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. 2020 May 27:2020:1936960.
doi: 10.1155/2020/1936960. eCollection 2020.

Role of Colchicine Treatment in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS): Real-Life Data from the AIDA Network

Antonio Vitale  1 , Jurgen Sota  1 , Laura Obici  2 , Nicola Ricco  1 , Maria Cristina Maggio  3 , Marco Cattalini  4 , Piero Ruscitti  5 , Francesco Caso  6 , Raffaele Manna  7 , Ombretta Viapiana  8 , Valeria Caggiano  1 , Giacomo Emmi  9 , Antonella Insalaco  10 , Davide Montin  11 , Francesco Licciardi  11 , Alessandra Soriano  12 , Lorenzo Dagna  13 , Carlo Salvarani  12 , Vittoria Lamacchia  14   15 , José Hernández-Rodríguez  16 , Roberto Giacomelli  5 , Bruno Frediani  1 , Alessandra Renieri  14   15 , Luca Cantarini  1
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Role of Colchicine Treatment in Tumor Necrosis Factor Receptor Associated Periodic Syndrome (TRAPS): Real-Life Data from the AIDA Network

Antonio Vitale et al. Mediators Inflamm. .

Abstract

Objective: To analyze the potential role of colchicine monotherapy in patients with tumor necrosis factor receptor associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) in terms of control of clinical and laboratory manifestations.

Methods: Patients with TRAPS treated with colchicine monotherapy were retrospectively enrolled; demographic, clinical and therapeutic data were collected and statistically analysed after having clustered patients according to different times at disease onset, penetrance of mutations, dosage of colchicine, and different disease manifestations.

Results: 24 patients (14 males; 15 with pediatric disease onset) treated with colchicine monotherapy were enrolled. Colchicine resulted in a complete response in 3 (12.5%) cases, partial response in 14 (58.3%) patients, and lack of response in 7 (29.2%) patients. There were not significant differences in colchicine response between pediatric and adult disease onset (p = 0.42), between low- and high-penetrance mutations (p = 0.62), and according to different dosages (p = 0.66). No significant differences were identified in the frequency of specific disease manifestations between patients experiencing any response to colchicine and patients with lack of response.

Conclusions: Colchicine monotherapy is useful in a low percentage of TRAPS patients; nevertheless, it could be attempted in patients with milder phenotypes and at a lower risk of developing reactive amyloidosis.

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Conflict of interest statement

The authors declare that they have no conflicts of interest.

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Response to colchicine treatment distinguishing patients according to different age at disease onset (pediatric- versus adult-onset).
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Response to colchicine administration according to different dosages employed (1 mg/day versus more than 1 mg/day).
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Response to colchicine administration distinguishing patients according to the final response to nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs), corticosteroids (CS), and biologic agents. In order to facilitate the reading of the histograms, patients experiencing complete response and partial response were meshed to be compared with patients presenting colchicine failure.
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