Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-12-13DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00607-5
Torsten Joerger, Molly Hayes, Connor Stinson, Ibram Mikhail, Kevin J. Downes
{"title":"Incidence of Antimicrobial-Associated Acute Kidney Injury in Children: A Structured Review","authors":"Torsten Joerger, Molly Hayes, Connor Stinson, Ibram Mikhail, Kevin J. Downes","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00607-5","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40272-023-00607-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p>Acute kidney injury (AKI) is a commonly reported adverse effect of administration of antimicrobials. While AKI can be associated with poorer outcomes, there is little information available to understand rates of AKI in children exposed to various antimicrobials. We performed a structured review using the PubMed and Embase databases. Articles were included if they provided an AKI definition in patients who were < 19 years of age receiving an antimicrobial and reported the frequency of AKI. Author-defined AKI rates were calculated for each study and mean pooled estimates for each antimicrobial were derived from among all study participants. Pooled estimates were also derived for those studies that reported AKI according to pRIFLE (pediatric risk, injury, failure, loss, end stage criteria), AKIN (acute kidney injury network), or KDIGO (kidney disease improving global outcomes) creatinine criteria. A total of 122 studies evaluating 28 antimicrobials met the inclusion criteria. Vancomycin was the most commonly studied drug: 11,514 courses across 44 included studies. Among the 27,285 antimicrobial exposures, the overall AKI rate was 13.2% (range 0–42.1% by drug), but the rate of AKI varied widely across studies (range 0–68.8%). Cidofovir (42.1%) and conventional amphotericin B (37.0%) had the highest pooled rates of author-defined AKI. Eighty-one studies used pRIFLE, AKIN, or KDIGO AKI criteria and the pooled rates of AKI were similar to author-defined AKI rates. In conclusion, antimicrobial-associated AKI is reported to occur frequently in children, but the rates of AKI varies widely across studies and drugs. Most published studies examined hospitalized patients and heterogeneity in study populations and in author definitions of AKI are barriers to a comparison of nephrotoxicity risk among antimicrobials in children.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":"33 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-12-13","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138631381","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-09-11DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00588-5
Alba Rubio-San-Simón, Natasha K A van Eijkelenburg, Raoull Hoogendijk, Henrik Hasle, Charlotte M Niemeyer, Michael N Dworzak, Marco Zecca, Marta Lopez-Yurda, Julie M Janssen, Alwin D R Huitema, Marry M van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Eric J Laille, Harm van Tinteren, Christian M Zwaan
{"title":"Azacitidine (Vidaza<sup>®</sup>) in Pediatric Patients with Relapsed Advanced MDS and JMML: Results of a Phase I/II Study by the ITCC Consortium and the EWOG-MDS Group (Study ITCC-015).","authors":"Alba Rubio-San-Simón, Natasha K A van Eijkelenburg, Raoull Hoogendijk, Henrik Hasle, Charlotte M Niemeyer, Michael N Dworzak, Marco Zecca, Marta Lopez-Yurda, Julie M Janssen, Alwin D R Huitema, Marry M van den Heuvel-Eibrink, Eric J Laille, Harm van Tinteren, Christian M Zwaan","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00588-5","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00588-5","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Advanced myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS) and juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML) are rare hematological malignancies in children. A second allograft is recommended if a relapse occurs after hematopoietic stem cell transplantation, but the outcome is poor.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>We conducted a phase I/II multicenter study to evaluate the safety, pharmacokinetics, and activity of azacitidine in children with relapsed MDS/JMML prior to the second hematopoietic stem cell transplantation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients enrolled from June 2013 to March 2019 received azacitidine intravenously/subcutaneously once daily on days 1-7 of a 28-day cycle. The MDS and JMML cohorts followed a two-stage design separately, with a safety run-in for JMML. Response and safety data were used to evaluate efficacy and establish the recommended dose. Pharmacokinetics was also analyzed. The study closed prematurely because of low recruitment.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Six patients with MDS and four patients with JMML received a median of three and five cycles, respectively. Azacitidine 75 mg/m<sup>2</sup> was well tolerated and plasma concentration-time profiles were similar to observed in adults. The most prevalent grade 3-4 adverse event was myelotoxicity. No responses were seen in patients with MDS, but 83% achieved stable disease; four patients underwent an allotransplant. Overall response rate in the JMML cohort was 75% (two complete responses; one partial response) and all responders underwent hematopoietic stem cell transplantation. One-year overall survival was 67% (95% confidence interval 38-100) in MDS and 50% (95% confidence interval 19-100) in JMML.