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Felice C, Pugliese D, Papparella LG, Pizzolante F, Onori E, Gasbarrini A, Rapaccini GL, Guidi L, Armuzzi A. Clinical management of rheumatologic conditions co-occurring with inflammatory bowel diseases. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2018; 14:751-759. [DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2018.1513329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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- Carla Felice
- IBD Unit, Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- IBD Unit, Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- IBD Unit, Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- IBD Unit, Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Medicina Interna, Università degli studi dell’Aquila, L’Aquila, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Division, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- IBD Unit, Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- IBD Unit, Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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- IBD Unit, Presidio Columbus, Fondazione Policlinico A. Gemelli IRCCS, Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Rome, Italy
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Khan N, Asim H, Lichtenstein GR. Safety of anti-TNF therapy in inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2015; 13:1699-708. [PMID: 25406728 DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2014.973399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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INTRODUCTION The highest incidence of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is seen between the second and fourth decades of life, which is the most fertile age for women. Increased disease activity has been shown to effect female fertility and pregnancy outcomes, stressing the need for drugs that can safely induce and maintain clinical remission without harming either the mother or fetus. AREAS COVERED Anti-TNF-α agents have been shown to be effective in both inducing and maintaining remission among IBD patients. This review highlights the results of previous studies conducted on pregnant women who were exposed to anti-TNF-α agents during the course of their pregnancy. The drugs reviewed include infliximab (IFX), adalimumab (ADA), certolizumab pegol (CZP) and golimumab (GMB). Of > 200 articles reviewed, 105 were included in the manuscript based on relevance. The keywords used were anti-TNF, infliximab, adalimumab, certolizumab, golimumab, biologics, pregnancy and inflammatory bowel disease. EXPERT OPINION Anti-TNF agents have been studied extensively during pregnancy from the early case reports to the more recent prospective Pregnancy in IBD and Neonatal Outcomes study. A comprehensive review of the literature has shown that biologics can be safely used during pregnancy. In view of this safety data, it is recommended to maintain therapy during pregnancy.
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- Nabeel Khan
- University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Department of Gastroenterology , Philadelphia, PA , USA
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Khan N, Asim H, Lichtenstein GR. Safety of anti-TNF therapy in inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy. Expert Opin Drug Saf 2014. [DOI: 10.1517/14740338.2015.973399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Betteridge JD, Veerappan GR. Pulmonary carcinoid tumor in a patient on adalimumab for Crohn's disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2013; 19:E29-30. [PMID: 22447376 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.22913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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MacDonald TT, Biancheri P, Sarra M, Monteleone G. What's the next best cytokine target in IBD? Inflamm Bowel Dis 2012; 18:2180-9. [PMID: 22508526 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.22967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2012] [Accepted: 03/05/2012] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In the gut of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), immune and nonimmune cells produce large amounts of cytokines that drive the inflammatory process leading to the tissue damage. Cytokine blockers, such as anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha (TNF-α), have been used with some success in IBD. However, not all patients respond, and the therapeutic effects wane with time, demonstrating the need for more effective and long-lasting antiinflammatory strategies. A key question is whether neutralizing other proinflammatory cytokines such as interleukin (IL)-12, IL-21, IL-27, or IL-33 will lead to a better clinical response than with anti-TNF-α antibodies. Equally, we now know that IBD-related inflammation is marked by defective production/activity of antiinflammatory cytokines, and there are strategies to correct these defects. An alternative approach is to try to target individual therapies to individual patients, to improve clinical efficacy in subsets of patients, but this has proven difficult. Here we try to evaluate the potential of each of these choices.
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- Thomas T MacDonald
- Centre for Immunology and Infectious Disease, Blizard Institute, Barts and the London School of Medicine and Dentistry, London, UK.
