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Table 3 Options for management of patients with previous hypersensitivity reaction to RCM (adapted from Torres etal. 2021, with permission)
Management Advantages Disadvantages Comment Avoidance Safety Diagnosis unresolved For patients with other diagnostic
options (e.g., magnet resonance tomography)
Premedication Easy Breakthrough reactions
False sense of security No evidence for strong benet No standard regime Risk of side effects
Use of a nonculprit alternative only by history Alternative by ST negativity
Alternative by DPT negativity
Easy Reduction of reaction rates
High negative predictive value in patients with positive ST to culprit Exclusion of RCM highly suspected not to be tolerated Severe anaphylaxis unlikely
RCM application is better controlled by experts in DPT than by radiologists RCM dose can be titrated
Weak evidence Cross-sensitivity not excluded Time consuming Expertise needed Only few patients with IHR have positive ST Useful in NIHR No benet for nonallergic reactions Time consuming Hospitalization necessary Expertise needed also for emergency treatment
Probably not helpful for preventing severe allergic HR Considered increasingly controversial Generally not recommended for allergic reactions, as there is not enough evidence of its effectiveness Use of different RCM more effective compared with single-dose premedication Increasing evidence Increasingly recommended by experts
Risk stratication needed Increasing evidence that DPT is not less safe than DPT to other drugs
K. Brockow
using a combination of H1-antihistamine (e.g., 50mg diphenhydramine 1h before application) and corticosteroids (e.g., 50mg prednisone 13, 7, and 1 h before application) is often cited (Sánchez-Borges et al. 2019). The efciency of premedication is likely to be low and one should not rely on their efcacy. For high-risk patients, the setting should be as safe as pos­sible, e.g., taking place in hospitals with code teams and under close observation (possibly using pulse oxImetry).
In patients with severe anaphylaxis and urgent need, RCM should be avoided before allergologi­cal workup. Sometimes a noncontrasted CT scan or MR scan can be performed. If RCM is consid­ered indispensable, after a risk-benet analysis one may administer the nonculprit RCM after premedication and with emergency preparedness including anesthesia standby.
7.2 Management ofPatients After Allergy Workup
For patients without the need for immediate con­trasted imaging, an allergy workup is recom­mended (Fig.1). In those patients with IHR being skin test-positive to the culprit RCM, a skin test­negative alternative can be administered without premedication under emergency preparedness. Applying premedication might be considered in very severe IHRs. The positive culprit and other skin test-positive RCMs should be avoided. If available, BAT or LTT may supplement skin test­ing to select a RCM for future use. Whether DPT is advisable is decided on an individual basis, e.g., depending on the severity of the reaction. In patients with negative skin tests to the culprit and alternatives, a nonculprit agent with premedication and under emergency preparedness can be applied.
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Contraindications for the further use of RCM may be those with very severe IHRs after risk­benet analysis and after severe bullous or sys­temic NIHR. However, in the vast majority of patients, allergy testing in addition to changing the RCM substantially helps to increase safety of subsequent RCM exposures in patients with pre­vious RCM hypersensitivity.
Conict of Interest No conict of interest.
Funding No funding.
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Cutaneous Adverse Reactions
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toBiologic Agents
KarenJ.L.Choo andYiWeiYeo
1 Introduction
The usage of targeted biologic agents in the form of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) is rapidly expand­ing in the treatment of neoplastic, autoimmune, and inammatory conditions. In contrast to most other drugs, which are small molecules, mAbs are pro­teins. Many of the mAbs contain variable amounts of mouse (murine) origin, considered as chimeric, rendering them more immunogenic. Fully human mAbs are considered less immunogenic than chi­meric mAbs (Isabwe etal. 2018). However, even fully human proteins can cause adverse reactions. The World Health Organization established guide­lines for the nomenclature of these biologic agents in 2017 based on the antibody target (molecule, cell, and organ) (WHO 2017). It no longer required that the source of different parts of the antibodies be determined by its name (see Table1).
