Clinical features of patients with antisynthetase syndrome treated with anakinra.
Patient/Cohort | Sex and Age, Yrs | Clinical Manifestations and Antibody Profile | Acute-Phase Reactants and Ferritin Levels | Treatment Prior to Anakinra | Daily Dosage of Anakinra, mg | Concomitant Treatment | |
Our cohort | Patient 1 | Male, 66 | Arthritis, fever, ILD, myopericarditis anti-PL12+ | Increased | GC | 200 | GC |
Patient 2 | Male, 55 | Fever, ILD, myocarditis, rash, Raynaud anti-PL12+ | Increased | GC, AZA, MMF | 200 | GC | |
Patient 3 | Female, 54 | Fever, myocarditis, myositis, rash anti-Jo1+ | Increased | GC, IVIG, MTX | 200 | GC, MTX | |
Literature review | Furlan7 | Female, 60 | Arthritis, fever, ILD, myositis, rash anti-Jo1+ | Increased | GC, CYA, CYC, MTX | 100 | GC, MTX |
Zong8 | Male, 54 | Clinical manifestations NR anti-Jo1+ | NR | AZA, CYC, IFX, IVIG, MTX | 100 | GC, AZA | |
Meudec9 | Female, 55 | Arthritis, ILD, myopericarditis, myositis anti-Jo1+ | NR | MTX, RTX | NR | GC, MTX | |
Ahmad10 | Female, 65 | Arthritis, fever, ILD, rash anti-Jo1+ | Increased | AZA, RTX, MMF | 100 | GC |
AZA: azathioprine; CYC: cyclophosphamide; GC: glucocorticoid; IFX: infliximab; ILD: interstitial lung disease; IVIG: intravenous immunoglobulins; MMF: mycophenolate mofetil; MTX: methotrexate; NR: not reported; RTX: rituximab.