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Volume 355:581-592 August 10, 2006 Number 6
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Neonatal-Onset Multisystem Inflammatory Disease Responsive to Interleukin-1{beta} Inhibition
Raphaela Goldbach-Mansky, M.D., Natalie J. Dailey, M.D., Scott W. Canna, M.D., Ana Gelabert, M.S.N., Janet Jones, B.S.N., Benjamin I. Rubin, M.D., H. Jeffrey Kim, M.D., Carmen Brewer, Ph.D., Christopher Zalewski, M.A., Edythe Wiggs, Ph.D., Suvimol Hill, M.D., Maria L. Turner, M.D., Barbara I. Karp, M.D., Ivona Aksentijevich, M.D., Frank Pucino, Pharm.D., Scott R. Penzak, Pharm.D., Margje H. Haverkamp, M.D., Leonard Stein, M.D., Barbara S. Adams, M.D., Terry L. Moore, M.D., Robert C. Fuhlbrigge, M.D., Ph.D., Bracha Shaham, M.D., James N. Jarvis, M.D., Kathleen O'Neil, M.D., Richard K. Vehe, M.D., Laurie O. Beitz, M.D., Gregory Gardner, M.D., William P. Hannan, M.D., Robert W. Warren, M.D., Ph.D., William Horn, M.D., Joe L. Cole, M.D., Scott M. Paul, M.D., Philip N. Hawkins, M.D., Tuyet Hang Pham, B.S., Christopher Snyder, B.S., Robert A. Wesley, Ph.D., Steven C. Hoffmann, M.S., Steven M. Holland, M.D., John A. Butman, M.D., Ph.D., and Daniel L. Kastner, M.D., Ph.D.

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Background Neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease is characterized by fever, urticarial rash, aseptic meningitis, deforming arthropathy, hearing loss, and mental retardation. Many patients have mutations in the cold-induced autoinflammatory syndrome 1 (CIAS1) gene, encoding cryopyrin, a protein that regulates inflammation.

Methods We selected 18 patients with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease (12 with identifiable CIAS1 mutations) to receive anakinra, an interleukin-1–receptor antagonist (1 to 2 mg per kilogram of body weight per day subcutaneously). In 11 patients, anakinra was withdrawn at three months until a flare occurred. The primary end points included changes in scores in a daily diary of symptoms, serum levels of amyloid A and C-reactive protein, and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate from baseline to month 3 and from month 3 until a disease flare.

Results All 18 patients had a rapid response to anakinra, with disappearance of rash. Diary scores improved (P<0.001) and serum amyloid A (from a median of 174 mg to 8 mg per liter), C-reactive protein (from a median of 5.29 mg to 0.34 mg per deciliter), and the erythrocyte sedimentation rate decreased at month 3 (all P<0.001), and remained low at month 6. Magnetic resonance imaging showed improvement in cochlear and leptomeningeal lesions as compared with baseline. Withdrawal of anakinra uniformly resulted in relapse within days; retreatment led to rapid improvement. There were no drug-related serious adverse events.

Conclusions Daily injections of anakinra markedly improved clinical and laboratory manifestations in patients with neonatal-onset multisystem inflammatory disease, with or without CIAS1 mutations. (ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT00069329 [ClinicalTrials.gov] .)


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From the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases (R.G.-M., N.J.D., S.W.C., A.G., J.J., I.A., T.H.P., C.S., D.L.K.), National Eye Institute (B.I.R.), National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (H.J.K., C.B., C.Z.), National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (E.W., B.I.K.), Clinical Center (S.H., F.P., S.R.P., S.M.P., R.A.W., J.A.B.), National Cancer Institute (M.L.T.) National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Disease (M.H.H., S.M.H.), and National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (S.C.H.), National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Md.; University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill (L.S.); University of Michigan, Ann Arbor (B.S.A.); Saint Louis University, St. Louis (T.L.M.); Children's Hospital, Boston (R.C.F.); Children's Hospital, Los Angeles (B.S.); University of Oklahoma College, Oklahoma City (J.N.J., K.O.); University of Minnesota, Minneapolis (R.K.V.); Children's Hospital and Regional Medical Center, Seattle (L.O.B.); University of Washington Bone and Joint Center, Seattle (G.G.); State University of New York Hospital, Syracuse (W.P.H.); Texas Children's Hospital Baylor College of Medicine, Houston (R.W.W.); Watauga Medical Center, Boone, N.C. (W.H.); Adult and Pediatric Rheumatology, San Antonio, Tex. (J.L.C.); and Royal Free University College Medical School, London (P.N.H.).

Address reprint requests to Dr. Goldbach-Mansky at NIAMS, Bldg. 10, Rm. 9S-205, 10 Center Dr., Bethesda, MD 20892, or at goldbacr{at}mail.nih.gov.

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