Long-term follow-up of certolizumab pegol in uveitis due to immune-mediated inflammatory diseases: multicentre study of 80 patients
J. L. Martín-Varillas, L. Sánchez-Bilbao, V. Calvo-Río, Alfredo Adán, I. Hernanz, Adela Gallego-Flores, E. Beltrán, Sonia Castro-Oreiro, P. Fanlo, Álvaro García Martos, I. Torre, Miguel Cordero‐Coma, J. R. De Dios, Ángel García‐Aparicio, Marisa Hernández‐Garfella, A Sánchez-Andrade, A. García-Valle, O. Maíz, Roberto Miguélez, Sergio Rodríguez-Montero, Ana Urruticoechea, Raúl Veroz, Arantxa Conesa, Cristina Fernández‐Carballido, Vega Jovaní, Jose J Mondejar, Olga Martínez González, Patricia Moya, Susana Romero-Yuste, Paula Rubio-Muñoz, Eva Peña-Sainz-Pardo, Marta Garijo-Bufort, Rosalía Demetrio‐Pablo, José L. Hernández, Ricardo Blanco
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate effectiveness and safety of certolizumab pegol (CZP) in uveitis due to immune-mediated inflammatory diseases (IMID). METHODS: Multicentre study of CZP-treated patients with IMID uveitis refractory to conventional immunosuppressant. Effectiveness was assessed through the following ocular parameters: best-corrected visual acuity, anterior chamber cells, vitritis, macular thickness and retinal vasculitis. These variables were compared between the baseline, and first week, first, third, sixth months, first and second year. RESULTS: We studied 80 (33 men/47 women) patients (111 affected eyes) with a mean age of 41.6±11.7 years. The IMID included were: spondyloarthritis (n=43), Behçet's disease (n=10), psoriatic arthritis (n=8), Crohn's disease (n=4), sarcoidosis (n=2), juvenile idiopathic arthritis (n=1), reactive arthritis (n=1), rheumatoid arthritis (n=1), relapsing polychondritis (n=1), CONCLUSIONS: CZP seems to be effective and safe in uveitis related to different IMID, even in patients refractory to previous biological drugs.