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ArticleJournal of clinical medicine2024

Intensification with Intravenous Ustekinumab in Refractory Crohn's Disease.

Cristina Suárez Ferrer, José Arroyo Argüelles, Jose Luis Rueda García, Laura García Ramírez, Eduardo Martin Arranz, María Sánchez Azofra, Joaquín Poza Cordón, Jesús Noci Belda, Maria Dolores Martin-Arranz

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Article in Journal of clinical medicine, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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3citing papers in PubMed, 2 pooled it
2.2field-weighted citation impact, top 13% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Pooled it
  2. Efficacy of Dose Escalation of Ustekinumab in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Medical principles and practice : international journal of the Kuwait University, Health Science Centre · 2025
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

9 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Cristina Suárez FerrerInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0003-1789-3784
José Arroyo ArgüellesInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Jose Luis Rueda GarcíaInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Laura García RamírezInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Eduardo Martin ArranzInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
María Sánchez AzofraInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Joaquín Poza CordónInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0002-0501-0107
Jesús Noci BeldaInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Maria Dolores Martin-ArranzInflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Digestive Medicine Service, Hospital Universitario La Paz, 28046 Madrid, Spain.
Hospital Universitario La Paz · ES

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundThe rates of clinical and biochemical responses in Crohn's disease (CD) patients treated with intravenous (IV) ustekinumab (UST) intensification are scarcely described.

methodsPatients with diagnosis of CD who were under intensified IV ustekinumab treatment (130 mg every 4 weeks) were retrospectively included, evaluating the clinical and biochemical response 12 weeks after the change in treatment regimen (switch from SC to IV), as well as the serum levels of the drug.

resultsTwenty-seven patients, all of whom had transitioned to intensified intravenous ustekinumab treatment due to a secondary loss of response to the drug, were included in the retrospective analysis. At the baseline visit, prior to changing IV UST, differences in levels were observed between intensified and non-intensified patients (7216 vs. 2842 ng/mL,

conclusionIn our experience, intensifying treatment with IV UST leads to clinical and biochemical improvements in CD patients with a secondary loss of response to SC maintenance with this drug, and an increase in drug levels was observed 12 weeks after IV UST intensification.

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Crohn’s diseaseustekinumab

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PMID38337361
PMCPMC10856525
OpenAlexW4391175711

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