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Axelrad JE, Hashash JG, Itzkowitz SH. AGA Clinical Practice Update on Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Patients With Malignancy: Commentary. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024; 22:1365-1372. [PMID: 38752967 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.03.032] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 03/16/2024] [Accepted: 03/25/2024] [Indexed: 06/23/2024]
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DESCRIPTION The purpose of this American Gastroenterological Association (AGA) Institute Clinical Practice Update (CPU) Commentary is to discuss the risks of various malignancies in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) and the impact of the available medical therapies on these risks. The CPU will also guide the approach to the patient with IBD who develops a malignancy or the patient with a history of cancer in terms of IBD medication management. METHODS This CPU was commissioned and approved by the AGA Institute CPU committee and the AGA Governing Board to provide timely guidance on a topic of high clinical importance to the AGA membership and underwent internal peer review by the CPU committee and external peer review through standard procedures of Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology. This communication incorporates important and recently published studies in the field, and it reflects the experiences of the authors who are experts in the diagnosis and management of IBD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jordan E Axelrad
- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center at NYU Langone Health, Division of Gastroenterology, NYU Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York.
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Center, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Mayo Clinic, Jacksonville, Florida
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- Division of Gastroenterology, the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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Itzkowitz SH, Jiang Y, Villagra C, Colombel JF, Sultan K, Lukin DJ, Faleck DM, Scherl E, Chang S, Chen L, Katz S, Kwah J, Swaminath A, Petralia F, Sharpless V, Sachar D, Jandorf L, Axelrad JE. Safety of Immunosuppression in a Prospective Cohort of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Patients With a HIstoRy of CancEr: SAPPHIRE Registry. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024:S1542-3565(24)00479-8. [PMID: 38768673 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2024.05.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2024] [Revised: 05/08/2024] [Accepted: 05/09/2024] [Indexed: 05/22/2024]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS In patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and a history of cancer, retrospective studies have suggested that exposure to immunosuppressive agents does not increase the risk of incident (recurrent or new) cancer compared with unexposed patients. SAPPHIRE is a prospective registry aimed at addressing this issue. METHODS Since 2016, patients with IBD and confirmed index cancer before enrollment were followed up annually. Patients receiving chemotherapy or radiation at enrollment, or recurrent cancer within 5 years, were excluded. The primary outcome was development of incident cancer related to exposure to immunosuppressive medications. RESULTS Among 305 patients (47% male, 88% white), the median age at IBD diagnosis and cancer were 32 and 52 years, respectively. Index cancers were solid organ (46%), dermatologic (32%), gastrointestinal (13%), and hematologic (9%). During a median follow-up period of 4.8 years, 210 patients (69%) were exposed to immunosuppressive therapy and 46 patients (15%) developed incident cancers (25 new, 21 recurrent). In unadjusted analysis, the crude rate of incident cancer in unexposed patients was 2.58 per 100 person-years vs 4.78 per 100 person-years (relative risk, 1.85; 95% CI, 0.92-3.73) for immunosuppression-exposed patients. In a proportional hazards model adjusting for sex, smoking history, age and stage at index malignancy, and nonmelanoma skin cancer, no significant association was found between receipt of immunosuppression and incident cancer (adjusted hazard ratio, 1.41; 95% CI, 0.69-2.90), or with any major drug class. CONCLUSIONS In this interim analysis of patients with IBD and a history of cancer, despite numerically increased adjusted hazard ratios, we did not find a statistically significant association between subsequent exposure to immunosuppressive therapies and development of incident cancers.
