The benefit of combining hydroxychloroquine with quinacrine in the treatment of SLE patients
| Autor: | Aharon Kessel, T D Golan, Elias Toubi, Michael Rozenbaum, Itzhak Rosner |
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| Rok vydání: | 2000 |
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Adult
medicine.medical_specialty Time Factors Azathioprine 030204 cardiovascular system & hematology Pharmacology Gastroenterology Disease-Free Survival Antimalarials 03 medical and health sciences 0302 clinical medicine Pharmacotherapy Rheumatology Prednisone Internal medicine medicine Humans Lupus Erythematosus Systemic 030203 arthritis & rheumatology Lupus erythematosus business.industry Maintenance dose Hydroxychloroquine medicine.disease Quinacrine Organ involvement Drug Therapy Combination Female Methotrexate business Follow-Up Studies medicine.drug |
| Zdroj: | Lupus. 9:92-95 |
| ISSN: | 1477-0962 0961-2033 |
| DOI: | 10.1191/096120300678828082 |
| Popis: | Background: Although the benefit of antimalarials in the treatment of cutaneous LE is well established, the effect of combined hydroxychloroquine and quinacrine treatment in systemic lupus erythematosus with major organ involvement remains underappreciated.Patients: Six active SLE patients (SLEDAI score > 5 points), with a mean duration of illness 9.1 yr (range 2 ± 17 yr) were started on quinacrine (100 mg/d) following failure to achieve clinical remission on a therapeutic regimen which included a maintenance dose of hydroxychloroquine (400 mg/d) together with prednisone (either 10 ± 20 mg/d or higher daily doses of this agent for short periods) and azathioprine (150 mg/d) or methotrexate (7.5 mg/week).Outcome: In 5=6 of the patients the addition of quinacrine to the previous treatment resulted in complete remission (SLEDAI 0 ± 2 points), which persisted over the follow-up period [mean 2.2 yr (range 0.5 ± 3.5)]. During this period hydroxychloroquine and azathioprine were reduced to 200 mg/d and 100 mg/d respectively, whereas prednisone was modified as follows: in 2 patients daily administration was discontinued; in one the dose was reduced to 2.5 mg/d (from that of 20 mg/d); in 2 others the previous need for an intermittent course was avoided. However, in one out of the six patients the addition for 3 months of quinacrine to the therapeutic protocol did not result in clinical improvement and was therefore discontinued.Conclusions: The promising results of this preliminary investigation encourages the combined use of the two antimalarial drugs in appropriate candidates. This modality may induce remission, seems to be safe and possesses a steroid sparing effect. |
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