PMID- 27778459 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20190409 LR - 20190409 IS - 1756-185X (Electronic) IS - 1756-1841 (Linking) VI - 21 IP - 10 DP - 2018 Oct TI - Infliximab equivalently suppresses oxidative stress compared to tocilizumab among well-controlled patients with rheumatoid arthritis. PG - 1815-1821 LID - 10.1111/1756-185X.12972 [doi] AB - AIM: This study was designed to investigate which biological agent, infliximab or tocilizumab, would more intensively keep suppressing oxidative stress among well-controlled patients as C-reactive protein (CRP) levels normalized in rheumatoid arthritis (RA). In addition, it was intended to clarify indicative factors of oxidative stress among well-controlled patients with RA. METHODS: We recruited 61 well-controlled (CRP < 0.3 mg/dL within normal ranges) patients with RA using biological agents (infliximab n = 33; tocilizumab n = 28), active RA patients with CRP > 1.0 mg/dL (n = 10) and healthy subjects (n = 10) and examined the fraction of oxidized albumin (oxidized-albumin [%]) as a marker of oxidative stress in addition to inflammatory measures and disease activity scores such as CRP, erythrocyte sedimentation rate (ESR), matrix metalloproteinase 3 (MMP-3), serum amyloid A (SAA), Clinical Disease Activity Index, Simplified Disease Activity Index, visual analog scale (VAS), Disease Activity Index of 28 joints (DAS28)-CRP, DAS28-ESR and renal function (creatinine clearance [CCr]). RESULTS: Oxidized-albumin (%) was significantly elevated among active RA patients (33.83 +/- 5.31%) as compared with healthy subjects (23.00 +/- 2.56%). Although oxidized-albumin (%) among well-controlled RA patients also increased, there was no difference with oxidized-albumin (%) between infliximab and tocilizumab groups (26.40 +/- 5.44% in infliximab; 26.62 +/- 4.53% in tocilizumab). In Pearson's correlation, oxidized-albumin (%) had significant correlations with CRP, MMP-3, ESR, SAA, age, CCr, VAS, DAS28-CRP and DAS28-ESR. With those variables, multiple stepwise forward regression analysis was conducted and revealed that CCr, DAS28-ESR and CRP are the statistically significant explanatory variables on oxidized-albumin (%) among well-controlled RA patients. CONCLUSIONS: We demonstrated that there was no difference with infliximab and tocilizumab on oxidative stress and we clarified that CCr, DAS28-ESR and CRP become indicative factors of oxidative stress among well-controlled RA patients. CI - (c) 2016 Asia Pacific League of Associations for Rheumatology and John Wiley & Sons Australia, Ltd. FAU - Kizaki, Kazuha AU - Kizaki K AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Kyoto Shimogamo Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Yamashita, Fumiharu AU - Yamashita F AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Kyoto Shimogamo Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Hayashi, Tomoya AU - Hayashi T AD - Department of Sports Science, Meiji University of Integrative Medicine, Kyoto, Japan. FAU - Funakoshi, Noboru AU - Funakoshi N AD - Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Rheumatology, Kyoto Shimogamo Hospital, Kyoto, Japan. LA - eng PT - Comparative Study PT - Journal Article DEP - 20161024 PL - England TA - Int J Rheum Dis JT - International journal of rheumatic diseases JID - 101474930 RN - 0 (Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized) RN - 0 (Antioxidants) RN - 0 (Antirheumatic Agents) RN - 0 (Biomarkers) RN - 0 (Inflammation Mediators) RN - 0 (Serum Amyloid A Protein) RN - 9007-41-4 (C-Reactive Protein) RN - B72HH48FLU (Infliximab) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (MMP3 protein, human) RN - EC 3.4.24.17 (Matrix Metalloproteinase 3) RN - I031V2H011 (tocilizumab) RN - ZIF514RVZR (Serum Albumin, Human) SB - IM MH - Aged MH - Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Antioxidants/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Antirheumatic Agents/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Arthritis, Rheumatoid/blood/diagnosis/*drug therapy MH - Biomarkers/blood MH - Blood Sedimentation MH - C-Reactive Protein/metabolism MH - Case-Control Studies MH - Female MH - Humans MH - Inflammation Mediators/blood MH - Infliximab/adverse effects/*therapeutic use MH - Male MH - Matrix Metalloproteinase 3/blood MH - Middle Aged MH - Oxidation-Reduction MH - Oxidative Stress/*drug effects MH - Serum Albumin, Human/metabolism MH - Serum Amyloid A Protein/metabolism MH - Time Factors MH - Treatment Outcome OTO - NOTNLM OT - albumin OT - infliximab OT - rheumatoid arthritis OT - tocilizumab EDAT- 2016/10/26 06:00 MHDA- 2019/04/10 06:00 CRDT- 2016/10/26 06:00 PHST- 2016/10/26 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2019/04/10 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/10/26 06:00 [entrez] AID - 10.1111/1756-185X.12972 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Int J Rheum Dis. 2018 Oct;21(10):1815-1821. doi: 10.1111/1756-185X.12972. Epub 2016 Oct 24.