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ReviewPharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland)2024

Novel Treatments in Refractory Recurrent Pericarditis.

Emilia Lazarou, Christos Koutsianas, Panayotis K Vlachakis, Panagiotis Theofilis, Dimitrios Vassilopoulos, Costas Tsioufis, George Lazaros, Dimitris Tousoulis

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Review in Pharmaceuticals (Basel, Switzerland), 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

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2 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors.

Emilia LazarouFirst Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vas. Sofias 114, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Christos KoutsianasClinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 114 Vass. Sophias Ave, 11527 Athens, Greece.
Panayotis K VlachakisFirst Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vas. Sofias 114, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-0736-4942
Panagiotis TheofilisFirst Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vas. Sofias 114, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0001-9260-6306
Dimitrios VassilopoulosClinical Immunology-Rheumatology Unit, 2nd Department of Medicine and Laboratory, Joint Academic Rheumatology Program, School of Medicine, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Hippokration General Hospital, 114 Vass. Sophias Ave, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2288-3863
Costas TsioufisFirst Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vas. Sofias 114, 11527 Athens, Greece.
George LazarosFirst Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vas. Sofias 114, 11527 Athens, Greece.ORCID 0000-0003-2802-9617
Dimitris TousoulisFirst Cardiology Department, School of Medicine, Hippokration General Hospital, National and Kapodistrian University of Athens, Vas. Sofias 114, 11527 Athens, Greece.

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Refractory recurrent pericarditis is a troublesome condition that severely impairs the quality of life of affected patients and significantly increases healthcare spending. Until recently, therapeutic options included only a few medications and most of the patients resorted to chronic glucocorticoid treatment with steroid dependence. In the most recent decade, the introduction of interleukin-1 blockers in clinical practice has revolutionized the treatment of glucocorticoid-dependent and colchicine-resistant recurrent pericarditis due to their excellent efficacy and good safety profile. The rationale for the introduction of this class of medications in clinical practice is the autoinflammatory nature of recurrent pericarditis in a substantial rate of cases, with interleukin-1 being the main pro-inflammatory cytokine involved in this context. This review aims to discuss the contemporary available evidence from original research and real-world data on interleukin-1 blocker use in refractory recurrent pericarditis, in terms of indications, mechanism of action, efficacy, side effects, and recommended treatment protocols. Moreover, novel treatment proposals, such as hydroxychloroquine,

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interleukin-1 blockersnovel treatmentspathophysiologyrecurrent pericarditisside effects

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PMCPMC11357540

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