Usefulness of Ustekinumab for Treating a Case of Myelodysplastic Syndrome-Associated Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Usefulness of Ustekinumab for Treating a Case of Myelodysplastic Syndrome-Associated Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Intern Med. 2019 Apr 17;: Authors: Kono M, Sakurai T, Okamoto K, Nagai T, Komeda Y, Kashida H, Minaga K, Kamata K, Takenaka M, Hagiwara S, Watanabe T, Nishida N, Enoki E, Inoue H, Matsumura I, Kudo M Abstract Autoimmune diseases including inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) occur in association with myelodysplastic syndrome (MDS). MDS-associated IBD frequently demonstrates a complicated course. We herein report the first case with MDS-associated IBD that was successfully treated with ustekinumab (UST), an anti-interleukin (IL) 12/23p40 monoclonal antibody. A 63-year-old man with a 7-year history of MDS was referred for examination of diarrhea, abdominal pain and fever. A blood examination revealed a marked elevation of C-reactive protein. Colonoscopy showed multiple ulcers in the terminal ileum. He was resistant to anti-TNF-α antibody and azacitidine. Subsequently, UST treatment reduced colonic IL-17 and IL-6 expression and the patient currently maintains a state of remission. PMID: 30996178 [PubMed - as supplied by publisher]
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