Low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab
Abstract Background Randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) concurred that rituximab (RTX) is effective to induce and maintain remission. Infections and hypogammaglobulinemia during RTX were usually infrequent and uncomplicated. But in the Tromsø st...
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ftbiomed:oai:biomedcentral.com:s12891-015-0860-3 2023-05-15T18:34:06+02:00 Low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab Besada, Emilio 2016-01-06 http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/17/6 en eng BioMed Central Ltd. http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2474/17/6 Copyright 2016 besada. ANCA-associated vasculitis Rituximab Induction Maintenance Immunoglobulin Hypogammaglobulinemia Discontinuation Adverse event Principal component analysis Correspondence analysis Research article 2016 ftbiomed 2016-01-10T01:11:37Z Abstract Background Randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) concurred that rituximab (RTX) is effective to induce and maintain remission. Infections and hypogammaglobulinemia during RTX were usually infrequent and uncomplicated. But in the Tromsø study cohort, 45 % of patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) developed hypogammaglobulinemia during RTX maintenance leading to its discontinuation in 62 %. Methods To explain these differences in outcome when using RTX in AAV to maintain remission, we used statistical structural methods to compare the Tromsø study cohort with other published cohorts. Results GPA patients’ characteristics of the Tromsø study cohort were not so different compared with other cohorts. Rates of hypogammaglobulinemia and discontinuation of RTX seemed closely related to the cut-off used and to the levels of immunoglobulin (Ig) at baseline. Combination of low IgG serum levels at baseline (7.7 g/L) and low cut-off to define hypogammaglobulinemia in the Tromsø study cohort explained the high rate of hypogammaglobulinemia and discontinuation of RTX. Conclusions Patients’ characteristics in the Tromsø study cohort were not skewed, apart from IgG levels. Low IgG level at baseline seemed to contribute the most to hypogammaglobulinemia and its complications. Article in Journal/Newspaper Tromsø BioMed Central Tromsø |
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Abstract Background Randomized controlled trials and retrospective studies in ANCA-associated vasculitis (AAV) concurred that rituximab (RTX) is effective to induce and maintain remission. Infections and hypogammaglobulinemia during RTX were usually infrequent and uncomplicated. But in the Tromsø study cohort, 45 % of patients with granulomatosis with polyangiitis (GPA) developed hypogammaglobulinemia during RTX maintenance leading to its discontinuation in 62 %. Methods To explain these differences in outcome when using RTX in AAV to maintain remission, we used statistical structural methods to compare the Tromsø study cohort with other published cohorts. Results GPA patients’ characteristics of the Tromsø study cohort were not so different compared with other cohorts. Rates of hypogammaglobulinemia and discontinuation of RTX seemed closely related to the cut-off used and to the levels of immunoglobulin (Ig) at baseline. Combination of low IgG serum levels at baseline (7.7 g/L) and low cut-off to define hypogammaglobulinemia in the Tromsø study cohort explained the high rate of hypogammaglobulinemia and discontinuation of RTX. Conclusions Patients’ characteristics in the Tromsø study cohort were not skewed, apart from IgG levels. Low IgG level at baseline seemed to contribute the most to hypogammaglobulinemia and its complications. |
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Low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab |
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Low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab |
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Low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab |
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Low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab |
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Low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab |
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low immunoglobulin levels increase the risk of severe hypogammaglobulinemia in granulomatosis with polyangiitis patients receiving rituximab |
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