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ArticleCurrent therapeutic research, clinical and experimental2021

Tofacitinib Use in Adults with Chronic Inflammatory Disease During the Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Pandemic: What Is Known So Far?

Samantha Howland, J Jasper Deuring, Xiaofeng Zhou, Yan Chen, Licia Mh Mota, Ryan C Ungaro

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Article in Current therapeutic research, clinical and experimental, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors at 5 institutions in 4 countries.

Samantha HowlandPfizer Ltd, Tadworth, Surrey, United Kingdom.
J Jasper DeuringPfizer Inc, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Xiaofeng ZhouPfizer Inc, New York, New York.
Yan ChenPfizer Inc, New York, New York.
Licia Mh MotaUniversidade de Brasília, Brasília, Brazil.
Ryan C UngaroDr. Henry D. Janowitz Division of Gastroenterology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, New York.
Pfizer (United States) · USIcahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai · USPfizer (Netherlands) · NLPfizer (United Kingdom) · GBUniversidade de Brasília · BR

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundConcerns have been raised that the risk of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection, or more severe or critical coronavirus disease 2019 (COVID-19), may be higher in immunocompromised individuals receiving immunomodulatory therapies compared with immunocompetent individuals. Tofacitinib is an oral Janus kinase inhibitor for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, ulcerative colitis, and polyarticular course juvenile idiopathic arthritis. To date, data on tofacitinib treatment during the COVID-19 pandemic are limited.

objectivesTo summarize current understanding of the use of tofacitinib in adults during the COVID-19 pandemic, and discuss research questions that are yet to be addressed, to further inform the safe and effective use of tofacitinib in clinical practice.

methodsWe conducted a review of the literature (as of February 2021), to summarize the expert recommendations for the management of rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ulcerative colitis in the context of COVID-19, and to assess the current data regarding the use of tofacitinib in adult patients during the pandemic.

resultsCurrent recommendations for rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, and ulcerative colitis state that tofacitinib treatment should be continued during the pandemic, except in cases of positive or presumed severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 infection. However, limited data are available; analyses of data from international rheumatology and gastroenterology registries have suggested that tofacitinib may not be associated with an increased risk of hospitalization or treatment switching in adults with COVID-19.

conclusionsFurther assessment of tofacitinib use in patients with rheumatoid arthritis, psoriatic arthritis, or ulcerative colitis will be required to elucidate and establish the benefit:risk profile of tofacitinib during the current COVID-19 pandemic.

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gastroenterologyimmunosuppressive treatmentrheumatologyvirology

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