Roberta Gualtierotti1, Francesca Ingegnoli1, Samantha Griffini2, Elena Grovetti2, Pier Luigi Meroni3, Massimo Cugno4. 1. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Università degli Studi di Milano, Cattedra di Reumatologia, Istituto G. Pini, Milan, Italy. 2. Medicina Interna, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti, Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy. 3. Dipartimento di Scienze Cliniche e di Comunità, Università degli Studi di Milano, Cattedra di Reumatologia, Istituto G. Pini, Milan; and IRCCS Istituto Auxologico Italiano, Milan, Italy. 4. Medicina Interna, Dipartimento di Fisiopatologia Medico-Chirurgica e dei Trapianti,Università degli Studi di Milano, Ospedale Maggiore Policlinico, Fondazione IRCCS Ca' Granda, Milan, Italy. massimo.cugno@unimi.it.
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: The pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 is involved in the pathogenesis of both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and cardiovascular events. We evaluated the correlation of prothrombotic biomarkers, in particular those of thrombin generation, with inflammatory and clinical parameters in RA patients treated with tocilizumab, an IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) inhibitor. Naïve and maintenance patients were compared. METHODS: We studied 15 RA patients undergoing tocilizumab infusions at a University Outpatient Clinic. Eight received tocilizumab for the first time and were evaluated at baseline. Seven were in maintenance therapy (9 to 77 months). All 15 patients were evaluated four weeks after the last administration of tocilizumab. At each time, we assessed disease activity score 28 (DAS28), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-6, soluble (s)IL-6R, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), prothrombin fragment F1+2 and fibrin fragment D-dimer. Forty healthy subjects served as basal controls. RESULTS: At baseline, RA patients showed a moderate-to-high disease activity and median ESR of 51 mm/1(st) hour (interquartile range 25-63). Plasma levels of CRP (p=0.0001), IL-6 (p=0.043), sIL-6R (p=0.003), TNF-alpha (p=0.0001), F1+2 (p=0.0001) and D-dimer (p=0.002) were higher than those of healthy controls. After four weeks we observed reduction of DAS28 (p=0.0001), ESR (p=0.0001), CRP (p=0.014), TNF-alpha (p=0.006), F1+2 (p=0.009) and D-dimer (p=0.04). No differences were observed between naïve and maintenance patients. CONCLUSIONS: The reduction of prothrombotic biomarkers parallels the reduction of inflammatory parameters and clinical symptoms in RA patients treated with tocilizumab, both four weeks after the first administration and during maintenance therapy.
OBJECTIVES: The pro-inflammatory cytokine interleukin (IL)-6 is involved in the pathogenesis of both rheumatoid arthritis (RA) and cardiovascular events. We evaluated the correlation of prothrombotic biomarkers, in particular those of thrombin generation, with inflammatory and clinical parameters in RApatients treated with tocilizumab, an IL-6 receptor (IL-6R) inhibitor. Naïve and maintenance patients were compared. METHODS: We studied 15 RApatients undergoing tocilizumab infusions at a University Outpatient Clinic. Eight received tocilizumab for the first time and were evaluated at baseline. Seven were in maintenance therapy (9 to 77 months). All 15 patients were evaluated four weeks after the last administration of tocilizumab. At each time, we assessed disease activity score 28 (DAS28), erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR) and plasma levels of C-reactive protein (CRP), IL-6, soluble (s)IL-6R, tumour necrosis factor-alpha (TNF-alpha), prothrombin fragment F1+2 and fibrin fragment D-dimer. Forty healthy subjects served as basal controls. RESULTS: At baseline, RApatients showed a moderate-to-high disease activity and median ESR of 51 mm/1(st) hour (interquartile range 25-63). Plasma levels of CRP (p=0.0001), IL-6 (p=0.043), sIL-6R (p=0.003), TNF-alpha (p=0.0001), F1+2 (p=0.0001) and D-dimer (p=0.002) were higher than those of healthy controls. After four weeks we observed reduction of DAS28 (p=0.0001), ESR (p=0.0001), CRP (p=0.014), TNF-alpha (p=0.006), F1+2 (p=0.009) and D-dimer (p=0.04). No differences were observed between naïve and maintenance patients. CONCLUSIONS: The reduction of prothrombotic biomarkers parallels the reduction of inflammatory parameters and clinical symptoms in RApatients treated with tocilizumab, both four weeks after the first administration and during maintenance therapy.
Authors: Yolima Puentes-Osorio; Pedro Amariles; Miguel Ángel Calleja; Vicente Merino; Juan Camilo Díaz-Coronado; Daniel Taborda Journal: Auto Immun Highlights Date: 2021-05-31
Authors: Joshua A Hill; Manoj P Menon; Shireesha Dhanireddy; Mark M Wurfel; Margaret Green; Rupali Jain; Jeannie D Chan; Joanne Huang; Danika Bethune; Cameron Turtle; Christine Johnston; Hu Xie; Wendy M Leisenring; H Nina Kim; Guang-Shing Cheng Journal: J Med Virol Date: 2020-11-22 Impact factor: 20.693