Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of Rituximab (RTX) therapy in patients affected by Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease poorly controlled by traditional immunosuppressive treatment. Methods: Retrospective case series of recurrent VKH uveitis treated with intravenous RTX between January 2019 and November 2020. All patients were treated with intravenous RTX and underwent complete ophthalmic examination, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), fundus photography, subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) measurement on enhanced depth imaging optical-coherence tomography (EDI-OCT), fluorescein, and indocyanine green angiography. Results: Five patients were included. All patients received at least 3 RTX infusions. Mean BCVA improved from 20/32 Snellen equivalent at baseline before RTX treatment to 20/28 Snellen equivalent (p = .008). Mean SFCT on EDI-OCT showed a reduction from 564.4 mu m(SD = 176.2) to 280.0 mu m(SD = 140.4) (p = .015). Follow-up ranged from 12 to 21 months, with a mean of 18.2 +/- 3.7 months. Conclusions: In these case series, RTX was effective in VHK disease poorly controlled by traditional immunosuppressive treatment.
Bolletta E, Gozzi F, Mastrofilippo V, Pipitone N, De Simone L, Croci S, et al. (2021). Efficacy of Rituximab Treatment in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease Poorly Controlled by Traditional Immunosuppressive Treatment. OCULAR IMMUNOLOGY AND INFLAMMATION, 30(6), 1303-1308.
Efficacy of Rituximab Treatment in Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada Disease Poorly Controlled by Traditional Immunosuppressive Treatment
Iannetta D;Fontana L;
2021
Abstract
Purpose: To evaluate the efficacy of Rituximab (RTX) therapy in patients affected by Vogt-Koyanagi-Harada (VKH) disease poorly controlled by traditional immunosuppressive treatment. Methods: Retrospective case series of recurrent VKH uveitis treated with intravenous RTX between January 2019 and November 2020. All patients were treated with intravenous RTX and underwent complete ophthalmic examination, best-corrected visual acuity (BCVA), fundus photography, subfoveal choroidal thickness (SFCT) measurement on enhanced depth imaging optical-coherence tomography (EDI-OCT), fluorescein, and indocyanine green angiography. Results: Five patients were included. All patients received at least 3 RTX infusions. Mean BCVA improved from 20/32 Snellen equivalent at baseline before RTX treatment to 20/28 Snellen equivalent (p = .008). Mean SFCT on EDI-OCT showed a reduction from 564.4 mu m(SD = 176.2) to 280.0 mu m(SD = 140.4) (p = .015). Follow-up ranged from 12 to 21 months, with a mean of 18.2 +/- 3.7 months. Conclusions: In these case series, RTX was effective in VHK disease poorly controlled by traditional immunosuppressive treatment.I documenti in IRIS sono protetti da copyright e tutti i diritti sono riservati, salvo diversa indicazione.