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{{Familial mediterranean fever}}
{{Familial Mediterranean fever}}
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==Overview==
==Overview==
[[Clinical practice guideline]]s direct treatment<ref name="pmid26802180">{{cite journal| author=Ozen S, Demirkaya E, Erer B, Livneh A, Ben-Chetrit E, Giancane G et al.| title=EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever. | journal=Ann Rheum Dis | year= 2016 | volume= 75 | issue= 4 | pages= 644-51 | pmid=26802180 | doi=10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208690 | pmc= | url=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/eutils/elink.fcgi?dbfrom=pubmed&tool=sumsearch.org/cite&retmode=ref&cmd=prlinks&id=26802180  }} </ref>:
The mainstay of treatment for familial Mediterranean fever is medical therapy with colchicine.
The mainstay of treatment for familial mediterranean fever is medical therapy.
03. "Treatment with [[colchicine]] should start as soon as a clinical diagnosis is made"
 
17. "In protracted febrile myalgia, [[glucocorticoid]]s lead to the resolution of symptoms; NSAID and [[Interleukin_1|IL-1]]-blockade might also be a treatment option; NSAIDs are suggested for the treatment of exertional leg pain"
 
==Medical Therapy==
==Medical Therapy==
*Pharmacologic medical therapy of choice for familial Mediterranean fever is colchicine.
*Pharmacologic medical therapy of choice for familial Mediterranean fever is colchicine.
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'''Parenteral colchicine'''
'''Parenteral colchicine'''
*Colchicine may be administered intravenously every week in critically ill patients, but this method is associated with increased risk of toxicity.<ref name="pmid19796546">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rozenbaum M, Boulman N, Feld J, Avshovich N, Petrovich S, Elias M, Slobodin G, Rosner I |title=Intravenous colchicine treatment for six months: adjunctive therapy in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) unresponsive to oral colchicine |journal=Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. |volume=27 |issue=2 Suppl 53 |pages=S105 |date=2009 |pmid=19796546 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14719203">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lidar M, Kedem R, Langevitz P, Pras M, Livneh A |title=Intravenous colchicine for treatment of patients with familial Mediterranean fever unresponsive to oral colchicine |journal=J. Rheumatol. |volume=30 |issue=12 |pages=2620–3 |date=December 2003 |pmid=14719203 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
*Colchicine may be administered intravenously every week in critically ill patients, but this method is associated with increased risk of toxicity.<ref name="pmid19796546">{{cite journal |vauthors=Rozenbaum M, Boulman N, Feld J, Avshovich N, Petrovich S, Elias M, Slobodin G, Rosner I |title=Intravenous colchicine treatment for six months: adjunctive therapy in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) unresponsive to oral colchicine |journal=Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. |volume=27 |issue=2 Suppl 53 |pages=S105 |date=2009 |pmid=19796546 |doi= |url=}}</ref><ref name="pmid14719203">{{cite journal |vauthors=Lidar M, Kedem R, Langevitz P, Pras M, Livneh A |title=Intravenous colchicine for treatment of patients with familial Mediterranean fever unresponsive to oral colchicine |journal=J. Rheumatol. |volume=30 |issue=12 |pages=2620–3 |date=December 2003 |pmid=14719203 |doi= |url=}}</ref>
'''Specific instructions'''<ref name="pmid26802180">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ozen S, Demirkaya E, Erer B, Livneh A, Ben-Chetrit E, Giancane G, Ozdogan H, Abu I, Gattorno M, Hawkins PN, Yuce S, Kallinich T, Bilginer Y, Kastner D, Carmona L |title=EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever |journal=Ann. Rheum. Dis. |volume=75 |issue=4 |pages=644–51 |date=April 2016 |pmid=26802180 |doi=10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208690 |url=}}</ref>
'''Specific instructions'''
*It is generally recommended to give the dose once daily. However, it may be divided in case of side effects.
*It is generally recommended to give the dose once daily. However, it may be divided in case of side effects.<ref name="pmid26802180">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ozen S, Demirkaya E, Erer B, Livneh A, Ben-Chetrit E, Giancane G, Ozdogan H, Abu I, Gattorno M, Hawkins PN, Yuce S, Kallinich T, Bilginer Y, Kastner D, Carmona L |title=EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever |journal=Ann. Rheum. Dis. |volume=75 |issue=4 |pages=644–51 |date=April 2016 |pmid=26802180 |doi=10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208690 |url=}}</ref>
*After initiation of therapy, the patient should be evaluated closely for 3 to 6 months to assess its efficacy on attack severity and frequency.
*After initiation of therapy, the patient should be evaluated closely for 3 to 6 months to assess its efficacy on attack severity and frequency.
*Treatment preferably should be initiated with a low dose and then the dose be increased according to the patients' response.
*Treatment preferably should be initiated with a low dose and then the dose be increased according to the patients' response.
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*Diarrhoea
*Diarrhoea
*Vomiting
*Vomiting
*In case of colchicine resistance, other options include:
In case of colchicine resistance, other options include:<ref name="pmid26802180">{{cite journal |vauthors=Ozen S, Demirkaya E, Erer B, Livneh A, Ben-Chetrit E, Giancane G, Ozdogan H, Abu I, Gattorno M, Hawkins PN, Yuce S, Kallinich T, Bilginer Y, Kastner D, Carmona L |title=EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever |journal=Ann. Rheum. Dis. |volume=75 |issue=4 |pages=644–51 |date=April 2016 |pmid=26802180 |doi=10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208690 |url=}}</ref>
**NSAIDs
*NSAIDs
**IL-1 blockade agents
*IL-1 blockade agents
==NSAIDS==
==NSAIDS==
Indications:
Indications:

