NextGen 2024: Weaning meds when disease is controlled Session Part 2

NextGen 2024: Weaning meds when disease is controlled Session Part 2

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NextGen 2024: Weaning meds when disease is controlled Session Part 2

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SJIA
Weaning Therapy
Fatma Dedeoglu, MD
Boston Children’s Hospital 
Harvard Medical School 
11…
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Disclosures
UpToDate (Royalties)
SOBI (Honorarium)
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PATTERNS
 Recurrent/Episodic with long off medication
 Persistent but with medication free period…
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Patient 1
• 18 yo M
• Dx Still’s
• Very high ESR (130), CRP (25 mg/dl)
• High WBC, plt
• IL-18…
4/15
• 13 yo F Patient 2
• Presented at age 4
• Multiple MAS episodes, evolving into autoimmunity (Sjo…
5/15
Patient 3
• 22 yo F- Still Disease /MAS
• Age 19 y fever, rash, cytopenia, pancreatitis, liver 
…
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• Age 3 y
• 7 mo: fever, rash
• ESR:70, CRP:15, 
high WBC, plt
• Anakinra
• Wean over 18m 
(Q…
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Patient 6
• Age 1 
• Started on anakinra (1year)
• flare 18 m later; brief anakinra -> canakinum…
8/15
GAPS
❖ Need to improve interpretation of genetic test 
results
❖ Need to understand influence of…
9/15
Example
• This sequence change replaces serine with arginine at codon 1419 of the 
FAT4 protein (…
10/15
❖ Need to improve delivery of care
❖ Need to improve preventive care, vaccinations
❖ Need to unde…
11/15
 Follow clues
 Clinical (similarities to other diseases, 
 patient you see, 
 medication respons…
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MANAGEMENT
MULTIDISCIPLINARY CARE
RAPID DISEASE CONTROL
PREVENTION OF DAMAGE FROM DISEASE AN…
13/15
The Key
Collaboration
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Google images
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Boston Children’s Hospital (BCH) Rheumatology 
Program and Autoinflammatory Clinic staff
THANK YO…
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