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. 2020 Jul 28;6(2):e001227. doi: 10.1136/rmdopen-2020-001227

Table 4.

Studies reporting switch between anti-IL-1 treatments

Study Treatment switch Patient N Reasons for switching
Eroglu et al 2016 36 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS 3 Local reactions at injection site (n=2); pain at injection site and non-compliance (n=1)
Parker et al 2016 45 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS 13 Due to canakinumab availability
Houx et al 2015 38 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS 48 Personal convenience
Anton et al 2015 34 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS 5 More convenient administration (n=4); severe local reactions to anakinra (n=1)
Rossi-Semerano et al 2015 86 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS 3 Inefficacy or loss of efficacy, AE, persistent remission, or patient request
Russo et al 2014 65 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS 5 Inadequate control of disease activity (n=5); poor compliance with daily injection of anakinra (n=3); patien/parent preference (n=2)
Kuemmerle-Deschner et al 2013 59 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS (MWS) 10 Treatment failure (n=3); patient/parent preference (n=7)
Wittkowski et al 2011 67 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS 10 Lack of efficacy or parent preference (n=10)
Kuemmerle-Deschner et al 2011 57 Anakinra to canakinumab CAPS (MWS) 6 Inconvenience of daily injection and secondary treatment failure (n=6)
Kone-Paut et al 2017 39 Canakinumab to anakinra CAPS (CINCA/NOMID) 1 Reason not reported
Parker et al 2016 45 Canakinumab to anakinra CAPS 5 One patient was initially treated with canakinumab but changed to anakinra during pregnancy, and then restarted canakinumab following a successful pregnancy. Incomplete response (n=3); for better response (n=1)
Lane et al 2015 41 Canakinumab to anakinra CAPS (CINCA/NOMID and MWS) 2 AEs
Ter Haar et al 2016 93 Anakinra to canakinumab HIDS/MKD 2 Inadequate efficacy (n=2)
Rossi-Semerano et al 2015 86 Anakinra to canakinumab HIDS/MKD 4 Inefficacy or loss of efficacy, AE or patient request
Galeotti et al 2012 78 Anakinra to canakinumab HIDS/MKD 4 More convenient dosing schedule and to avoid injection site reaction (n=4)

N is the total number of patients who were switched from one treatment to another. n is the number of patients who reported the particular reason for switching.

AEs, adverse events; CAPS, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndromes; CINCA, chronic infantile neurological cutaneous and articular syndrome; HIDS, hyperimmunoglobulin D syndrome; MKD, mevalonate kinase deficiency; MWS, Muckle–Wells syndrome; NOMID, neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease.