Terapevticheskii arkhivTerapevticheskii arkhivТерапевтический архив0040-36602309-5342LLC Obyedinennaya Redaktsiya3270710.17116/terarkh201890176-85Editorial articleПередовая статьяResearch ArticleThe modern therapy of systemic vasculitides: perspectives and challengesСовременная терапия системных васкулитов: достижения и перспективыNovikovP IНовиковПавел Игоревич

зав. отд-нием ревматологии УКБ №3

ZykovaA SЗыковаАнастасия Сергеевна

аспирант каф. внутренних болезней

ansezy@gmail.comMoiseevS VМоисеевСергей Валентинович

проф. каф. внутренних болезней факультета фундаментальной медицины МГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова

Sechenov First Moscow State Medical UniversityФГБОУ ВО «Первый МГМУ им. И.М. Сеченова» Минздрава РФLomonosov Moscow State UniversityМГУ им. М.В. Ломоносова15012018901VOL 90, NO1 (2018)ТОМ 90, №1 (2018)768511042020Copyright ©; 2018, Consilium MedicumCopyright ©; 2018, ООО "Консилиум Медикум"2018Consilium MedicumООО "Консилиум Медикум"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0https://ter-arkhiv.ru/0040-3660/article/view/32707

Systemic vasculitis is a heterogeneous group of inflammatory diseases, which are classified according to the diameter of the affected vessels. The treatment of systemic vasculitis is no longer empirical, because of increasing number of randomized clinical trials in this field. In recent years, there was a trend to limit the cumulative dose of glucocorticosteroids and immunosuppressive drugs, partially through biological drugs usage. However, biologic therapy is not always superior to combination of glucocorticosteroids and cytotoxic drugs. The efficacy of different biologic drugs varies in patients with different forms of systemic vasculitis, which creates the ground forpersonalized therapy of these diseases. Another serious problem is the absence of strict criteria to immunosuppressive therapy intensification, especially in vasculitis, affecting large vessels, due to the lack of reliable laboratory markers of disease activity. The article reviews modern approaches to the treatment of some types of systemic vasculitis, including ANCA-associated vasculitides, giant cell arteritis, Takayasu`s arteritis and cryoglobulinemic vasculitis.

Системные васкулиты представляют собой неоднородную группу воспалительных заболеваний, которые классифицируют в зависимости от диаметра пораженных сосудов. Лечение системных васкулитов перестает быть эмпирическим благодаря увеличению количества рандомизированных клинических исследований, которые проводятся даже у пациентов с самыми редкими заболеваниями этой группы, такими как артериит Такаясу или эозинофильный гранулематоз с полиангиитом. В последние годы отмечается стремление ограничить кумулятивную дозу глюкокортикостероидов и токсичных иммуносупрессивных препаратов, в том числе за счет применения генно-инженерных биологических препаратов (ГИБП), хотя последние не всегда превосходят стандартные средства по эффективности и/или безопасности и в большинстве случаев пока рассматриваются как препараты резерва. Необходимо учитывать, что ответ на лечение разными ГИБП отличается у пациентов с различными формами системных васкулитов, что создает основу для персонифицированной терапии этих заболеваний. Серьезную проблему представляет оценка показаний к интенсификации иммуносупрессивной терапии, особенно при васкулитах, поражающих крупные сосуды, в связи с недостаточной информативностью лабораторных маркеров воспаления. В статье рассматриваются современные подходы к лечению системных васкулитов, в том числе ассоциированных с антителами к цитоплазме нейтрофилов, гигантоклеточного артериита, артериита Такаясу и криоглобулинемического васкулита.

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