Familiarity with the adverse cutaneous reac­tions of these medications will enable clinicians to better balance the potential risks and benets of these biologic medications in the clinical manage­ment of patients. In this chapter, we aim to sum­marise the hypersensitivity mechanism,
Table 1 Nomenclature of monoclonal antibody (mAb) biologic agents
Prex Substem Target class Stem Random -ba-
-ami-
-ci-
-fung-
-gros-
-ki-
-li-
-ne-
-os-
-toxa-
-ta-
-vet-
-vi-
Bacterial Serum amyloid protein (SAP)/amyloidosis (Pre-Sub-Stem) Cardiovascular Fungal Skeletal muscle mass­related growth factors and receptors Interleukin Immunomodulating Neural Bone Toxin Tumour Veterinary use (Pre-Stem) Viral
-mab
presentations, and management considerations of mAb-related drug eruptions. Cutaneous infections and malignancies due to the specic immune blockade of biologic agents, another important aspect of biologic use, are beyond the scope of this chapter and are not specically covered.
K. J. L. Choo Department of Dermatology and Allergy Centre, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore e-mail: Karen.Choo.J.L@singhealth.com.sg
Y. W. Yeo (*) Department of Dermatology, Singapore General Hospital, Singapore, Singapore e-mail: yeo.yi.wei@singhealth.com.sg
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2022 H. Y. Lee, D. Creamer (eds.), Drug Eruptions, Updates in Clinical Dermatology,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-09388-3_24
2 General Principles/
Classication
Consensus denitions and classication of mAbs hypersensitivity reactions are lacking. A practical approach that classies these reactions based on
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their clinical presentation, underlying mecha­nism, and temporal presentation is suggested (Jackson and Bahna 2020; Hong and Sloane
2019; Santos and Galvão 2017; Picard and
Galvão 2017).
2.1 Localised Injection Site
Reactions
Injection site reactions (ISRs) are common with the use of subcutaneous biological agents with an incidence of 0.5–40% (Thomaidou and Ramot
2019). ISRs present as swelling, erythema, pruri-
tis, and pain around the site of injection and can be divided into two groups based on their mecha­nism of action—namely irritative reactions (immediate) and allergic reactions (immediate or delayed) to the excipient or the drug itself (Thomaidou and Ramot 2019).
The reported incidence of ISRs with common biologics was highest with Etanercept (2.97– 37%), Adalimumab (5–20%), and Omalizumab (2.7–45%), while Ustekinumab, Secukinumab, Brodalumab, and Guselkumab had the lowest reported incidence of less than 5% (Thomaidou and Ramot 2019).
2.2 Systemic Hypersensitivity
Reactions
Although overlapping mechanisms and clinical presentation exist, generally, these reactions can be divided into the following categories based on the primary disease mechanism and tempo of onset:
Immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions
sequent administrations. Distinctive features of cytokine release syndrome (or sometimes referred to as infusion reactions) are headache, fever, chills, rigors, or chest/back pain. Often, patients may also have non-specic symptoms such as ushing, breathlessness, giddiness, nau­sea, and/or vomiting. Most of these symptoms can be prevented or attenuated with premedica­tion with paracetamol, glucocorticosteroids, and a slower infusion rate. The majority of cytokine release syndrome are mild. Yet, there is one infa­mous example (Suntharalingam etal. 2006) of a severe cytokine release syndrome: TGN1412, an anti-CD28 mAb. In its phase 1 clinical trial, six healthy men were given a single iv bolus of TGN1412 and after an hour, all of them devel­oped severe headaches, low back pain, nausea, vomiting, diarrhoea, fever, hypotension, and bilateral pulmonary inltrates. Most went on to develop multiorgan failure with two requiring intubation and mechanical ventilation.
