• Clinical rheumatology · Oct 2010

    Mycophenolate mofetil in systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease.

    • Athanasios Koutroumpas, Athanasios Ziogas, Ioannis Alexiou, Georgia Barouta, and Lazaros I Sakkas.
    • Department of Rheumatology, Thessaly University School of Medicine, Larissa 41110, Greece.
    • Clin. Rheumatol. 2010 Oct 1; 29 (10): 1167-8.

    AbstractThis study aimed to assess the effect of mofetil mycophenolate (MMF), an inhibitor of lymphocyte proliferation, on lung function and skin in patients with systemic sclerosis (SSc)-associated interstitial lung disease (SSc-ILD). In this retrospective study, we reviewed the medical files of 10 patients with SSc-ILD (eight females, 10 patients with diffuse SSc; mean age, 59.7 +/- 12.7 years; disease duration, 7.7 +/- 4.7 years). Patients were treated with MMF (2 g/day) for 12 months. Lung function tests and the modified Rodnan total skin score (mRTSS) were assessed at baseline and at 12 months. Results were analyzed by paired Student's t test. There was a significant increase in forced vital capacity and a nonsignificant increase in carbon monoxide diffusing capacity at 12 months in patients on MMF (p = 0.04 and 0.66, respectively). There was no effect on mRTSS. MMF stabilizes lung function of SSc-ILD after 12 months of treatment.

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