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- Steven H Itzkowitz
- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
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- Department of Statistical Science, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina
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- Department of Population Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Northwell Health-North Shore University Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine, Manhasset, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition Service, Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Weill Cornell Medicine, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, New Jersey
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Northwell Health-Lenox Hill Hospital, Zucker School of Medicine, New York, New York
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- Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Collaborative Studies Coordinating Center, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, North Carolina
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York; Department of Population Health, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, New York University Grossman School of Medicine, New York, New York
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Gupta A, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Ananthakrishnan AN. Risk of Cancer Recurrence in Patients With Immune-Mediated Diseases With Use of Immunosuppressive Therapies: An Updated Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol 2024; 22:499-512.e6. [PMID: 37579866 PMCID: PMC10859547 DOI: 10.1016/j.cgh.2023.07.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2023] [Revised: 07/25/2023] [Accepted: 07/29/2023] [Indexed: 08/16/2023]
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BACKGROUND & AIMS There are limited data on the safety of immunosuppressive therapy use in individuals with immune-mediated diseases with a history of malignancy, particularly with newer biologic and small-molecule treatments. METHODS We performed a systematic search of PubMed and Embase databases to identify studies examining the impact of immunosuppressive therapies on cancer recurrence across several immune-mediated diseases. Studies were pooled together using random-effects meta-analysis and stratified by type of treatment. Primary outcome was occurrence of incident cancers, defined as new or recurrent. RESULTS Our meta-analysis included 31 studies (17 inflammatory bowel disease, 14 rheumatoid arthritis, 2 psoriasis, and 1 ankylosing spondylitis) contributing 24,328 persons and 85,784 person-years (p-y) of follow-up evaluation. Rates of cancer recurrence were similar among individuals not on immunosuppression (IS) (1627 incident cancers, 43,765 p-y; 35 per 1000 p-y; 95% CI, 27-43), receiving an anti-tumor necrosis factor (571 incident cancers, 17,772 p-y; 32 per 1000 p-y; 95% CI, 25-38), immunomodulators (1104 incident cancers, 17,018 p-y; 46 per 1000 p-y; 95% CI, 31-61), combination immunosuppression (179 incident cancers, 2659 p-y; 56 per 1000 p-y; 95% CI, 31-81). Patients receiving ustekinumab (5 incident cancers, 213 p-y; 21 per 1000 p-y; 95% CI, 0-44) and vedolizumab (37 incident cancers, 1951 p-y; 16 per 1000 p-y; 95% CI, 5-26) had numerically lower rates of cancer. There were no studies on Janus kinase inhibitors. Stratification of studies by timing of immunosuppression initiation did not reveal a medication effect based on early (<5 years) or delayed treatment initiation. CONCLUSIONS In patients with immune-mediated diseases and a history of malignancy, we observed similar rates of cancer recurrence in those on no immunosuppression compared with different immunosuppressive treatments.
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- Akshita Gupta
- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire-Nancy, Nancy, France; University of Lorraine, Inserm, Nutrition-Genetics and Exposure to Environmental Risks, Nancy, France
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- Department of Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, Massachusetts; Department of Gastroenterology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts.
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Poullenot F, Laharie D. Management of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Patients with Current or Past Malignancy. Cancers (Basel) 2023; 15:cancers15041083. [PMID: 36831424 PMCID: PMC9954488 DOI: 10.3390/cancers15041083] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2022] [Revised: 02/02/2023] [Accepted: 02/06/2023] [Indexed: 02/11/2023] Open
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Immunomodulators, conventional immunosuppressants, and/or biologics are used more often, earlier, and longer than before in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Along with this, the lifetime risk for cancer is estimated to be 33% in the general population in Europe. Thus, physicians face therapeutic choices in an increasing number of IBD patients with current or past malignancy. Few data are available so far for managing this IBD subpopulation and this clinical concern still remains a critical situation for four reasons: (i) risk of reactivation of dormant micrometastasis with immunomodulators is of major concern, (ii) there is a knowledge gap about the safety of the most recent molecules, (iii) current guidelines do not recommend the use of immunomodulators within 2-5 years after a diagnosis of cancer, (iv) patients with previous cancers are excluded from clinical trials. There is a lack of scientific evidence supporting the non-use of immunomodulators in IBD patients with previous cancer. Indeed, accumulative data suggest that the risk for recurrent and new cancer in patients with a history of cancer is not increased by thiopurines and anti-TNF agents. Most recently, cohort studies have found no differences in incident cancer rates in IBD patients with prior malignancy treated with vedolizumab or ustekinumab compared to those treated with anti-TNF agents. Therefore, decisions should be shared by the oncologist and the patient, considering the natural history of cancer, the time elapsed since cancer diagnosis, and IBD prognosis.
