T Billiet1, I Cleynen1, V Ballet2, M Ferrante1,2, G Van Assche1,2, A Gils3, S Vermeire1,2. 1. Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Translational Research Center for GastroIntestinal Disorders (TARGID), KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 2. Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium. 3. Laboratory for Therapeutic and Diagnostic Antibodies, Department of Pharmaceutical and Pharmacological Sciences, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: The long-term efficacy of infliximab in patients with Crohn's disease is suboptimal. AIM: To study prognostic factors for real-life long-term effcacy of infliximab in Crohn's disease. METHODS: All consecutive Crohn's disease patients treated with infliximab at a tertiary centre were retrospectively analysed. Only patients who received scheduled infliximab maintenance treatment were considered. Patient- and disease-related factors were used to identify independent predictors of infliximab failure-free survival using Cox proportional hazards regression. RESULTS: Of 1031 patients with Crohn's disease, 261 were eligible for inclusion. Median time on infliximab was 2.4 [IQR 1.4-4.7] years, and 65 (24.9%) patients experienced infliximab failure. Estimated 5-year infliximab failure-free survival was 65.9% (95% CI 58.3-73.5). Multivariate Cox regression identified disease duration ≥1 year (HR 2.5 (95% CI 1.2-5.2), P = 0.02), L1 disease location [HR 2.0 (1.1-3.5), P = 0.02], prior anti-TNF use [HR 2.3 (1.1-4.8), P = 0.03], haemoglobin <13.5 g/dL [HR 2.3 (1.2-4.4), P = 0.02], not using therapeutic drug monitoring [HR 8.0 (4.1-15.6), P = 1 × 10(-9) ], and first dose optimisation within first year [HR 3.7 (2.1-6.6), P = 5 × 10(-6) ] as independent predictors of infliximab failure-free survival. Stratifying patients into risk groups resulted in estimated 3-year infliximab failure-free survival rates ranging from 95.3% (94.2-96.4) to 26.3% (8.6-44.0) depending on the number of risk factors (P = 8 × 10(-13) ). CONCLUSIONS: This study identified several easy to obtain predictors of infliximab failure in patients with Crohn's disease, and these are in line with previous reports. Those with a high-risk profile for infliximab failure in whom infliximab initiation is considered, should be treated as early as possible making use of therapeutic drug monitoring.
BACKGROUND: The long-term efficacy of infliximab in patients with Crohn's disease is suboptimal. AIM: To study prognostic factors for real-life long-term effcacy of infliximab in Crohn's disease. METHODS: All consecutive Crohn's diseasepatients treated with infliximab at a tertiary centre were retrospectively analysed. Only patients who received scheduled infliximab maintenance treatment were considered. Patient- and disease-related factors were used to identify independent predictors of infliximab failure-free survival using Cox proportional hazards regression. RESULTS: Of 1031 patients with Crohn's disease, 261 were eligible for inclusion. Median time on infliximab was 2.4 [IQR 1.4-4.7] years, and 65 (24.9%) patients experienced infliximab failure. Estimated 5-year infliximab failure-free survival was 65.9% (95% CI 58.3-73.5). Multivariate Cox regression identified disease duration ≥1 year (HR 2.5 (95% CI 1.2-5.2), P = 0.02), L1 disease location [HR 2.0 (1.1-3.5), P = 0.02], prior anti-TNF use [HR 2.3 (1.1-4.8), P = 0.03], haemoglobin <13.5 g/dL [HR 2.3 (1.2-4.4), P = 0.02], not using therapeutic drug monitoring [HR 8.0 (4.1-15.6), P = 1 × 10(-9) ], and first dose optimisation within first year [HR 3.7 (2.1-6.6), P = 5 × 10(-6) ] as independent predictors of infliximab failure-free survival. Stratifying patients into risk groups resulted in estimated 3-year infliximab failure-free survival rates ranging from 95.3% (94.2-96.4) to 26.3% (8.6-44.0) depending on the number of risk factors (P = 8 × 10(-13) ). CONCLUSIONS: This study identified several easy to obtain predictors of infliximab failure in patients with Crohn's disease, and these are in line with previous reports. Those with a high-risk profile for infliximab failure in whom infliximab initiation is considered, should be treated as early as possible making use of therapeutic drug monitoring.
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