Skip to main page content
U.S. flag

An official website of the United States government

Dot gov

The .gov means it’s official.
Federal government websites often end in .gov or .mil. Before sharing sensitive information, make sure you’re on a federal government site.

Https

The site is secure.
The https:// ensures that you are connecting to the official website and that any information you provide is encrypted and transmitted securely.

Access keys NCBI Homepage MyNCBI Homepage Main Content Main Navigation
Case Reports
. 2021 Oct 2:20:61-64.
doi: 10.1016/j.jdcr.2021.09.030. eCollection 2022 Feb.

Oral tofacitinib citrate for recalcitrant cutaneous lupus

Affiliations
Free PMC article
Case Reports

Oral tofacitinib citrate for recalcitrant cutaneous lupus

Evelyne Bonnardeaux et al. JAAD Case Rep. .
Free PMC article
No abstract available

Keywords: CLASI, cutaneous lupus erythematosus disease area and severity index; CLE, cutaneous lupus erythematosus; JAK inhibitors; JAK, Janus kinase; Janus kinase; SLE, systemic lupus erythematosus; cutaneous lupus erythematosus; systemic lupus erythematosus; tofacitinib.

PubMed Disclaimer

Conflict of interest statement

None disclosed.

Figures

Fig 1
Fig 1
Clinical images of patients 1 and 3 before and after tofacitinib treatment for cutaneous lupus erythematosus.

Similar articles

Cited by

References

    1. Kuhn A., Aberer E., Bata-Csörgő Z., et al. S2k guideline for treatment of cutaneous lupus erythematosus–guided by the European Dermatology Forum (EDF) in cooperation with the European Academy of Dermatology and Venereology (EADV) J Eur Acad Dermatol Venereol. 2017;31(3):389–404. doi: 10.1111/jdv.14053. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Cuadrado M.J., Karim Y., Sanna G., Smith E., Khamashta M.A., Hughes G.R.V. Thalidomide for the treatment of resistant cutaneous lupus: efficacy and safety of different therapeutic regimens. Am J Med. 2005;118(3):246–250. doi: 10.1016/j.amjmed.2004.04.030. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Fetter T., Smith P., Guel T., Braegelmann C., Bieber T., Wenzel J. Selective Janus kinase 1 inhibition is a promising therapeutic approach for lupus erythematosus skin lesions. Front Immunol. 2020;11:344. doi: 10.3389/fimmu.2020.00344. - DOI - PMC - PubMed
    1. You H., Zhang G., Wang Q., et al. Successful treatment of arthritis and rash with tofacitinib in systemic lupus erythematosus: the experience from a single centre. Ann Rheum Dis. 2019;78(10):1441–1443. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2019-215455. - DOI - PubMed
    1. Wallace D.J., Furie R.A., Tanaka Y., et al. Baricitinib for systemic lupus erythematosus: a double-blind, randomised, placebo-controlled, phase 2 trial. Lancet. 2018;392(10143):222–231. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31363-1. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(18)31741-0. Erratum in: Lancet. 2018;392 (10146):476. - DOI - DOI - PubMed

Publication types

LinkOut - more resources