Vedolizumab as first-line biological therapy in elderly patients and those with contraindications for anti-TNF therapy : a real-world, nationwide cohort of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

BACKGROUND: Data from real-life populations about vedolizumab as first-line biological therapy for ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) are emerging.

OBJECTIVE: To investigate the efficacy and safety of vedolizumab in bio-naïve patients with UC and CD.

METHODS: A Danish nationwide cohort study was conducted between November 2014 and November 2019. Primary outcomes were clinical remission, steroid-free clinical remission, and sustained clinical remission from weeks 14 through 52.

RESULTS: The study included 56 patients (UC:31, CD:25) who initiated treatment with vedolizumab mainly because of contraindications to anti-TNFs, of whom 54.8 and 24.0%, respectively received systemic steroids at the initiation. Rates of clinical remission at weeks 6, 14, and 52 were 32.0, 48.0, and 40.0%, respectively, in UC, and 36.8, 36.8, and 47.4% in CD. Steroid-free clinical remission at week 52 was achieved among 36.0 and 47.4% of UC and CD patients, while sustained clinical remission was achieved in 32.0 and 36.8%. Lack of remission was associated with being female (68.8 vs. 11.1%, p = .01) in UC and non-structuring, non-penetrating behavior in CD (90.0 vs. 44.4%, p = .03); however, this was not confirmed in multivariate analysis. Discontinuation due to primary non-response occurred in 20.0 and 5.3% of UC and CD patients, respectively, while rates of secondary loss of response were 12.0 and 5.3% after 52 weeks of follow-up. Vedolizumab was well-tolerated as only one UC patient experienced a serious adverse event.

CONCLUSION: Vedolizumab is effective in the achievement of short-term, long-term, and steroid-free clinical remission in bio-naïve UC and CD patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:56

Enthalten in:

Scandinavian journal of gastroenterology - 56(2021), 9 vom: 17. Sept., Seite 1040-1048

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Attauabi, Mohamed [VerfasserIn]
Höglund, Camilla [VerfasserIn]
Fassov, Janne [VerfasserIn]
Pedersen, Kenneth Bo [VerfasserIn]
Hansen, Heidi Bansholm [VerfasserIn]
Wildt, Signe [VerfasserIn]
Jensen, Michael Dam [VerfasserIn]
Neumann, Anders [VerfasserIn]
Lind, Cecilie [VerfasserIn]
Jacobsen, Henrik Albaek [VerfasserIn]
Popa, Ana-Maria [VerfasserIn]
Kjeldsen, Jens [VerfasserIn]
Pedersen, Natalia [VerfasserIn]
Molazahi, Akbar [VerfasserIn]
Haderslev, Kent [VerfasserIn]
Aalykke, Claus [VerfasserIn]
Knudsen, Torben [VerfasserIn]
Cebula, Wojciech [VerfasserIn]
Munkholm, Pia [VerfasserIn]
Bendtsen, Flemming [VerfasserIn]
Seidelin, Jakob Benedict [VerfasserIn]
Burisch, Johan [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

9RV78Q2002
Antibodies, Monoclonal, Humanized
Bio-naïve
Crohn’s disease
Efficacy
First-line biologics
Inflammatory bowel disease
Journal Article
Nationwide
Population-based
Real-world
Safety
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
Ulcerative colitis
Vedolizumab

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 22.10.2021

Date Revised 31.05.2022

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/00365521.2021.1946588

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM32770912X