PMID- 37471469 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20231229 LR - 20240226 IS - 2326-5205 (Electronic) IS - 2326-5191 (Linking) VI - 76 IP - 1 DP - 2024 Jan TI - Recombinant Interleukin-1 Receptor Antagonist Is an Effective First-Line Treatment Strategy in New-Onset Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis, Irrespective of HLA-DRB1 Background and IL1RN Variants. PG - 119-129 LID - 10.1002/art.42656 [doi] AB - OBJECTIVE: Human leukocyte antigen (HLA)-DRB1*15:01 has been recently associated with interstitial lung disease (LD), eosinophilia, and drug reactions in systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (sJIA). Additionally, genetic variants in IL1RN have been linked to poor response to anakinra. We sought to reproduce these findings in a prospective cohort study of patients with new-onset sJIA treated with anakinra as first-line therapy. METHODS: HLA and IL1RN risk alleles were identified via whole-genome sequencing. Treatment responses and complications were compared between carriers versus noncarriers. RESULTS: Seventeen of 65 patients (26%) carried HLA-DRB1*15:01, comparable with the general population, and there was enrichment for HLA-DRB1*11:01, a known risk locus for sJIA. The rates of clinical inactive disease (CID) at 6 months, 1 year, and 2 years were generally high, irrespective of HLA-DRB1 or IL1RN variants, but significantly lower in carriers of an HLA-DRB1*11:01 allele. One patient, an HLA-DRB1*15:01 carrier, developed sJIA-LD. Of the three patients with severe drug reactions to biologics, one carried HLA-DRB1*15:01. The prevalence of eosinophilia did not significantly differ between HLA-DRB1*15:01 carriers and noncarriers at disease onset (6.2% vs 14.9%, P = 0.67) nor after the start of anakinra (35.3% vs 37.5% in the first 2 years of disease). CONCLUSION: We observed high rates of CID using anakinra as first-line treatment irrespective of HLA-DRB1 or IL1RN variants. Only one of the 17 HLA-DRB1*15:01 carriers developed sJIA-LD, and of the three patients with drug reactions to biologics, only one carried HLA-DRB1*15:01. Although thorough monitoring for the development of drug hypersensitivity and refractory disease courses in sJIA, including sJIA-LD, remains important, our data support the early start of biologic therapy in patients with new-onset sJIA irrespective of HLA-DRB1 background or IL1RN variants. CI - (c) 2023 The Authors. Arthritis & Rheumatology published by Wiley Periodicals LLC on behalf of American College of Rheumatology. FAU - Erkens, Remco G A AU - Erkens RGA AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-3962-7228 AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Calis, Jorg J A AU - Calis JJA AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Verwoerd, Anouk AU - Verwoerd A AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - De Roock, Sytze AU - De Roock S AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Ter Haar, Nienke M AU - Ter Haar NM AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Den Engelsman, Gerda AU - Den Engelsman G AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Van der Veken, Lars T AU - Van der Veken LT AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Ernst, Robert F AU - Ernst RF AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Van Deutekom, Hanneke W M AU - Van Deutekom HWM AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Pickering, Alex AU - Pickering A AD - Harvard Medical School, Boston, Massachusetts. FAU - Scholman, Rianne C AU - Scholman RC AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Jansen, Marc H A AU - Jansen MHA AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Swart, Joost F AU - Swart JF AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Sinha, Rashmi AU - Sinha R AD - Systemic Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis Foundation, Cincinnati, Ohio. FAU - Roth, Johannes AU - Roth J AD - University of Munster, Munster, Germany. FAU - Schulert, Grant S AU - Schulert GS AUID- ORCID: 0000-0001-5923-7051 AD - Cincinnati Children's Hospital and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. FAU - Grom, Alexei A AU - Grom AA AD - Cincinnati Children's Hospital and University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, Ohio. FAU - Van Loosdregt, Jorg AU - Van Loosdregt J AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. FAU - Vastert, Sebastiaan J AU - Vastert SJ AD - University Medical Center Utrecht and University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands. LA - eng GR - LLP10/ReumaNederland/ GR - The Merel Stichting/ GR - The Systemic JIA foundation/ GR - The Van Dam van Os Stichting/ PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20231106 PL - United States TA - Arthritis Rheumatol JT - Arthritis & rheumatology (Hoboken, N.J.) JID - 101623795 RN - 0 (Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein) RN - 0 (HLA-DRB1 Chains) RN - 0 (Biological Products) RN - 0 (Receptors, Interleukin-1) RN - 0 (IL1RN protein, human) SB - IM MH - Humans MH - *Arthritis, Juvenile/drug therapy/genetics MH - Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein/genetics/therapeutic use MH - HLA-DRB1 Chains/genetics MH - Prospective Studies MH - *Biological Products/therapeutic use MH - *Eosinophilia/drug therapy MH - Receptors, Interleukin-1/therapeutic use EDAT- 2023/07/20 19:14 MHDA- 2023/12/29 06:43 CRDT- 2023/07/20 13:54 PHST- 2023/06/07 00:00 [revised] PHST- 2023/03/26 00:00 [received] PHST- 2023/07/07 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2023/12/29 06:43 [medline] PHST- 2023/07/20 19:14 [pubmed] PHST- 2023/07/20 13:54 [entrez] AID - 10.1002/art.42656 [doi] PST - ppublish SO - Arthritis Rheumatol. 2024 Jan;76(1):119-129. doi: 10.1002/art.42656. Epub 2023 Nov 6.