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Azacitidine 75 mg/m<sup>2</sup> prior to a second hematopoietic stem cell transplantation is safe in children with relapsed MDS/JMML. Although the long-term advantage remains to be assessed, this study suggests that azacitidine is an efficacious option for relapsed JMML.</p><p><strong>Clinical trial registration: </strong>EudraCT 2010-022235-10.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"719-728"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10258231","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-10-03DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00593-8
Christopher Towe, Alexei A Grom, Grant S Schulert
{"title":"Diagnosis and Management of the Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Patient with Emerging Lung Disease.","authors":"Christopher Towe, Alexei A Grom, Grant S Schulert","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00593-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00593-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Chronic lung disease in children with systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (SJIA-LD) is an emerging and potentially life-threatening disease complication. Despite recent descriptions of its clinical spectrum, preliminary immunologic characterization, and proposed hypotheses regaarding etiology, optimal approaches to diagnosis and management remain unclear. Here, we review the current clinical understanding of SJIA-LD, including the potential role of biologic therapy in disease pathogenesis, as well as the possibility of drug reactions with eosinophilia and systemic symptoms (DRESS). We discuss approaches to evaluation of children with suspected SJIA-LD, including a proposed algorithm to risk-stratify all SJIA patients for screening to detect LD early. We review potential pharmacologic and non-pharmacologic treatment approaches that have been reported for SJIA-LD or utilized in interstitial lung diseases associated with other rheumatic diseases. This includes lymphocyte-targeting therapies, JAK inhibitors, and emerging therapies against IL-18 and IFNγ. Finally, we consider urgent unmet needs in this area including in basic discovery of disease mechanisms and clinical research to improve disease detection and patient outcomes.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"649-658"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41143348","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-10-02DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00595-6
Nicholas Chiang, Cathryn Sibbald, Rebecca Levy, Irene Lara-Corrales
{"title":"Hidradenitis Suppurativa in Children and Adolescents: An Update on Pharmacologic Treatment Options.","authors":"Nicholas Chiang, Cathryn Sibbald, Rebecca Levy, Irene Lara-Corrales","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00595-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00595-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic, recurrent, inflammatory skin condition that manifests as painful, deep-seated, inflamed nodules and abscesses in the axillary, groin, perianal, perineal, and inframammary regions. The associated pain, malodour, and disfigurement contribute to its profound negative impact on psychosocial spheres and overall quality of life in affected individuals. Although the symptoms of HS classically begin in the second or third decade of life, HS affects children and adolescents as well. Despite this, there are limited pediatric data on treatment, which are largely based on expert opinion, extrapolation of efficacy data in adults with HS, and safety information from medication use in other pediatric diseases. On this basis, there exist several pharmacological modalities in the treatment of children and adolescents with HS including topical therapies, systemic therapies, and biologics. The goals of this review article are to: (1) review the efficacy of different pharmacological treatment modalities in children and adolescents with HS, and (2) review the safety and monitoring considerations of the different treatment options in children and adolescents with HS.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"659-676"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41105884","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-08-07DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00587-6
Reuth Nir, Francesca Sperotto, Manasee Godsay, Minmin Lu, John N Kheir
