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Chen XL, Mao JW, Wang YD. Selective granulocyte and monocyte apheresis in inflammatory bowel disease: Its past, present and future. World J Gastrointest Pathophysiol 2020; 11:43-56. [PMID: 32435521 PMCID: PMC7226913 DOI: 10.4291/wjgp.v11.i3.43] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/31/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 04/09/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The etiology and pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), including ulcerative colitis and Crohn’s disease, are not fully understood so far. Therefore, IBD still remains incurable despite the fact that significant progress has been achieved in recent years in its treatment with innovative medicine. About 20 years ago, selective granulocyte and monocyte apheresis (GMA) was invented in Japan and later approved by the Japanese health authority for IBD treatment. From then on this technique was extensively used for IBD patients in Japan and later in Europe. Clinical trials from Japan and European countries have verified the effectiveness and safety of GMA therapy in patients with IBD. In 2013, GMA therapy was approved by China State Food and Drug Administration for therapeutic use for the Chinese IBD patients. However, GMA therapy has not been extensively used in China, although a few clinical studies also showed that it was effective in clinical and endoscopic induction of remission in Chinese IBD patients with a high safety profile. This article reviews past history, present clinical application as well as the future prospective of GMA therapy for patients with IBD.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xiu-Li Chen
- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning Province, China
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- Department of Gastroenterology, the First Affiliated Hospital of Dalian Medical University, Dalian 116011, Liaoning Province, China
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Isami Y, Kawase Y, Kondo A, Akita W, Yasuda K, Matsutani T, Mitsui H. Pyoderma gangrenosum associated with ulcerative colitis: A recalcitrant case responded to adalimumab with granulocyte and monocyte adsorption apheresis. J Dermatol 2020; 47:e213-e215. [PMID: 32162361 DOI: 10.1111/1346-8138.15303] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yuki Isami
- Department of Dermatology, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Nephrology, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Surgery, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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- Department of Dermatology, The Fraternity Memorial Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
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Rodríguez-Lago I, Sempere L, Gutiérrez A, Núñez A, Leo Carnerero E, Hinojosa E, Mora M, Cañete F, Mañosa M, Herrera C, Beltrán B, Forés A, Arjona D, Barreiro-de Acosta M, Khorrami S, Aguirre U, Ginard D, Cabriada JL. Granulocyte-monocyte apheresis: an alternative combination therapy after loss of response to anti-TNF agents in ulcerative colitis. Scand J Gastroenterol 2019; 54:459-464. [PMID: 30982369 DOI: 10.1080/00365521.2019.1600715] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness and safety of the combination of granulocyte-monocyte apheresis (GMA) after loss of response (LOR) to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) agents in ulcerative colitis (UC). Materials and methods: A retrospective, multicenter study was performed in 11 inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) Units. Clinical remission was defined as a partial Mayo score ≤2. The effectiveness of the treatment was evaluated by the partial Mayo score and the rate of anti-TNF intensification, switch, swap or colectomy. Results: Forty-seven patients with ulcerative colitis were included (mean age 35 years, mean disease duration 52 months, 66% male and 59% extensive colitis). Twenty-three subjects were receiving infliximab, eighteen adalimumab and six golimumab. GMA was combined after a primary non-response (49%) or secondary loss of response (51%) to anti-TNF therapy. We observed a significant decrease in partial Mayo score and fecal calprotectin after GMA. Fifteen patients (32%) responded to the combination therapy without anti-TNF intensification, switch, swap or colectomy. Eight patients (17%) underwent colectomy. Two patients (4%) presented adverse events related to the technique. Conclusions: Combination of GMA and anti-tumor necrosis factor is a safe and effective treatment after the loss of response to these biologic agents, with a significant decrease of the clinical disease activity and biomarkers, in a population with limited therapeutic alternatives.
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- b Gastroenterology Department , Hospital General Universitario de Alicante , Alicante , Spain
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- b Gastroenterology Department , Hospital General Universitario de Alicante , Alicante , Spain.,c CIBEREHD (Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red en el Área temática de Enfermedades Hepáticas) , Madrid, Spain
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- d Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío , Sevilla , Spain
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- d Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío , Sevilla , Spain
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- e Gastroenterology Department , Hospital de Manises , Manises , Spain
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- e Gastroenterology Department , Hospital de Manises , Manises , Spain
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- f Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitari German Trias i Pujol , Badalona , Spain
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- f Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitari German Trias i Pujol , Badalona , Spain
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- g Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitario de Vall d'Hebron , Barcelona , Spain
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- h Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitari i Politècnic La Fe , Valencia , Spain
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- i Gastroenterology Department , Hospital General Universitario de Castellón , Castellón , Spain
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- j Gastroenterology Department , Hospital General Universitario de Elche , Elche , Spain
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- k Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Clínico Universitario de Santiago de Compostela , Santiago de Compostela , Spain
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- l Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitario Son Espases , Palma , Spain
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- m Research Unit, Red de Investigación en Servicios de Salud en Enfermedades Crónicas (REDISSEC), Hospital de Galdakao , Galdakao , Spain
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- l Gastroenterology Department , Hospital Universitario Son Espases , Palma , Spain
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Rodríguez-Lago I, Cabriada JL. Letter to Yokoyama et al. (Yokoyama Y. Cytokine. 2017 Dec 29; 103: 25-28). Cytokine 2018; 104:29. [PMID: 29414323 DOI: 10.1016/j.cyto.2018.02.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/26/2018] [Accepted: 02/01/2018] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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- Iago Rodríguez-Lago
- Gastroenterology Department, IBD Unit, Hospital de Galdakao, 48960 Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain.
