MSCT Week 3: Pharmacotherapy for RA and Gout Flashcards
Drug classes commonly used to treat rheumatoid arthritis
5 Listed
- NSAIDs
- Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)
- Biologics/cytokine blockers
- Inhibitors of T cell activation
- Inhibitors of B cell function
DMARDs AKA
Disease-modifying antirheumatic drugs
Non-selective COX inhibitors vs selective COX-2 inhibitors in RA
COX-2 inhibitors reduce the incidences of these side-effects by 50% (GI perforations, ulcers, bleeds)
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs Classes
5 Listed
- Antineoplastic agents
- Antimalarial agents
- Chelating Agent
- Immunosuppressives
- Mechanism-targeted inhibitors
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: Antineoplastic Agents
Methotrexate
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: Antimalarial agents
Hydroxychloroquine
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: Chelating Agents
Penicillamine
Disease-Modifying Antirheumatic Drugs: Immunosuppressives
10 listed
- cyclosporin
- glucocorticoids
- etanercept
- infliximab
- anakinra
- abatacept
- rituximab
- leflunomide
- gold salts
- azathioprine
Methotrexate drug class
Antineoplastic agents
Methotrexate mechanism and mechanism in RA
- Folate antagonist
- exerts cytotoxic effects
- mechanism of anti-inflammatory activity in RA is uncertain; it may inhibit T cell activation and/or suppress the expression of adhesion molecules on T cells
Methotrexate Excretion
- 80-90% excreted unchanged in the urine
- t1/2 is influenced by the glomerular filtration rate
Methotrexate common side effects for doses to treat RA
6 listed
- N/V
- mouth sores
- headache
- fatigue
- alopecia
- rash
Methotrexate Severe Side Effects
3 listed
- Life-threatening hepatotoxicity
- pulmonary damage
- myelosuppression
Hydrochloroquine Drug Class
Antimalarial Agents
Hydrochloroquine MOA
2 listed
Mechanism in treating RA is uncertain but possibilities are;
- Inhibition of Toll-like Receptors (esp. TLR-9)
- Block antigen processing in macrophages and presentation of antigen-MHC complex to CD4+ T cells
Hydroxychloroquine efficacy in RA
3 listed
- Relatively low efficacy as an antirheumatic agent
- commonly combined with other therapies
- onset of therapeutic effects is relatively slow
identify proinflammatory cytokines and anti-inflammatory
- Infliximab
- Adalimumab
- etanercept
- anakinra
- ustekinumab
- guselkumab
- secukinumab
- ixekizumab
Drug class
Cytokine blockers
Inhibitors of TNF-α
3 listed
- Infliximab
- adalimumab
- etanercept
Inhibitor of IL-1 Function
Anakinra
Inhibitor of IL-12 and IL-23
Ustekinumab
Inhibitor of IL-23
Guselkumab
Inhibitor of IL-17A
2 listed
- Secukinumab
- ixekzumab
Biosimilar Examples
6 listed
Etanercept-szzs
Adalimumab-atto
adalimumab-adbm
infliximab-dyyb
infliximab-qbtx
infliximab-abda
A biosimilar product is?
chemically similar to FDA-approved biological product and is clinically similar to the approved product in terms of safety, purity and effectiveness
The pharmacokinetic properties of a biosimilar product…
Must be similar to those of the approved product
An important consideration of the clinical immunogenicity
incidence and severity of human immune response of the biosimilar product
Anti-TNF agents
3 listed
Infliximab
etanercept
adalimumab
Infliximab
- biosimilar
- a chimeric (human constant regions and mouse variable regions) anti-TNF-α monoclonal antibody
Infliximab drug class
Anti-TNF Agents
biosimilar
Etanercept description
Human TNF receptor linked to the Fc portion of human IgG1
Biosimilar
Etanercept drug class
- Anti-TNF agents
- biosimilar
Adalimumab description
Human monoclonal Ab specific for TNF-α
biosimilar
Adalimumab Drug class
- Anti-TNF agents
- Biosimilar
Infliximab Pharmacokinetics
- IV
- administer at 0, 2 and 6 weeks, then every 8 weeks
Entanercept Pharmacokinetics
Given 2X/week, SC
Adalimumab Pharmacokinetics
- Given 1X every other week
- peak plasma concentration 131+-56 hrs after administration
- t1/2 = 14 days
- methotrexate reduces clearance
Adalimumab clearance is reduced by?
Methotrexate
Untoward effects of Anti-TNF therapy
6 considerations
Autoimmune diseases successfully treated with Anti-TNF therapy
7 listed
ACR50 vs 20 in Anti-TNF therapy
Anakinra description
A recombinant nonglycosylated synthetic form of the human IL-1 receptor antagonist (IL-1Ra) an endogenous regulator of IL-1 action
Anakinra Indications
- FDA approved to treat RA and neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (NOMID)
- Not FDA approved but sometimes used for systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis, adult-onset Still’s Disease, Gout, Calcium pyrophosphate deposition (Pseudogout), Behcet’s disease, ankylosing spondylitis, Uveitis, auto-inflammatory syndromes
Ustekinumab description
Inhibitor of IL-12 and IL-23
Ustekinumab Indications
- Indicated for the treatment of psoriatic arthritis in adults
- administered alone or in combination with methotrexate
Ustekinumab Adverse effects
upper respiratory infection
Abatacept description
- Fusion protein of the extracellular domain of the CTLA4 molecule and the Fc domain of human IgG1
Abatacept MOA
Blocks the costimulatory signal required for T cell activation
Abatacept Indications
approved for patients who do not respond well to methotrexate and for patients who do not respond to or cannot tolerate TNF antagonists
Abatacept Dosage
- 30-minute infusion given at 2 and 4 weeks after the first infusion, then every 4 weeks thereafter
- Fixed-dose approximately 10 mg/kg based on weight range throughout the course of treatment
Abatacept Mechanism Diagram
Rituximab Description
- Inhibitor of B cell function
- A chimeric murine/human mAb against the CD20 antigen found on the surface of normal and malignant B lymphocytes
Rituximab MOA
Include complement-mediated cytotoxicity and antibody-dependent cell-mediated cytotoxicity
Rituximab indications
- Approved only for patients that fail to respond to anti-TNF-α therapy.
- Also approved for the treatment of non-Hodgkin’s Lymphoma
Rituximab Dosage
- Two-1000 mg IV infusions separated by 2 weeks
- Administration of a glucocorticoid prior to each infusion is recommended in order to reduce the incidence and severity of infusion reactions