2011
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2133.2011.10531.x
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Combined treatment with low-dose methotrexate and initial short-term superpotent topical steroids in bullous pemphigoid: an open, multicentre, retrospective study

Abstract: Long-term low-dose MTX combined with short-term STS may result in protracted control of BP in carefully selected patients. These results should prompt randomized controlled trials comparing this treatment with the more usual regimen of long-term STS alone.

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“…A higher use of immunosuppressive agents (48.5 vs. 1.7% [6]) may also explain the low relapse rate. Methotrexate was found to be effective as first-line treatment with short-term TCS in a retrospective study [5], and a prospective trial is being conducted in France. Methotrexate is also effective as a steroid-sparing agent in BP and is now recommended in France as second-line therapy after excluding contraindications, in contrast with other countries, where azathioprine is the drug of choice [4,5,21,22,23,24].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
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“…A higher use of immunosuppressive agents (48.5 vs. 1.7% [6]) may also explain the low relapse rate. Methotrexate was found to be effective as first-line treatment with short-term TCS in a retrospective study [5], and a prospective trial is being conducted in France. Methotrexate is also effective as a steroid-sparing agent in BP and is now recommended in France as second-line therapy after excluding contraindications, in contrast with other countries, where azathioprine is the drug of choice [4,5,21,22,23,24].…”
Section: Discussionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…The first-line treatment in France is based on prolonged high-dose superpotent topical corticosteroids (TCSs) [2,3]. However, immunosuppressive agents (methotrexate, mycophenolate mofetil) may be necessary with TCS dependence or relapse, and their usefulness as first-line therapy was recently suggested [4,5]. Clinical relapse occurs in 50% of patients with BP treated with TCSs in the 12 months after treatment cessation [6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Do alternatywnych metod leczenia BP należą: -tetracyklina (2 g/dobę) + witamina PP (do 2 g/ dobę) [56,57], -metotreksat (7,5-15 mg 1 raz w tygodniu) doustnie lub podskórnie [58]. W wyjątkowych przypadkach możliwe jest rozważenie zastosowania poniższych leków, ale ich skuteczność nie została potwierdzona: -azatiopryna -1-2,5 mg/kg m.c./dobę -wskazane badanie stężenia enzymu metabolizującego azatioprynę -tiopurynowej metylotransferazy (TPMT) [59,60], -mykofenolan mofetylu -2 g/dobę lub mykofenolan sodowy 1,44 g/dobę [59,60], -dapson -do 1,5 mg/kg m.c./dobę [61], -cyklofosfamid -1-3 mg/kg m.c./dobę p.o.…”
Section: Alternatywne Metody Terapii Ciężkiego Pemfigoiduunclassified
“…W przypadku BP opornego na leczenie miejscowe klobetazolem i terapię prednizonem należy rozważyć metody alternatywne: -metotreksat, azatioprynę, mykofenolan mofetylu [57][58][59][60], -immunoglobuliny dożylne (trzeci stopień wiarygodności) [62], -immunoadsorpcję (czwarty stopień wiarygodności) [63], -leki biologiczne: anty-CD20 (rytuksymab), anty--IgE (omalizumab) (czwarty stopień wiarygodności) [64,65], -cyklofosfamid (trzeci stopień wiarygodności) [51], -wymianę plazmy (pierwszy stopień wiarygodności) [66].…”
Section: Leczenie Opornego Pemfigoidu (Ang Refractory Pemphigoid)unclassified
“…Auch weitere immunsuppressive Medikamente werden in Kombination mit systemischen Steroiden benutz. Dabei sollten vor allem Aza thioprin [11,12], Mycophenolat-Mofetil [12], Methotrexat [13,14], Dapson [15,16] und Doxycyclin [17] genannt werden. Vereinzelte erfolgreiche Behandlungsversuche mit Ciclosporin A [18], Ciclophosphamid [19] und Rituximab [20][21][22] wurden auch berichtet, wobei diese Substanzen nicht im Regelfall zur Behandlung des bullösen Pemphigoids empfohlen werden [9].…”
Section: Diskussionunclassified