Treatment to Target Using Recombinant Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist as First-Line Monotherapy in New-Onset Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis: Results From a Five-Year Follow-Up Study.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

Systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) is a multifactorial autoinflammatory disease with a historically poor prognosis. With current treatment regimens, approximately half of patients still experience active disease after 1 year of therapy. This study was undertaken to evaluate a treat-to-target approach using recombinant interleukin-1 receptor antagonist (rIL-1Ra; anakinra) as first-line monotherapy to achieve early inactive disease and prevent damage.

Methods

In this single-center, prospective study, patients with new-onset systemic JIA with an unsatisfactory response to nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs received rIL-1Ra monotherapy according to a treat-to-target strategy. Patients with an incomplete response to 2 mg/kg rIL-1Ra subsequently received 4 mg/

SUBMITTER: Ter Haar NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6617757 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature