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RHEUMATOLOGY
卷 60, 期 9, 页码 4348-4354出版社
OXFORD UNIV PRESS
DOI: 10.1093/rheumatology/keaa796
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SLE; LN; belimumab; autoantibodies; complement; biologic agents; treatment; adverse events
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资金
- Alfred Osterlund's Foundation
- Anna-Greta Crafoord Foundation
- Greta and Johan Kock's Foundation
- Gustafsson Foundation
- King Gustaf V and Queen Victoria's Freemasons Foundation
- King Gustaf V's 80-year Anniversary Foundation
- Professor Nanna Svartz Foundation
- Region Ostergotland (ALF grants)
- Selander Foundation
- Skane University Hospital
- Medical Faculty of Lund University
- Swedish Research Council
- Swedish Rheumatism Association
- Swedish Society of Medicine
The study found that in SLE patients treated with BLM, 9.1% developed biopsy-proven de novo LN, compared to 3.0% in the control group. Treatment with BLM was associated with an increased frequency and/or shorter time to de novo LN, while concomitant use of antimalarial agents with BLM showed an opposing association.
Objective In light of reports of de novo LN during belimumab (BLM) treatment, we sought to determine its frequency and contributing or protective factors in a real-life setting. Methods Patients with SLE who received BLM between 2011 and 2017 at five European academic practices were enrolled (n=95) and followed longitudinally for a median time of 13.1months [interquartile range (IQR): 6.0-34.7]; 52.6% were anti-dsDNA positive, 60.0% had low complement levels, and 69.5% had no renal involvement prior to/at BLM initiation [mean disease duration at baseline: 11.4(9.3)years]. Age- and sex-matched patients with non-renal SLE who had similar serological profiles, but were not exposed to BLM, served as controls (median follow-up: 132.0months; IQR: 98.3-151.2). Results We observed 6/66 cases (9.1%) of biopsy-proven de novo LN (4/6 proliferative) among the non-renal BLM-treated SLE cases after a follow-up of 7.4months (IQR: 2.7-22.2). Among controls, 2/66 cases (3.0%) of de novo LN (both proliferative) were observed after 21 and 50months. BLM treatment was associated with an increased frequency and/or shorter time to de novo LN [hazard ratio (HR): 10.7; 95% CI: 1.7, 67.9; P=0.012], while concomitant use of antimalarial agents along with BLM showed an opposing association (HR: 0.2; 95% CI: 0.03, 0.97; P=0.046). Conclusion Addition of BLM to standard-of-care did not prevent LN in patients with active non-renal SLE, but a favourable effect of concomitant use of antimalarials was implicated. Studies of whether effects of B-cell activating factor inhibition on lymphocyte subsets contribute to LN susceptibility are warranted.
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