Satoshi Tanida ^1 2, Keiji Ozeki ³, Takahito Katano ³, Mamoru Tanaka ³, Takaya Shimura ³, Eiji Kubota ³, Hiromi Kataoka ³, Takuya Takahama ², Shun Sasoh ², Yoshimasa Kubota ², Tesshin Ban ², Tomoaki Ando ², Makoto Nakamura ², Takashi Joh ²J Clin Med Res. 2023 Mar;15(3):181-186. doi: 10.14740/jocmr4887

Every-week (ew) adalimumab (ADA) maintenance following induction therapy with a standard induction regimen has recently been approved for use in Japan. The efficacy and safety of combination therapy with ew-ADA maintenance following standard induction regimen plus intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA) (two sessions/week) for the treatment of refractory ulcerative colitis (UC) displaying failure of conventional, biologics and Janus kinase inhibitor have not been evaluated previously. The present retrospective study evaluated the 10-week efficacy of this combination therapy among refractory UC patients. Six patients were given initial ADA combination therapy (ADA at 160 mg in week 0, ADA 80 mg in week 2, and 40 mg in week 4, followed by ew-ADA at 40 mg/week) plus intensive GMA. One patient (16.6%) achieved clinical remission and two patients (33.3%) achieved endoscopic improvement by week 10. After excluding two patients who discontinued treatment, mean full Mayo score (P = 0.14), endoscopic subscore (P = 0.18) and C-reactive protein level (P = 0.27) at 10 weeks were numerically decreased compared with baseline in the remaining four cases, although the differences were not significant. Use of ew-ADA maintenance following standard induction regimen plus intensive GMA appears unlikely to achieve satisfactory induction of clinical remission in UC patients for whom conventional agents, biologics and Janus kinase inhibitors have failed.

Induction Therapy With a Combination of Weekly Adalimumab Plus Intensive Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorptive Apheresis in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Failure of Conventional Agents, Biologics and Janus Kinase Inhibitor – PubMed (nih.gov)

Induction Therapy With a Combination of Weekly Adalimumab Plus Intensive Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorptive Apheresis in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Failure of Conventional Agents, Biologics and Janus Kinase Inhibitor – PMC (nih.gov)

Keiji Ozeki ¹, Satoshi Tanida, Takashi Mizushima, Tsutomu Mizoshita, Hironobu Tsukamoto, Yoshikazu Hirata, Kenji Murakami, Takaya Shimura, Hiromi Kataoka, Takeshi Kamiya, Takashi Joh, Intern Med. 2012;51(6):595-9.

A 21-year-old Caucasian man with a diagnosis of Crohn’s disease (CD) at the age of 14 was admitted to our hospital due to CD flare-up while under scheduled adalimumab (ADA) maintenance therapy. His symptoms remained virtually unchanged following high dose corticosteroid therapy. Seven days later, combination therapy with ADA plus intensive granulocyte/monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA) was initiated, which induced clinical remission. Therefore, combination therapy with ADA plus intensive GMA appears to be an effective therapeutic option for patients with severe CD while under scheduled ADA maintenance therapy.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/22449667/

https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/internalmedicine/51/6/51_6_595/_pdf/-char/en

Tsutomu Mizoshita ¹, Satoshi Tanida ², Shigeru Kusumoto ³, Keiji Ozeki ², Hironobu Tsukamoto ², Masahide Ebi ², Yoshinori Mori ², Hiromi Kataoka ², Takeshi Kamiya ², Takashi Joh ²,Clin J Gastroenterol. 2012 Aug;5(4):302-6.

A 52-year-old woman was diagnosed with Crohn’s disease (CD) of the large intestine in May 2001. Her disease was accompanied by the development of chronic myelogenous leukemia (CML) in December 2003. Remission of her CML has been maintained up to the present with tyrosine kinase inhibitors. Clinical and endoscopic remission of the patient’s CD was maintained with salazosulfapyridine (3000 mg/day) and occasional prednisolone (≤20 mg/day) from 2001 to 2010. However, in December 2010 the patient complained of abdominal pain and diarrhea more than 10 times a day. Endoscopy showed serpiginous (snake-like) ulcers in the transverse colon and aphthous ulcers in the sigmoid colon. Intensive granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis (GMA) (two sessions per week, total of ten sessions) was performed, and the CD activity index (CDAI) decreased from 259 to 175. Six adalimumab injections were administered to improve the remaining inflammatory mucosa. Two months after induction therapy with adalimumab, the CDAI decreased from 175 to 107 without side effects. Endoscopy revealed mucosal healing of the colonic inflammatory lesions. We experienced a case of a patient with CD accompanied by CML. We successfully treated the patient by a combination of intensive GMA and adalimumab

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/26182398/