{"title":"Impact of Dexmedetomidine Infusion on Opioid and Benzodiazepine Doses in Ventilated Pediatric Patients in the Cardiac Intensive Care Unit.","authors":"Reuth Nir, Francesca Sperotto, Manasee Godsay, Minmin Lu, John N Kheir","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00587-6","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00587-6","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Dexmedetomidine (DEX) is frequently used as an adjunct agent for prolonged sedation in the intensive care unit (ICU), though its effect on concomitant opioids or benzodiazepines infusions is unclear. We explored the impact of DEX on concomitant analgosedation in a cohort of ventilated pediatric patients in a cardiac ICU, with stratification of patients according to duration of ventilation (< 5 versus ≥ 5 days) following DEX initiation.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We conducted a retrospective analysis on ventilated patients receiving a DEX infusion ≥ 24 h and at least one other sedative/analgesic infusion (January 2011-June 2021). We evaluated trends of daily doses of opioids and benzodiazepines from 24 h before to 72 h following DEX initiation, stratifying patients based on ventilation duration after DEX initiation (< 5 versus ≥ 5 days).</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>After excluding 1146 patients receiving DEX only, 1073 patients were included [median age 234 days (interquartile range 90, 879)]. DEX was associated with an opioid infusion in 99% of patients and a benzodiazepine infusion in 62%. Among patients ventilated for < 5 days (N = 761), opioids increased in the first 24 h following DEX initiation [+ 1.12 mg/kg/day (95% CI 0.96, 1.23), P < 0.001], then decreased [- 0.90 mg/kg/day (95% CI - 0.89, - 0.71), P < 0.001]; benzodiazepines slowly decreased [- 0.20 mg/kg/day (95% CI - 0.21, - 0.19), P < 0.001]. Among patients ventilated for ≥ 5 days (N = 312), opioid administration doubled [+ 2.09 mg/kg/day (95% CI 1.82, 2.36), P < 0.001] in the first 24 h, then diminished minimally [- 0.18 mg/kg/day (95% CI - 0.32, - 0.04), P = 0.015] without returning to baseline; benzodiazepine administration decreased minimally [- 0.03 mg/kg/day (95% CI - 0.05, - 0.01), P = 0.010]. Similar trends were confirmed when adjusting for age, gender, surgical complexity, recent major invasive procedures, duration of mechanical ventilation before DEX initiation, extubation within 72 h following DEX initiation, mean hourly DEX dose, and use of neuromuscular blocking infusion.</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>While in patients ventilated < 5 days opioids initially increased and then quickly decreased in the 72 h following DEX initiation, among patients ventilated ≥ 5 days opioids doubled, then decreased only minimally; benzodiazepines decreased minimally in both groups, although more slowly in the long-ventilation cohort. These findings may inform decision-making on timing of DEX initiation in ventilated patients already being treated with opioid or benzodiazepine infusions.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"709-718"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10325962","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-08-28DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00585-8
Bibhuti Das
{"title":"Pharmacotherapy for Cancer Treatment-Related Cardiac Dysfunction and Heart Failure in Childhood Cancer Survivors.","authors":"Bibhuti Das","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00585-8","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00585-8","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>The number of childhood cancer survivors is increasing rapidly. According to American Association for Cancer Research, there are more than 750,000 childhood cancer survivors in the United States and Europe. As the number of childhood cancer survivors increases, so does cancer treatment-related cardiac dysfunction (CTRCD), leading to heart failure (HF). It has been reported that childhood cancer survivors who received anthracyclines are 15 times more likely to have late cancer treatment-related HF and have a 5-fold higher risk of death from cardiovascular (CV) disease than the general population. CV disease is the leading cause of death in childhood cancer survivors. The increasing need to manage cancer survivor patients has led to the rapid creation and adaptation of cardio-oncology. Cardio-oncology is a multidisciplinary science that monitors, treats, and prevents CTRCD. Many guidelines and position statements have been published to help diagnose and manage CTRCD, including those from the American Society of Clinical Oncology, the European Society of Cardiology, the Canadian Cardiovascular Society, the European Society of Medical Oncology, the International Late Effects of Childhood Cancer Guideline Harmonization Group, and many others. However, there remains a gap in identifying high-risk patients likely to develop cardiomyopathy and HF in later life, thus reducing primary and secondary measures being instituted, and when to start treatment when there is echocardiographic evidence of left ventricular (LV) dysfunctions without symptoms of HF. There are no randomized controlled clinical trials for treatment for CTRCD leading to HF in childhood cancer survivors. The treatment of HF due to cancer treatment is similar to the guidelines for general HF. This review describes the latest pharmacologic therapy for preventing and treating LV dysfunction and HF in childhood cancer survivors based on expert consensus guidelines and extrapolating data from adult HF trials.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"695-707"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10088248","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-08-23DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00590-x
