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OBJECTIVE:To describe the clinical and immunologic features of 6 patients with rheumatic disease and Hepatitis C Virus (HCV) chronic infection, treated with anti-TNF alpha drugs. PATIENTS AND METHODS:Six patients, with repeated positive serology for HCV infection, were affected by Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) (4 cases), Psoriatic Arthritis (PsA) and Polymyositis in one case each. They started anti-TNFalpha treatment (Etanercept), due to a previous failure of combination of different immunosuppressants (Methotrexate, Sulfasalazine, Cyclosporine, Hydroxychloroquine). RESULTS:Patients (3 female and 3 males) showed a mean age at disease onset of 50.6 years (SD 14.5) and a mean disease duration of 12.5 years (SD: 8.8). Etanercept (dosage of 50 mg weekly) was continued for a median period of 14 months. Patients affected by RA and PsA achieved a good clinical response, with a significant reduction of DAS28 during treatment (p: 0.0001). No patient received any specific therapy for HCV infection. Elevated HCV-RNA titres were recorded in 5 cases at start of Etanercept. No significant increase was observed during anti-TNF alpha treatment. No cases of hepatic failure were recorded. CONCLUSION:Anti-TNF alpha therapy showed to be effective, safe and well tolerated in the setting of HCV infection.
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Autoimmun Revjournal_title
Autoimmunity reviewsauthors
Cavazzana I,Ceribelli A,Cattaneo R,Franceschini Fdoi
10.1016/j.autrev.2008.05.002subject
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2008-12-01 00:00:00pages
104-6issue
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1568-9972issn
1873-0183pii
S1568-9972(08)00078-5journal_volume
8pub_type
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