Does switching anti-TNF alpha biologic agents represent an effective option in childhood chronic uveitis: The evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis approach

Gabriele Simonini; Katie Druce; Rolando Cimaz; Gary J. Macfarlane; Gareth T. Jones

doi:10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.03.001

Does switching anti-TNF alpha biologic agents represent an effective option in childhood chronic uveitis: The evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis approach

Gabriele Simonini^*, Katie Druce, Rolando Cimaz, Gary J. Macfarlane, Gareth T. Jones

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University of Florence

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Objective: To summarize the evidence regarding the effectiveness of switching to a second anti-TNF alpha treatment in children with autoimmune chronic uveitis (ACU), refractory to the first course of anti-TNF alpha treatment.

Methods: We conducted a systematic literature review between January 2000 and May 2013 to investigate the efficacy of a second anti-TNF alpha agent in the treatment of ACU in children (

Results: Among 1086 identified articles, 128 were scrutinized: 10 observational studies, 6 on adalimumab (ADA), 3 on infliximab (INF), and 1 on both, were deemed eligible. Study cohort included 40 children (ADA = 34 and INF = 6), median age 8 years (range 3-16). Nine were males, 28 females (gender not reported in 3), 39/40 were affected by JIA Seventeen children received etanercept: 11 were switched to ADA, the remaining 6 to INF. All 23 children who previously received INF were switched to ADA. Altogether, 30 children (24 on ADA, 6 on INF) of 40 responded to treatment: 0.75 (95% CI: 0.51-100) was the combined estimate of the proportion of subjects improving.

Conclusions: Despite the fact that no RCT is available and the number of cases is small, this review provides evidence that switching to a second anti-TNF alpha agent results in improvement of ocular activity for the 75% treated children (C) 2014 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	39-46
Number of pages	8
Journal	Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism
Volume	44
Issue number	1
Early online date	6 Mar 2014
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.03.001
Publication status	Published - Aug 2014

Keywords

Adalimumab
Infliximab
Etanercept
Autoimmune chronic uveitis
Childhood
Refractory uveitis
Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis
Efficacy
Children
Therapy
Safety

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Does switching anti-TNF alpha biologic agents represent an effective option in childhood chronic uveitis: The evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis approach. / Simonini, Gabriele; Druce, Katie; Cimaz, Rolando et al.
In: Seminars in arthritis and rheumatism, Vol. 44, No. 1, 08.2014, p. 39-46.

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