Type IReactions: IgE Mediated
IgE-mediated reactions require a sensitisation phase before a reaction can develop. Reactions typically occur after at least one uneventful administration (with one notable exception: cetuximab). Clinical presentation of IgE­mediated reactions ranges from cutaneous only reactions (urticaria or angioedema) to systemic anaphylactic shock and often, overlaps with clin­ical features of cytokine release syndrome. An elevated serum tryptase (indicative of mast cell degranulation) at the time of the reaction sug­gests the possibility of IgE-mediated reaction. Skin tests (skin prick and intradermal test) to cul­prit mAb could be performed 4–6weeks after the reaction. A positive test on immediate reading suggests IgE-mediated reactions.
Cytokine Release Syndrome
Cytokine release syndrome is a result of rapid destruction of cells targeted by the mAbs through complement-mediated or antibody- mediated cell death, which leads to the release of IL6 and TNFα pro-inammatory cytokines (Santos and Galvão
2017). These reactions usually occur on rst
administration of mAbs and may wane with sub-
IgG Mediated
The mechanism of IgG-mediated reactions against mAbs is less well dened. In the case of iniximab, IgG antibodies can be associated with reduced efcacy (due to increased clearance or by blocking the antibody binding site) and/or hypersensitivity reactions. In mouse models, IgG-dependent anaphylaxis occurred due to the
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binding of anti-mAbs IgG to Fc-gamma-receptors on macrophages, basophils, and neutrophils (Jönsson etal. 2019). Another postulated mecha­nism of IgG-dependent reaction is the formation of large immune complexes that activates the complement system, which in turn generates ana­phylatoxins (C3a and C5a) (Finkelman et al.
2016). Based on these mechanisms, it is not sur-
prising that the clinical symptoms of IgG­mediated reaction may mimic those of IgE-mediated type I reactions. The difference between the two may be apparent during skin prick tests reading as these tend to be negative for IgG-mediated reactions.
Non-immediate Hypersensitivity Reactions
Type III Reactions: Serum Sickness like Reactions (SSLR)
This is the commonest non-immediate hypersen­sitivity reaction to mAbs and can occur at rst exposure although they most frequently develop after at least one uneventful infusion. These reac­tions are thought to be due to the deposition of immune complexes of mAb and anti-mAb IgGs in capillaries of the skin, kidney, and other organs. Onset is typically 5–7days post infusion. Clinical manifestations include fever, malaise, arthralgia/arthritis, jaw pain/tightness, erythema­tous/urticarial rash, purpura, or conjunctival haemorrhage. In some cases, immediate-type hypersensitivity reactions may precede or follow SSLR.
Delayed Type IV Reactions
A wide range of reactions have been reported ranging from maculopapular exanthema and symmetrical drug-related intertriginous and ex­ural exanthem (SDRIFE) (Yang et al. 2017) to more severe phenotypes such as SJS/TEN (Urosevic-Maiwald et al. 2012) (the latter are rare and there are only a few case reports in the literature).
Data on the frequency of hypersensitivity reactions is limited due to differences in deni­tion and classication of these reactions. The prevalence of mAbs hypersensitivity reactions
has been reported to be 63%, 13%, 21%, and 3% for type I, cytokine release, mixed type, and delayed type IV reactions in her cohort (Isabwe etal. 2018).
2.3 O-Target Inammatory Cutaneous Eruptions
A wide range of inammatory dermatoses have been reported in association with biological agents (Murphy et al. 2022). Most well recog­nised are those of psoriasiform eruptions or pso­riasis with the use of anti-tumour necrosis factor-α (anti-TNF) agents. Commonly referred to as “paradoxical eruptions” in the literature, this term is best limited to the appearance or exacerbation of a condition that usually responds to the same class of drug (Toussirot and Aubin
2016). Various mechanisms have been proposed
for these off-target inammatory cutaneous erup­tions. This includes:
1. Polarisation of T cell responses where inhibi-
tion of a cytokine associated with a particu­lar Th subset may skew responses towards another Th polarisation. For example, Th17 pathway blockade for the treatment of pso­riasis may result in polarisation towards a Th2 phenotype resulting in an eczematous eruption (Mufti et al. 2021; Eyerich et al.
2011).
