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Liver injury from tumor necrosis factor-? antagonists: analysis of thirty-four cases.
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ABSTRACT: Background & aims
Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-? antagonists have been associated with drug-induced liver injury (DILI). We reviewed cases of DILI in the United States to identify those associated with use of TNF-? antagonists.Methods
We searched the U.S. DILI Network (DILIN) database, from 2003 to 2011, for cases associated with TNF-? antagonists. Mean Roussel-Uclaf Causality Assessment Method scores were calculated. A DILIN severity score was assigned according to a previously published scale, and we identified 6 subjects likely to have DILI associated with use of TNF-? antagonists. We also searched PubMed for articles that reported hepatotoxicity from TNF-? antagonists, identifying 28 additional cases suitable for analysis.Results
The drugs presumed to have caused DILI were infliximab (n = 26), etanercept (n = 4), and adalimumab (n = 4). The anti-TNF-? agent was the probable cause of 12 cases of DILI (35%), a very likely cause for 21 (62%), and a definite cause for 1 (3%). Median latency was 13 weeks (range, 2-104); however, 7 cases (20%) had latency periods longer than 24 weeks. Twenty-two of 33 subjects who underwent serologic analysis (67%) tested positive for anti-nuclear and/or smooth muscle antibodies. Of these 22, 17 underwent liver biopsy; 15 subjects had clear features of autoimmunity. The 22 subjects with autoimmune features had longer median latency (16 vs 10 weeks) and higher peak levels of alanine aminotransferase (784 vs 528 U/L) than the 12 without such features. There was 1 case of severe cholestasis. All but one subject improved after discontinuation of the implicated drug; 12 subjects received corticosteroid therapy. No deaths were attributed to liver injury, although one patient with preexistent cirrhosis required liver transplantation.Conclusions
Acute liver injury caused by TNF-? antagonists may be a class effect because multiple agents in this category have been implicated. The most common presentation is an autoimmune phenotype with marked hepatocellular injury, but a mixed non-autoimmune pattern or predominant cholestasis also occurs. The prognosis is usually good after drug discontinuation, although some patients may benefit from a course of corticosteroids. ClinicalTrials.gov: Number, NCT00345930.
SUBMITTER: Ghabril M
PROVIDER: S-EPMC3865702 | biostudies-literature | 2013 May
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
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Liver injury from tumor necrosis factor-α antagonists: analysis of thirty-four cases.
Clinical gastroenterology and hepatology : the official clinical practice journal of the American Gastroenterological Association 20130117 5
<h4>Background & aims</h4>Tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α antagonists have been associated with drug-induced liver injury (DILI). We reviewed cases of DILI in the United States to identify those associated with use of TNF-α antagonists.<h4>Methods</h4>We searched the U.S. DILI Network (DILIN) database, from 2003 to 2011, for cases associated with TNF-α antagonists. Mean Roussel-Uclaf Causality Assessment Method scores were calculated. A DILIN severity score was assigned according to a previously p ...[more]
