EFFICACYAND SAFETY OF SIMVASTATININ UVEITIS ASSOCIATED WITH HLAB27 AND/OR RHEUMATIC DISEASES: A RANDOMIZED, OPEN-LABEL STUDY
2nd GLOBAL OPHTHALMOLOGY SUMMIT 2019
March 27-28, 2019 | Amsterdam, Netherlands
Biryukova Anastasia
Academy of Medical Sciences of Russia, Russia
Posters & Accepted Abstracts : Ophthalmol Case Rep
Abstract:
Introduction: Statins have been shown to reduce ocular inflammation in animal models and to prevent development
of uveitis in observational studies. There have been no experimental human studies evaluating statins
efficacy and safety in uveitis.
Aim: To investigate the efficacy and safetyof simvastatin in patients with uveitis associated with HLAB27 and/
or rheumatic diseases.
Methods: For this single-center, open-label, randomized study, we enrolled patients with acute uveitis, associated
with HLAB27/rheumatic diseases. The patients were randomized to receive 40 mg simvastatin per
day for 2 months with the local anti-inflammatorytreatmentor to local anti-inflammatory therapy alone. The
studied outcomes were: visual acuity (letters score) conjunctival injection (grades 1-5) and anterior chamber
reaction (grades 1-5), the frequency of visual field impairment and posterior synechia. Generalized estimating
equations were used to model the relationship between simvastatin use by time interaction and changes in
the outcome measures.
Results: Forty five patients were enrolled in the study. Twenty two (49%) of them were positive for HLA-B27
without extraocular manifestations, 18 (40%)had concomitant seronegative spondyloarthritis, 4 (9%) hadjuvenile
idiopathic arthritis and 1 (2%) was diagnosed with Behcet’s disease. Twenty nine (64%) patients had intermediate
uveitis, 13 (29%) anterior uveitis and 3 (7%) panuveitis. Twenty two patients were randomly assigned
to receive simvastatinwith local treatment and 23 to local treatment alone. Simvastatin was associated with
significant improvement in visual acuity, conjunctival injection, andanterior chamber reaction. In patients
treated with simvastatin the rates of posterior synechia and visual field impairment were less than in control
group (Table). The treatment was well tolerated, only mild side effects were observed.
Conclusions: Our findings suggest that statins may have therapeutic potential in uveitis. These results should
be confirmed in a double blind, randomized, controlled study.
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