Safety of Biologic and Small Molecule Therapy for Inflammatory Bowel Disease Among Solid Organ Transplant Recipients : Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis

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BACKGROUND: Patients undergoing organ transplantation are often on immunosuppressing medications to prevent rejection of the transplant. The data on use of concomitant immunosuppression for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and organ transplant management are limited. This study sought to evaluate the safety of biologic and small molecule therapy for the treatment of IBD among solid organ transplant recipients.

METHODS: Medline, Embase, and Web of Science databases were systematically searched for studies reporting on safety outcomes associated with the use of biologic and small molecule therapy (infliximab, adalimumab, certolizumab, golimumab, vedolizumab, ustekinumab, and tofacitinib) in patients with IBD postsolid organ transplant (eg, liver, kidney, heart, lung, pancreas). The primary outcome was infectious complications. Secondary outcomes included serious infections, colectomy, and discontinuation of biologic therapy.

RESULTS: Seven hundred ninety-seven articles were identified for screening, yielding 16 articles for the meta-analyses with information on 163 patients. Antitumor necrosis factor α (Anti-TNFs; infliximab and adalimumab) were used in 8 studies, vedolizumab in 6 studies, and a combination of ustekinumab or vedolizumab and anti-TNFs in 2 studies. Two studies reported outcomes after kidney and cardiac transplant respectively, whereas the rest of the studies included patients with liver transplants. The rates of all infections and serious infections were 20.09 per 100 person-years (100-PY; 95% CI, 12.23-32.99 per 100-PY, I2 = 54%) and 17.39 per 100-PY (95% CI, 11.73-25.78 per 100-PY, I2 = 21%), respectively. The rates of colectomy and biologic medication discontinuation were 12.62 per 100-PY (95% CI, 6.34-25.11 per 100-PY, I2 = 34%) and 19.68 per 100-PY (95% CI, 9.97-38.84 per 100-PY, I2 = 74%), respectively. No cases of venous thromboembolism or death attributable to biologic use were reported.

CONCLUSION: Biologic therapy is overall well tolerated in patients with solid organ transplant. Long-term studies are needed to better define the role of specific agents in this patient population.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:30

Enthalten in:

Inflammatory bowel diseases - 30(2024), 4 vom: 03. Apr., Seite 585-593

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Taneja, Vikas [VerfasserIn]
Anand, Rajsavi S [VerfasserIn]
El-Dallal, Mohammed [VerfasserIn]
Dong, Jeffrey [VerfasserIn]
Desai, Nisa [VerfasserIn]
Taneja, Isha [VerfasserIn]
Feuerstein, Joseph D [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Adalimumab
Adverse events
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Biologic therapy
Biological Products
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FYS6T7F842
Heart transplantation
Infliximab
Journal Article
Kidney transplantation
Liver transplantation
Meta-Analysis
Pancreas transplantation
Systematic Review
Ustekinumab

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Date Completed 04.04.2024

Date Revised 04.04.2024

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1093/ibd/izad108

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM358022584