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. 2020 Oct 16;12:1759720X20959575. doi: 10.1177/1759720X20959575

Table 4.

Main studies reporting anakinra administration in pediatric FMF, TRAPS, HIDS and uAIDs.

Type of study Patients (n) Dose OD (n) CR* PR** Adverse events Median follow up (months)
FMF
Kuijk et al.56 Case report 1 100 mg/day 100% Mild urticarial rash NA
Calligaris et al.57 Case report 1 1 mg/kg/day 100% Local injection site reaction 18
Roldan et al.55 Case report 1 1 mg/kg/day 100% None 6
Ozen et al.60 Retrospective 5 1–2 mg/kg/day 60%
(3/5)
40%
(2/5)
NA 9
(range 2–30)
Meinzer et al.58 Retrospective 4 1–2 mg/kg/day
(1 OD)
100% Local injection site reaction 6.5
(range 4–16)
Cetin et al.59 Retrospective 2 1–1.5 mg/kg/day 100% None 9.5
(range 7–12)
Özçakar et al.61 Retrospective 7 1 mg/kg/day 71%
(5/7)
19%
(2/7)
None 15
(range 9–40)
TRAPS
Gattorno et al.62 Retrospective 4 1.5 mg/kg/day 100% Local injection site reaction 11.4
(range 4–20)
Grimwood et al.63 Case series 2 2 mg/kg/day
(2 OD)
100% Local injection site reaction NA
MKD/HIDS
Rigante et al.64 Case report 1 1 mg/kg/day 100% Local injection site reaction 18
Nevyjel et al.65 Case report 1 30 mg/day 100% NA 12
Korppi et al.66 Case report 1 2 mg/kg/day 100% None 6
Bodar et al.67 Prospective 2 1–2 mg/kg/day
(1 OD)
50%
(1/2)
50%
(1/2)
Local injection site reaction NA
Galeotti et al.68 Retrospective 5 1–5 mg/kg/day
(1 OD)
20%***
(1/5)
80%***
(4/5)
Local injection site reaction, bacterial pneumonia 13***
(range 2–39)
Shendi et al.69 Case report 1 100 mg/day 0% 0% Prolonged fever 5 days
Levy et al.70 Case series 2 2–3 mg/kg/day 50%
(1/2)
50%
(1/2)
NA 6.5
(range 6–7)
Campanilho-Marques71 Case series 2 2–6 mg/kg/day 100% Herpes zoster infection 12
(range 7–17)
Santos et al.72 Case report 1 2–5 mg/kg/day 100% None 36
Kostjukovits et al.73 Case series 3 2 mg/kg/day
(1 OD)
33%
(1/3)
67%
(2/3)
None 36
(range 24–48)
uAIDs
Garg et al.74 Retrospective 22 2 mg/kg/day
(range 2–6 mg/kg/day)
36%
(8/22)
36%
(8/22)
Infection (8), neutropenia (7), local injection site reaction (5) 35
(range 11–153)
*

CR, no attacks and APRs, i.e. C-reactive protein, erythrocyte sedimentation rate and serum amyloid A within normal range.

**

PR, decreasing the attack rate/duration ⩾50% and/or APPs reducing ⩾50%.

***

Data from Kostjukovits et al.73

APPs, acute-phase proteins; APRs, acute-phase reactants; CR, complete response; FMF, familial Mediterranean fever; HIDS, hyperimmunoglobulinemia D syndrome; MKD, mevalonate kinase deficiency; NA, not available; OD, on demand; PR, partial response; TRAPS, tumor-necrosis-factor-receptor-associated periodic syndrome; uAIDs, undifferentiated autoinflammatory diseases.