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Trial completion date: Pediatric Arthritis Study of Certolizumab Pegol (clinicaltrials.gov) - Jun 28, 2021 P3, N=193, Recruiting, Therefore, we propose that serum TNFα levels at 24 h could serve as a biomarker predicting effectiveness to CZP at week 12 in patients with RA. Trial completion date: Dec 2023 --> Apr 2024
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Journal: Certolizumab pegol for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis and plaque psoriasis. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 24, 2021 We designed a comprehensive literature search on this topic, by a review of published articles in indexed international journals up until 31st July 2019.Expert opinion: CZP demonstrated positive results in several domains of psoriatic disease, also in patients previously exposed to other TNF-α inhibitors and in patients receiving re-treatment after treatment interruption. The peculiar chemical structure, along with its well-established efficacy and safety, support CZP as the drug of choice in specific subgroups of patients with psoriatic disease, in particular patients with comorbidities and pregnant or breastfeeding female patients.
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Clinical, Review, Journal: Biologics During Pregnancy and Breastfeeding Among Women With Rheumatic Diseases: Safety Clinical Evidence on the Road. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 16, 2021 Another biologic, eculizumab, the anti-C5a antibody used to treat complement-mediated microangiopathies, is also considered safe due to the unique engineered IgG2/4κ formulation that limits its passage through the placental barrier...Data on breastfeeding are currently available for several biologics. This article reviews the literature available about which drugs are considered safe during pregnancy and lactation, which are not, and on future prospects.
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Clinical, Journal: Certolizumab Pegol in the Treatment of Psoriasis: Real-Life Data. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 10, 2021 There were no cases of death from COVID-related disease in our study population or patients hospitalized for COVID-19 related disease. Our results demonstrate that CZP is an effective and safe therapeutic option for patients with moderate-to-severe chrocic plaque psoriasis.
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However, their ocular side effect profile is incomplete and poorly recognised, with mostly anecdotal cases reported in the literature. In this report we review the literature regarding ocular side effects associated with tumour necrosis factor alpha blockade.
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Retrospective data, Journal: A bibliometric analysis of global research output on network meta-analysis. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 8, 2021 Compared with developing countries, developed countries have contributed more to these publications and have closer cooperation, indicating that cooperation between developed and developing countries should be further strengthened. The treatment of diabetes, cardiovascular diseases, and immune rheumatism are the main hot topics.
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Clinical, Journal: Long-term efficacy of certolizumab pegol for psoriasis. (Pubmed Central) - Jun 3, 2021 Both CZP 200 mg and 400 mg Q2W demonstrated sustained, durable efficacy, with numerically higher responses for some outcomes with 400 mg Q2W. No abstract available
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Lymphocyte‑targeting agents include rituximab and belimumab, which act against B cells by different mechanisms, and abatacept, which is a T cell costimulation modulator...Janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors (tofacitinib, baricitinib, and upadacitinib) and phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors (apremilast) form this group...During pregnancy limited data exits, but anti-TNFα, rituximab, and anakinra seem to be safe. Biologic agents are expensive, but biosimilars have raised as a more cost-effective option and an opportunity to treat a greater number of patients.
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In our cohort, the vaccination protocol proved to be a good tool to improve the vaccination rate of rheumatological patients, despite this, the vaccination of Hepatitis B and specially of influenza, continues to have a lower prevalence to general population.The vaccines were effective since none of the preventable infections occurred during follow up, despite the use of an immunosuppressant. Vaccination showed a good safety profile, without reported serious adverse effects or worsening of the underlying disease.
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[VIRTUAL] TREATMENT OF ANKYLOSING SPONDYLITIS (AS) DURING PREGNANCY () - May 21, 2021 - Abstract #EULAR2021EULAR_2151; Withdrawal of TNF inhibitors on the eve of pregnancy is a predictor of high AS activity. It is necessary to increase the knowledge of rheumatologists and patients about the therapeutic possibilities during pregnancy to avoid unjustified drug withdrawal.
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