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- Gastroenterology Department, IBD Unit, Hospital de Galdakao, 48960 Galdakao, Vizcaya, Spain
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Rodríguez-Lago I, Gómez-Irwin L, Fernández E, Higuera R, Cabriada JL. Granulocyte-Monocyte Apheresis as an Adjuvant Therapy to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Drugs for Ulcerative Colitis. Ther Apher Dial 2017; 21:26-30. [DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.12485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2016] [Revised: 08/02/2016] [Accepted: 08/04/2016] [Indexed: 01/20/2023]
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- Gastroenterology Department; Hospital Universitario de Cruces; Baracaldo Vizcaya Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department; Hospital de San Eloy; Baracaldo Vizcaya Spain
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- Gastroenterology Department; Hospital de Galdakao; Galdakao Vizcaya Spain
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Di Girolamo M, Sartini A, Critelli R, Bertani A, Merighi A, Villa E. Efficacy of a Novel Granulocyte Monocyte Apheresis Adsorber Device in the Treatment of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Pilot Study. Ther Apher Dial 2016; 20:668-676. [PMID: 27921374 DOI: 10.1111/1744-9987.12453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/24/2015] [Revised: 04/10/2016] [Accepted: 05/16/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Granulocyte monocyte apheresis (GMA) is a non-pharmacological treatment for inflammatory bowel disease. In our study, we tested a novel GMA adsorber device in terms of clinical efficacy and safety in patients' non-response to pharmacological therapy. Secondary outcomes were the evaluation of adsorber's technical performance, the reduction of inflammatory markers and the improvement of patients' life quality. The prospective study included 18 patients enrolled from 2011 to 2012 with a monitoring of 48 weeks. All patients with Crohn's disease achieved a clinical remission after GMA treatments, sustained until the end of follow up, while 80% of ulcerative colitis patients obtained a clinical benefit, maintained after 48 weeks of monitoring. Leukocytes, neutrophils, monocytes and platelets, compared to erythrocytes and lymphocytes, were effectively removed from peripheral blood. There was no statistically significant result about serological markers of inflammation. A consistent improvement of the patients' quality of life was observed up to the end of follow up. No significant side-effects were recorded. Our study underlines the efficacy and the safety of this novel GMA adsorber device; a prospective randomized clinical trial with adequate sample size should be performed.
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- Maria Di Girolamo
- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology Unit, University Hospital of Modena, Modena, Italy
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Tanida S, Ozeki K, Mizoshita T, Tsukamoto H, Katano T, Kataoka H, Kamiya T, Joh T. Managing refractory Crohn's disease: challenges and solutions. Clin Exp Gastroenterol 2015; 8:131-40. [PMID: 25914555 PMCID: PMC4401331 DOI: 10.2147/ceg.s61868] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
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The goals of treatment for active Crohn’s disease (CD) are to achieve clinical remission and improve quality of life. Conventional therapeutics for moderate-to-severe CD include 5-aminosalicylic acid, corticosteroids, purine analogs, azathioprine, and 6-mercaptopurine. Patients who fail to respond to conventional therapy are treated with tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α inhibitors such as infliximab and adalimumab, but their efficacy is limited due to primary nonresponse or loss of response. It is suggested that this requires switch to another TNF-α inhibitor, a combination therapy with TNF-α blockade plus azathioprine, or granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis, and that other therapeutic options having different mechanisms of action, such as blockade of inflammatory cytokines or adhesion molecules, are needed. Natalizumab and vedolizumab are neutralizing antibodies directed against integrin α4 and α4β7, respectively. Ustekinumab is a neutralizing antibody directed against the receptors for interleukin-12 and interleukin-23. Here, we provide an overview of therapeutic treatments that are effective and currently available for CD patients, as well as some that likely will be available in the near future. We also discuss the advantages of managing patients with refractory CD using a combination of TNF-α inhibitors plus azathioprine or intensive monocyte adsorptive apheresis.
