Endocrine Abstracts

Introduction: Moderate to severe thyroid eye disease (TED) has a significant impact on quality of life. In some cases, TED is resistant to systemic glucocorticoids, the mainstay of treatment since the 1950s, requiring alternative therapies. We describe here a patient with active severe TED who is refractory to various treatments.Case presentation: A 48-year-old non-smoker male, with a long history of psoriasis, vitiligo and atrophic gastritis, presented ...

Objectives: The insulin-like growth factor I receptor (IGF-1R) plays a significant role in the pathology of thyroid eye disease (TED), an autoimmune disorder characterized by orbital inflammation. Teprotumumab, a human monoclonal antibody targeting IGF-1R, has demonstrated efficacy in treating moderate-to-severe TED. A significant proportion of patients experienced adverse events (AEs), with 74% and 85% reporting an AE and 12% and 5% reporting serious AEs in Phase 2 and 3 tria...