2. Disruption of negative feedback loops leading
to the overproduction of other cytokines. Paradoxical psoriasis due to anti-TNF agents is proposed to be due to increased production of type I interferons by plasmacytoid den­dritic cells which are normally downregulated by TNFα (Murphy etal. 2022; Collamer and Battafarano 2010).
3. Secondary effects related to the antidrug
immune responses (Murphy etal. 2022).
4. Non-specic interactions with Fc receptors
that may activate innate immunity (Murphy etal. 2022).
5. Host factors and genetic predisposition may
play a role (Murphy etal. 2022; Bucalo etal.
2020).
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3 Classes ofBiologic Agents
andTheir Reactions
3.1 Anti-tumour Necrosis Factor-α Agents (Anti-TNFs)
Five agents that are currently available include Iniximab, Adalimumab, Etanercept, Certoli­zumab Pegol, and Golimumab and are approved for use in the treatment of chronic plaque psoria­sis, hidradenitis suppurativa, rheumatoid arthri­tis, spondylarthritis, and inammatory bowel disease, among other indications.
Hypersensitivity Reactions
Local Injection Site Reactions (ISRs)
ISRs are frequent with anti-TNFs with a reported incidence of 3–37% with Etanercept and 5–20% with Adalimumab (Thomaidou and Ramot 2019). ISRs to anti-TNFs are usually self-limiting (Zeltser etal. 2001; Murdaca etal. 2013) although there have been occasional reports of severe reac­tions. Bavbek etal. described an immediate ISR with Etanercept in a 28-year-old man who pre­sented with localised erythema, swelling, and pruritis after the 22nd injection followed by gen­eralised urticaria and pruritis (Bavbek 2011). Skin prick testing with Etanercept 25mg/1ml, 13days post reaction, was negative but intrader­mal testing was positive at 1/100 dilution. Patient was challenged with 2.5 mg of Etanercept and reacted with generalised urticaria. He was even­tually managed with a desensitisation protocol with concurrent antihistamines and was able to tolerate the medication with small local ISR reac­tions of less than 3 cm (Bavbek 2011). Recall phenomenon has been reported with Etanercept (Zeltser etal. 2001).
Acute Infusion Reactions andAnaphylaxis
Intravenous Iniximab administration has been associated with a 20% risk of infusion reactions (O’Meara etal. 2014; FDA 2018). A systematic review on iniximab-related infusion reactions in patients with inammatory bowel disease found that 5–23% of IBD patients on Iniximab devel-
oped immediate infusion reactions while 1–3% of patients developed late reactions, usually of the serum sickness type (Lichtenstein etal. 2015). Serious infusion reactions occurred in <1% of patients and included anaphylaxis, convulsions, erythematous rash, and hypotension (FDA 2018).
The presence of antidrug antibodies to Iniximab has been correlated with the develop­ment of infusion reactions. A meta-analysis on patients with IBD treated with Iniximab showed that the presence of antidrug antibodies conferred a 2.4-fold risk increase of acute infusion reac­tions and a 5.8-fold risk increase of serious infu­sion reactions (O’Meara etal. 2014). Conversely, the concomitant use of immunosuppressive agents such as methotrexate or low-dose gluco­corticoids has been shown to reduce the forma­tion of anti-Iniximab antibodies and the risk of infusion reactions (Galvão and Castells 2015). While acute infusion reactions to Iniximab often show symptoms resembling anaphylaxis, detection of IgE antibodies has only been rarely demonstrated, suggesting that many may repre­sent cytokine release syndrome. Further support for this comes from the diminishing of some of these reactions by reducing the infusion rate, reports of normal tryptase levels in some cases, and the development of anaphylactic type reac­tions during the rst infusion (Lecluse et al.
2008).