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- Satoshi Tanida
- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Aichi Prefecture, Japan
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Colon Mucosa Exhibits Loss of Ectopic MUC5AC Expression in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Oral Tacrolimus. ISRN GASTROENTEROLOGY 2013; 2013:304894. [PMID: 23691335 PMCID: PMC3649514 DOI: 10.1155/2013/304894] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2013] [Accepted: 03/21/2013] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Background. Tacrolimus (FK506) is effective for patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). However, there are few reports on tacrolimus therapy (TT) with respect to the relationship with endoscopic and clinicopathologic findings. Methods. Thirty patients with moderate/severe active UC refractory to or dependent on corticosteroid were treated with oral tacrolimus. The expression of ectopic MUC5AC in the colon was pathologically analyzed before and at 12 weeks after TT, evaluating the Mayo score and steroid-sparing effects. Results. Both mean disease and endoscopic activity index scores were reduced at levels of statistical significance in 26 UC patients receiving more than one month of TT (P < 0.0001). The dose of prednisolone was reduced by a statistically significant amount (P = 0.00022), and 14 of the 26 patients (53.8%) had steroid-free status 12 weeks after TT. The decrease in ectopic MUC5AC expression in the mucous cells of the colon was significantly associated with endoscopic improvement of inflammation in the UC patients with TT (P = 0.043). Loss of ectopic MUC5AC expression was detected in all patients who had complete response. Conclusions. Tacrolimus appears to be effective for the treatment of moderate/severe UC patients. Loss of ectopic MUC5AC expression may be important for pathologic remission in the colon of UC patients.
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Ozeki K, Tanida S, Mizoshita T, Tsukamoto H, Ebi M, Mori Y, Kataoka H, Kamiya T, Joh T. Combination Therapy with Intensive Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorptive Apheresis plus Adalimumab: Therapeutic Outcomes in 5 Cases with Refractory Crohn's Disease. Case Rep Gastroenterol 2012; 6:765-71. [PMID: 23341799 PMCID: PMC3551391 DOI: 10.1159/000346312] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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Adalimumab (ADA) is applied to induce remission in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) naïve to chimeric anti-tumor necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF-α), infliximab or patients with loss of response to scheduled maintenance infliximab. Adsorptive granulocyte and monocyte apheresis (GMA) depletes elevated/activated myeloid lineage leucocytes as sources of inflammatory cytokines and has been used to treat patients with CD. This study was to investigate the efficacy of intensive GMA in combination with ADA as remission induction therapy in cases of CD refractory to medications including anti-TNF-α therapies. Between December 2010 and February 2012, 5 consecutive cases with refractory CD were treated with intensive GMA (2 sessions per week) plus ADA to induce remission. CD activity index (CDAI), C-reactive protein (CRP), and endoscopic findings based on the simple endoscopic score for CD (SES-CD) at baseline and 10 weeks post 5 ADA injections were applied to determine treatment efficacy outcomes. At week 10 post ADA treatment, clinical remission together with normal CRP levels were achieved in all 5 cases, while SES-CD scores reflected marked improvement in 3 cases and partial improvement in 2 cases who had extensive deep longitudinal CD lesions. The CDAI and CRP values at baseline were 324 ± 118 and 4.9 ± 3.3 mg/dl, respectively. The corresponding values after treatment were 100 ± 28 (p = 0.024) and 0.2 ± 0.2 mg/dl (p = 0.038). In these 5 cases with medication-refractory CD, combination therapy with intensive GMA followed by 5 ADA shots appeared to be an effective and safe intervention for inducing clinical remission.
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- Keiji Ozeki
- Department of Gastroenterology and Metabolism, Nagoya City University Graduate School of Medical Sciences, Nagoya, Japan
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Adalimumab therapy following granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis in a patient with Crohn's disease accompanied by chronic myeloid leukemia. Clin J Gastroenterol 2012; 5:302-6. [PMID: 26182398 DOI: 10.1007/s12328-012-0314-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/29/2012] [Accepted: 05/15/2012] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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A 52-year-old woman was diagnosed with Crohn's disease (CD) of the large intestine in May 2001. Her disease was accompanied by the development of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in December 2003. Remission of her CML has been maintained up to the present with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Clinical and endoscopic remission of the patient's CD was maintained with salazosulfapyridine (3000 mg/day) and occasional prednisolone (≤20 mg/day) from 2001 to 2010. However, in December 2010 the patient complained of abdominal pain and diarrhea more than 10 times a day. Endoscopy showed serpiginous (snake-like) ulcers in the transverse colon and aphthous ulcers in the sigmoid colon. Intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA) (two sessions per week, total of ten sessions) was performed, and the CD activity index (CDAI) decreased from 259 to 175. Six adalimumab injections were administered to improve the remaining inflammatory mucosa. Two months after induction therapy with adalimumab, the CDAI decreased from 175 to 107 without side effects. Endoscopy revealed mucosal healing of the colonic inflammatory lesions. We experienced a case of a patient with CD accompanied by CML. We successfully treated the patient by a combination of intensive GMA and adalimumab.
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