1. Two-year effectiveness and safety of golimumab in ulcerative colitis: An IG-IBD study
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Fernando Rizzello, Antonio Ferronato, Luisa Moser, Stefano Festa, Chiara Ricci, Giorgia Bodini, Silvia Mazzuoli, Giuseppe Privitera, Francesca Rogai, R. Sablich, Angela Variola, Claudio Camillo Cortelezzi, Daniela Pugliese, Laurino Grossi, Maria Cappello, Lucrezia Laterza, Anna Viola, Maria Di Girolamo, Fabrizio Bossa, Giammarco Mocci, Antonino Carlo Privitera, Mariabeatrice Principi, Marco Daperno, Simone Saibeni, Rocco Spagnuolo, Mariangela Allocca, Greta Lorenzon, Sara Traini, Alessandro Armuzzi, G. Tapete, Filippo Mocciaro, and Pugliese D, Privitera G, Rogai F, Variola A, Viola A, Laterza L, Privitera AC, Allocca M, Bossa F, Cappello M, Daperno M, Lorenzon G, Mazzuoli S, Principi M, Sablich R, Moser L, Ferronato A, Traini S, Tapete G, Bodini G, Di Girolamo M, Grossi L, Mocci G, Rizzi C, Saibeni S, Festa S, Spagnuolo R, Cortelezzi CC, Mocciaro F, Rizzello F, Armuzzi A
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Adult ,Male ,medicine.medical_specialty ,Adolescent ,naïve ,Golimumab ,Persistence (computer science) ,03 medical and health sciences ,Young Adult ,0302 clinical medicine ,remission ,Gastrointestinal Agents ,Internal medicine ,medicine ,Humans ,Prospective Studies ,Aged ,Retrospective Studies ,ulcerative colitis ,business.industry ,Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha ,Inflammatory Bowel Disease ,Gastroenterology ,Antibodies, Monoclonal ,persistence ,Middle Aged ,medicine.disease ,Ulcerative colitis ,Oncology ,030220 oncology & carcinogenesis ,030211 gastroenterology & hepatology ,Colitis, Ulcerative ,Female ,Original Article ,business ,medicine.drug ,Follow-Up Studies ,IBD Ulcerative colitis Golimumab TNF-inhibitors - Abstract
Background Few data exist regarding the long‐term effectiveness of golimumab in ulcerative colitis. No data have been reported on real‐world continuous clinical response. Objective This study aimed to describe the long‐term outcomes in a large cohort of patients on golimumab who had ulcerative colitis. Methods Consecutive patients with active ulcerative colitis, started on golimumab, were enrolled and prospectively followed up. The primary end point was to evaluate the long‐term persistence on golimumab therapy. Results A total of 173 patients with ulcerative colitis were studied. Of these, 79.2% were steroid dependent, and 46.3% were naïve to anti‐tumour necrosis factor alpha agents. The median duration of golimumab therapy was 52 weeks (range: 4–142 weeks). The cumulative probability of maintaining golimumab treatment was 47.3% and 22.5% at 54 and 108 weeks, respectively. Biological‐naïve status (odds ratio [OR] = 3.02, 95% confidence interval [CI]: 1.44–6.29; p = 0.003) and being able to discontinue steroids at Week 8 (OR = 3.32, 95% CI: 1.34–8.30; p = 0.010) and Week 14 (OR = 2.94, 95% CI: 1.08–8.02; p = 0.036) were associated with longer persistence on therapy. At Week 54, 65/124 (52.4%) postinduction responders were in continuous clinical response. A continuous clinical response was associated with a lower likelihood of golimumab discontinuation throughout the subsequent year of therapy (p
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- 2021