Cutaneous castleman's disease responds to anti interleukin-6 treatment

Mol Cancer Ther. 2007 Sep;6(9):2386-90. doi: 10.1158/1535-7163.MCT-07-0256. Epub 2007 Aug 31.

Abstract

Castleman's disease is uncommon, and cutaneous involvement is even rarer. We report a 42-year-old Asian woman with the multicentric plasma cell variant of Castleman's disease limited to her skin. The literature suggests that Castleman's disease is driven by interleukin-6 (IL-6). Based on these data, we hypothesized that suppression of IL-6 would have a salutary effect. Therefore, our patient was treated with CNTO328, a chimeric murine anti-human IL-6 antibody. She has shown a remarkable, ongoing response to this treatment, with almost complete clearing of her skin lesions after six doses.

Publication types

  • Case Reports
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Adult
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / immunology
  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Castleman Disease / drug therapy*
  • Castleman Disease / immunology
  • Castleman Disease / pathology
  • Female
  • Humans
  • Interleukin-6 / chemistry
  • Interleukin-6 / immunology*
  • Interleukin-6 / therapeutic use
  • Plasma Cells / drug effects*
  • Plasma Cells / immunology
  • Plasma Cells / pathology
  • Prognosis
  • Skin Neoplasms / drug therapy*
  • Skin Neoplasms / immunology
  • Skin Neoplasms / pathology

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Interleukin-6