Rituximab is an effective treatment in patients with pemphigus vulgaris and demonstrates a steroid‐sparing effect
Autor: | Bruno Sassolas, Frédéric Caux, Olivier Dereure, Saskia Ingen-Housz-Oro, E. Csinady, Estelle Houivet, D.M. Chen, Jean-David Bouaziz, C. Prost‐Squarcioni, S. Duvert-Lehembre, Sébastien Calbo, P. Bernard, Pierre Vabres, Nicolas Dupin, L. Gearhart, Pascal Joly, Laurent Machet, Jacques Benichou, A. Odueyungbo, Carle Paul, Philippe Musette, Gaëlle Quéreux, Sébastien Debarbieux, Alain Dupuy, Catherine Picard-Dahan, Nathalie Beneton, Emmanuel Delaporte, Maud Maho-Vaillant, Michel D'Incan, Marie-Laure Golinski, Denis Jullien, Frédérique Caillot, P.B. Lehane, Marie Aleth Richard, Bruno Labeille, Laurent Misery, Christophe Bedane, M. Alexandre, Vivien Hébert, Martine Avenel-Audran, M. Cheu, Marie Beylot-Barry |
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Přispěvatelé: | Service de Dermatologie [Rouen], Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen]-CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU), Physiopathologie, Autoimmunité, maladies Neuromusculaires et THErapies Régénératrices (PANTHER), Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Unité de biostatistiques [CHU Rouen], CHU Rouen, Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU), University Hospital of St-Etienne, Department of Dermatology, Service de dermatologie [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Service d'oncologie [Hôpital privé Toulon Hyères : Sainte Marguerite], Hôpital privé Toulon Hyères : Sainte Marguerite, Commissariat à l'Energie Atomique (CEA), Institut de Biologie et Technologies de Saclay, Hôpital Henri Mondor, Equipe GAD (LNC - U1231), Lipides - Nutrition - Cancer [Dijon - U1231] (LNC), Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement-Université de Bourgogne (UB)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-AgroSup Dijon - Institut National Supérieur des Sciences Agronomiques, de l'Alimentation et de l'Environnement, Hôpital Claude Huriez [Lille], CHU Lille, Service de dermatologie [Nantes], Université de Nantes (UN)-Centre hospitalier universitaire de Nantes (CHU Nantes), Institut des Maladies Métaboliques et Cardiovasculaires (I2MC), Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Centre Hospitalier Lyon Sud [CHU - HCL] (CHLS), Hospices Civils de Lyon (HCL), Institut de biologie et chimie des protéines [Lyon] (IBCP), Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS), Service de dermatologie [CH Le Mans], Centre Hospitalier Le Mans (CH Le Mans), Institut Laue-Langevin (ILL), Calcul Thermodynamique, Hôpital de la Cavale Blanche - CHRU Brest (CHU - BREST ), Centre Hospitalier Régional Universitaire [Montpellier] (CHRU Montpellier), Laboratoire Interuniversitaire de Biologie de la Motricité (LIBM ), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]), Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Reims (CHU Reims), Immuno-Régulation dans les Maladies Auto-Immunes Inflammatoires et le Cancer - EA 7509 (IRMAIC), Université de Reims Champagne-Ardenne (URCA), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université de Rouen Normandie (UNIROUEN), Normandie Université (NU)-Normandie Université (NU)-CHU Rouen, Université Paris Diderot - Paris 7 (UPD7)-Groupe Hospitalier Saint Louis - Lariboisière - Fernand Widal [Paris], Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP)-Assistance publique - Hôpitaux de Paris (AP-HP) (AP-HP), Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM)-Université Toulouse III - Paul Sabatier (UT3), Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées-Université Fédérale Toulouse Midi-Pyrénées, ILL, Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry])-Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 (UCBL), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet [Saint-Étienne] (UJM), Hôpital Charles Nicolle [Rouen], Service de Dermatologie [CHU Saint-Etienne], Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint-Etienne [CHU Saint-Etienne] (CHU ST-E)-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM), Université de Toulouse (UT)-Université de Toulouse (UT)-Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale (INSERM), Université de Lyon-Université de Lyon-Université Jean Monnet - Saint-Étienne (UJM)-Université Savoie Mont Blanc (USMB [Université de Savoie] [Université de Chambéry]) |
