Anakinra as a Treatment for Hydradenitis Suppurativa

Summary

This is an open-label, proof-of-concept research study to assess the effectiveness of anakinra in the treatment of patients with hidradenitis suppurativa (HS). The planned intervention is to provide about 6 HS patients with anakinra 100mg daily injections to administer subcutaneously for 8 weeks. Then, the study subjects will be followed for a further 8 weeks to monitor for relapse of HS.

Timeline

Start

2012-10

Primary completion

2013-05

Completion

2013-07

Publications

• Background Revuz JE, Canoui-Poitrine F, Wolkenstein P, Viallette C, Gabison G, Pouget F, Poli F, Faye O, Roujeau JC, Bonnelye G, Grob JJ, Bastuji-Garin S. Prevalence and factors associated with hidradenitis suppurativa: results from two case-control studies. J Am Acad Dermatol. 2008 Oct;59(4):596-601. doi: 10.1016/j.jaad.2008.06.020.
• Background Fitzsimmons JS, Guilbert PR. A family study of hidradenitis suppurativa. J Med Genet. 1985 Oct;22(5):367-73. doi: 10.1136/jmg.22.5.367.
• Background Stojanov S, Kastner DL. Familial autoinflammatory diseases: genetics, pathogenesis and treatment. Curr Opin Rheumatol. 2005 Sep;17(5):586-99. doi: 10.1097/bor.0000174210.78449.6b.
• Background Steinhoff JP, Cilursu A, Falasca GF, Guzman L, Reginato AJ. A study of musculoskeletal manifestations in 12 patients with SAPHO syndrome. J Clin Rheumatol. 2002 Feb;8(1):13-22. doi: 10.1097/00124743-200202000-00005.
• Background Rosi YL, Lowe L, Kang S. Treatment of hidradenitis suppurativa with infliximab in a patient with Crohn's disease. J Dermatolog Treat. 2005 Feb;16(1):58-61. doi: 10.1080/09546630410024547.
• Background Hunger RE, Surovy AM, Hassan AS, Braathen LR, Yawalkar N. Toll-like receptor 2 is highly expressed in lesions of acne inversa and colocalizes with C-type lectin receptor. Br J Dermatol. 2008 Apr;158(4):691-7. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2007.08425.x. Epub 2008 Jan 30.
• Background Sakai A, Han J, Cato AC, Akira S, Li JD. Glucocorticoids synergize with IL-1beta to induce TLR2 expression via MAP Kinase Phosphatase-1-dependent dual Inhibition of MAPK JNK and p38 in epithelial cells. BMC Mol Biol. 2004 May 4;5:2. doi: 10.1186/1471-2199-5-2.
• Background Leslie KS, Lachmann HJ, Bruning E, McGrath JA, Bybee A, Gallimore JR, Roberts PF, Woo P, Grattan CE, Hawkins PN. Phenotype, genotype, and sustained response to anakinra in 22 patients with autoinflammatory disease associated with CIAS-1/NALP3 mutations. Arch Dermatol. 2006 Dec;142(12):1591-7. doi: 10.1001/archderm.142.12.1591.
• Background Sartorius K, Emtestam L, Jemec GB, Lapins J. Objective scoring of hidradenitis suppurativa reflecting the role of tobacco smoking and obesity. Br J Dermatol. 2009 Oct;161(4):831-9. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2009.09198.x. Epub 2009 Apr 29.

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