Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010

Background. Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic (ts) DMARDs are important in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. The risk of hospitalized infection associated with bDMARDs/tsDMARDs in RA patients is unclear. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the case...

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Main Authors: Kunihiro Ichinose, Toshimasa Shimizu, Masataka Umeda, Shoichi Fukui, Ayako Nishino, Tomohiro Koga, Shin-ya Kawashiri, Naoki Iwamoto, Mami Tamai, Hideki Nakamura, Shuntaro Sato, Tomoki Origuchi, Atsushi Kawakami
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Published: Wiley 2018-01-01
Series:Journal of Immunology Research
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6259010
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author Kunihiro Ichinose
Toshimasa Shimizu
Masataka Umeda
Shoichi Fukui
Ayako Nishino
Tomohiro Koga
Shin-ya Kawashiri
Naoki Iwamoto
Mami Tamai
Hideki Nakamura
Shuntaro Sato
Tomoki Origuchi
Atsushi Kawakami
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Toshimasa Shimizu
Masataka Umeda
Shoichi Fukui
Ayako Nishino
Tomohiro Koga
Shin-ya Kawashiri
Naoki Iwamoto
Mami Tamai
Hideki Nakamura
Shuntaro Sato
Tomoki Origuchi
Atsushi Kawakami
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description Background. Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic (ts) DMARDs are important in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. The risk of hospitalized infection associated with bDMARDs/tsDMARDs in RA patients is unclear. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the cases of the 275 RA patients with 449 treatment episodes who were administered a bDMARD/tsDMARD at Nagasaki University Hospital in July 2003–January 2015. We determined the incidence and risk factors of infection requiring hospitalization in the patients during a 3-year observation period. Results. Thirty-five (12.7%) of the patients experienced a hospitalized infection. The hospitalized infection risk did not differ significantly among several bDMARDs/tsDMARDs. A multivariate analysis revealed that the comorbidities of chronic lung disease (adjusted HR 5.342, 95% CI 2.409–12.42, p<0.0001) and the initiation of bDMARDs/tsDMARDs before 2010 (adjusted HR 4.266, 95% CI 1.827–10.60, p=0.0007) are significant independent risk factors for hospitalized infection. Compared to the before-2010 group, the group of patients whose treatment initiated in 2010 or later showed higher patient ages at the initiation of bDMARD/tsDMARD treatment and a higher rate of the use of prophylaxis with an antituberculosis agent, whereas the disease activities and number of the patients who received >5 mg of prednisolone were lower in the after-2010 group. Conclusions. This is the first report that the frequency of hospitalized infection significantly decreased when the patients were treated with a bDMARD or tsDMARD after 2010. Our results indicate that the updated announcement of diagnosis and treatment criteria might contribute to a reduced risk of hospitalized infection and a better understanding of the use of bDMARDs/tsDMARDs by rheumatologists.
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spelling doaj-art-60e8a018f6c04ff2855df43eec633ab12025-08-20T02:35:18ZengWileyJournal of Immunology Research2314-88612314-71562018-01-01201810.1155/2018/62590106259010Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010Kunihiro Ichinose0Toshimasa Shimizu1Masataka Umeda2Shoichi Fukui3Ayako Nishino4Tomohiro Koga5Shin-ya Kawashiri6Naoki Iwamoto7Mami Tamai8Hideki Nakamura9Shuntaro Sato10Tomoki Origuchi11Atsushi Kawakami12Department of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanClinical Research Center, Nagasaki University Hospital, Nagasaki, JapanRehabilitation Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanDepartment of Immunology and Rheumatology, Unit of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences Division of Advanced Preventive Medical Sciences, Nagasaki University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Nagasaki, JapanBackground. Biological disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic (ts) DMARDs are important in rheumatoid arthritis (RA) treatment. The risk of hospitalized infection associated with bDMARDs/tsDMARDs in RA patients is unclear. Methods. We retrospectively analyzed the cases of the 275 RA patients with 449 treatment episodes who were administered a bDMARD/tsDMARD at Nagasaki University Hospital in July 2003–January 2015. We determined the incidence and risk factors of infection requiring hospitalization in the patients during a 3-year observation period. Results. Thirty-five (12.7%) of the patients experienced a hospitalized infection. The hospitalized infection risk did not differ significantly among several bDMARDs/tsDMARDs. A multivariate analysis revealed that the comorbidities of chronic lung disease (adjusted HR 5.342, 95% CI 2.409–12.42, p<0.0001) and the initiation of bDMARDs/tsDMARDs before 2010 (adjusted HR 4.266, 95% CI 1.827–10.60, p=0.0007) are significant independent risk factors for hospitalized infection. Compared to the before-2010 group, the group of patients whose treatment initiated in 2010 or later showed higher patient ages at the initiation of bDMARD/tsDMARD treatment and a higher rate of the use of prophylaxis with an antituberculosis agent, whereas the disease activities and number of the patients who received >5 mg of prednisolone were lower in the after-2010 group. Conclusions. This is the first report that the frequency of hospitalized infection significantly decreased when the patients were treated with a bDMARD or tsDMARD after 2010. Our results indicate that the updated announcement of diagnosis and treatment criteria might contribute to a reduced risk of hospitalized infection and a better understanding of the use of bDMARDs/tsDMARDs by rheumatologists.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6259010
spellingShingle Kunihiro Ichinose
Toshimasa Shimizu
Masataka Umeda
Shoichi Fukui
Ayako Nishino
Tomohiro Koga
Shin-ya Kawashiri
Naoki Iwamoto
Mami Tamai
Hideki Nakamura
Shuntaro Sato
Tomoki Origuchi
Atsushi Kawakami
Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010
Journal of Immunology Research
title Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010
title_full Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010
title_fullStr Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010
title_full_unstemmed Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010
title_short Frequency of Hospitalized Infections Is Reduced in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients Who Received Biological and Targeted Synthetic Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs after 2010
title_sort frequency of hospitalized infections is reduced in rheumatoid arthritis patients who received biological and targeted synthetic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs after 2010
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/6259010
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