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Tuberculosis Risk Stratification of Psoriatic Patients Before Anti-TNF-α Treatment.

ABSTRACT: Psoriasis is a skin inflammatory condition for which significant progress has been made in its management by the use of targeted biological drugs. Detection of latent M. tuberculosis infection (LTBI) is mandatory before starting biotherapy that is associated with reactivation risk. Together with evaluation of TB risk factors and chest radiographs, tuberculin skin tests (TST) and/or blood interferon-γ-release assays (IGRA), like the QuantiFERON (QFT), are usually performed to diagnose M. tuberculosis infection. Using this approach, 14/49 psoriatic patients prospectively included in this study were identified as LTBI (14 TST⁺, induration size ≥ 10mm, 8 QFT⁺), and 7/14 received prophylactic anti-TB treatment, the other 7 reporting past-treatment. As the specificity and sensitivity of these tests were challenged, we evaluated the added value of an IGRA in response to a mycobacterial antigen associated with latency, the heparin-binding haemagglutinin (HBHA). All but one TST⁺ patient had a positive HBHA-IGRA, indicating higher sensitivity than the QFT. The HBHA-IGRA was also positive for 12/35 TST^-QFT^- patients. Measurement for 15 psoriatic patients (12 with HBHA-IGRA⁺) of 8 chemokines in addition to IFN-γ revealed a broad array of HBHA-induced chemokines for TST⁺QFT^- and TST^-QFT^- patients, compared to a more restricted pattern for TST⁺QFT⁺ patients. This allowed us to define subgroups within psoriatic patients characterized by different immune responses to M. tuberculosis antigens that may be associated to different risk levels of reactivation of the infection. This approach may help in prioritizing patients who should receive prophylactic anti-TB treatment before starting biotherapies in order to reduce their number.

SUBMITTER: Benhadou F

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8209474 | biostudies-literature |

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Project description:The risk of serious infection and active tuberculosis in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has not been concurrently evaluated based on the use of anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-α agents versus non-anti-TNF biologics (vedolizumab/ustekinumab) in the Korean population. We compared the risk of serious infection and active tuberculosis in Korean patients with IBD treated with non-anti-TNF biologics (vedolizumab/ustekinumab) or anti-TNF-α agents. This study was a population-based cohort analysis of nationwide administrative claims data. Health Insurance Review and Assessment Service claims data (representing 97% of the South Korean population) from between January 2007 and February 2021 were reviewed, and adults with IBD who initiated vedolizumab/ustekinumab or anti-TNF-α treatment (n = 6123) between 2017 and 2020 were enrolled. Intergroup differences in the risk of serious infection requiring hospitalization/emergency department visits or active tuberculosis during the follow-up period were analyzed. In the patients treated with anti-TNF-α agents or vedolizumab/ustekinumab during a mean follow-up of 1.55 ± 1.05 and 0.84 ± 0.69 years, the incidence rates of serious infection were 9.43/100 and 6.87/100 person-years, respectively. Multivariable analysis showed no significant intergroup difference in the risk of serious infection with vedolizumab/ustekinumab or anti-TNF-α treatment; the adjusted relative risk of vedolizumab/ustekinumab compared with anti-TNF-α agents was 0.81 (95% confidence interval 0.46-1.44, p = 0.478). Among patients treated with anti-TNF-α agents and vedolizumab/ustekinumab, the incidence rates of active tuberculosis were 0.87 and 0.37 per 100 person-years, respectively. The relative risk of vedolizumab/ustekinumab compared with anti-TNF-α agents was 0.31 (95% confidence interval 0.07-1.26, p = 0.101). In a subset analysis comparing vedolizumab and ustekinumab with anti-TNF-α agents, similar results were observed. In Korean patients with IBD, non-anti-TNF biologics (vedolizumab/ustekinumab) tended to be associated with a lower risk of serious infection or active tuberculosis than anti-TNF-α agents.

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