An overview of the treatment of childhood SLE

被引:19
作者
Silverman, ED
Lang, B
机构
[1] UNIV TORONTO,DIV PEDIAT & IMMUNOL,TORONTO,ON,CANADA
[2] WK GRACE HLTH CTR,DEPT PEDIAT,HALIFAX,NS,CANADA
关键词
pediatrics; systemic lupus erythematosus; lupus nephritis; therapy; azathioprine; cyclophosphamide; glucocorticoids; immunosuppressives;
D O I
10.3109/03009749709105310
中图分类号
R5 [内科学];
学科分类号
1002 ; 100201 ;
摘要
Current recommendations for the treatment of pediatric SLE are from uncontrolled trials, case reports, retrospective descriptive data or extra-polation from studies in adults. Glucocorticoids are the mainstay of therapy and the doses depend on the disease severity. Diffuse proliferative glomerulonephritis (DPGN) requires high-dose prednisone for prolonged periods of time. We suggest the addition of azathioprine for DPGN at the time of diagnosis of DPGN and reserve cyclophosphamide for refractory cases. While we do not recommend the routine use of cyclophosphamide in this or other forms of lupus nephritis, others advocate the aggressive use of intravenous cyclophosphamide and prednisone. Severe central nervous system disease should be treated with high dose prednisone and immunosuppressive agents are reserved for life-threatening disease or steroid failure or dependency. We suggest the routine use of hydroxychloroquine in all cases of SLE at a dose of 5 mg/kg/day (maximum of 400 mg/day). Methotrexate has been recently used with some success in both children and adults, the safety profile appears to be very good and therefore further studies of this drug are warranted. Collaboration in the development of a limited number of defined treatment protocols and large scale collection of data on a multicenter and multinational basis is needed if we hope to improve the outcome of patients with severe disease.
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