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SynthesisDrug safety2024

A Systematic Overview of Contraindications and Special Warnings for Biologic and Targeted Synthetic Disease Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: Establishing a Framework to Create a "Safety Checklist".

Lykke Skaarup, Elvina Ingrid, Alexandre Sepriano, Elena Nikiphorou, René Østgård, Kim Lauper, Ilona Grosse-Michaelis, Margreet Kloppenburg, Bente Glintborg, David F L Liew and 1 more

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Synthesis in Drug safety, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

11 authors.

Lykke SkaarupDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Skou Building, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-1408-0027
Elvina IngridDepartment of Rheumatology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0009-0001-9045-1037
Alexandre SeprianoNOVA Medical School, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-1954-0229
Elena NikiphorouDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6847-3726
René ØstgårdDiagnostic Center, Regional Hospital Silkeborg, Silkeborg, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-6124-8972
Kim LauperDivision of Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine and Department of Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Geneva University Hospitals, Geneva, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4315-9009
Ilona Grosse-MichaelisIndependent Consultant, Geneva, Switzerland.
Margreet KloppenburgDepartment of Rheumatology, Leiden University Medical Center, Leiden, The Netherlands.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-9294-2307
Bente GlintborgDANBIO and Copenhagen Center for Arthritis Research (COPECARE), Centre for Rheumatology and Spine Diseases, Centre of Head and Orthopaedics, Copenhagen University Hospital-Rigshospitalet, Glostrup, Denmark.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-8931-8482
David F L LiewDepartment of Rheumatology, Austin Health, Melbourne, Australia.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8451-8883
Tue W KragstrupDepartment of Biomedicine, Aarhus University, Skou Building, Høegh-Guldbergs Gade 10, 8000, Aarhus C, Denmark. kragstrup@biomed.au.dk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6439-397X

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

BACKGROUND/

aimThe purpose of this review is to provide an overview of the contraindications, special warnings, and boxed warnings with the aim to establish a framework to create a prescription safety checklist for a class of drugs or disease indication. This study covers biologic disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (bDMARDs) and targeted synthetic DMARDs (tsDMARDs).

methodsWe identified contraindications, boxed warnings, and special warnings provided by the European Medicines Agency (EMA) and the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA). The study included b/tsDMARDs approved for treating rheumatoid arthritis (RA), psoriatic arthritis (PsA), axial spondyloarthritis (SpA), and juvenile idiopathic arthritis (JIA) within the drug-classes anti-CD20, tumor necrosis factor inhibitors (TNFi), interleukin-1 inhibitors (IL-1i), cytotoxic T-lymphocyte-associated protein (CTLA) 4, interleukin-12/23 inhibitors (IL-12/23i), interleukin 6 receptor inhibitors (IL-6Ri), Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi), phosphodiesterase 4 inhibitors (PDE4i), interleukin-17 inhibitors (IL-17i), and interleukin-23 inhibitors (IL-23i).

resultsAll drug classes, except PDE4i, had contraindications and/or warnings related to infections, including tuberculosis. A warning about herpes zoster was listed for anti-CD20, IL-1i, IL-6Ri, and JAKi, while a warning about hepatitis reactivation was listed for anti-CD20, TNFi, IL-1i, CTLA4-Ig, IL-6Ri, and JAKi. Malignancy risk was mentioned for all drug classes except PDE4i, IL-17i, and IL-23i. Other warnings included demyelinating disease (TNFi, CTLA4-Ig, and IL-6Ri), heart failure (anti-CD20 and TNFi), major adverse cardiac events (JAKi and IL-12/23) and venous thromboembolism (JAKi), hyperlipidemia (IL-6Ri and JAKi), liver impairment (TNFi, IL-1i, IL-6Ri, and JAKi), kidney impairment (IL-1i, JAKi, and PDE4i), inflammatory bowel disease (IL-17i), gastrointestinal perforation (IL-6Ri, JAKi), cytopenia (anti-CD20, TNFi, IL-1i, IL-6Ri, JAKi), and depression (PDE4i). Contraindications and warnings appeared to increase with the passage of time since the drug's approval.

conclusionThis review provides an overview to establish the framework to create an easily accessible and actionable prescription safety checklist from individual medical product prescription information provided by regulatory medical authorities.

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Antirheumatic AgentsBiological ProductsContraindications, DrugChecklistDrug LabelingHumansUnited StatesUnited States Food and Drug AdministrationAntirheumatic AgentsBiological Products

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