Apart from iniximab, there are few reports of true anaphylactic reactions to other anti-TNFs (Sala-Cunill etal. 2019). A single centre Italian study of 671 patients on anti-TNF agents observed the highest frequency and severity of hypersensitivity reactions to Iniximab (68%) compared with 6% to Etanercept and 12% to Adalimumab. 91% of anaphylactic events were attributed to Iniximab. In contrast, anaphylaxis was only seen in 2% of patients treated with Etanercept and none on Adalimumab (Puxeddu etal. 2012). Nonetheless, rare cases of anaphy­laxis have been reported with adalimumab in postmarking surveillance (Murdaca etal. 2013). Several reports of successful desensitisation to anti-TNF agents have been reported (Makowska and Lewandowska-Polak 2020).
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O-Target Inammatory Cutaneous Eruptions
Off-target inammatory cutaneous eruptions have been most commonly reported with anti­TNF agents (Murphy etal. 2022). A recent sys­tematic review showed that the most commonly reported inammatory cutaneous reaction with anti-TNFs was psoriasis or psoriasiform erup­tions (n=1051), followed by eczematous erup­tions (n=267), lupus-like eruptions (n= 216), sarcoidosis-like eruptions (n=91), and alopecia areata (n=66) (Murphy etal. 2022). Other rec­ognised but less common reactions include hidradenitis suppurativa, lichenoid eruptions, granuloma annulare, bullous pemphigoid, derma­tomyositis, pyoderma gangrenosum, and cutane­ous vasculitis (Murphy etal. 2022).
Psoriasis/Psoriasiform Eruptions
Paradoxical psoriasis in the form of palmoplantar pustulosis was rst reported in a systematic safety follow-up in a cohort of 107 patients with spondyloarthropathy who received Iniximab in 2003 (Baeten etal. 2003). This was followed by increasing reports of psoriasiform eruptions and new onset psoriasis. Anti-TNFs have been reported to induce and/or exacerbate psoriasis in about 3.8–10.7% of patients (Murphy et al.
2022). Thought to be a class effect, paradoxical
psoriasis has been most reported with Iniximab (56.6%), followed by Adalimumab (30%), Etanercept (11%), Certolizumab pegol, and Golimumab (Murphy et al. 2022). Latency is variable, ranging from less than 1month to more than 10years after drug initiation, with an aver­age of 16.4 months (Murphy et al. 2022). Infections have not been observed to be a trigger­ing factor (Toussirot and Aubin 2016). However, a recent case-control study found that a family history of psoriasis, psychological stressors, and tobacco use was signicantly associated with the development of TNF-inhibitor-induced psoriasis (Ya etal. 2020).
A systematic review by Collamer etal. showed that the most common morphologies were pustu­lar psoriasis (56%), plaque psoriasis (50%), and guttate psoriasis (12%) (Collamer and Battafarano
2010). Of these, 15% of patients experienced
more than one type of reaction. In patients with pre-existing psoriasis, paradoxical reactions may exhibit different morphology to the original pre­sentation such as guttate or pustular lesions in a patient with pre-existing plaque psoriasis. The most frequently affected areas include palmo­plantar areas, the scalp and exures seen in more than 50% of cases (Toussirot and Aubin 2016). Indeed, palmoplantar pustulosis seems to be over-represented in anti-TNF-induced psoriasis with a report from the French Pharmacovigilance Database showing that such eruptions were mostly pustular lesions and occurred mainly on the palms and/or soles (33.3% in the French Pharmacovigilance Database and 42.9% in the literature), while palmoplantar pustular psoriasis represents only 1.7% of the psoriatic patients (Joyau etal. 2012).
Histology may be indistinguishable from pso­riasis or palmoplantar pustulosis unrelated to anti-TNF therapy with features including epider­mal hyperplasia, parakeratosis, epidermal lym­phocytic inltrate, dilated capillaries, and intraepidermal pustulosis. However, other reports have suggested some subtle differences including the presence of spongiosis, lichenoid inltrate, and eosinophils (Navarro and Daudén 2014).
Various mechanisms have been proposed:
1. Increased production of type I interferons by
plasmacytoid dendritic cells which are nor­mally downregulated by TNF-alpha (Collamer and Battafarano 2010).