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- Florian Poullenot
- CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie et Oncologie Digestive, Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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- CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Service d'Hépato-Gastroentérologie et Oncologie Digestive, Université de Bordeaux, F-33000 Bordeaux, France
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Na JE, Kim TJ, Lee YC, Kim JE, Kim ER, Hong SN, Chang DK, Kim YH. Risk of prostate cancer in patients with inflammatory bowel disease: a nationwide cohort study in South Korea. Therap Adv Gastroenterol 2022; 15:17562848221137430. [PMID: 36458049 PMCID: PMC9706079 DOI: 10.1177/17562848221137430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/01/2022] [Accepted: 10/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Several studies have suggested an association between inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and the risk of prostate cancer development. However, these findings are inconsistent, and studies based on Asian populations are limited. OBJECTIVES We compared the risk of prostate cancer according to IBD status using the Korean National Health Insurance Service database. DESIGN A population-based retrospective cohort of age-matched 59,044 non-IBD patients and 14,761 IBD patients between January 2009 and December 2011 was analyzed up to December 2017. METHODS The risk of prostate cancer was compared between patients with IBD and controls using the Cox proportional hazards regression model and Kaplan-Meier survival analysis. RESULTS During a median follow-up of 6 years, the incidence rate of prostate cancer was 264 per 100,000 person-years in non-IBD patients and 242 per 100,000 person-years in patients with IBD. IBD status was not associated with the risk of prostate cancer compared to non-IBD [adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) 0.93, 95% confidence interval (CI): 0.80-1.08, p = 0.32). The cumulative incidence of prostate cancer did not differ by IBD status (non-IBD patients versus IBD patients: log-rank p = 0.27; non-IBD patients versus ulcerative colitis versus Crohn's disease: log-rank p = 0.42). In multivariate analysis, age was an independent risk factor for the development of prostate cancer (HR 1.03, 95% CI: 1.02-1.03, p < 0.001). CONCLUSION In our population-based study, IBD status was not associated with the risk of prostate cancer.
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- Ji Eun Na
- Department of Medicine, Inje University
Haeundae Paik Hospital, Busan, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of
Medicine, Samsung Medical Center, Sungkyunkwan University School of
Medicine, 81 Irwon-ro, Gangnam-gu, Seoul 06351, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Digital Health, Samsung Advanced
Institute for Health Sciences & Technology, Sungkyunkwan University,
Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center,
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center,
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center,
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Medicine, Samsung Medical Center,
Sungkyunkwan University School of Medicine, Seoul, Republic of Korea
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Poullenot F, Amiot A, Nachury M, Viennot S, Altwegg R, Bouhnik Y, Abitbol V, Nancey S, Vuitton L, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Biron A, Fumery M, Picon L, Vidon M, Reenaers C, Serrero M, Savoye G, Beaugerie L, Rivière P, Laharie D. Comparative Risk of Incident Cancer in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease with Prior Non-digestive Malignancy According to Immunomodulator: a Multicentre Cohort Study. J Crohns Colitis 2022; 16:1523-1530. [PMID: 35512337 DOI: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjac061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2021] [Revised: 03/27/2022] [Accepted: 05/03/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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INTRODUCTION Knowledge about the cancer risk when initiating a biologic in inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] patients with prior malignancy remains scarce, especially for vedolizumab. Our aim was to evaluate the rate of incident cancer in a cohort of IBD patients with prior non-digestive malignancy, according to the subsequent treatment given. METHODS A multicentre retrospective study included consecutive IBD patients with prior non-digestive malignancy. Inclusion date corresponded to the diagnosis of index malignancy. Patients were categorized into different cohorts according to the first treatment [none, conventional immunosuppressant, anti-TNF, or vedolizumab] to which they were exposed after inclusion and before incident cancer [recurrent or new cancer]. RESULTS Among the 538 patients {58% female; mean (standard deviation [SD]) age inclusion: 52 [15] years} analyzed, the most frequent malignancy was breast cancer [25%]. The first immunomodulator given after inclusion was a conventional immunosuppressant in 27% of patients, anti-TNF in 21%, or vedolizumab in 9%. With a median (interquartile range [IQR]) follow-up duration of 55 [23-100] months, 100 incident cancers were observed. Crude cancer incidence rates per 1000 person-years were 47.0 for patients receiving no immunomodulator, 36.6 in the anti-TNF cohort, and 33.6 in the vedolizumab cohort [p = 0.23]. Incident-cancer free survival rates were not different between patients receiving anti-TNF and those receiving vedolizumab [p = 0.56]. After adjustment, incidence rates were not different between patients receiving no immunomodulator, anti-TNF, or vedolizumab. CONCLUSIONS In this large multicentre cohort study, there was no difference of cancer incidence in those IBD patients with prior non-digestive malignancy, treated with vedolizumab or anti-TNF.
