlying cause of skin reactions associated with SC interferon treatment, and the management strategies for these AEs are limited. In pivotal trials, ISRs were mainly characterized and classified by neurologists, while dermatologists were only rarely consulted. CONCLUSIONS This report addresses expert recommendations on the management of most relevant adverse effects related to peginterferon beta-1a and other interferon betas, based on literature and interdisciplinary experience.
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- Annette Kolb-Mäurer
- Klinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie, Venerologie und Allergologie, Universitätsklinikum Würzburg, Würzburg, Germany
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- Universitätsklinik und Poliklinik für Dermatologie und Venerologie, Ernst-Grube-Str. 40, 06120 Halle (Saale) und Abteilung für translationale Dermatoinfektiologie, Röntgenstraße 21, 48149 Muenster, Germany
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- Nervenärztliche Gemeinschaftspraxis, Groner-Tor-Straße 3, 37073 Göttingen, Germany
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- Klinik für Neurologie, Universitätsklinikum Münster, Albert-Schweitzer-Campus 1, Gebäude A1, 48149 Münster, Germany
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Life-threatening and benign drug reactions occur frequently in the skin, affecting 8 % of the general population and 2-3 % of all hospitalized patients, emphasizing the need for physicians to effectively recognize and manage patients with drug-induced eruptions. Neurologic medications represent a vast array of drug classes with cutaneous side effects. Approximately 7 % of the United States (US) adult population is affected by adult-onset neurological disorders, reflecting a large number of patients on neurologic drug therapies. This review elucidates the cutaneous reactions associated with medications approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to treat the following neurologic pathologies: Alzheimer disease, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, epilepsy, Huntington disease, migraine, multiple sclerosis, Parkinson disease, and pseudobulbar affect. A search of the literature was performed using the specific FDA-approved drug or drug classes in combination with the terms 'dermatologic,' 'cutaneous,' 'skin,' or 'rash.' Both PubMed and the Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews were utilized, with side effects ranging from those cited in randomized controlled trials to case reports. It behooves neurologists, dermatologists, and primary care physicians to be aware of the recorded cutaneous adverse reactions and their severity for proper management and potential need to withdraw the offending medication.
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- Department of Dermatology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, USA
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- Department of Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, 7200 Cambridge St., 9th Floor, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
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Cutaneous Adverse Events Associated with Interferon-β Treatment of Multiple Sclerosis. Int J Mol Sci 2015; 16:14951-60. [PMID: 26147425 PMCID: PMC4519881 DOI: 10.3390/ijms160714951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/19/2015] [Revised: 06/23/2015] [Accepted: 06/26/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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Interferons are widely used platform therapies as disease-modifying treatment of patients with multiple sclerosis. Although interferons are usually safe and well tolerated, they frequently cause dermatological side effects. Here, we present a multiple sclerosis (MS) patient treated with interferon-β who developed new-onset psoriasis. Both her MS as well as her psoriasis finally responded to treatment with fumarates. This case illustrates that interferons not only cause local but also systemic adverse events of the skin. These systemic side effects might indicate that the Th17/IL-17 axis plays a prominent role in the immunopathogenesis of this individual case and that the autoimmune process might be deteriorated by further administration of interferons. In conclusion, we think that neurologists should be aware of systemic cutaneous side effects and have a closer look on interferon-associated skin lesions. Detection of psoriasiform lesions might indicate that interferons are probably not beneficial in the individual situation. We suggest that skin lesions may serve as biomarkers to allocate MS patients to adequate disease-modifying drugs.
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Faghihi G, Basiri A, Pourazizi M, Abtahi-Naeini B, Saffaei A. Multiple cutaneous necrotic lesions associated with Interferon beta-1b injection for multiple sclerosis treatment: A case report and literature review. J Res Pharm Pract 2015; 4:99-103. [PMID: 25984549 PMCID: PMC4418144 DOI: 10.4103/2279-042x.155762] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Multiple sclerosis (MS) is a chronic and debilitating inflammatory autoimmune disorder of the central nervous system. MS patients may experience severe local inflammatory skin reactions during disease-modifying therapy with subcutaneously injected interferon-beta-1b (IFN-β). We report the case of a 49-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting MS, who developed multiple cutaneous necrotic ulcers on both arms and thighs after 3 months of treatment with subcutaneous IFN-β-1b. The biopsy specimens showed skin and subcutaneous tissue necrosis. We diagnosed the skin lesions as cutaneous necrotic ulcerations associated with IFN-β-1b injection. The treatment included ending the use of subcutaneously injected IFN-β-1b and switching to intramuscularly injected IFN-β-1a because of the multiple cutaneous necrotic ulcers. The injection of IFN-β-1b in the areas with lesions was stopped, and the patient's clinical condition improved with the addition of routine wound care, surgical debridement, and skin grafting. This report is intended to raise awareness about severe adverse skin reactions which may rarely occur with subcutaneous IFN-β-1b injection. Early recognition and correction of the injection technique and switching to other forms of interferon can help to prevent these complications.