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Methotrexate in inflammatory bowel disease: a multicenter retrospective study focused on long-term efficacy and safety. The Madrid experience. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol 2012; 24:1086-91. [PMID: 22713509 DOI: 10.1097/meg.0b013e3283556db5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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BACKGROUND Methotrexate is useful in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but its role is secondary because of its limited experience and a supposedly unfavorable safety profile. AIM To describe the efficacy and safety of methotrexate in a long-term real clinical practice. METHODS Retrospectively reviewed records of IBD patients treated with methotrexate in eight hospitals of Madrid (Spain). RESULTS A total of 77 patients were included (80% Crohn's disease); 94% received methotrexate because of steroid dependency. Overall, 82% of the patients initially responded (28% remission). Eighty-eight percent of the patients followed maintenance treatment for a mean of 17 (range: 1-108) months. Forty percent of the patients lost response at a mean of 57 weeks after starting methotrexate. No statistically significant differences were found in the response rates in terms of the disease type, route of administration, or the Montreal Classification category. The mean methotrexate cumulative dose was 1108 mg (range: 25-6480). The main adverse events included 10 cases of gastrointestinal symptoms, four of myelotoxicity, and 10 of abnormal liver function tests, and led to methotrexate withdrawal in four (5%) patients. Transient elastography, performed in 46 patients, detected six additional cases with significant fibrosis and normal liver function tests. CONCLUSION Methotrexate is useful in inducing a response in IBD, although its efficacy decreases frequently through the follow-up. Although methotrexate seems safe in the long term, in addition to biochemical controls, a more accurate method to detect liver damage should be considered.
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Inflammatory bowel disease and lupus: a systematic review of the literature. J Crohns Colitis 2012; 6:735-42. [PMID: 22504032 DOI: 10.1016/j.crohns.2012.03.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2012] [Revised: 03/08/2012] [Accepted: 03/08/2012] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Coexistence of systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) should be considered in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and complex extraintestinal manifestations and the diagnosis of IBD could be established either before or after the diagnosis of SLE. Differential diagnosis of concomitant SLE and IBD is difficult and should always exclude infectious conditions, lupus-like reactions, visceral vasculitis and drug-induced lupus. The underlying mechanism by which 5-ASA/sulphasalazine induces SLE or lupus-like syndromes is not clear and high awareness for possible predictive factors is demanded for early prevention. In most cases the symptoms from drug-induced lupus have been reversible after the discontinuation of the drug and response to steroids is favorable. Treatment of patients co-diagnosed with SLE and IBD may include corticosteroids, immunosupressants and hydroxychloroquine. In severe lupus and IBD patients cyclophosphamide pulse may be of benefit while infliximab may be beneficiary in patients with lupus nephritis. However, the role TNFalpha plays in humans with SLE and IBD is controversial and data on the likely effects of blocking TNFalpha on anti-DNA autoantibody production is always of interest.
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Ducarme G, Amate P, Seirafi M, Ceccaldi PF, Bouhnik Y, Luton D. [Anti-TNFα therapy and its implication in gynecology and obstetrics]. J Gynecol Obstet Hum Reprod 2011; 40:492-497. [PMID: 21733638 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2011.05.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 05/06/2011] [Accepted: 05/27/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Anti-TNFα treatments have modified the medical care, the course and the quality of life of the patients with autoimmune rheumatic, cutaneous or bowel inflammatory diseases. On the other hand, these treatments may have potential severe side effects during pregnancy (congenital malformations, fetal infections). Actually, many pregnancies have been reported during anti-TNFα exposures, with good maternal and neonatal outcomes. The introduction or the discontinuation of these treatments will always have to be discussed with the specialist of the chronic disease and, ideally, during a preconceptional counselling. In gynecology, anti-TNFα drugs may offer a new safe and effective approach to treating patients with recurrent miscarriages or unexplained or failed in vitro fertilization cycles. On the other hand, these treatments significantly increase the risk for serious infections or viral reactivations and may promote gynaecological malignancies. An adapted gynaecological survey is necessary.
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- G Ducarme
- Service de gynécologie obstétrique, hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, université Paris 7, 100, boulevard du Général-Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France.
