Pediatric rheumatology

Outcome of adalimumab monotherapy in paediatric non-infectious uveitis

Pediatr Rheumatol Online JPublished Retrospective cohort study

Authors' conclusion

Continuation of adalimumab monotherapy is an effective therapeutic option for the treatment of non-infectious uveitis in children who are intolerant to the combination of adalimumab and methotrexate or mycophenolate mofetil.

Study context

Population
Children with non-infectious uveitis on adalimumab monotherapy (August 2015 to June 2022) after intolerance to accompanying MTX or MMF56 eyes
Participants
28 children
Outcome
Disease control: proportion with less than a 2-step worsening in uveitis (SUN score) and no additional systemic immunosuppression during follow-up
Follow-up
During

Main finding

As reported in the abstract

Disease control on adalimumab monotherapy: <2-step worsening in uveitis (SUN score) and no additional systemic immunosuppression · During the study period

Study subjects who met the primary outcome

23

82.14%

Observational data: associations, not effects.

Secondary outcomes

OutcomeValues
Remission maintained (Kaplan-Meier) · 12 monthsKaplan-Meier survival analysisAdalimumab monotherapy 81.25% (95% CI 60.6–91.7%)

Original publication

Outcome of adalimumab monotherapy in paediatric non-infectious uveitis. Pediatr Rheumatol Online J. Published 2 March 2023. doi:10.1186/s12969-023-00794-y

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