TY - JOUR
T1 - Pharmacotherapy of scleritis
T2 - Current paradigms and future directions
AU - Beardsley, Robert M.
AU - Suhler, Eric B.
AU - Rosenbaum, James T.
AU - Lin, Phoebe
N1 - Funding Information:
P Lin has received IK08EY022948-01 grant support. Eric B Suhler runs clinical trials for BMS, Genentech, Eyegate, Novartis and Abbott. He is supported by the Department of Veterans Affairs and by an RPB (research to prevent blindness) grant. James T Rosenbaum runs clinical trials for BMS, Eyegate, Genentech, Novartis and Abbott. He also consults for Teva, Regeneron, Santen, Allergan, Novartis, UCB, Amgen, Elan. He also has research grants from Aquinox and Mitotech.
PY - 2013/3
Y1 - 2013/3
N2 - Introduction: Scleritis is an inflammatory condition affecting the eye wall that may be associated with a number of systemic inflammatory diseases. Because scleritis can be refractory to standard treatment, knowledge of the body of available and emerging therapies is paramount and is reviewed here. Areas covered: This review focuses on both traditional and emerging therapies for noninfectious scleritis. The authors cover the mechanisms of action and potential adverse effects of each of the treatment modalities. In addition, a summary of the significant MEDLINE indexed literature under the subject heading 'scleritis', 'treatment', 'immunomodulator' will be provided on each therapy, including commentary on appropriate use and relative contraindications. Novel treatments and potential drug candidates that are currently being evaluated in clinical trials with therapeutic potential will also be reviewed. Expert opinion: While oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and oral corticosteroids are widely used, effective, first-line agents for inflammatory scleritis, refractory cases require antimetabolites, T-cell inhibitors, or biologic response modifiers. In particular, there is emerging evidence for the use of targeted biologic response modifiers, and potentially, for local drug delivery.
AB - Introduction: Scleritis is an inflammatory condition affecting the eye wall that may be associated with a number of systemic inflammatory diseases. Because scleritis can be refractory to standard treatment, knowledge of the body of available and emerging therapies is paramount and is reviewed here. Areas covered: This review focuses on both traditional and emerging therapies for noninfectious scleritis. The authors cover the mechanisms of action and potential adverse effects of each of the treatment modalities. In addition, a summary of the significant MEDLINE indexed literature under the subject heading 'scleritis', 'treatment', 'immunomodulator' will be provided on each therapy, including commentary on appropriate use and relative contraindications. Novel treatments and potential drug candidates that are currently being evaluated in clinical trials with therapeutic potential will also be reviewed. Expert opinion: While oral nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and oral corticosteroids are widely used, effective, first-line agents for inflammatory scleritis, refractory cases require antimetabolites, T-cell inhibitors, or biologic response modifiers. In particular, there is emerging evidence for the use of targeted biologic response modifiers, and potentially, for local drug delivery.
KW - Alkylating agent
KW - Antimetabolite
KW - Biologic response modifier
KW - Noninfectious
KW - Scleritis
KW - Therapy
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U2 - 10.1517/14656566.2013.772982
DO - 10.1517/14656566.2013.772982
M3 - Review article
C2 - 23425055
AN - SCOPUS:84874467255
SN - 1465-6566
VL - 14
SP - 411
EP - 424
JO - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
JF - Expert Opinion on Pharmacotherapy
IS - 4
ER -