One‐year clinical experience on the use of Nintedanib in systemic sclerosis

Abstract

Abstract We reviewed 11 patients with systemic sclerosis‐related ILD who were referred to our Scleroderma Unit from January 2020 to January 2021 and started Nintedanib. Non‐specific interstitial pneumonia (NSIP) was prevalent (45%), usual interstitial pneumonia (UIP) and UIP/NSIP pattern were both 27%. Only one patient had a history of smoking. Eight patients were on mycophenolate mofetil (MMF), eight were treated with corticosteroids (mean dose 5 mg/day of Prednisone or equivalent), and three were on Rituximab. The mean modified British Council Medical Questionnaire (mmRC) decreased from 3 to 2.5. Two patients had to reduce their daily dose to 200 mg/day for severe diarrhoea. Nintedanib was generally well tolerated.

Keywords

• autoimmunity
• fibrosis
• interstitial lung disease
• rare disease
• systemic sclerosis