Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study

Marco A Cimmino,1 Massimiliano Parodi,1 Francesca Barbieri,1 Stefano Bombardieri,2 Giuseppe Zampogna,1 Annamaria Iagnocco,3 Alberto Batticciotto,4 Luca Maria Sconfienza,5,6 Luigi Sinigaglia,7 Fabrizio De Benedetti,8 Fabiola Atzeni,9 Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini10 1Research Laboratory and Academic Divisio...

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Autores principales: Cimmino MA, Parodi M, Barbieri F, Bombardieri S, Zampogna G, Iagnocco A, Batticciotto A, Sconfienza LM, Sinigaglia L, De Benedetti F, Atzeni F, Sarzi-Puttini P
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spelling oai:doaj.org-article:f35cd1b030ce468687ce48c87f7ba46c2021-12-02T09:18:54ZDynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study1177-5491https://doaj.org/article/f35cd1b030ce468687ce48c87f7ba46c2020-02-01T00:00:00Zhttps://www.dovepress.com/dynamic-contrast-enhanced-mri-confirms-rapid-and-sustained-improvement-peer-reviewed-article-BTThttps://doaj.org/toc/1177-5491Marco A Cimmino,1 Massimiliano Parodi,1 Francesca Barbieri,1 Stefano Bombardieri,2 Giuseppe Zampogna,1 Annamaria Iagnocco,3 Alberto Batticciotto,4 Luca Maria Sconfienza,5,6 Luigi Sinigaglia,7 Fabrizio De Benedetti,8 Fabiola Atzeni,9 Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini10 1Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; 2Rheumatology Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3Academic Rheumatology Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; 4Rheumatology Unit ASST-Settelaghi, Ospedale di Circolo – Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Varese, Italy; 5IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy; 6Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; 7Rheumatology Unit, G. Pini Hospital, Milan, Italy; 8Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS, Bambin Gesù Paediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy; 9Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy; 10Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence: Piercarlo Sarzi-PuttiniReumatology Department, L. Sacco University Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli – Sacco, Via G.B. Grassi, 74, Milan 20157, ItalyTel +39 02 39042208Email piercarlo.sarziputtini@gmail.comObjective: This open-label study evaluated the effects of combined tocilizumab (TCZ) and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes in synovial membrane enhancement, bone marrow edema (BME), and erosions in the wrist and hand joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients inadequately responding to DMARDs alone.Methods: The efficacy of intravenous TCZ 8 mg/kg administered every four weeks for 48 weeks was evaluated on six occasions. The primary endpoints were the changes in the extent and degree of wrist synovitis as measured using the RA MRI Score (RAMRIS) and dynamic, gadolinium-enhanced 0.2T MRI (DCE-MRI). A number of different parameters of DCE-MRI were evaluated.Results: Fifty-eight patients were treated, eight of whom (13.8%) discontinued the study prematurely. The mean RAMRIS significantly decreased after two weeks and the decrease was maintained for up to 48 weeks. By week 4, the mean RAMRIS synovitis score had significantly decreased from baseline (− 0.804± 1.575; p=0.018), but not the mean early enhancement (REE) or relative enhancement (RE). However, there were significant decreases in RE at week 24, in REE and Ntotal (total number of enhancing voxels)*IRE (initial rate of enhancement) at weeks 12, 24 and 48, and in Ntotal*ME (maximal enhancement) at weeks 24 and 48. Mean BME decreased from baseline to week 48, and bone erosions did not progress. The patients’ clinical parameters significantly improved from baseline until week 48.Conclusion: TCZ in combination with DMARDs improved wrist synovitis, BME and clinical parameters, without any progression in bone erosions. The RAMRIS for synovitis rapidly improved from as early as two weeks after the first TCZ infusion. (Funded by F. Hoffmann–La Roche; ACTRACE EudraCT No. 2009 012185-32).Keywords: tocilizumab, rheumatoid arthritis, wrist, synovitis, low-field MRI, dedicated MRICimmino MAParodi MBarbieri FBombardieri SZampogna GIagnocco ABatticciotto ASconfienza LMSinigaglia LDe Benedetti FAtzeni FSarzi-Puttini PDove Medical Pressarticletocilizumabrheumatoid arthritiswristsynovitislow-field mridedicated mriMedicine (General)R5-920ENBiologics: Targets & Therapy, Vol Volume 14, Pp 13-21 (2020)
institution DOAJ
collection DOAJ
language EN
topic tocilizumab
rheumatoid arthritis
wrist
synovitis
low-field mri
dedicated mri
Medicine (General)
R5-920
