| Tacrolimus-induced Pulmonary Injury in Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients. | |
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PMID: 21300166 Owner: NLM Status: Publisher |
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BACKGROUND: Tacrolimus (TAC) was approved in Japan in 2005 for rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients having inadequate response to other disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drugs. As of May 2007, spontaneous reports identified twenty-seven cases of exacerbation or new development of interstitial pneumonia among RA patients given TAC in Japan. OBJECTIVE: To describe the clinical and radiological characteristics of TAC-induced pulmonary injury (TIPI). PATIENTS AND METHODS: Eleven RA patients diagnosed with de novo pulmonary injury or exacerbation of IP during treatment with TAC were identified. Clinical, radiological, and laboratory data of ten of these cases were retrospectively analyzed. RESULTS: Baseline data for the ten patients were a mean age of 69.7 years; gender, 70% female; mean RA disease duration, 9.1 years; and pulmonary comorbidities, 90%. Six cases were classified as presumptive TAC-induced pulmonary injury (TIPI) and four as probable TIPI. Among the six presumptive cases, TIPI developed at an average of 84 days after initiation of treatment (n=5) or four days after reinstitution of TAC (n=1). Five cases were an exacerbation of pre-existing interstitial pneumonia and one was a de novo pulmonary injury. Radiological patterns of thoracic computed tomography (CT) scans of patients in the presumptive TIPI cases were hypersensitivity pneumonia like-pattern (n=3), ground-glass opacity (n=2), and organizing pneumonia-pattern (n=1). All patients with presumptive TIPI were treated with high dosage glucocorticosteroids and one received concomitant immunosuppressants. Two of the six presumptive TIPI patients died. CONCLUSION: Rheumatologists should be aware of this rare but potentially life-threatening adverse event in RA patients receiving TAC. |
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Ryuji Koike; Michi Tanaka; Yukiko Komano; Fumikazu Sakai; Haruhito Sugiyama; Toshihiro Nanki; Hiroshi Ide; Satoshi Jodo; Kou Katayama; Hidekazu Matsushima; Yusuke Miwa; Koichi Morita; Hiroshi Nakashima; Hiroyuki Nakamura; Masamitsu Natsumeda; Yoshiko Sato; Seitaro Semba; Mutsuto Tateishi; Nobuyuki Miyasaka; Masayoshi Harigai |
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Type: JOURNAL ARTICLE Date: 2011-2-4 |
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Title: Pulmonary pharmacology & therapeutics Volume: - ISSN: 1522-9629 ISO Abbreviation: - Publication Date: 2011 Feb |
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Created Date: 2011-2-8 Completed Date: - Revised Date: - |
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Nlm Unique ID: 9715279 Medline TA: Pulm Pharmacol Ther Country: - |
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Copyright © 2011. Published by Elsevier Ltd. |
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Tokyo Medical and Dental University, Tokyo, Japan. |
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