Monitoring drug and antidrug levels: a rational approach in rheumatoid arthritis patients treated with biologic agents who experience inadequate response while being on a stable biologic treatment

监测药物和抗药物浓度:对于接受生物制剂治疗且在接受稳定生物制剂治疗期间反应不足的类风湿关节炎患者的合理方法

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作者:Diana Mazilu, Daniela Opriş, Cecilia Gainaru, Mihaela Iliuta, Natalia Apetrei, Giorgiana Luca, Andreea Borangiu, Tania Gudu, Alexandra Peltea, Laura Groseanu, Cosmin Constantinescu, Ioana Saulescu, Violeta Bojinca, Andra Balanescu, Denisa Predeteanu, Ruxandra Ionescu

Abstract

Clinical response in patients with rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with biologic agents can be influenced by their pharmacokinetics and immunogenicity. The present study evaluated the concordance between serum drug and antidrug levels as well as the clinical response in RA patients treated with biological agents who experience their first disease exacerbation while being on a stable biologic treatment. 154 RA patients treated with rituximab (RTX), infliximab (IFX), adalimumab (ADL), or etanercept (ETN) were included. DAS28, SDAI, and EULAR response were assessed at baseline and reevaluated at precise time intervals. At the time of their first sign of inadequate response, patients were tested for both serum drug level and antidrug antibodies level. At the next reevaluation, patients retreated with RTX that had detectable drug level had a better EULAR response (P = 0.038) with lower DAS28 and SDAI scores (P = 0.01 and P = 0.03). The same tendency was observed in patients treated with IFX and ETN regarding EULAR response (P = 0.002 and P = 0.023), DAS28 score (P = 0.002 and P = 0.003), and SDAI score (P = 0.001 and P = 0.026). Detectable biologic drug levels correlated with a better clinical response in patients experiencing their first RA inadequate response while being on a stable biologic treatment with RTX, IFX, and ETN.

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