New concepts to reduce glucocorticoid toxicity - 10/01/19
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Highlights |
• | Individual risk in long-term glucocorticoid therapy. |
• | Glucocorticoid toxicity Index. |
• | Modified-release prednisone. |
Abstract |
70 years after their first use, low-dose glucocorticoids are a common part of pharmacological rheumatoid arthritis treatment. This is due to their well-proven capacities in symptom severity and disease activity reduction, in particular when combined with a disease-modifying anti-rheumatic drug, such as methotrexate. Nevertheless, glucocorticoid administration, in long-term especially, is also seen critically because of its potential adverse conditions. In order to achieve a reduction in treatment-related adverse events, modern therapy regimes should take into consideration patients' risk factors and therefore be individual. The Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index is a method to measure side effects of glucocorticoid therapy objectively and will be central in future studies comparing different therapy regimes. Such a new therapy regime is modified-release prednisone, which – thanks to a different time of liberation – seems to capable of reducing morning stiffness much more effectively than conventional prednisone, whilst showing similar properties in disease activity reduction and safety. Still, confirmation of these first data in further trials will be necessary. Eventually, other innovative concepts are liposomal glucocorticoids, dissociated agonists of glucocorticoid receptors and intramuscular application of glucocorticoids. Though these approaches appear to be promising, additional research will be required.
Le texte complet de cet article est disponible en PDF.Keywords : Glucocorticoids, Toxicity, Treatment-related adverse events, Long-term outcome Glucocorticoid Toxicity Index, Modified-release prednisone
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