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ArticleClinical rheumatology2019

Long-term retention rates of adalimumab and infliximab in non-infectious intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis.

Claudia Fabiani, Antonio Vitale, Giacomo Emmi, Alice Bitossi, Giuseppe Lopalco, Jurgen Sota, Silvana Guerriero, Ida Orlando, Marco Capozzoli, Fiorella Fusco and 7 more

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Article in Clinical rheumatology, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 19 papers.

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19citing papers in PubMed
5.4field-weighted citation impact, top 4% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

19 citing papers in PubMed, 39 citations in OpenAlex.

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  18. Treatment of noninfectious uveitis.Arquivos brasileiros de oftalmologia
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  19. Behçet syndrome with eye involvement.Saudi journal of ophthalmology : official journal of the Saudi Ophthalmological Society
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

17 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Claudia FabianiDepartment of Ophthalmology, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, Rozzano, Milan, Italy. claudia.fabiani@gmail.com.
Antonio VitaleResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Giacomo EmmiDepartment of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Alice BitossiDepartment of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Giuseppe LopalcoInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Jurgen SotaResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Silvana GuerrieroDepartment of Ophthalmology and Otolaryngology, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Ida OrlandoResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Marco CapozzoliOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Fiorella FuscoOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Francesco RanaOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Florenzo IannoneInterdisciplinary Department of Medicine, Rheumatology Unit, University of Bari, Bari, Italy.
Bruno FredianiResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Mauro GaleazziResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Lorenzo VannozziDepartment of Surgery and Translational Medicine, Eye Clinic, University of Florence, Florence, Italy.
Gian Marco TosiOphthalmology Unit, Department of Medicine, Surgery and Neuroscience, University of Siena, Siena, Italy.
Luca CantariniResearch Center of Systemic Autoinflammatory Diseases, Behçet's Disease Clinic and Rheumatology-Ophthalmology Collaborative Uveitis Center, Department of Medical Sciences, Surgery and Neurosciences, University of Siena, Siena, Italy. cantariniluca@hotmail.com.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-7352-1275
University of Siena · ITUniversity of Bari Aldo Moro · ITUniversity of Florence · IT

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The aim of the present study was to compare long-term adalimumab (ADA) and infliximab (IFX) retention rates in patients with intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis. Additional aims are as follows: (i) to identify any difference in the causes of treatment discontinuation between patients treated with ADA and IFX; (ii) to assess any impact of demographic features, concomitant treatments, and different lines of biologic therapy on ADA and IFX retention rates; and (iii) to identify any correlation between ADA and IFX treatment duration and the age at uveitis onset, the age at onset of the associated systemic diseases, and the age at the start of treatment. Clinical, therapeutic, and demographic data from patients with non-infectious intermediate, posterior, or panuveitis treated with ADA or IFX were retrospectively collected. Kaplan-Meier plot and log-rank (Mantel-Cox) test were used to assess survival curves. One hundred eight patients (188 eyes) were enrolled; in 87 (80.6%) patients, uveitis was associated with a systemic disease. ADA and IFX were administered in 62 and 46 patients, respectively. No statistically significant differences were identified between ADA and IFX retention rates (p value = 0.22). Similarly, no differences were identified between ADA and IFX retention rates in relation to gender (p value = 0.61 for males, p value = 0.09 for females), monotherapy (p value = 0.08), combination therapy with conventional disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (log-rank p value = 0.63), and different lines of biologic therapy (p value = 0.79 for biologic-naïve patients; p value = 0.81 for subjects previously treated with other biologics). In conclusion, ADA and IFX have similar long-term retention rates in patients with non-infectious intermediate, posterior, and panuveitis. Demographic, clinical, and therapeutic features do not affect their long-term effectiveness.

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