2. Blocking TNF-α may increase T helper 17
(Th17) cell production of pro-inammatory cytokine IL-22 (Ma et al. 2010). Blocking IL-23, a driver of Th17 differentiation, has been reported to be effective in the treatment of paradoxical psoriasiform lesions (Tillack etal. 2014).
3. Anti-TNF inhibitors may predispose to infec-
tion (Li etal. 2019), which is a known trigger of psoriasis, although in most cases of para­doxical reactions, no infectious triggers were noted.
4. Patients with inammatory bowel disease and
chronic rheumatological conditions may have a higher incidence of psoriasis (Li etal. 2019)
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with genetic polymorphisms possibly playing a role in the predisposition to the development of paradoxical reactions (Collamer and Battafarano 2010).
Eczematous Reactions
Eczema as an adverse effect of anti-TNF therapy has been reported to occur in approximately 5–20% of patients (Nakamura et al. 2017). Personal history of atopy appears to increase this risk. In a review by Nakamura etal., Iniximab was most strongly associated with development or exacerbation of pre-existing eczema (Nakamura etal. 2017). The anti-TNF agent has to be discontinued in 7 of 12 cases due to the severity of the eczema with resolution following cessation of therapy. In the other ve cases, eczema was treated with topical or oral cortico­steroids with continuation of the biologic agent. Proposed mechanisms for the development of eczematous eruptions with anti-TNFs include tipping the balance in favour of Th2 pathway inammatory conditions such as eczema due to Th1 pathway blockade (Nakamura etal. 2017).
Granulomatous Reactions
Sarcoidosis or sarcoid-like granulomas occurring in the setting of anti-TNF use are rare but have been increasingly recognised, following a report of 10 cases by Daïen etal. (2009). The estimated incidence is about 0.04% with the most often implicated biologic that of Etanercept (Murphy et al. 2022) and other reports after use of Iniximab and Adalimumab (Toussirot and Aubin 2016). Clinical features reported did not differ from de novo sarcoidosis with cutaneous involvement estimated to occur in 24–50% of patients and systemic involvement reported (Murphy etal. 2022). Reported time to diagnosis ranges from 1 to 84months with an average of about 2years (Murphy etal. 2022). The anti-TNF was discontinued in most cases with at least par­tial improvement, with some requiring systemic steroids. Rechallenge was not performed and a limited number of patients switched therapy without relapse (Toussirot and Aubin 2016).
Other granulomatous diseases such as granu-
loma annulare and interstitial granulomatous
dermatitis have also been described (Murphy etal. 2022). In a series of nine patient with gran- uloma annulare, the mean onset was 6months from drug initiation and adalimumab was the most frequently implicated anti-TNF agent. Rash resolved with topical corticosteroids in seven out of nine cases despite continuation of the anti-TNF (Voulgari etal. 2008). Interstitial granulomatous drug reactions have been reported with Adalimumab with at least two cases in the literature (Martorell-Calatayud
2010).
Lupus-like Reactions
While uncommon, lupus-like reactions are rec­ognised with the most common inciting biologic being Iniximab (56%), followed by adalim­umab (25%) and Etanercept (15.5%) (Murphy etal. 2022). Presentations include isolated cuta­neous lupus (45–56%) and lupus-like syn­dromes with systemic lupus erythematosus occurring in 17–30% of lupus cases (Murphy etal. 2022). Cases of cutaneous lupus were pre­dominantly of the discoid lupus or subacute cutaneous lupus subtype (Murphy etal. 2022; Jani etal. 2017). While earlier reports suggest a signicant association between anti-TNF use and lupus (Moulis etal. 2014), this association has been questioned in a prospective observa­tional cohort study by Jani etal. which failed to show a signicant increase in lupus-like events with anti-TNF use after adjusting for differ­ences in baseline characteristics (adjHR 1.86; 95% CI 0.52 to 6.58) compared to rheumato­logical patients on non-biologic DMARD (Jani etal. 2017).
