Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects* ; Humans ; Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors/adverse effects* ; Myocarditis/drug therapy*

OBJECTIVETo observe the clinical efficacy and adverse effects of herceptin for advanced Chinese breast cancer patients.

METHODSThirty-one pathologically proved advanced breast cancer women were treated by herceptin. In the first week, a loading dose 4 mg/kg was administered by intravenous infusion and from the second week, a routine dose of 2 mg/kg was given every week for at least 3 months.

RESULTSThere were 2 CR, 6 PR, 7 SD, and 16 PD among 31 patients after treatment by herceptin, the response rate being 25.8%. In factors influencing the prognosis, age and general condition were factors favoring the results, and pathological type, site of metastasis, grade of her-2 over expression and prior treatment were irrelevant to the results. The adverse effects were mild but different from those of the common anticancer drugs.

CONCLUSIONHerceptin is effective and well tolerated by the Chinese breast cancer patients.

Adult ; Aged ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ; Breast Neoplasms ; drug therapy ; Female ; Humans ; Middle Aged ; Trastuzumab

BACKGROUND: There have been few real-life dose-comparing studies on the efficacy and safety of secukinumab in Chinese patients with plaque psoriasis. We conducted a real-life cohort study to investigate the efficacy and safety of secukinumab 150 and 300 mg in Chinese patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis. METHODS: A total of 106 patients with moderate-to-severe plaque psoriasis were included in this study. Patients received either secukinumab 150 mg or secukinumab 300 mg according to patients' weights and severity of psoriasis. The treatment continued for at least 24 weeks. The efficacy was evaluated by improvement in the psoriasis area and severity index (PASI) scores. The safety was also analyzed. RESULTS: Fifty-nine patients (55.7%) were treated with secukinumab 300 mg and 47 patients (44.3%) were treated with secukinumab 150 mg. After 12-week treatment, PASI75/90/100 responses were achieved in 100%, 97.8%, and 95.7% of patients, respectively, in secukinumab 150 mg group, and the efficacy was maintained to week 24. In secukinumab 300 mg group, PASI75/90/100 responses were achieved in 93.2%, 81.4%, and 76.3% of patients, respectively, at week 12. In this group, PASI75/90/100 responses reached 91.5%, 86.4%, and 79.9%, respectively, at week 24. Biologic-experienced patients had lower responses than biologic-naïve patients. Secukinumab 150 and 300 mg were well tolerated. Five patients discontinued treatment due to poor response, adverse event, or economic reasons. CONCLUSIONS This real-life study demonstrated that high PASI 90 and PASI 100 responses were achieved in Chinese psoriasis patients receiving secukinumab 150 or 300 mg. Biologic-naïve was associated with better clinical efficacy.
Antibodies, Monoclonal/adverse effects* ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ; China ; Cohort Studies ; Humans ; Psoriasis/drug therapy* ; Severity of Illness Index ; Treatment Outcome

Pemphigus is a life-threatening autoimmune blistering disease affecting the skin and mucosa. Patients with severe pemphigus require long-term treatment with corticosteroids and other immunosuppressive drugs, which can lead to serious adverse events. Rituximab, a monoclonal antibody directed against the CD20 antigen of B lymphocytes, has been demonstrated to be effective in recalcitrant and life-threatening pemphigus.
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Murine-Derived ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Antigens, CD20 ; immunology ; Humans ; Pemphigus ; therapy ; Rituximab

OBJECTIVETo evaluate the efficacy and safety of ustekinumab in the therapy of plaque psoriasis.

METHODSLiteratures published up to November 2013 were collected from Cochrane library, MEDLINE, and PubMed which were related with ustekinumab for plaque psoriasis. The efficacy was estimated using relative risk of Psoriasis Area and Severity Index (PASI) 75 response rate at the week 12 endpoint in clinical trials, and adverse effects were also analyzed. Meta-analysis was carried out by using Review Manager 5.1.

RESULTSSix randomized control trials consistent with the inclusion criteria were selected and reviewed. Ustekinumab 45 mg group and 90 mg group could get better therapeutic effect compared with the placebo group (all P<0.00001). Furthermore, ustekinumab 90 mg group was more effective than ustekinumab 45 mg group (P=0.01). Adverse effects in the 6 trials were mentioned including headache, upper respiratory tract infection, nasopharyngtis, infection, serious infection, cardiovascular events, and malignant tumors. There were no statistically significant differences of these adverse effects among three groups (all P>0.05), except that infection rate in ustekinumab 45 mg group was higher than the placebo group (P=0.02).

CONCLUSIONSUstekinumab is an effective and safe therapeutic method for plaque psoriasis. However, further longer time analysis of safety is needed.

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized ; adverse effects ; therapeutic use ; Humans ; Psoriasis ; drug therapy ; Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic ; Ustekinumab

Nivolumab is an anti-programmed cell death (anti-PD-1) monoclonal antibody, which is a new drug for tumor immunotherapy. A 73-year-old female patient with colorectal cancer 3 years after surgery was treated in the Endocrinology Department of Third Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, who developed severe hypothyroidism resulting from treatment with nivolumab. After 4 months treatment of nivolumab, this patient presented with symptoms such as fatigue, dizziness, jaundice and palpebral edema, with decreased levels of FT3 and FT4 and elevated levels of TSH. Subsequently, nivolumab treatment was terminated. This patient's symptoms were relieved and thyroid function returned to normal after thyroxine replacement therapy. The clinical diagnosis was considered to be nivolumab-induced autoimmune thyroid damage, which was an immune-related adverse reaction in the treatment.
Aged ; Antibodies, Monoclonal ; Female ; Humans ; Hypothyroidism ; chemically induced ; Nivolumab ; adverse effects ; Thyroxine

Traditional replacement therapy is the main treatment method of hemophilia, while inhibitor generation makes replacement therapy ineffective. The emergence of non-factor therapy brings new hope for the treatment of patients with inhibitor. Non-factor products mainly achieve therapeutic purpose by imitating the function of coagulation factor Ⅷ, inhibiting the function of anti-tissue factor pathway inhibitors, the expression of antithrombin mRNA, and the function of activated protein C. This paper reviews the latest research progress of non-factor products in the treatment of hemophilia.
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects* ; Factor VIII/therapeutic use* ; Hemophilia A/therapy* ; Humans

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects* ; Hodgkin Disease/drug therapy* ; Humans ; Vinblastine

Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects* ; Carcinoma ; Esophageal Neoplasms/drug therapy* ; Humans ; Myocarditis/chemically induced*

Humans ; COVID-19 ; Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects* ; Pneumonia ; Lung Neoplasms/drug therapy*