Julie Gallagher, Joel R Rosh, Benjamin Sahn
{"title":"The Future of Advanced Therapies for Pediatric Crohn's Disease.","authors":"Julie Gallagher, Joel R Rosh, Benjamin Sahn","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00590-x","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00590-x","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Pediatric Crohn's disease commonly presents with moderate-to-severe intestinal inflammation with a greater risk of complications if remission is not achieved. Anti-tumor necrosis factor therapies have offered the possibility of deep and durable remission; however, many children do not respond or no longer respond over time. Further, some children do not require broader systemic immunosuppression to achieve remission and are better served by an alternative treatment strategy. Proper utilization of advanced biologic and small-molecule therapies, which have become available for adult patients since anti-tumor necrosis factor medications, is paramount for tighter disease control for a large proportion of children. Newer advanced therapies such as anti-integrin and anti-interleukin biologics, and several small-molecule agents capitalize on various mechanisms through narrower immunologic targets and reduced immunogenicity. Given limited regulatory approvals of these agents for use in children with Crohn's disease, clinicians continue to rely on data extrapolated from clinical trials in adult patients, sparse pediatric studies, and a growing real-world experience for treatment selection and optimization. In this article, we discuss currently available treatment options, pipeline drugs, and relevant data as they pertain to some of the most pressing clinical challenges faced in treating pediatric Crohn's disease.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"621-633"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10434509","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-09-02DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00589-4
Yoni E van Dijk, Niels W Rutjes, Korneliusz Golebski, Havva Şahin, Simone Hashimoto, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee, Susanne J H Vijverberg
{"title":"Developments in the Management of Severe Asthma in Children and Adolescents: Focus on Dupilumab and Tezepelumab.","authors":"Yoni E van Dijk, Niels W Rutjes, Korneliusz Golebski, Havva Şahin, Simone Hashimoto, Anke-Hilse Maitland-van der Zee, Susanne J H Vijverberg","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00589-4","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00589-4","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Severe asthma in children and adolescents exerts a substantial health, financial, and societal burden. Severe asthma is a heterogeneous condition with multiple clinical phenotypes and underlying inflammatory patterns that might be different in individual patients. Various add-on treatments have been developed to treat severe asthma, including monoclonal antibodies (biologics) targeting inflammatory mediators. Biologics that are currently approved to treat children (≥ 6 years of age) or adolescents (≥ 12 years of age) with severe asthma include: anti-immunoglobulin E (omalizumab), anti-interleukin (IL)-5 (mepolizumab), anti-IL5 receptor (benralizumab), anti-IL4/IL13 receptor (dupilumab), and antithymic stromal lymphopoietin (TSLP) (tezepelumab). However, access to these targeted treatments varies across countries and relies on few and crude indicators. There is a need for better treatment stratification to guide which children might benefit from these treatments. In this narrative review we will assess the most recent developments in the treatment of severe pediatric asthma, as well as potential biomarkers to assess treatment efficacy for this patient population.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"677-693"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://ftp.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pub/pmc/oa_pdf/7c/dd/40272_2023_Article_589.PMC10600295.pdf","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10201554","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-11-01Epub Date: 2023-09-29DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00594-7
Narendra Kumar Bagri, Christine Chew, A V Ramanan
{"title":"Scope of JAK Inhibitors in Children: Recent Evidence and Way Forward.","authors":"Narendra Kumar Bagri, Christine Chew, A V Ramanan","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00594-7","DOIUrl":"10.1007/s40272-023-00594-7","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Over the last decade, there has been an increase in the use of targeted therapy using small molecules such as Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors. Since the introduction of ruxolitinib, the first non-selective JAK inhibitor approved for use in myelofibrosis, many other JAK inhibitors have been tried in a wide spectrum of immune-mediated disorders. Although various trials have shown the promising efficacy of JAK inhibitors in immune-mediated inflammatory disorders (IMIDs), there is a growing concern over the major cardiovascular events and malignancies associated with the use