Most cases exhibited positive anti-nuclear antibody (ANA) titres. However, the induction of ANAs and anti-double stranded DNA (anti­dsDNA) antibodies has been recognised in clini­cal trials and post-marketing surveillance, even in the absence of clinical lupus-like features (Sehgal etal. 2015). Anti-histone, Anti-Ro, and Anti-La antibodies are also not consistently positive (Murphy et al. 2022). Most reported patients achieved complete or partial resolution with withdrawal of anti-TNF treatment (Jani et al.
2017; Moulis etal. 2014).
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Cutaneous Vasculitis
There have been numerous reports on anti-TNF induced cutaneous vasculitis (Toussirot and Aubin 2016). Reported latency ranges from 9.6 to 34.5 months (Saint Marcoux and de Bandt
2006; Sokumbi etal. 2012). Most cases were lim-
ited to cutaneous small vessel vasculitis although some cases involved medium to large vessels or had systemic extra-cutaneous involvement (Sokumbi et al. 2012). Clinical presentations included purpura, ulceration, blisters, and ery­thematous macules. A case series of 39 patients from a nationwide study in France found Etanercept to be the most implicated biologic (54%) (Saint Marcoux and de Bandt 2006). However, similar to lupus-like reactions, the study by Jani etal. failed to show a signicant increase in vasculitis-like events after adjusting for differences in baseline characteristics (adjHR
1.27; 95% CI 0.40 to 4.04) compared to rheuma­tological patients on non-biologic DMARDs (Jani etal. 2017). In the French series, cessation of medication resulted in resolution in most cases without further treatment although some required high-dose glucocorticoids with or without immu­nosuppressant therapy (Saint Marcoux and de Bandt 2006).
Hidradenitis Suppurativa
Hidradenitis suppurativa (HS) is a chronic relaps­ing skin disease characterised by abscesses, nod­ules, and draining stulae often in the axilla and groin of young adults. Adalimumab was FDA approved for the management of moderate to severe HS in 2015. Interestingly, HS has also been reported as a paradoxical event with anti­TNF treatment. Faivre etal. reported a series of 25 patients of paradoxical HS.Biologics impli­cated were TNF inhibitors in 22/25 cases includ­ing adalimumab (12/25), iniximab (6/25), and etanercept (4/25) with the remaining three attrib­uted to rituximab and tocilizumab (Faivre etal.
2016). Median duration of drug exposure to HS
onset was 12 (range 1–120) months. Patients were mostly Hurley stage I (n=13) or II (n=11). Complete improvement of HS was seen in 60% of patients who were discontinued on the medi­cation compared to only 7% in those that were
continued. Reintroduction of the same biologic agent resulted in HS relapse in all three patients (Faivre etal. 2016).
Other reported reactions include alopecia areata, vitiligo, lichenoid eruptions, bullous pem­phigoid, dermatomyositis, and pyoderma gan­grenosum (Murphy etal. 2022).
3.2 Anti-CD-20 (Rituximab)
Rituximab is a chimeric mAb that binds to CD20 antigen present on all peripheral B Cells, rapidly depleting their numbers. It is licensed for the treatment of B Cell Lymphoma and many auto­immune diseases. Rituximab treatment results in two main categories of adverse reactions: immu­nodeciency and hypersensitivity reactions.
Hypersensitivity Reactions
Among all mAbs reported here, Rituximab has the highest rate of immediate hypersensitivity reactions (Fouda and Bavbek 2020). These tend to occur early in the infusions and the symptoms are often an overlap of cytokine release syndrome caused by B cell lysis and that of IgE-mediated hypersensitivity. TNFα and IL-6 levels correlate with symptom severity (Santos and Galvão
2017). The frequency and severity of these infu-
sion reactions may differ according to the B Cell counts, the underlying disease for which Rituximab is used for and whether premedication with glucocorticosteroids were included as pre­treatment (Fouda and Bavbek 2020). For exam­ple, the rate of infusion tends to be higher for lymphoma patients with a high tumour burden (77%) (Régnier Galvão etal. 2015) compared to patients with autoimmune diseases (between 11 and 30%) (Picard and Galvão 2017). Most of these reactions tend to be mild, with the fre­quency decreasing with each subsequent infu­sion. Severe reactions and late reactions that occur after at least one uneventful administration would benet from skin tests and if positive, desensitisation.