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- F Poullenot
- CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie et oncologie digestive, Bordeaux, France
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- Département de Gastroentérologie, Hôpitaux Universitaires Henri Mondor, Creteil, France
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- Univ. Lille, Institute for Translational Research in Inflammation, France
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- Hepato-gastroenterology Department, CHU Caen, Caen, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Saint-Eloi Hospital, Montpellier, France
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- Gastroenterology and Nutrition Support Department, Department of Gastroenterology, Beaujon Hospital, Clichy, France
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- Hôpital Cochin AP-HP Gastro-entérologie, and Université de Paris, Paris, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, CHU, Lyon, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, CHRU, Besançon, France
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- Gastroenterology Department, Nancy University Hospital, Université de Lorraine, Nancy, France
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- CHU Reims, Hôpital Robert Debré. Service Hépato-gastroentérologie et cancérologie digestive, Reims, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, CHU, Amiens, France
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- Hepato-gastroenterology Department, CHRU Tours-TROUSSEAU Hospital, Tours, France
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- Departement of Gastroenterology, Hôpital Intercommunal de Créteil, Créteil, France
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- Hepato-gastroenterology Department, CHU Sart Tilman, Liège University, Liège, Belgium
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- Hepato-gastroenterology Department, APHM Hôpital Nord, Marseille, France
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Normandie University, Rouen University Hospital-Charles Nicolle, Rouen, France
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- Sorbonne Université, Institut Pierre Louis d'Epidémiologie et de Santé Publique, Hôpital Saint-Antoine, Department of Gastroenterology, Paris, France
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- CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie et oncologie digestive, Bordeaux, France
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- CHU de Bordeaux, Hôpital Haut-Lévêque, Service d'Hépato-gastroentérologie et oncologie digestive, Bordeaux, France
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Calafat M, Mañosa M, Cañete F, Domènech E. Clinical Considerations Regarding the Use of Thiopurines in Older Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Drugs Aging 2021; 38:193-203. [PMID: 33438138 DOI: 10.1007/s40266-020-00832-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 12/27/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
Abstract
The number of older patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is increasing due to both improvements in the life expectancy of patients with long-lasting IBD and later onset of the disease. In spite of a less aggressive IBD phenotype, disease management in older patients is hampered by comorbidities and polypharmacy (which increase the risk of drug-related adverse events and errors in medication intake) and also by an increased risk of the infections and malignancies associated with the immunosuppressive drugs that are frequently used to treat IBD. Thiopurines are the most frequently used immunosuppressive drugs in IBD, though they are often discontinued due to adverse events. However, when tolerated, thiopurines are efficient in the maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. In fact, thiopurines still have a role to play in the treatment algorithm of older patients with IBD because anti-tumor necrosis factor agents do not provide clear advantages for this population in terms of their safety profile, while data on the new biological drugs are still scarce. In this article, we review the optimal use of thiopurines in older patients with IBD.
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- Margalida Calafat
- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Carretera del Canyet s/n, 08916, Badalona, Catalonia, Spain.
- Centro de Investigaciones Biomédicas en Red de Enfermedades Hepaticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain.
- Departament de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.
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Zabana Y, Panés J, Nos P, Gomollón F, Esteve M, García-Sánchez V, Gisbert JP, Barreiro-de-Acosta M, Domènech E. El registro ENEIDA (Estudio Nacional en Enfermedad Inflamatoria intestinal sobre Determinantes genéticos y Ambientales) de GETECCU: diseño, monitorización y funciones. GASTROENTEROLOGIA Y HEPATOLOGIA 2020; 43:551-558. [DOI: 10.1016/j.gastrohep.2020.05.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/16/2020] [Accepted: 05/19/2020] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Daugherty TT, Swerlick RA. Clinical context for cancer risk of immunosuppressive agents used in dermatology. Dermatol Ther 2020; 34:e14433. [PMID: 33084077 DOI: 10.1111/dth.14433] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 10/14/2020] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Dermatologic care of inflammatory skin conditions has been transformed over recent decades through the use of small molecules disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs and targeted biologic therapies. Alongside the tremendous benefit of these agents, concerns remain regarding possible side effects, particularly cancer risk. To improve guidance and counseling of patients with skin diseases who are considering treatment with such agents, this article reviews available information on the risk of malignancies in patients treated with these agents. When possible, this article adds clinical context to risk through a number needed to harm that estimates the number of patients a provider would need to treat with a given agent in 1 year to cause a single adverse outcome over time.
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- Alicia Leizman Stonecipher Chair of Dermatology, Department of Dermatology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, Georgia, USA
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