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. 2022 Aug 10;116(6):947–955. doi: 10.1007/s12185-022-03430-9

Table 2.

Ferritin levels at start of anakinra (deemed day 1) and subsequent ferritin levels (on days 1–50 after start of anakinra) are summarized where available

Patient Survival Months survival Max ferritin response Ferritin (ng/ml)
Day 1 Day 5 Day 10 Day 15 Day 20 Day 25 Day 30 Day 35 Day 40 Day 45 Day 50
Primary hematologic malignant etiology 1 No 0.3 30% 109,988 76,905
2 No 1.5 None 4338 5198 9011 10,524 11,071 9452 15,420 66,470 69,055
3 No 1.8 96% 131,063 91,139 22,450 12,909 6337 10,281 8367 9372 5628 9337 19,069
4 Yes 57 79% 11,897 3771 3322 2532 239
5 No 0.2 20% 79,812 64,007
6 No 0.2 None 39,812 53,100
7 No 0.3 71% 133,511 79,803 39,206
Primary infectious etiology 8 No 0.3 None 10,287 291,504
9 No 1.8 87% 144,361 75,034 79,258 57,126 18,072 28,319 33,511 58,730 103,881
10 No 2.1 22% 4054 4604 4706 3167 6245 5121 10,463 4,395 8,216 16,821 10,367
11 No 0.5 23% 36,291 67,904 37,206 28,099
Primary rheumatologic etiology 12 Yes 29 99% 28,911 19,006 4103 983 491 368
13 Yes 59 99% 65,981 49,106 35,401 27,153 14,305 10,475 10,389 12,720 6137
14 No 1.3 53% 1458 1385 1069 797 688 1222 1284 1965 1132
15 Yes 4 88% 88,905 49,508 24,428 13,883 10,475 10,389 12,720
Other 16 Yes 49 72% 9346 7570 6606 5606 4879 3990 3395 3134 2534 2691 2595

Max ferritin response was determined by dividing maximum ferritin decrease after starting anakinra by ferritin level on day 1 of anakinra. A max ferritin response of “none” denotes that ferritin did not decrease after starting anakinra