Revision as of 15:34, 29 May 2019

Template:Familial Mediterranean fever Editor-In-Chief: C. Michael Gibson, M.S., M.D. [1]

Overview

The mainstay of treatment for familial Mediterranean fever is medical therapy with colchicine.

Medical Therapy

  • Pharmacologic medical therapy of choice for familial Mediterranean fever is colchicine.

Colchicine

  • This drug is critical for the treatment of FMF. It has been indicated to have a protective effect against amyloidosis.[1]

Adult

  • 1.2-1.8 mg PO daily (maximum, 3 mg per day)
  • Higher initial doses (up to 2 mg per day) may be indicated in those with:
    • Preexisting complications (eg, renal amyloidosis)
    • High frequency of attacks
    • Longer duration of each attack
    • Joint involvement

Pediatric

  • Children younger than 5 years of age, =< 0.5 mg per day (maximum, 0.6 mg per day)
  • Children aged 5 to 10 years of age, 0.5 to 1 mg per day (maximum, 1.2 mg per day)
  • Children older than 10 years of age, 1 to 1.5 mg per day (maximum, 2 mg per day)

Parenteral colchicine

  • Colchicine may be administered intravenously every week in critically ill patients, but this method is associated with increased risk of toxicity.[2][3]

Specific instructions

  • It is generally recommended to give the dose once daily. However, it may be divided in case of side effects.[4]
  • After initiation of therapy, the patient should be evaluated closely for 3 to 6 months to assess its efficacy on attack severity and frequency.
  • Treatment preferably should be initiated with a low dose and then the dose be increased according to the patients' response.
  • The persistence of attacks or subclinical inflammation is an indication to increase the dose of colchicine.
  • Emotional or physical stress can trigger FMF attacks. Temporary increase in colchicine dose may be considered during stress.
  • During medical therapy with colchicine, liver function test should be monitored regularly; any elevation greater than twofold the upper limit of normal is an indication for dose reduction.
  • CRP, or SAA, or both should be monitored at least every three months during dosage increase to determine the necessary dose.
  • Colchicine may be continued during conception, pregnancy, and lactation.
  • In case of decreased renal function, symptoms and signs of colchicine toxicity as well as CPK level should be monitored regularly to reduce colchicine dose accordingly.
  • In case of preexisting severe renal insufficiency (GFR< 10 ml/min), colchicine dosage should be decreased to 50% due to the potential renal toxicity.
  • Dose reduction may be considered in a patient with no attack for more than 5 years and no elevation in acute phase reactant.

Side effects

  • Gastrointestinal side effects [5][6]
  • Abdominal cramps
  • Hyperperistalsis
  • Diarrhoea
  • Vomiting

In case of colchicine resistance, other options include:[4]

  • NSAIDs
  • IL-1 blockade agents

NSAIDS

Indications:

  • Exertional leg pain

Glucocorticoids

Indications:

  • Protracted febrile myalgia which is severe disabling myalgia with at least 5 days duration in a patient with FMF.