spellingShingle tocilizumab
rheumatoid arthritis
wrist
synovitis
low-field mri
dedicated mri
Medicine (General)
R5-920
Cimmino MA
Parodi M
Barbieri F
Bombardieri S
Zampogna G
Iagnocco A
Batticciotto A
Sconfienza LM
Sinigaglia L
De Benedetti F
Atzeni F
Sarzi-Puttini P
Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study
description Marco A Cimmino,1 Massimiliano Parodi,1 Francesca Barbieri,1 Stefano Bombardieri,2 Giuseppe Zampogna,1 Annamaria Iagnocco,3 Alberto Batticciotto,4 Luca Maria Sconfienza,5,6 Luigi Sinigaglia,7 Fabrizio De Benedetti,8 Fabiola Atzeni,9 Piercarlo Sarzi-Puttini10 1Research Laboratory and Academic Division of Clinical Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy; 2Rheumatology Unit, Santa Chiara Hospital, University of Pisa, Pisa, Italy; 3Academic Rheumatology Centre, Università degli Studi di Torino, Turin, Italy; 4Rheumatology Unit ASST-Settelaghi, Ospedale di Circolo – Fondazione Macchi, Varese, Varese, Italy; 5IRCCS Istituto Ortopedico Galeazzi, Milan, Italy; 6Dipartimento di Scienze Biomediche per la Salute, Università degli Studi di Milano, Milan, Italy; 7Rheumatology Unit, G. Pini Hospital, Milan, Italy; 8Division of Rheumatology, IRCCS, Bambin Gesù Paediatric Hospital, Rome, Italy; 9Rheumatology Unit, University of Messina, Messina, Italy; 10Rheumatology Unit, L. Sacco University Hospital, Milan, ItalyCorrespondence: Piercarlo Sarzi-PuttiniReumatology Department, L. Sacco University Hospital, ASST Fatebenefratelli – Sacco, Via G.B. Grassi, 74, Milan 20157, ItalyTel +39 02 39042208Email piercarlo.sarziputtini@gmail.comObjective: This open-label study evaluated the effects of combined tocilizumab (TCZ) and disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs) on magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) changes in synovial membrane enhancement, bone marrow edema (BME), and erosions in the wrist and hand joints of rheumatoid arthritis (RA) patients inadequately responding to DMARDs alone.Methods: The efficacy of intravenous TCZ 8 mg/kg administered every four weeks for 48 weeks was evaluated on six occasions. The primary endpoints were the changes in the extent and degree of wrist synovitis as measured using the RA MRI Score (RAMRIS) and dynamic, gadolinium-enhanced 0.2T MRI (DCE-MRI). A number of different parameters of DCE-MRI were evaluated.Results: Fifty-eight patients were treated, eight of whom (13.8%) discontinued the study prematurely. The mean RAMRIS significantly decreased after two weeks and the decrease was maintained for up to 48 weeks. By week 4, the mean RAMRIS synovitis score had significantly decreased from baseline (− 0.804± 1.575; p=0.018), but not the mean early enhancement (REE) or relative enhancement (RE). However, there were significant decreases in RE at week 24, in REE and Ntotal (total number of enhancing voxels)*IRE (initial rate of enhancement) at weeks 12, 24 and 48, and in Ntotal*ME (maximal enhancement) at weeks 24 and 48. Mean BME decreased from baseline to week 48, and bone erosions did not progress. The patients’ clinical parameters significantly improved from baseline until week 48.Conclusion: TCZ in combination with DMARDs improved wrist synovitis, BME and clinical parameters, without any progression in bone erosions. The RAMRIS for synovitis rapidly improved from as early as two weeks after the first TCZ infusion. (Funded by F. Hoffmann–La Roche; ACTRACE EudraCT No. 2009 012185-32).Keywords: tocilizumab, rheumatoid arthritis, wrist, synovitis, low-field MRI, dedicated MRI
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author Cimmino MA
Parodi M
Barbieri F
Bombardieri S
Zampogna G
Iagnocco A
Batticciotto A
Sconfienza LM
Sinigaglia L
De Benedetti F
Atzeni F
Sarzi-Puttini P
author_facet Cimmino MA
Parodi M
Barbieri F
Bombardieri S
Zampogna G
Iagnocco A
Batticciotto A
Sconfienza LM
Sinigaglia L
De Benedetti F
Atzeni F
Sarzi-Puttini P
author_sort Cimmino MA
title Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study
title_short Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study
title_full Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study
title_fullStr Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study
title_full_unstemmed Dynamic Contrast-Enhanced MRI Confirms Rapid And Sustained Improvement Of Rheumatoid Arthritis Induced By Tocilizumab Treatment: An Italian Multicentre Study
title_sort dynamic contrast-enhanced mri confirms rapid and sustained improvement of rheumatoid arthritis induced by tocilizumab treatment: an italian multicentre study
publisher Dove Medical Press
publishDate 2020
url https://doaj.org/article/f35cd1b030ce468687ce48c87f7ba46c
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