Long-term follow-up of adalimumab monotherapy for rheumatoid arthritis in Japanese patients: a report of six cases

Rheumatol Int. 2012 Feb;32(2):483-7. doi: 10.1007/s00296-010-1770-1. Epub 2011 Jan 18.

Abstract

We present six cases of patients with Japanese rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treated with a tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-alpha blocking agent, adalimumab as monotherapy for 220 weeks. All six patients were women, and the median age was 54.0 ± 7.07 years old. The median duration of the disease was 7.43 ± 11.1 years, and the median disease activity score (DAS28-CRP) was 5.35 ± 0.69. Three of six patients were able to continue to receive this treatment for 220 weeks successfully, and the DAS28-CRP decreased to 1.89 ± 0.75. Two patients withdrew because of lack of efficacy, and one patient withdrew because of adverse events (non-Hodgkin lymphoma). Adalimumab resulted in a sustained clinical response in RA patients during 220-week follow-up.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adalimumab
  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / administration & dosage*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized / adverse effects
  • Antirheumatic Agents / administration & dosage*
  • Antirheumatic Agents / adverse effects
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / diagnostic imaging
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / drug therapy*
  • Arthritis, Rheumatoid / pathology
  • Female
  • Follow-Up Studies
  • Humans
  • Long-Term Care
  • Middle Aged
  • Radiography
  • Treatment Outcome
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / physiology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Antirheumatic Agents
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha
  • Adalimumab