https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/634334
標題: | Recommendation of using systemic anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha for the treatment of noninfectious uveitis in Taiwan | 作者: | Hwang, De Kuang Hwang, Yih Shiou Tsai, Ming Ling Lin, Chun Ju Chan, Wei Chun Chang, Yo Chen Chen, Der Yuan Hsieh, Tsu Yi Sheu, Shwu Jiuan CHANG-PING LIN |
關鍵字: | Adalimumab | immunomodulatory | noninfectious | treatment | tumor necrosis factor | uveitis | 公開日期: | 1-七月-2018 | 卷: | 8 | 期: | 3 | 來源出版物: | Taiwan Journal of Ophthalmology | 摘要: | Noninfectious uveitis is a sight-threatening disease with an autoimmune or autoinflammatory basis. Systemic treatment is required if intraocular inflammation threatens a patient's vision or cannot be controlled locally and when it is associated with systemic rheumatic diseases. Corticosteroids and immunomodulatory chemotherapy are the conventional initial treatments. However, the various side effects of these therapies increase the burden on patients, not only physically but also mentally. Moreover, uncontrolled inflammation and poor visual outcomes have sometimes been recorded despite the combination of these medications or their high dosage. Antitumor necrosis factor-alpha (anti-TNF-α) and other biologic agents have been widely used to treat rheumatic diseases for >15 years. Randomized controlled clinical trials have demonstrated that anti-TNF-α can reduce and delay episodes of intraocular inflammation not only in patients with active uveitis but also in corticosteroid-dependent patients with inactive uveitis. The Taiwan Food and Drug Administration approved the use of adalimumab, an anti-TNF-α agent, for treating nonanterior noninfectious uveitis (NANIU) in 2017. This report provides a recommendation and a proposed stepladder approach for using anti-TNF-α agents to treat NANIU in Taiwan. |
URI: | https://scholars.lib.ntu.edu.tw/handle/123456789/634334 | ISSN: | 22115056 | DOI: | 10.4103/tjo.tjo_32_18 |
顯示於: | 醫學院附設醫院 (臺大醫院) |
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