Disease modifying antirheumatic drugs (DMARDs)

Indications:

  • Chronic arthritis

IL-1-blockade

  • Indications:[1]
    • Compliant patients who continue to have ≥ 1 attacks each month despite receiving the maximally tolerated dose for at least 6 months are considered to be a non-responder or

resistant to colchicine therapy; alternative biological treatments are indicated. A systematic review of IL-1 blockade with anakinra, canakinumab, and rilonacept found only one randomized controlled trial.[7]

  • anakinra: benefit in one small, randomized controlled trial in which the median number of attacks per month dropped from 3.5 with placebo to 1.7 with anakinra.[8] Average age was 37 years and 83% of subjects were homozygous for M694V. This trial was published and registered (NCT01705756).
  • canakinumab: no randomized controlled trials.
  • rilonacept: benefit in one small, randomized controlled trial in which the median number of attacks per month dropped from 2 with placebo to 0.77 with rilonacept.[9] Average age was and 24 years and 7% of subjects were homozygous for M694V This trial was published and registered (NCT00582907).

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 Ozen, Seza; Demirkaya, Erkan; Erer, Burak; Livneh, Avi; Ben-Chetrit, Eldad; Giancane, Gabriella; Ozdogan, Huri; Abu, Illana; Gattorno, Marco; Hawkins, Philip N; Yuce, Sezin; Kallinich, Tilmann; Bilginer, Yelda; Kastner, Daniel; Carmona, Loreto (2016). "EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever". Annals of the Rheumatic Diseases. 75 (4): 644–651. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208690. ISSN 0003-4967.
  2. Rozenbaum M, Boulman N, Feld J, Avshovich N, Petrovich S, Elias M, Slobodin G, Rosner I (2009). "Intravenous colchicine treatment for six months: adjunctive therapy in familial Mediterranean fever (FMF) unresponsive to oral colchicine". Clin. Exp. Rheumatol. 27 (2 Suppl 53): S105. PMID 19796546.
  3. Lidar M, Kedem R, Langevitz P, Pras M, Livneh A (December 2003). "Intravenous colchicine for treatment of patients with familial Mediterranean fever unresponsive to oral colchicine". J. Rheumatol. 30 (12): 2620–3. PMID 14719203.
  4. 4.0 4.1 Ozen S, Demirkaya E, Erer B, Livneh A, Ben-Chetrit E, Giancane G, Ozdogan H, Abu I, Gattorno M, Hawkins PN, Yuce S, Kallinich T, Bilginer Y, Kastner D, Carmona L (April 2016). "EULAR recommendations for the management of familial Mediterranean fever". Ann. Rheum. Dis. 75 (4): 644–51. doi:10.1136/annrheumdis-2015-208690. PMID 26802180.
  5. Putterman C, Ben-Chetrit E, Caraco Y, Levy M (December 1991). "Colchicine intoxication: clinical pharmacology, risk factors, features, and management". Semin. Arthritis Rheum. 21 (3): 143–55. PMID 1788551.
  6. Ben-Chetrit E, Levy M (August 1998). "Colchicine: 1998 update". Semin. Arthritis Rheum. 28 (1): 48–59. PMID 9726336.
  7. van der Hilst JCh, Moutschen M, Messiaen PE, Lauwerys BR, Vanderschueren S (2016). "Efficacy of anti-IL-1 treatment in familial Mediterranean fever: a systematic review of the literature". Biologics. 10: 75–80. doi:10.2147/BTT.S102954. PMC 4831592. PMID 27110096.
  8. Ben-Zvi I, Kukuy O, Giat E, Pras E, Feld O, Kivity S; et al. (2017). "Anakinra for Colchicine-Resistant Familial Mediterranean Fever: A Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo-Controlled Trial". Arthritis Rheumatol. 69 (4): 854–862. doi:10.1002/art.39995. PMID 27860460.
  9. Hashkes PJ, Spalding SJ, Giannini EH, Huang B, Johnson A, Park G; et al. (2012). "Rilonacept for colchicine-resistant or -intolerant familial Mediterranean fever: a randomized trial". Ann Intern Med. 157 (8): 533–41. doi:10.7326/0003-4819-157-8-201210160-00003. PMID 23070486.