Tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome managed with the couple canakinumab-alendronate

Clin Rheumatol. 2015 Apr;34(4):807-9. doi: 10.1007/s10067-014-2556-8. Epub 2014 Mar 11.

Abstract

Management of tumor necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is puzzling, and therapeutic choices can be complicated, due to both wide genetic heterogeneity and protean clinical phenotype. We report on a 35-year-old female who was diagnosed with TRAPS, after finding the V95M mutation on the TNFRSF1A gene; who was treated in order with etanercept, anakinra, and canakinumab (150 mg/every 8 weeks by subcutaneous injection, then increased to 150 mg every 4 weeks); and who started therapy with oral alendronate (70 mg/weekly) to control her osteoporosis. Alendronate combined with canakinumab led to the optimal clinical control of all TRAPS manifestations and normalization of inflammatory markers. Further studies should be performed to clarify bisphosphonates' role in the scenery of autoinflammatory disorders.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Alendronate / administration & dosage*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / administration & dosage*
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Drug Therapy, Combination
  • Etanercept / administration & dosage
  • Female
  • Fever / diagnosis*
  • Fever / therapy*
  • Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases / diagnosis*
  • Hereditary Autoinflammatory Diseases / therapy*
  • Humans
  • Immunoglobulin G / chemistry
  • Inflammation / metabolism
  • Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein / administration & dosage
  • Mutation
  • Osteoporosis / drug therapy
  • Phenotype
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I / genetics*
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I / metabolism*
  • Recurrence

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
  • Immunoglobulin G
  • Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein
  • Receptors, Tumor Necrosis Factor, Type I
  • TNFRSF1A protein, human
  • canakinumab
  • Etanercept
  • Alendronate

Supplementary concepts

  • Periodic fever, familial, autosomal dominant