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Protective Effects of Hydroxychloroquine against Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

ABSTRACT: Cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality are a challenge in management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Higher risk of CV disease in SLE patients is mostly related to accelerated atherosclerosis. Nevertheless, high prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in SLE patients does not fully explain the increased CV risk. Despite the pathological bases of accelerated atherosclerosis are not fully understood, it is thought that this process is driven by the complex interplay between SLE and atherosclerosis pathogenesis. Hydroxychloroquine (HCQ) is a cornerstone in treatment of SLE patients and has been thought to exert a broad spectrum of beneficial effects on disease activity, prevention of damage accrual, and mortality. Furthermore, HCQ is thought to protect against accelerated atherosclerosis targeting toll-like receptor signaling, cytokine production, T-cell and monocyte activation, oxidative stress, and endothelial dysfunction. HCQ was also described to have beneficial effects on traditional CV risk factors, such as dyslipidemia and diabetes. In conclusion, despite lacking randomized controlled trials unambiguously proving the protection of HCQ against accelerated atherosclerosis and incidence of CV events in SLE patients, evidence analyzed in this review is in favor of its beneficial effect.

SUBMITTER: Floris A

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5835241 | biostudies-literature | 2018

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Protective Effects of Hydroxychloroquine against Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

Floris Alberto A Piga Matteo M Mangoni Arduino Aleksander AA Bortoluzzi Alessandra A Erre Gian Luca GL Cauli Alberto A

Mediators of inflammation 20180218

Cardiovascular (CV) morbidity and mortality are a challenge in management of patients with systemic lupus erythematosus (SLE). Higher risk of CV disease in SLE patients is mostly related to accelerated atherosclerosis. Nevertheless, high prevalence of traditional cardiovascular risk factors in SLE patients does not fully explain the increased CV risk. Despite the pathological bases of accelerated atherosclerosis are not fully understood, it is thought that this process is driven by the complex i ...[more]

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Project description:ImportanceSystemic lupus erythematosus (SLE) predisposes individuals to early cardiovascular (CV) events. While hydroxychloroquine is thought to mitigate CV risk factors, its protective role against CV events, particularly arterial ones, remains to be confirmed.ObjectiveTo evaluate the association between hydroxychloroquine and the risk of myocardial infarction (MI), stroke, and other thromboembolic events (OTEs) in patients with SLE.Design, setting, and participantsThis cohort study using a nested case-control design was conducted within the National French Healthcare Database (SNDS), which represents 99% of the French population, from 2010 to 2020. Participants were the cohort of all patients with SLE recorded in the SNDS. Patients with SLE experiencing CV events during the study period were the case group; those without CV events were controls. The analysis period was from February 2022 to September 2023.ExposuresHydroxychloroquine use within 365 days prior to the index date, defined as current (within 90 days), remote (91-365 days), or no exposure within the previous 365 days.Main outcomes and measuresOutcomes of interest were MI, stroke, and OTE, analyzed individually and as a composite outcome (primary analysis). Controls were matched to patients with CV events by age, sex, time since SLE onset and entry into the SNDS database, index date, prior antithrombotic and CV medication, chronic kidney disease, and hospitalization. Multivariable conditional logistic regression was performed using hydroxychloroquine exposure as the main independent variable.ResultsThe SLE cohort included 52 883 patients (mean [SD] age, 44.23 [16.09] years; 45 255 [86.6%] female; mean [SD] follow-up, 9.01 [2.51] years), including 1981 patients with eligible CV events and 16 892 matched control patients. There were 669 MI events, 916 stroke events, and 696 OTEs in the individual outcome studies. For current exposure to hydroxychloroquine, the adjusted odds were lower for composite CV events (odds ratio [OR], 0.63; 95% CI, 0.57-0.69) as well as for MI (OR, 0.72; 95% CI, 0.60-0.85), stroke (OR, 0.69; 95% CI, 0.60-0.81), and OTEs (OR, 0.58; 95% CI, 0.49-0.69) individually compared with no hydroxychloroquine exposure within 365 days.Conclusions and relevanceIn this nationwide cohort study of patients with SLE, a protective association was found between the current use of hydroxychloroquine and the occurrence of CV events, but not between remote use of hydroxychloroquine and CV outcomes, highlighting the value of continuous hydroxychloroquine treatment in patients with SLE.

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Protective Effects of Hydroxychloroquine against Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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Protective Effects of Hydroxychloroquine against Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus.

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