Larijani Mary, Zarowin Diana, Wohlschlaeger Anne, Perman Marissa J, Treat James R
The Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Section of Pediatric Dermatology, Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, USA.
Pediatr Dermatol. 2023 Mar;40(2):320-322. doi: 10.1111/pde.15146. Epub 2022 Oct 21.
The mainstay of treatment for atopic dermatitis (AD)-like graft-versus-host disease (GVHD) in both pediatric and adult patients includes oral corticosteroids with or without other systemic immunosuppressive therapies. To our knowledge, we report the first case series of dupilumab in the treatment of AD-like GVHD in a pediatric cohort of four patients, where we observed clinical improvement of GVHD as well as a reduction in itch in 3/4 (75%) patients. Our findings suggest that dupilumab is not only effective in treating AD-like GVHD, but also reduces systemic immunosuppression in the pediatric transplant population. The ability to reduce the length and amount of immunosuppression as well as improve quality of life suggest that dupilumab may serve as a safe and effective therapeutic option in our transplant population with GVHD.
在儿科和成年患者中,治疗特应性皮炎(AD)样移植物抗宿主病(GVHD)的主要方法包括口服皮质类固醇,可联合或不联合其他全身免疫抑制疗法。据我们所知,我们报告了首例使用度普利尤单抗治疗4例儿科患者AD样GVHD的病例系列,其中我们观察到3/4(75%)的患者GVHD临床症状改善且瘙痒减轻。我们的研究结果表明,度普利尤单抗不仅对治疗AD样GVHD有效,而且还可减少儿科移植人群的全身免疫抑制。度普利尤单抗具有减少免疫抑制的时长和剂量以及改善生活质量的能力,这表明它可能是我们移植人群中GVHD的一种安全有效的治疗选择。