对双重阴性一般化肌痛性肌痛症患者的efgartigimod使用的回顾性分析:一个病例系列
Kazuhiro Horiuchi1, Shuntaro Nakamura1, Kazuki Yamada1
1Department of Neurology, Hakodate Municipal Hospital, Hakodate, Japan.
Neuromuscular disorders : NMD
|May 21, 2024
概括
埃夫加蒂格莫德治疗对双重阴性泛性肌痛性肌痛症 (gMG) 患者没有显著的益处. 虽然注意到一些症状改善,但它不足以改变这个患者群体的结果.
科学领域:
- 神经学 神经学
- 免疫学 免疫学 免疫学
- 药理学 药理学是指药理学的学科.
背景情况:
- 骨髓灰质炎 (MG) 是一种自身免疫性疾病,影响神经肌肉结节.
- 对乙胆受体 (AChR) 和肌肉特异性激酶 (MuSK) 抗体具有双重血清阴性的泛化MG (gMG) 患者存在诊断挑战.
- 新生儿Fc受体 (FcRn) 抗剂efgartigimod在这种特定的血清阴性gMG群体中的疗效尚未得到充分确立.
研究的目的:
- 为了评估患者的症状变化和efgartigimod治疗的安全性,双重阴性总化的MG.
- 评估efgartigimod在具有挑战性的gMG子组中的治疗反应和潜在益处.
主要方法:
- 对16名用efgartigimod治疗的双重血清阴性gMG患者的医疗记录进行了回顾性审查.
- 剂量:每周每周10毫克/公斤的efgartigimod每4周周期.
- 评估MG-日常生活活动 (ADL) 评分和普雷尼索隆剂量.
主要成果:
- 平均MG-ADL得分从9.2提高到了7.4.
- 每日平均普得尼索隆剂量从5.4毫克降至4.1毫克.
- 在MG-ADL得分恶化之前的平均持续时间是循环后6.1周;五名患者经历了轻度不良事件.
结论:
- 在对双重血清阴性GMG患者的评估结果中,efgartigimod治疗没有产生显著的临床益处.
- 需要进一步的研究来探索这种特定的gMG子组的潜在治疗策略.
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