of these molecules in older adults, particularly those over 65 years of age. In this review, we aim to discuss the immunology of the JAK-STAT pathway, the scope of use of JAK inhibitors, and their safety in paediatric practice. Here, we discuss high-quality evidence favouring the use of JAK inhibitors in children with juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) who are refractory to one or more conventional/biological disease-modifying drugs, demonstrated in two randomised controlled trials (RCTs). In addition to JIA, there are reports favouring the role of JAK inhibitors in other IMIDs such as systemic-onset JIA and interferonopathies. Thus far, the existing literature suggests an acceptable safety profile for JAK inhibitors in children. With the expanding scope of JAK inhibitors in a wide range of IMIDs in children, there is a significant need for long-term close vigilance for any potential harm.</p>","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":" ","pages":"635-647"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-11-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"41163052","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Pediatric DrugsPub Date : 2023-09-01DOI: 10.1007/s40272-023-00581-y
Claire Yang, Natalie Rosenwasser, Xing Wang, Zheng Xu, Joshua Scheck, Markus D Boos, Deepti Gupta, Heather A Brandling-Bennet, Robert Sidbury, Ramesh S Iyer, Yongdong Zhao
{"title":"Golimumab in Children with Chronic Recurrent Multifocal Osteomyelitis: A Case Series and Review of the Literature.","authors":"Claire Yang, Natalie Rosenwasser, Xing Wang, Zheng Xu, Joshua Scheck, Markus D Boos, Deepti Gupta, Heather A Brandling-Bennet, Robert Sidbury, Ramesh S Iyer, Yongdong Zhao","doi":"10.1007/s40272-023-00581-y","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1007/s40272-023-00581-y","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>Chronic recurrent multifocal osteomyelitis (CRMO) is a rare autoinflammatory bone disease requiring immunosuppressive treatment in half of patients. Monoclonal tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi) are often used as effective second-line off-label therapies. However, paradoxical psoriasis can occur in a subset of patients exposed to monoclonal TNFi and can prompt conversion to alternate therapy if severe.</p><p><strong>Objective: </strong>The aim of this study was to determine the efficacy and safety of golimumab, a fully humanized TNFi, in children with CRMO, including those who develop paradoxical psoriasis after exposure to other monoclonal TNFi.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A retrospective chart review was conducted of patients with CRMO who received golimumab in a single center between 01 June, 2018 and 31 December, 2020. Patients who were diagnosed before 21 years of age and followed up for CRMO at least once after receiving ≥ 3 months of golimumab were included. Extracted data included patient demographics, whole-body MRI lesion counts, clinically relevant data, laboratory results, patient-reported outcomes, and psoriasis burden. Linear mixed models with log-transformed outcomes were used to assess changes in the outcomes over time. The random effect is included in the model to account for the within-subject correlation of repeated measures. p-values and 95% confidence intervals were reported.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Eighteen patients were included. Patients were observed for a median of 9.95 months [interquartile range 3.84-15.64]. The median age at the initiation of golimumab was 10.95 years [9.86-13.77] and the median duration of disease between the disease onset and the initiation of golimumab was 2.60 years [1.66-3.62]. Ten patients received golimumab via intravenous route and eight patients received golimumab via subcutaneous route. The median dose was 1.64 mg/kg/month [1.46, 2]. Fourteen patients were previously treated with disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs and 17 with other TNFi. Patients treated with golimumab showed significant improvement in median physician global assessment for CRMO from 2.00 [1.00-3.00] to 0.00 [0.00-0.25] by the fourth visit (p < 0.001), with median erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) decreasing significantly from 12.00 [6.75-23.75] to 5.00 [3.00-10.00] by the fourth visit (p < 0.05). The median number of lesions on MRI decreased significantly from 3.50 [2.00-5.50] to 0.50 [0.00-4.25] lesions per patient (p < 0.01). Nine out of 12 patients who had previous paradoxical psoriasis associated with adalimumab or infliximab had persistent active psoriasis at study baseline. For patients with psoriasis at study baseline, the prevalence of psoriasis had decreased from 100% to approximately 50-57% at the following visits. Of the 18 patients initiated on golimumab in this study, there was only one new case of mild psoriasis in a patient with previously resolved inflix","PeriodicalId":19955,"journal":{"name":"Pediatric Drugs","volume":"25 5","pages":"603-611"},"PeriodicalIF":3.7,"publicationDate":"2023-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"10324816","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":3,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}