title: Kineret: efficacy and safety in daily clinical practice: an interim analysis of the Kineret response assessment initiative (kreative) protocol.
abstract: Data from 166 patients who had completed 6 months of anakinra (Kineret, r-metHuIL-1Ra) therapy under the conditions of daily clinical practice showed an efficacy and safety profile comparable to the data known from clinical trials. Patients significantly responded as early as 1 month following initiation of therapy. The data suggest that anakinra may also be effective in patients who have failed tumor necrosis factor (TNF)-blocking agents. Injection-site reactions were reported less frequently than in clinical trials, indicating that these reactions seem to require less therapeutic attention under non-clinical trial conditions.
authors.affiliation: Evangelical Hospital, Düsseldorf, Germany.
authors.forename: H E
authors.initials: HE
authors.lastname: Langer
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Missler-Karger
mesh_terms: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D001172:Arthritis, Rheumatoid / Q000188:drug therapy*; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D008297:Male; D008727:Methotrexate / Q000627:therapeutic use; D008875:Middle Aged; D011358:Product Surveillance, Postmarketing / Q000379:methods; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors
chemical_list: D018501:Antirheumatic Agents; C507763:IL1RN protein, human; D053590:Interleukin 1 Receptor Antagonist Protein; D012795:Sialoglycoproteins; D014409:Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha; D008727:Methotrexate