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Amate P, Seirafi M, Bouhnik Y, Luton D, Ducarme G. [Inflammatory bowel diseases: gynecological and obstetrical considerations]. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 40:612-9. [PMID: 21733636 DOI: 10.1016/j.jgyn.2011.05.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/14/2010] [Revised: 04/28/2011] [Accepted: 05/27/2011] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD), including Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, are invalidating inflammatory affections, which evolve by relapse interrupted with clinical remission. Crohn's disease commonly affects young women in their reproductive years with a peak of incidence between 20 and 30. Infertility and sexual dysfunction are equivalent to that of the general population while they are increasing in patients with active IBD or after colorectal surgery. IBD are well controlled by medical treatments and the frequency of relapse during the pregnancy is similar to that of the non-pregnant IBD patients. The data concerning the risk of congenital malformations in IBD are contradictory. The risk of preterm delivery and low birth weight is significantly increased and correlated to the disease activity. When a medical treatment insures a quiescent disease before the pregnancy, it is advisable to continue it during the pregnancy because the benefits of controlled disease outweigh the risks of medication. IBD, possible perianal lesions and colorectal surgical interventions influence the mode of delivery, but the indication of caesarean section should primarily be governed by obstetric necessity. Preconceptional counseling seems desirable because of the risks during pregnancy, according to the disease activity, the surgical histories and the therapeutic agents.
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- P Amate
- Service de gynécologie obstétrique, hôpital Beaujon, AP-HP, université Paris-VII, 100, boulevard du Général-Leclerc, 92110 Clichy, France
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Gisbert JP. Safety of immunomodulators and biologics for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease during pregnancy and breast-feeding. Inflamm Bowel Dis 2010; 16:881-95. [PMID: 19885906 DOI: 10.1002/ibd.21154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 98] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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The aim of this article is to critically review available data regarding the safety of immunomodulators and biological therapies during pregnancy and breast-feeding in women with inflammatory bowel disease. Methotrexate and thalidomide can cause congenital anomalies and are contraindicated during pregnancy (and breast-feeding). Although thiopurines have a Food and Drug Administration (FDA) rating D, available data suggest that these drugs are safe and well tolerated during pregnancy. Although traditionally women receiving azathioprine or mercaptopurine have been discouraged from breast-feeding because of theoretical potential risks, it seems that these drugs may be safe in this scenario. Treatment with cyclosporine for steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) during pregnancy can be considered safe and effective, and the use of this drug should be considered in cases of severe UC as a means of avoiding urgent surgery. Breast-feeding is contraindicated for patients receiving cyclosporine. Biological therapies appear to be safe in pregnancy, as no increased risk of malformations has been demonstrated. Therefore, the limited clinical results available suggest that the benefits of infliximab and adalimumab in attaining response and maintaining remission in pregnant patients might outweigh the theoretical risks of drug exposure to the fetus. Stopping therapy in the third trimester may be considered, as it seems that transplacental transfer of infliximab is low prior to this. Certolizumab differs from infliximab and adalimumab in that it is a Fab fragment of an antitumor necrosis factor alpha monoclonal antibody, and therefore it may not be necessary to stop certolizumab in the third trimester. The use of infliximab is probably compatible with breast-feeding.
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- Javier P Gisbert
- Gastroenterology Unit, Hospital Universitario de la Princesa and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas, Madrid, Spain.
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Kotze PG, Albuquerque ICD, Moraes AC, Vieira A, Souza FD. Análise de custo-minimização entre o Infliximabe (IFX) e o Adalimumabe (ADA) no tratamento da doença de Crohn (DC). ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1590/s0101-98802009000200002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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INTRODUÇÃO: há uma preocupação crescente com os custos da terapia biológica no tratamento da DC. O objetivo deste estudo foi simular o custo-minimização do tratamento contínuo com o IFX e com o ADA em portadores de DC, num período de 1 ano, em variadas faixas de peso. MÉTODO: estudo farmacoeconômico de custo-minimização na simulação de tratamento com agentes biológicos de pacientes portadores de DC, com pesos diferentes. Os custos foram baseados no preço dos dois medicamentos isoladamente (IFX E ADA). RESULTADOS: o custo do tratamento com IFX (sistema público) foi de R$ 29.411,12 (entre 20 e 40 kg), R$ 44.116,68 (entre 41 e 60 kg), R$ 58.822,24 (entre 61 e 80 kg) e R$ 73.527,80 (entre 81 e 100 kg). O custo com ADA foi de R$ 52.045,16, independentemente do peso. A análise do sistema privado e situações de perda de resposta encontram-se descritas no artigo. CONCLUSÕES: houve menores custos com o uso do IFX abaixo de 60 kg, e com o ADA acima deste peso. Em simulação de perda de resposta ao IFX, houve menores custos absolutos com a troca para ADA do que aumento de dose do IFX, entre 40 e 100 kg.
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