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- Gita Faghihi
- Department of Dermatology, Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Students' Research Committee, School of Medicine, Semnan University of Medical Sciences, Semnan, Iran
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- Department of Dermatology, Skin Diseases and Leishmaniasis Research Center, Students' Research Committee, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Pharmacy Students' Research Committee, School of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Balak DMW, Hengstman GJD, Çakmak A, Thio HB. Cutaneous adverse events associated with disease-modifying treatment in multiple sclerosis: a systematic review. Mult Scler 2012; 18:1705-17. [PMID: 22371220 DOI: 10.1177/1352458512438239] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Glatiramer acetate and interferon-beta are approved first-line disease-modifying treatments (DMTs) for multiple sclerosis (MS). DMTs can be associated with cutaneous adverse events, which may influence treatment adherence and patient quality of life. In this systematic review, we aimed to provide an overview of the clinical spectrum and the incidence of skin reactions associated with DMTs. A systematic literature search was performed up to May 2011 in Medline, Embase, and Cochrane databases without applying restrictions in study design, language, or publishing date. Eligible for inclusion were articles describing any skin reaction related to DMTs in MS patients. Selection of articles and data extraction were performed by two authors independently. One hundred and six articles were included, of which 41 (39%) were randomized controlled trials or cohort studies reporting incidences of mainly local injection-site reactions. A large number of patients had experienced some form of localized injection-site reaction: up to 90% for those using subcutaneous formulations and up to 33% for those using an intramuscular formulation. Sixty-five case-reports involving 106 MS patients described a wide spectrum of cutaneous adverse events, the most frequently reported being lipoatrophy, cutaneous necrosis and ulcers, and various immune-mediated inflammatory skin diseases. DMTs for MS are frequently associated with local injection-site reactions and a wide spectrum of generalized cutaneous adverse events, in particular, the subcutaneous formulations. Although some of the skin reactions may be severe and persistent, most of them are mild and do not require cessation of DMT.
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- Deepak M W Balak
- Department of Dermatology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
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Cutaneous vasculitis associated with interferon beta-1b treatment for multiple sclerosis. Clin Neuropharmacol 2010; 32:301-3. [PMID: 19820436 DOI: 10.1097/wnf.0b013e3181a2b5fd] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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We report a 38-year-old woman with relapsing-remitting multiple sclerosis, treated with subcutaneous injections of interferon beta (IFN-beta)-1b every other day. Disseminated cutaneous lesions were observed after 3 injections. These symptoms reappeared after drug readministration. The histopathological examination of the skin specimens confirmed nonspecific cutaneous lymphocytic vasculitis. The patient's outcome was favorable after corticosteroid placement and discontinuing IFN-beta therapy. Isolated lymphocytic cutaneous vasculitis linked to IFN-beta-1b therapy is suspected as a new association.
