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. 2021 Apr 15;11(3):733–750. doi: 10.1007/s13555-021-00517-9

Table 3.

Efficacy and safety of tofacitinib in the treatment of patients with interferonopathies

Study ID (reference) Disease (no. of study patients)a Sex/age at enrollment/age at onset Previous treatmentb Mutation Dosage/duration of treatment/association with steroids Efficacy/skin and/or systemic improvement/efficacy comments Safety
4 [27] CANDLE (1)

Female

18 years

NA

GLC, CyP, AZA, CFM, HCQ, IVIG,

ANK, IFX, ABA, HpT

Not confirmed

15–20 mg/24 h

NA

NA

Yes

NA

Lipodystrophy, chilblains, and hair loss improvement

Increase in creatine kinase and low-density lipoprotein cholesterol levels
5 [28] FCh-L(SM) (1)

Female

60 years

3 years

NA TMEM173 G166E

10 mg/24 h

17 days

No

Yes

Yes

Discomfort and pain on fingers improvement

NA
FCh-L(SM) (2)

Female

58 years

2 months

NA TMEM173 G166E

10 mg/24 h

17 days

No

Yes

Yes

Discomfort and pain on fingers improvement

NA
9 [29] SAVI (1)

Female

6 years

1 year

NA Not confirmed

7.5 mg/24 h

12 months

Yes

Yes

Yes

Pulmonary, rash, arthralgias and analytical improvement

NA
13 [30] SAVI (1)

Male

9 years

6 months

NA De novo double-mutant TMEM173 (S102P-F279L)

5 mg/day

3 months

NA

Yes

NA

Pulmonary defect unchanged

NA
14 [31] SAVI (1)

Female

12 months

3 months

GLC + IVIG De novo TMEM173 V155M

5 mg/day

10 months

Yes

Yes

Partially

Rash improvement, but pulmonary involvement worsening and fever

Died due to acute respiratory failure
SAVI (2)

Male

60 months

54 months

GLC + IVIG, CFM De novo TMEM173 V155M

5 mg/24 h

10 months

Yes

Yes

Partially

Rash improvement while pulmonary involvement worsening

No adverse events

ABA abatacept, ANK anakinra CFM cyclophosphamide, CyP cyclosporine, HpT Hyperbaric therapy,NA not available

aFCh-L(SM) Familial Chilblain Lupus due to a gain-of-function mutation in STING

bPrevious treatment with JAK/STAT pathway inhibitors is underlined