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ArticlePloS one2021

Therapeutic monitoring of adalimumab at non-trough levels in patients with inflammatory bowel disease.

Masaichi Kato, Ken Sugimoto, Kentaro Ikeya, Ryosuke Takano, Ai Matsuura, Takahiro Miyazu, Natsuki Ishida, Satoshi Tamura, Shinya Tani, Mihoko Yamade and 5 more

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Article in PloS one, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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5citing papers in PubMed, 1 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

15 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Masaichi KatoCenter for Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research, Hamamatsu South Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Ken SugimotoFirst Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.ORCID 0000-0001-9586-1097
Kentaro IkeyaCenter for Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research, Hamamatsu South Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Ryosuke TakanoCenter for Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research, Hamamatsu South Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Ai MatsuuraCenter for Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research, Hamamatsu South Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Takahiro MiyazuFirst Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Natsuki IshidaFirst Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Satoshi TamuraFirst Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Shinya TaniFirst Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Mihoko YamadeFirst Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Yasushi HamayaFirst Department of Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Moriya IwaizumiDepartment of Laboratory Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Satoshi OsawaDepartment of Endoscopic and Photodynamic Medicine, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Takahisa FurutaCenter for Clinical Research, Hamamatsu University School of Medicine, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Hiroyuki HanaiCenter for Gastroenterology and Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research, Hamamatsu South Hospital, Hamamatsu, Japan.
Hamamatsu University School of Medicine · JPHamamatsu Medical Center · JP

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Adalimumab (ADA) trough level and anti-ADA antibody (AAA) positivity influence mucosal healing and loss of response in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). In this study, we clarified the correlation between ADA monitoring, including non-trough level, and real-world IBD clinical outcomes. This retrospective, observational, single-center study involved patients with ulcerative colitis (19) and Crohn's disease (33) treated with ADA from January 2007 to August 2018. Serum ADA and AAA levels were measured 4‒14 days after ADA administration. The AAA positivity rate was 23.1% (12/52). ADA continuity was higher in AAA-negative patients than in AAA-positive patients (P = 0.223). Receiver operating characteristic (ROC) analysis revealed that a serum AAA cut-off of 9.2 μg/mL was associated with ADA continuity. The ADA level was significantly higher in the endoscopic remission group than in the non-remission group (P = 0.02). Based on the ROC curve analysis results of serum ADA level and endoscopic remission, the cut-off value of the serum ADA level was set to 11.1 μg/mL. Under the combined use of ADA with immunomodulators and AAA positivity, ADA continuity was significantly higher when the serum AAA level at 4-14 days after ADA administration was ≥9.2 μg/mL. Furthermore, endoscopic remission can be expected with a serum ADA level of ≥11.1 μg/mL. Overall, to predict clinical outcomes, it would be useful to measure the blood level of ADA regardless of the timing of the trough.

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AdalimumabColitis, UlcerativeCrohn DiseaseHumansInflammatory Bowel DiseasesRetrospective StudiesROC CurveAdalimumab

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PMID34242369
PMCPMC8270420
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