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Ball NJ, Cowan BJ, Hashimoto SA. Lobular panniculitis at the site of subcutaneous interferon beta injections for the treatment of multiple sclerosis can histologically mimic pancreatic panniculitis. A study of 12 cases. J Cutan Pathol 2008; 36:331-7. [PMID: 19032383 DOI: 10.1111/j.1600-0560.2008.01019.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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BACKGROUND Thrombosis, mucinosis and necrosis are well-described complications of subcutaneous interferon beta injections. METHODS We report 12 incisional biopsies from subcutaneous interferon beta injection sites in 12 multiple sclerosis (MS) patients from a single neurologist's practice. RESULTS We identified abscesses (two cases) or induration (two cases) in acute clinical lesions and lipoatrophy (eight cases) in chronic lesions (biopsied over a year after symptom onset at injection sites). Biopsies from three acute lesions showed vascular thrombosis, dermal mucinosis, lobular neutrophilic panniculitis, necrosis, calcification and hemosiderin deposition (biopsied 2 weeks to 2 months after symptom onset). Two cases contained sterile abscesses. Five of the eight chronic cases presented as hard, indurated lipoatrophy with livedo reticularis. Their biopsies showed subcutaneous calcification and lipoatrophy. Biopsies from the early calcific suppurative and late calcific atrophic phases histologically resembled the early and late phases of subcutaneous saponification in pancreatic panniculitis. CONCLUSIONS Reactions at the site of subcutaneous interferon beta injections are common. Lipoatrophy can be clinically identified in 39 of 85 MS patients (46%) receiving subcutaneous interferon beta injections for 1 year or longer in our practice. A reaction to interferon should be considered in the differential diagnosis of biopsies that show features of pancreatic panniculitis.
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- Nigel J Ball
- Department of Pathology, The University of Britsih Columbia and Vancouver General Hospital, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.
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Interferon-beta injection site reaction: Review of the histology and report of a lupus-like pattern. J Am Acad Dermatol 2008; 59:S48-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jaad.2007.12.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2007] [Revised: 11/01/2007] [Accepted: 12/09/2007] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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- D. Koontz
- University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 111000 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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- University Hospitals Case Medical Center, Case Western Reserve University, 111000 Euclid Ave Cleveland, Ohio 44106
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Aguilar García G, Serrano Falcón C, Serrano Falcón MDM, Carmona MD, Linares Solano J, Serrano Ortega S. Necrosis cutánea por interferón alfa en paciente con melanoma. ACTAS DERMO-SIFILIOGRAFICAS 2006; 97:539-42. [PMID: 17067536 DOI: 10.1016/s0001-7310(06)73460-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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We present the case of a 55-year-old male with melanoma in the right retroauricular region who had cutaneous necrosis only in one of the injection sites after adjuvant treatment with interferon (IFN alpha 2b) according to the Kirkwood proposed regime. Appearance of cutaneous necrosis is a rare condition that has been described in patients treated with different types of IFN.
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Alpha interferon causes frequent and multiple cutaneous side effects that affect both the skin and mucous membranes. Patients receiving this treatment must be informed of the principal adverse reactions (dryness and hair loss or discoloration) and must receive care for them if the underlying treatment is to remain acceptable. Alpha interferon may induce, reveal, or worsen some dermatoses and related inflammatory disorders (atopic dermatitis, psoriasis, sarcoidosis).
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- V Descamps
- Service de dermatologie, Hôpital Bichat, APHP, 46, rue Henri Huchard, 75018 Paris.
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Buttmann M, Goebeler M, Toksoy A, Schmid S, Graf W, Berberich-Siebelt F, Rieckmann P. Subcutaneous interferon-beta injections in patients with multiple sclerosis initiate inflammatory skin reactions by local chemokine induction. J Neuroimmunol 2005; 168:175-82. [PMID: 16126281 DOI: 10.1016/j.jneuroim.2005.07.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2005] [Accepted: 07/15/2005] [Indexed: 12/01/2022]
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Subcutaneous Interferon-beta (IFN-beta) injections for the treatment of multiple sclerosis (MS) frequently cause inflammatory injection site reactions. To study the role of chemokines we obtained skin biopsies from 7 MS patients 24 h after injection. At the IFN-beta but not at the contralateral placebo injection sites, we observed strong IP-10/CXCL10 and moderate MCP-1/CCL2 expression associated with extensive perivascular, highly CXCR3-positive T cell and macrophage infiltrates. Primary human skin cells displayed a comparable pattern of chemokine induction after stimulation with IFN-beta in vitro. IFN-beta may therefore trigger inflammatory skin reactions through local chemokine induction followed by rapid immune cell extravasation.
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- Mathias Buttmann
- Department of Neurology, Julius-Maximilians-University, Josef-Schneider-Str. 11, D-97080 Würzburg, Germany.
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Pharmacoepidemiology and drug safety. Pharmacoepidemiol Drug Saf 2004; 13:49-64. [PMID: 14971123 DOI: 10.1002/pds.914] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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