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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2022

Predictors of Anti-TNF Therapy Failure among Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Patients in Saudi Arabia: A Single-Center Study.

Othman Alharbi, Abdulrahman M Aljebreen, Nahla A Azzam, Majid A Almadi, Maria Saeed, Baraa HajkhderMullaissa, Hassan Asiri, Abdullah Almutairi, Yazed AlRuthia

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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7citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
1.1field-weighted citation impact, top 20% of its field
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

7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 6 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Saudi consensus guidance for the diagnosis and management of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025
    Guideline
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  4. Addressing the gaps in biologic therapy utilization trends in IBD from Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2026
    Article
  5. Patterns and predictors of biologic therapy switching in inflammatory bowel disease at a tertiary care center: A retrospective observational study.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2026
    Article
  6. Biologic therapy utilization trends in inflammatory bowel disease: A narrative review from Saudi Arabia.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 3 institutions in 2 countries.

Othman AlharbiGastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abdulrahman M AljebreenGastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Nahla A AzzamGastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Majid A AlmadiGastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Maria SaeedGastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Baraa HajkhderMullaissaGastroenterology Division, Department of Medicine, King Saud University Medical City, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Hassan AsiriDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Abdullah AlmutairiDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.
Yazed AlRuthiaDepartment of Clinical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia.ORCID 0000-0002-0029-5924
King Saud Medical City · SAKing Saud University · SAMontreal General Hospital · CA

Funding

Researchers Support-ing Project number, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. RSP-2021/16
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe advent of monoclonal antibodies (mAbs) has revolutionized the management of many immune-mediated diseases such as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Infliximab and adalimumab were the first mAbs approved for the management of IBD, and are still commonly prescribed for the treatment of both Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). Although mAbs have demonstrated high effectiveness rates in the management of IBD, some patients fail to respond adequately to mAbs, resulting in disease progression and the flare-up of symptoms.

objectiveThe objective was to explore the predictors of treatment failure among IBD patients on infliximab (INF) and adalimumab (ADA)-as demonstrated via colonoscopy with a simple endoscopic score (SES-CD) of ≥1 for CD and a Mayo score of ≥2 for UC-and compare the rates of treatment failure among patients on those two mAbs.

methodsThis was a prospective cohort study among IBD patients aged 18 years and above who had not had any exposure to mAbs before. Those patients were followed after the initiation of biologic treatment with either INF or ADA until they were switched to another treatment due to failure of these mAbs in preventing the disease progression. Univariate and multiple logistic regressions were conducted to examine the predictors and rates of treatment failure.

resultsA total of 146 IBD patients (118 patients on INF and 28 on ADA) met the inclusion criteria and were included in the analysis. The mean age of the patients was 31 years, and most of them were males (59%) with CD (75%). About 27% and 26% of the patients had penetrating and non-stricturing-non-penetrating CD behavior, respectively. Patients with UC had significantly higher odds of treatment failure compared to their counterparts with CD (OR = 2.58, 95% CI [1.06-6.26],

conclusionInfliximab was shown to be more effective in the management of IBD, with lower incidence rates of treatment failure in comparison to adalimumab.

Indexed as

adalimumabbiologic failureCrohn’s diseaseinflammatory bowel diseaseinfliximabSaudi Arabiaulcerative colitis

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PMID35887921
PMCPMC9321911
OpenAlexW4285727227

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