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ArticleJournal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection2019

Experience of using adalimumab in treating sight-threatening paediatric or adolescent Behcet's disease-related uveitis.

Mary Ho, Li Jia Chen, Helena P Y Sin, Lawrence P L Iu, Marten Brelen, Assunta C H Ho, Timothy Y Y Lai, Alvin L Young

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Article in Journal of ophthalmic inflammation and infection, 2019. 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

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3 · Its place in the literature

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9 citing papers in PubMed, 22 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Treatment with Biologic Drugs in Pediatric Behçet's Disease: A Comprehensive Analysis of the Published Data.BioDrugs : clinical immunotherapeutics, biopharmaceuticals and gene therapy · 2023
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  8. Pediatric uveitis: Role of the pediatrician.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2022
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Mary HoDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Li Jia ChenDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Helena P Y SinDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Lawrence P L IuDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Marten BrelenDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Assunta C H HoDepartment of Paediatrics, Faculty of Medicine, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Timothy Y Y LaiDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR.
Alvin L YoungDepartment of Ophthalmology & Visual Sciences, Prince of Wales Hospital, the Chinese University of Hong Kong, Shatin, Hong Kong SAR. youngla@ha.org.hk.
Chinese University of Hong Kong · CNHong Kong Eye Hospital · CNPrince of Wales Hospital · CN

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

purposeTo report the clinical outcomes of adalimumab in treating refractory Behcet's disease (BD)-related uveitis in paediatric or adolescent patients.

methodsRetrospective review of five paediatric or adolescent patients with BD-related uveitis with a minimum follow-up of 24 months.

resultsDisease quiescence was observed in 9 (90%) of 10 eyes at 12 months. The mean number of relapses per year per patient was 5 (range, 3-7) before initiation of adalimumab treatment. This was reduced to 0.2 relapse per patient per year among the five patients during the first 24 months after starting adalimumab treatment. At baseline, 5 eyes had active retinal vasculitis. Retinal vasculitis resolved in all cases (100%) after starting adalimumab. The mean time to complete resolution of inflammation was 3.4 weeks. The mean ± standard deviation logMAR best-corrected visual acuity was 0.711 ± 0.63 at baseline and improved to 0.172 ± 1.04 at 12 months (P < 0.001). None of the patients developed any adverse events associated with adalimumab treatment.

conclusionAdalimumab was effective in preventing irreversible sight-threatening BD-related uveitis in paediatric or adolescent patients. Adalimumab appears to be a promising treatment option for young patients with recalcitrant BD-related uveitis and has a favourable safety profile.

Indexed as

AdalimumabBehcet’s diseaseIntraocular inflammationRetinal vasculitisUveitis

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PMID31367810
PMCPMC6669227
OpenAlexW2965781575

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