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Tumour necrosis factor receptor-associated periodic syndrome (TRAPS) is a dominantly inherited autoinflammatory disease characterised by recurrent episodes of fever, arthritis and serositis. In adulthood, inflammation often becomes persistent1 and AA amyloidosis may occur. Evidence of dysregulated secretion of proinflammatory cytokines, particularly interleukin 1 (IL-1) beta, in autoinflammatory diseases recently supported anakinra, the recombinant IL-1 receptor antagonist, as a target therapy for most of these conditions.2 3 In TRAPS, response to anakinra was reported in two case reports and in one prospective trial, in which five patients were treated for a mean duration of 11.4 months.4,–,6 However, longer follow-up and additional observations are warranted. We report the long-term efficacy and safety of anakinra in seven TRAPS patients with and without …
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Patient consent Obtained.
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Funding This work was supported by the European Community's Seventh Framework Programme (FP7/2007-2013) under grant agreement no 200923, Eurotraps project.
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Competing interest None.
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Ethical approval The Institutional review Board of the Fondazione Istituto di Ricovero e Cura a Carattere Scientifico Policlinico San Matteo, Pavia, approved the storage and use of biological samples and the use of patients' clinical data for research purposes.
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Provenance and peer review Not commissioned; externally peer reviewed.