Observational studyClinical rheumatology2018
Safety profile of the interleukin-1 inhibitors anakinra and canakinumab in real-life clinical practice: a nationwide multicenter retrospective observational study.
Observational study in Clinical rheumatology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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54 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 80 citations in OpenAlex.
- Off-label use of canakinumab in pediatric rheumatology and rare diseases.Frontiers in medicine · 2022Pooled it
- A Comprehensive Update on Kawasaki Disease Vasculitis and Myocarditis.Current rheumatology reports · 2020Pooled it
- The right place of interleukin-1 inhibitors in the treatment of Behçet's syndrome: a systematic review.Rheumatology international · 2019Pooled it
- Targeted innate immune inhibition therapy compared with antibiotics for recurrent acute cystitis: a randomized, open-label phase 2 trial.Nature microbiology · 2026Trial
- Respiratory effects of off label anakinra in critically ill neonates: a 15-patient observational cohort study.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Article
- Emerging therapeutic targets in non-infectious uveitis and scleritis.Frontiers in medicine · 2026Review
- MIS-C, inherited metabolic diseases and methylmalonic acidemia: a case report and review of the literature.Italian journal of pediatrics · 2025Review
- Tumor-infiltrating myeloid cells; mechanisms, functional significance, and targeting in cancer therapy.Cellular oncology (Dordrecht, Netherlands) · 2025Review
- Off-Label Use of Anakinra in Inflammatory Conditions in Neonates and Infants Up to 3 Months of Age: A Case Series and a Review of the Literature.Paediatric drugs · 2025Review
- Advancing multidisciplinary management of pediatric hyperinflammatory disorders.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Review
- Pediatric rheumatic diseases and vaccinations: a promising alliance.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2025Article
- Post-marketing safety of anakinra and canakinumab: a real-world pharmacovigilance study based on FDA adverse event reporting system.Frontiers in pharmacology · 2025Article
- Biologics Versus JAK Inhibitors. Part I: Cancer Risk. A Narrative Review.Dermatology and therapy · 2024Review
- Decoding Behcet's Uveitis: an In-depth review of pathogenesis and therapeutic advances.Journal of neuroinflammation · 2024Review
- Efficacy and safety of canakinumab in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, the first Chinese experience.Pediatric rheumatology online journal · 2024Article
- Update on non-infectious uveitis treatment: anti-TNF-alpha and beyond.Frontiers in ophthalmology · 2024Review
- Exploiting innate immunity for cancer immunotherapy.Molecular cancer · 2023Review
- Targeting tumour-reprogrammed myeloid cells: the new battleground in cancer immunotherapy.Seminars in immunopathology · 2023Review
- Immunosuppressive cells in cancer: mechanisms and potential therapeutic targets.Journal of hematology & oncology · 2022Review
- Immune escape mechanisms and therapeutic approaches in cancer: the cancer-immunity cycle.Therapeutic advances in medical oncology · 2022Review
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Abstract
A few studies have reported the safety profile of interleukin (IL)-1 blockers from real life. The aim of this study is to describe anakinra (ANA) and canakinumab (CAN) safety profile in children and adults, based on data from a real-life setting. Demographic, clinical, and therapeutic data from patients treated with ANA and CAN were retrospectively collected and analyzed. Four hundred and seventy five patients were enrolled; ANA and CAN were prescribed in 421 and 105 treatment courses, respectively. During a mean follow-up of 24.39 ± 27.04 months, 89 adverse events (AE) were recorded; 13 (14.61%) were classified as serious AE (sAE). The overall estimated rate of AE and sAE was 8.4 per 100 patients/year. Safety concerns were more frequent among patients aged ≥ 65 years compared with patients < 16 years (p = 0.002). No differences were detected in the frequency of safety concerns between monotherapy and combination therapy with immunosuppressants (p = 0.055), but a significant difference was observed when injection site reactions were excluded from AE (p = 0.01). No differences were identified in relation to gender (p = 0.462), different lines of biologic therapy (p = 0.775), and different dosages (p = 0.70 ANA; p = 0.39 CAN). The overall drug retention rate was significantly different according to the occurrence of safety concerns (p value < 0.0001); distinguishing between ANA and CAN, significance was maintained only for ANA (p < 0.0001 ANA; p > 0.05 CAN). Treatment duration was the only variable associated with onset of AE (OR = 0.399 [C.I. 0.250-0.638], p = 0.0001). ANA and CAN have shown an excellent safety profile; the risk for AE and sAE tends to decrease over time from the start of IL-1 inhibition.
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