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Efficacy and safety of azathioprine and dapsone as an adjuvant in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid
A. Tirado-Sánchez
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, V. Díaz-Molina, R.M. Ponce-Olivera
Servicio de Dermatología, Hospital General de México, Mexico City, Mexico
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class I topical steroids are preferred in localised forms&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3</span></a> Systemic steroids improve patients&#8217; survival in BP&#44; but also increase the risk of death and life-threatening adverse events&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0020"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">4</span></a> Other immunosupresant drugs&#44; called adjuvants&#44; have been widely used to treat autoimmune diseases &#40;e&#46;g&#46; Pemphigus vulgaris&#41; to achieve a corticosteroid-sparing effect&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0015"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">3&#44;4</span></a> The most frequently used agent is azathioprine&#44; while dapsone is another effective option&#46; Therefore we decided to conduct a retrospective study to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of azathioprine and dapsone in BP&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0010" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Material and methods</span><p id="par0015" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We selected the records of the patients with BP&#44; diagnosed by clinical &#40;lesions suggestive of BP&#41;&#44; histological &#40;subepidermal blister&#41; and&#47;or immunological criteria &#40;linear deposition of IgG and&#47;or C3 at the dermoepidermal junction&#41;&#44; admitted at the Department of Dermatology&#44; General Hospital of Mexico&#44; in the period from January 2006 to January 2010&#46; All patients had received prednisone 0&#46;5&#8211;0&#46;75<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;kg&#47;day in combination with either azathioprine &#40;group 1&#44; 2&#8211;3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;kg&#47;day&#41; or dapsone &#40;group 2&#44; 100<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;day&#41;&#46;</p><p id="par0020" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The primary outcome measure was the complete remission&#44; defined as the complete reepithelialisation of all lesions&#46; The secondary outcome measure was the inhibition of disease progression&#44; defined as the time where no new lesions appear&#44; and the control of pruritus&#46;</p><p id="par0025" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Results from routine laboratory tests performed each week were obtained &#40;complete blood count&#44; liver function tests&#41;&#44; as well as the daily records of blood pressure&#44; heart and respiratory rates&#46; The extent and location of the blisters were recorded&#46; Drugs adverse events were classified as mild&#44; moderate or severe and those that could endanger life&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0015" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Statistical analysis</span><p id="par0030" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We perform a Wilcoxon test to evaluate the primary outcome measure&#46; Dichotomous and ordered categorical data were analysed with the Fisher exact and the Mann Whitney test respectively&#46; The analysis was conducted using the statistical program SPSS &#40;version 12 for Windows&#44; Chicago&#44; Ill&#46;&#44; USA&#41;&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0020" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Results</span><span id="sec0025" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Baseline</span><p id="par0035" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We selected 15 records of patients with BP&#44; eight &#40;53&#37;&#41; with azathioprine and seven &#40;47&#37;&#41; with dapsone &#40;demographic and clinical data of the sample are presented in <a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#tbl0005">Table 1</a>&#41;&#46; All patients represented newly diagnosis BP cases&#46; The mean age was 65&#46;36<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>6&#46;69 years&#46; The approximate body surface affected &#40;BSA&#41; was 26&#46;2<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>4&#46;85&#37; &#40;the calculation was made based on the rule of nine&#41;&#46; In group 1 &#40;azathioprine&#41;&#44; the mean age was 66&#46;4<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>7&#46;83 years&#44; with BSA of 24&#46;65<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>&#177;<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>6&#46;13&#37;&#44; while in the dapsone group&#44; 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Pruritus was controlled at week four in both treatments&#46; No deaths were reported in the eight weeks of follow up&#46;</p><elsevierMultimedia ident="fig0005"></elsevierMultimedia><p id="par0045" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Adverse events reported were&#58; for azathioprine&#44; vertigo &#40;2&#47;5&#44; 40&#37;&#41;&#44; gastric intolerance &#40;1&#47;5&#44; 20&#37;&#41;&#44; while for the group with dapsone&#44; they were abnormal liver function tests &#40;3&#47;5&#44; 60&#37;&#41;&#46; In one patient &#40;dapsone group&#41;&#44; it was necessary to discontinue the immunosuppressant medication dose and begin treatment with systemic steroid as monotherapy&#46; Adverse events did not require additional treatment&#46;</p></span></span><span id="sec0035" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Discussion</span><p id="par0050" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Bullous pemphigoid is a chronic&#44; autoimmune&#44; bullous disease&#44; most commonly seen in the elderly&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5&#44;6</span></a> The incidence does not vary among male and female&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0035"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">7</span></a> Bullous pemphigoid represents one of the most common subepidermal autoimmune blistering diseases&#46; Patients generally exhibit disseminated lesions consisting in tense blisters&#44; variable in number and size&#44; accompanied by moderate to severe pruritus&#44; often with erythematous or urticarial lesions that may precede the blister&#44; and subsequently accompanied by erosions and pigmented lesions&#46; It rarely affects the mucous membranes&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> The disease results from autoantibodies directed against cutaneous autoantigens at the dermoepidermal junction &#40;BP180 and BP230&#41;&#46; The antigen&#8211;antibody complex