OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) refractory to standard therapy in the clinical practice setting. METHODS: 145 SLE patients (ACR criteria) were treated with RTX in 11 Italian Centres: 118 with two infusions (1 g), two weeks apart; 27 with 4 infusions (375 mg/m2), one week apart, followed in 10 cases by two further doses, after 1 and 2 months. Systemic complete response (CR) was defined as European Consensus Lupus Activity Measurement (ECLAM) score ≤1 and partial response (PR) as 1< ECLAM ≤3. Renal CR (RCR) and renal PR (RPR) were defined according to EULAR recommendations for management of lupus nephritis. RESULTS: Data from 134 (92.4%) patients were available. The mean±SD follow-up was 27.3±18.5 months. After the first course of RTX, CR or PR were observed in 85.8% and CR in 45.5% of cases; RCR or RPR in 94.1% and RCR in 30.9% of patients after 12-month follow-up. Disease flares occurred in 35.1% and renal flares in 31.2% of patients during observational period. Among patients retreated, CR or PR were observed in 84.4% and CR in 57.8% of cases. Adverse events, infections, and infusion reactions occurred after first RTX course in 23.8%, 16.4%, and 3.8% of patients and after retreatment in 33.3%, 22.2% and 11.1%, respectively. No severe infusion reactions or deaths occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Data from Italian multicentre RTX Registry confirmed the efficacy and safety of RTX in SLE patients refractory to standard treatment in clinical practice setting.

Efficacy and safety of off-label use of rituximab in refractory lupus: data from the Italian Multicentre Registry / Iaccarino, Luca; Bartoloni, Elena; Carli, Linda; Ceccarelli, Fulvia; Conti, Fabrizio; De Vita, Salvatore; Ferraccioli, Gianfranco; Galeazzi, Mauro; Gatto, Mariele; Gerli, Roberto; Govoni, Marcello; Gremese, Elisa; Iuliano, Annamaria; Mansutti, Elena; Moroni, Gabriella; Mosca, Marta; Nalli, Cecilia; Naretto, Carla; Padovan, Melissa; Palma, Lavinia; Raffiotta, Francesca; Roccatello, Dario; Tincani, Angela; Valesini, Guido; Zen, Margherita; Doria, Andrea. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - STAMPA. - 33:4(2015), pp. 449-456.

Efficacy and safety of off-label use of rituximab in refractory lupus: data from the Italian Multicentre Registry

CECCARELLI, FULVIA;CONTI, FABRIZIO;VALESINI, Guido;
2015

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the efficacy and safety of rituximab (RTX) in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) refractory to standard therapy in the clinical practice setting. METHODS: 145 SLE patients (ACR criteria) were treated with RTX in 11 Italian Centres: 118 with two infusions (1 g), two weeks apart; 27 with 4 infusions (375 mg/m2), one week apart, followed in 10 cases by two further doses, after 1 and 2 months. Systemic complete response (CR) was defined as European Consensus Lupus Activity Measurement (ECLAM) score ≤1 and partial response (PR) as 1< ECLAM ≤3. Renal CR (RCR) and renal PR (RPR) were defined according to EULAR recommendations for management of lupus nephritis. RESULTS: Data from 134 (92.4%) patients were available. The mean±SD follow-up was 27.3±18.5 months. After the first course of RTX, CR or PR were observed in 85.8% and CR in 45.5% of cases; RCR or RPR in 94.1% and RCR in 30.9% of patients after 12-month follow-up. Disease flares occurred in 35.1% and renal flares in 31.2% of patients during observational period. Among patients retreated, CR or PR were observed in 84.4% and CR in 57.8% of cases. Adverse events, infections, and infusion reactions occurred after first RTX course in 23.8%, 16.4%, and 3.8% of patients and after retreatment in 33.3%, 22.2% and 11.1%, respectively. No severe infusion reactions or deaths occurred. CONCLUSIONS: Data from Italian multicentre RTX Registry confirmed the efficacy and safety of RTX in SLE patients refractory to standard treatment in clinical practice setting.
2015
Adult; Antibodies; Monoclonal, Murine-Derived; Antirheumatic Agents; Dose-Response Relationship, Drug; Drug Monitoring; Drug Resistance; Female; Humans; Immunosuppression; Italy; Lupus Erythematosus, Systemic; Male; Middle Aged; Off-Label Use; Remission Induction; Rituximab; Severity of Illness Index; Treatment Outcome
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Efficacy and safety of off-label use of rituximab in refractory lupus: data from the Italian Multicentre Registry / Iaccarino, Luca; Bartoloni, Elena; Carli, Linda; Ceccarelli, Fulvia; Conti, Fabrizio; De Vita, Salvatore; Ferraccioli, Gianfranco; Galeazzi, Mauro; Gatto, Mariele; Gerli, Roberto; Govoni, Marcello; Gremese, Elisa; Iuliano, Annamaria; Mansutti, Elena; Moroni, Gabriella; Mosca, Marta; Nalli, Cecilia; Naretto, Carla; Padovan, Melissa; Palma, Lavinia; Raffiotta, Francesca; Roccatello, Dario; Tincani, Angela; Valesini, Guido; Zen, Margherita; Doria, Andrea. - In: CLINICAL AND EXPERIMENTAL RHEUMATOLOGY. - ISSN 0392-856X. - STAMPA. - 33:4(2015), pp. 449-456.
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