Serum sickness-like reactions have been reported, with patients receiving Rituximab for the treatment of autoimmune conditions (Bayer
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et al. 2019). Re-exposure has been attempted with at least one in seven patients suffering a recurrence in this French cohort (Bayer et al.
2019).
Other notable non-cutaneous adverse reac-
tions associated with Rituximab are increased risk of infection including the reactivation of hepatitis B virus, progressive multifocal leukoen­cephalopathy associated with JC virus, tumour lysis syndrome, cardiac arrhythmias, acute renal impairment, bowel obstruction and perforation (Bayer etal. 2019; Iaccarino etal. 2015).
O-Target Inammatory Cutaneous Eruptions
Cutaneous, pulmonary, neurological, gastrointes­tinal, and joint autoimmune and/or inammatory reactions to Rituximab are uncommon but have been reported (Thomas etal. 2012). Psoriasiform dermatoses have been reported in patients receiv­ing rituximab for Rheumatoid Arthritis and Lupus Erythematosus (Thomas et al. 2012). It can affect patients of any age and occur as early as 6weeks to as late as 2years into the treatment of Rituximab. Interestingly, the underlying dis­ease responds well to Rituximab.
3.3 Anti-IL 1 (Anakinra,
Canakinumab)
Anakinra is a recombinant human IL-1 receptor antagonist with indications in rheumatoid arthri­tis, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, and Still’s disease. The most common and consis­tently reported treatment-related adverse event associated is injection site reactions, reported in up to 71% of patients and typically within the rst month of therapy (Mertens and Singh 2009). The majority were mild to moderate, typically lasting 2–4 weeks, and were characterised by erythema, ecchymosis, inammation, and/or pain (Kaiser et al. 2012). Rare cases of anaphylaxis exist, with reports of successful desensitisation protocols for anakinra hypersensitivity (Emmi et al. 2017; Yilmaz et al. 2018). A paediatric patient with anakinra-induced anaphylaxis was also successfully treated with canakinumab, an
alternative IL-1 blocking agent (Aguiar et al.
2015).
Canakinumab is a human mAb against IL-1
beta and is indicated in periodic fever syndromes, cryopyrin-associated periodic syndrome, familial Mediterranean fever, and Still’s disease among other indications.
No cases of anaphylactoid or anaphylactic
reactions were reported during clinical develop­ment (Gülsen et al. 2020) and patients with anakinra anaphylaxis may tolerate canakinumab (Aguiar et al. 2015). However, Sanan et al. reported a patient with anakinra anaphylaxis who developed anaphylactic symptoms during intra­dermal testing to canakinumab. The patient sub­sequently underwent successful desensitisation to canakinumab (Sanan etal. 2020).
3.4 Anti-IL 4/13 (Dupilumab)
Dupilumab targets IL4α receptors which inhibits both IL4 and IL13 signalling pathways. It has been approved for patients with severe atopic dermatitis, eosinophilic asthma, and nasal pol­yposis (Halling etal. 2021; Fargnoli etal. 2019). Hypersensitivity reactions, mainly generalised urticaria, occurred in <1% of trial patients (Jackson and Bahna 2020).
The most common adverse reactions were
ocular in nature, conjunctivitis being the most common, affecting up to a third of patients on dupilumab, especially if there are pre-existing allergic conjunctivitis. Apart from conjunctivitis, blepharitis and keratitis have also been reported (Fargnoli et al. 2019; Halling et al. 2021; Ou etal. 2018).
O-Target Inammatory Cutaneous Eruptions
Psoriasiform dermatitis has been one of the more commonly reported inammatory cutaneous reactions with an incidence of 3.3%; the onset is usually within 1 year of starting dupilumab (Murphy etal. 2022). Most of these patients who developed psoriasiform paradoxical reactions were given dupilumab for their atopic dermatitis but at least 1 was treated for asthma. The