activates the complement cascade&#44; resulting in the recruitment of eosinophils and neutrophils&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0025"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">5</span></a> Thus&#44; on histology&#44; there is a subepidermal blister with mixed inflammatory infiltrate rich in eosinophils&#46; Direct immunofluorescence shows linear deposits of IgG and C3 along the basement membrane&#44; while indirect immunofluorescence showed circulating antibodies &#40;salt-split pattern&#41;&#46; Bullous pemphigoid is potentially associated with substantial morbidity and even mortality&#46; The mortality ranges from 25 to 40&#37; during the first year&#46; Risk factors of mortality identified are&#58; elderly&#44; female gender&#44; concomitant diseases &#40;cardiovascular disease&#44; liver disorders&#44; chronic lung disease&#44; neuropsychiatric disorders&#44; and diabetes mellitus&#44; and malignancy&#44; urological and endocrine disorders&#41; and low Karnofsky &#40;&#8804;40&#41;&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6</span></a></p><p id="par0055" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The selection of treatment options is based more on clinical experience than in controlled studies&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> and includes many drugs&#46; The treatments of choice are topical&#47;systemic corticosteroids&#59; however&#44; systemic antibiotics &#40;like tetracycline&#41; and systemic immunosuppressant are needed&#46; Systemic corticosteroids have been considered the standard and the best-validated treatment&#44;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0030"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">6&#44;8</span></a> and have been used alone or combined&#46; The recommended dose of systemic corticosteroid &#40;prednisone&#41; is 0&#46;75<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;kg&#47;day &#40;with ranges 0&#46;3&#8211;1&#46;25<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;kg&#47;day&#41;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a> until disease control and then reduce and keeping the adjuvant&#46; Since complications related to the use of oral corticosteroids may contribute to the prognosis of patients with BP&#44; more studies&#44; which evaluate other treatment options are needed&#46; Topical high-potency steroid like clobetasol propionate has also been studied&#44; and is found to be useful in the control of localised and disseminated BP without increasing mortality&#44; but it should be noted that the use of topical corticosteroids over large areas of body surface area &#40;&#8805;40<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>g&#47;dia&#41; can lead to epidermal atrophy and also determines drug absorption&#44; and inducing systemic effects of the drug&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8</span></a></p><p id="par0060" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Numerous studies suggest that the adjuvant use of immunosuppressant shows some steroid-sparing effect&#44; thereby helping to reduce the total dose of systemic corticosteroid that the patient needs in order to control the disease&#46; These drugs are azathioprine and dapsone&#44; commonly used in our practice for this purpose&#46; Azathioprine is an antimetabolite&#44; a synthetic analogue of purine derivative of 6-mercaptopurine&#44; used in the treatment of several skin diseases&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#44;10</span></a> It is the most frequently used adjuvant in the treatment of BP&#44; at doses ranging from 1 to 3<span class="elsevierStyleHsp" style=""></span>mg&#47;kg&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0040"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">8&#44;9&#44;11</span></a> The steroid-sparing effect of azathioprine has been reported&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9</span></a> It is generally well tolerated&#59; the most common side effect is myelosuppression&#44; other adverse effects are gastrointestinal disturbances &#40;nausea&#44; diarrhoea&#41;&#44; dizziness&#44; alopecia&#44; hepatotoxicity&#44; increased incidence of malignancy in patients after kidney transplantation&#44; and opportunistic infections&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRefs" href="#bib0045"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">9&#8211;11</span></a> The optimal therapeutic response occurs between 6 and 8 weeks&#59; if no response were observed by week 12&#8211;16&#44; the drug should be changed for another immunosuppressant&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0055"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">11</span></a></p><p id="par0065" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">Dapsone is a drug used primarily in the treatment of leprosy&#44; pneumonia by Pneumocystis jiroveci and malaria&#44; but has also been used in autoimmune bullous diseases for its steroid-sparing effect&#46; In BP&#44; it is reported an efficacy rate close to 84&#37;&#44; either alone or in combined therapy with systemic corticosteroids or another immunosuppressant&#46; The most common adverse events of dapsone are haemolysis and secondary anaemia&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0060"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">12</span></a> Other adverse events reported are metahaemoglobinaemia&#44; nausea&#44; vomiting&#44; peripheral neuropathy&#44; elevated transaminases&#44; and cutaneous drug reactions&#46;<a class="elsevierStyleCrossRef" href="#bib0050"><span class="elsevierStyleSup">10</span></a></p><p id="par0070" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">In our study&#44; 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being particularly important in the treatment of bullous pemphigoid&#46; In addition&#44; dapsone is a promising agent&#44; useful in treating patients with bullous diseases of autoimmune aetiology&#44; including BP&#46; Adverse events of dapsone are dose dependent and usually reversible&#46;</p><p id="par0085" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">We recommend the use of an immunosuppressive agent at the beginning of the treatment&#46; Both immunosuppressants are equally effective to inhibit disease progression and to induce reepithelialisation of all lesions at eight weeks of follow up&#46; Both have an acceptable safety profile at eight weeks of treatment&#46; More studies to evaluate these two drugs at longer term treatments are needed&#46;</p></span><span id="sec0040" class="elsevierStyleSection elsevierViewall"><span class="elsevierStyleSectionTitle">Conflicts of interest</span><p id="par0090" class="elsevierStylePara elsevierViewall">The authors have no conflict of interest to declare&#46;</p></span></span>"
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