Jazyk: | angličtina |
Rok vydání: | 2019 |
Předmět: |
medicine.medical_specialty
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Zdroj: | British Journal of Dermatology British Journal of Dermatology, Wiley, 2019, ⟨10.1111/bjd.18482⟩ British Journal of Dermatology, Wiley, 2019, 182, pp.1111-1119. ⟨10.1111/bjd.18482⟩ British Journal of Dermatology, 2019, ⟨10.1111/bjd.18482⟩ The British Journal of Dermatology |
ISSN: | 0007-0963 1365-2133 |
DOI: | 10.1111/bjd.18482⟩ |
Popis: | Summary Background Corticosteroids (CS) with or without adjuvant immunosuppressant agents are standard treatment for pemphigus vulgaris (PV). The efficacy of adjuvant therapies in minimizing steroid‐related adverse events (AEs) is unproven. Objectives To utilize data collected in a French investigator‐initiated, phase III, open‐label, randomized controlled trial to demonstrate the efficacy and safety of rituximab and seek approval for its use in PV. Methods This was an independently conducted post hoc analysis of the moderate‐to‐severe PV subset enrolled in the Ritux 3 study. Patients were randomized to rituximab plus 0·5 or 1·0 mg kg−1 per day prednisone tapered over 3 or 6 months, or 1·0 or 1·5 mg kg−1 per day prednisone alone tapered over 12 or 18 months, respectively (according to disease severity). The primary end point was complete remission at month 24 without CS (CRoff) for ≥ 2 months, and 24‐month efficacy and safety results were also reported. Results At month 24, 34 of 38 patients (90%) on rituximab plus prednisone achieved CRoff ≥ 2 months vs. 10 of 36 patients (28%) on prednisone alone. Median total cumulative prednisone dose was 5800 mg in the rituximab plus prednisone arm vs. 20 520 mg for prednisone alone. Eight of 36 patients (22%) who received prednisone alone withdrew from treatment owing to AEs; one rituximab‐plus‐prednisone patient withdrew due to pregnancy. Overall, 24 of 36 patients (67%) on prednisone alone experienced a grade 3/4 CS‐related AE vs. 13 of 38 patients (34%) on rituximab plus prednisone. Conclusions In patients with moderate‐to‐severe PV, rituximab plus short‐term prednisone was more effective than prednisone alone. Patients treated with rituximab had less CS exposure and were less likely to experience severe or life‐threatening CS‐related AEs. What's already known about this topic? Pemphigus vulgaris (PV) is the most common type of pemphigus.Corticosteroids, a standard first‐line treatment for PV, have significant side‐effects.Although their effects are unproven, adjuvant corticosteroid‐sparing agents are routinely used to minimize steroid exposure and corticosteroid‐related side‐effects.There is evidence that the anti‐CD20 antibody rituximab is effective in the treatment of patients with severe recalcitrant pemphigus and in patients with newly diagnosed pemphigus. What does this study add? This study provides a more detailed analysis of patients with PV enrolled in an investigator‐initiated trial.Rituximab plus prednisone had a steroid‐sparing effect and more patients achieved complete remission off prednisone.Fewer patients experienced grade 3 or grade 4 steroid‐related adverse events than those on prednisone alone.This collaboration between academia and industry, utilizing independent post hoc analyses, led to regulatory authority approvals of rituximab in moderate‐to‐severe PV. Linked Comment: Scorer et al. Br J Dermatol 2020; 182:1078–1079. |
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