Efficacy of Tocilizumab in Patients With Moderate-to-Severe Corticosteroid-Resistant Graves Orbitopathy: A Randomized Clinical Trial


Por: Perez-Moreiras, JV, Gomez-Reino, JJ, Maneiro, JR, Perez-Pampin, E, Lopez, AR, Alvarez, FMR, Laguarta, JMC, Cabello, AD, Sorroche, MG, Gregori, EE, Sales-Sanz, M

Publicada: 1 nov 2018
Resumen:
OBJECTIVE: To demonstrate the efficacy of the anti-interleukin-6 receptor monoclonal antibody tocilizumab in patients with moderate-to-severe corticosteroid-resis-tant Graves orbitopathy (GO). DESIGN: Double-masked randomized clinical trial. METHODS: Setting and Participants: Thirty-two adults with moderate-to-severe corticosteroid-resistant GO from 10 medical centers in Spain were randomized (1:1). Intervention: Randomization to either 8 mg/kg body weight tocilizumab or placebo administered intrave-nously at weeks 0, 4, 8, and 12, and follow-up for an addi-tional 28 weeks. Main Outcomes and Measures: The primary outcome was the proportion of patients with a change from baseline to week 16 of at least 2 in the clin-ical activity score (CAS). RESULTS: The primary outcome was met by 93.3% (95% confidence interval [CI] 70.1%-98.8%) of the pa-tients receiving tocilizumab and 58.8% (36%-78.3%) receiving placebo (P = .04; odds ratio, 9.8 [CI 1.3-73.2]). A significant difference was also observed in the proportion of patients achieving a CAS < 3 (86.7% [CI 62.1%-96.2%] vs 35.2% [CI 17.3%-58.7%], P = .005; OR 11.9 [CI 2.1-63.1]) at week 16. Additionally, a larger proportion of patients with improvement in the European Group on GO-proposed composite ophthalmic score at week 16 (73.3% [CI 48%-89.1%] vs 29.4% [CI 13.2%53.1%]; P = .03), and exophthalmos size change from baseline to week 16 (-1.5 [-2.0 to 0.5] mm vs 0.0 [-1.0 to 0.5] mm; P = .01) were seen with tocilizumab. One patient experienced a moderate increase in transaminases at week 8; another had an acute pyelonephritis at week 32 in the tocilizumab-treated group. CONCLUSION: Tocilizumab offers a meaningful improvement in activity and severity in corticosteroid-resistant GO. This trial justifies further studies to characterize the role of tocilizumab in GO. (C) 2018 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

Filiaciones:
Perez-Moreiras, JV:
 Inst Int Orbita & Oculoplast, Santiago, Spain

Gomez-Reino, JJ:
 Hosp Clin Univ, Fdn Ramon Dominguez, IDIS, Santiago, Spain

Maneiro, JR:
 Hosp Clin Univ, Rheumatol Serv, Santiago, Spain

Perez-Pampin, E:
 Hosp Clin Univ, Fdn Ramon Dominguez, IDIS, Santiago, Spain

Lopez, AR:
 Hosp Clin Madrid, Ophthalmol Serv, Madrid, Spain

 Hosp Clin Madrid, Endocrinol Serv, Madrid, Spain

Alvarez, FMR:
 Hosp Univ Santa Creu & San Pau, Ophthalmol Serv, Barcelona, Spain

 Hosp Univ Santa Creu & San Pau, Endocrinol Serv, Barcelona, Spain

 Hosp Univ Santa Creu & San Pau, Rheumatol Serv, Barcelona, Spain

Laguarta, JMC:
 Hosp Clin Univ Lozano Blesa, Ophthalmol Serv, Zaragoza, Spain

 Hosp Clin Univ Lozano Blesa, Rheumatol Serv, Zaragoza, Spain

Cabello, AD:
 Hosp Univ, Ophthalmol Serv, Seville, Spain

 Hosp Univ, Endocrinol Serv, Seville, Spain

 Hosp Univ, Rheumatol Serv, Seville, Spain

Sorroche, MG:
 Hosp Univ Virgen de la Macarena, Ophthalmol Serv, Seville, Spain

 Hosp Univ Virgen de la Macarena, Clin Pharmacol Serv, Seville, Spain

 Hosp Univ Virgen de la Macarena, Endocrinol Serv, Seville, Spain

 Hosp Univ Virgen de la Macarena, Rheumatol Serv, Seville, Spain

Gregori, EE:
 Hosp Univ La Fe, Ophthalmol Serv, Valencia, Spain

 Hosp Univ La Fe, Endocrinol Serv, Valencia, Spain

 Hosp Univ La Fe, Internal Med Serv, Valencia, Spain

Sales-Sanz, M:
 Hosp Univ Ramon Y Cajal, Ophthalmol Serv, IRYCIS Crta De Colmenar Km 9,100, Madrid 28034, Spain

 Hosp Univ Ramon Y Cajal, Rheumatol Serv, Madrid, Spain
ISSN: 00029394





AMERICAN JOURNAL OF OPHTHALMOLOGY
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Tipo de documento: Article
Volumen: 195 Número:
Páginas: 181-190
WOS Id: 000450020300024
ID de PubMed: 30081019

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