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ArticleEBioMedicine2017

Calprotectin and the Magnitude of Antibodies to Infliximab in Clinically-stable Ulcerative Colitis Patients are More Relevant Than Infliximab Trough Levels and Pharmacokinetics for Therapeutic Escalation.

Fernando Magro, Joana Afonso, Susana Lopes, Rosa Coelho, Raquel Gonçalves, Paulo Caldeira, Paula Lago, Helena Tavares de Sousa, Jaime Ramos, Ana Rita Gonçalves and 15 more

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Article in EBioMedicine, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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4citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

4 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

25 authors.

Fernando MagroDepartment of Biomedicine, Unity of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; MedInUP, Centre for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines, University of Porto, 4200 Porto, Portugal; Gastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal. Electronic address: fm@med.up.pt.
Joana AfonsoMedInUP, Centre for Drug Discovery and Innovative Medicines, University of Porto, 4200 Porto, Portugal.
Susana LopesGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
Rosa CoelhoGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
Raquel GonçalvesGastroenterology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
Paulo CaldeiraGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Paula LagoGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Helena Tavares de SousaGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar do Algarve, Portimão, Portugal; Biomedical Sciences and Medicine Department, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal; ABC-Algarve Biomedical Center, University of Algarve, Faro, Portugal.
Jaime RamosGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana Rita GonçalvesGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar Lisboa Norte, Lisboa, Portugal.
Paula MinistroGastroenterology Department, Hospital de S. Teotónio, Viseu, Portugal.
Isadora RosaGastroenterology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Ana Isabel VieiraGastroenterology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
Patrícia AndradeGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
João-Bruno SoaresGastroenterology Department, Hospital de Braga, Braga, Portugal.
Diana CarvalhoGastroenterology Department, Centro Hospitalar de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Paula SousaGastroenterology Department, Hospital de S. Teotónio, Viseu, Portugal.
Tânia MeiraGastroenterology Department, Hospital Garcia de Orta, Almada, Portugal.
Joanne LopesDepartment of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal.
Joana MoleiroGastroenterology Department, Instituto Português de Oncologia de Lisboa, Lisboa, Portugal.
Cláudia Camila DiasDepartment of Community Medicine, Information and Health Decision Sciences, Faculty of Medicine, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal; CINTESIS - Centre for Health Technology and Services Research, Porto, Portugal.
Amílcar FalcãoFaculty of Pharmacy, University of Coimbra, Coimbra, Portugal; CNC - Centre for Neuroscience and Cellular Biology, Coimbra, Portugal.
Karel GeboesDepartment of Pathology, University Hospital of KU Leuven and UZ Gent, Leuven, Belgium.
Fatima CarneiroDepartment of Pathology, Centro Hospitalar São João, Porto, Portugal; Institute of Molecular Pathology and Immunology of the University of Porto [Ipatimup], University of Porto, Porto, Portugal.
Portuguese IBD Study Group (GEDII)

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although infliximab (IFX) is an efficient therapy for ulcerative colitis (UC) patients, a considerably high rate of therapeutic failures still occurs. This study aimed at a better understanding of IFX pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics among clinically-asymptomatic UC patients. This was a multicentric and prospective study involving 65 UC patients in the maintenance phase of IFX therapy. There were no significant differences between patients with positive and negative clinical, endoscopic and histological outcomes concerning their IFX trough levels (TLs), area under the IFX concentration vs. time curve (AUC), clearance and antibodies to infliximab (ATI) levels. However, the need to undergo therapeutic escalation later in disease development was significantly associated with higher ATI levels (2.62μg/mL vs. 1.15μg/mL, p=0.028). Moreover, and after adjusting for disease severity, the HR (hazard ratio) for therapeutic escalation was significantly decreased for patients with an ATI concentration below 3μg/mL (HR=0.119, p=0.010), and increased for patients with fecal calprotectin (FC) level above 250μg/g (HR=9.309, p=0.018). In clinically-stable UC patients, IFX pharmacokinetic features cannot predict therapeutic response on a short-term basis. However, high levels of ATIs or FC may be indicative of a future therapeutic escalation.

Indexed as

AntibodiesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsColitis, UlcerativeEndoscopesFemaleHumansImmunologic FactorsInfliximabKaplan-Meier EstimateLeukocyte L1 Antigen ComplexMaleOdds RatioProportional Hazards ModelsAntibodiesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsImmunologic FactorsInfliximabLeukocyte L1 Antigen ComplexAntibodies to infliximabFecal calprotectinTherapeutic escalationUlcerative colitis

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PMID28629912
PMCPMC5514398

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