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JOURNAL OF CLINICAL MEDICINE
Volume 12, Issue 7, Pages -Publisher
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/jcm12072503
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Crohn's disease; drug positioning; treatment response; treatment failure; ustekinumab; vedolizumab; anti-TNF
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The effectiveness of anti-TNF or ustekinumab as a second-line biologic after vedolizumab failure in patients with Crohn's disease was investigated. The results showed that there was no significant difference in the clinical response, remission rate, and discontinuation rate between the use of anti-TNF and ustekinumab as a second-line therapy.
Background: The effectiveness of anti-TNF or ustekinumab (UST) as a second-line biologic after vedolizumab (VDZ) failure has not yet been described.Aims and Methods: In this retrospective multicenter cohort study, We aim to investigate the effectiveness of anti-TNF and UST as second-line therapy in patients with Crohn's disease (CD) who failed VDZ as a first-line treatment. The primary outcome was clinical response at week 16-22. Secondary outcomes included the rates of clinical remission, steroid-free clinical remission, CRP normalization, and adverse events.Results: Fifty-nine patients who failed on VDZ as a first-line treatment for CD were included; 52.8% patients received anti-TNF and 47.2% UST as a second-line therapy. In initial period (Week 16-22), the clinical response and remission rate was similar between both groups: 61.2% vs. 68%, p = 0.8 and 48.3% vs. 56%, p = 0.8 on anti-TNF and UST therapy, respectively. Furthermore, in the maintenance period the rate was similar: 75% vs. 82.3%, p = 0.8 and 62.5% vs. 70.5%, p = 0.8, respectively. Of the patients, 12 out of the 59 stopped the therapy, without a significant difference between the two groups (p = 0.6).Conclusion: Second-line biological therapy after VDZ failure therapy was effective in >60% of the patients with CD. No differences in effectiveness were detected between the use of anti-TNF and UST as a second line.
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