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Kombination von Biologika

Wo stehen wir?

Combination of biologics

Where do we stand?

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Zusammenfassung

Einleitung

Die Datenlage bezüglich Sicherheit und Wirksamkeit verschiedener Biologika-Kombinationen ist noch nicht ausreichend untersucht, um dieses Thema abschließend eindeutig beurteilen zu können. Entsprechend der vorliegenden Daten bleibt daher die Biologika-Biologika-Kombination aufgrund einer eher geringen Wirksamkeit sowie teilweise deutlich höheren Infektionsrate enttäuschend und stellt nur in sehr speziellen Einzelfällen eine mögliche Option dar (RTX plus TNFi).

Methoden

Generell sollten Biologika-Kombinationen aktuell nur im Rahmen von klinischen Studien eingesetzt werden. Auch erscheint das Verhältnis von finanziellem Aufwand und Wirksamkeit einer Biologika-Kombination im Vergleich zum Wechsel auf heute zur Verfügung stehende Biologika (Anti-Zytokin-Prinzip, T-Zell-Aktivierung-Inhibition, B-Zell-Depletion) bzw. Wechsel der DMARD-Kombinationen sehr fraglich. Neue, die intrazellulären Signalwege beeinflussenden Medikamente („small molecules“) befinden sich in der Zulassung oder sind bereits in einigen Ländern zugelassen und verbessern das bestehende Armamentarium weiter. Auch werden Kombinationen mit den „small molecules“ in Zukunft möglicherweise eine spannende Entwicklung erfahren.

Schlussfolgerung

Dieser Review gibt eine tabellarische Übersicht der vorliegenden Studien zur Kombination von Biologika.

Abstract

Introduction

Data with respect to safety and therapeutic efficacy for the combination of biological DMARDs is scarce and inhomogeneous in order to make final conclusions. To this end, data to biologic combinations is disappointing due to relatively low therapeutic efficacy and partially enhanced rates of severe infectious events.

Methods

Combining biologics is an option only in very special situations (RTX plus TNFi). In addition, the relation of financial effort to therapeutic efficacy is questionable, especially in the situation of numerous drug options (anti-cytokine principle, T-cell inhibition, B-cell depletion) and therapeutic strategies of combining biologics with DMARDs. Generally speaking, combinations of biological should only be used in clinical trials. New drugs influencing intracellular signaling pathways (small molecules) are going to be approved or are already approved by the drug agencies, thus, adding to the existing armamentarium. Furthermore, combinations with these new molecules are going to be interesting.

Conclusions

This review summarizes the available studies concerning combination of biologicals in a tabular fashion.

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Interessenkonflikt. P. Härle weist auf folgende Beziehungen hin: Honorare für Vortrags- und Beratertätigkeit in den letzten 5 Jahren: Abbvie, BMS, Chugai, Medac, MSD, Pfizer, Roche, UCB.

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Härle, P. Kombination von Biologika. Z. Rheumatol. 72, 878–884 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00393-013-1141-x

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