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. 2020 May 4;2(6):e358–e367. doi: 10.1016/S2665-9913(20)30096-5

Table 3.

Reported cases of cytokine storm syndrome (including sHLH/MAS) treated with intravenous anakinra

Patient details Underlying diagnosis IV anakinra Other acute management Maintenance Length of follow-up (months)
Chou et al (2010)61 36-year-old female MDS Details not specified Corticosteroids 1 mg/kg per day Anakinra (assumed SC); prednisolone 40 mg/day 2
Nigrovic et al (2011);62 Record et al (2011)63 4-year-old female sJIA, diagnosed at 8 months of age 11·2 mg/kg per day (5·6 mg/kg twice a day); duration unspecified Corticosteroids 1·1 mg/kg per day; MTX; 0·8 mg/kg per week Anakinra 0·9 mg/kg per day (assumed SC); steroids 0·9 mg/kg per day; MTX 0·7 mg/kg per week; abatacept IV 0·3mg/kg per 3 weeks 24
Loh et al (2012)64 20-year-old male AOSD 200 mg once daily for 6 days Methylprednisolone; IV hydrocortisone; CSA 100 mg twice daily Anakinra 100 mg SC; once-daily; MTX 10 mg once-weekly Unknown
Acker et al (2015)65 22-month-old male Septic arthritis Details not specified Prednisolone oral Anakinra (assumed SC) 24
Kemps et al (2017)66 71-year-old male CMV and AAV 400 mg every 3 days for 10 days Not specified Not specified Unknown
Eloseily et al (2020)41 19-year-old female SLE 48 mg/kg per day for 3 days Not specified Not applicable Died
Eloseily et al (2020)41 8-year-old male HHV-6 8–48 mg/kg per day for 1 month Etoposide; dexamethasone; solumedrol; CSA 4 mg/kg per day Not applicable Died
Eloseily et al (2020)41 16-year-old female Gastroparesis and CMV 4–48 mg/kg per day for 3 months Methylprednisolone; CSA 4 mg/kg per day; abatacept; tocilizumab Not applicable Died

MDS=myelodysplastic syndrome. SC=subcutaneous. sJIA=systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis. MTX=methotrexate. AOSD=adult-onset Still's disease. IV=intravenous. CSA=ciclosporin. CMV=cytomegalovirus. AAV=ANCA-associated vasculitis. SLE=systemic lupus erythematosus. HHV-6=human herpes virus-6.