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. 2022 Apr 20;13:894464. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2022.894464

Table 1.

Schnitzler syndrome patients treated with the Bruton tyrosine kinase (BTK) inhibitor ibrutinib.

Cases Age (years) Gender Clinical manifestations Monoclonal protein and underlying B-cell malignancy Systemic treatments before BTK inhibitor Current treatment Outcomes
Jani et al. (14) 86 Male Urticarial rashes IgM (light-chain subtype not specified); lymphoplasmacytic lymphoma Anakinra, rituximab Ibrutinib 420 mg daily Significant improvement of urticarial rashes (<10% of body surface involvement, much less than his presenting baseline)
Claves et al. (15) 60 Female Fever, urticarial rashes, polyarthritis, weight loss, asthenia IgMλ and IgGκ; splenic diffuse red pulp small B-cell lymphoma Corticosteroids, anakinra, rituximab, canakinumab, chlorambucil, and splenectomy Ibrutinib 420 mg daily Complete disappearance of fever, urticarial rashes, arthritis, and monoclonal IgM. Her indolent lymphoma remained stable.
Current case 71 Female Fever, urticarial rashes, and fatigue IgMκ; IgM MGUS Corticosteroids Ibrutinib 420 mg daily with prednisone 25 mg daily Resolution of fever and urticarial rashes, as well as improvement of fatigue.