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Infliximab safety profile and long-term applicability in inflammatory bowel disease: 9-year experience in clinical practice
- Source :
- Alimentary pharmacologytherapeutics. 31(5)
- Publication Year :
- 2009
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Abstract
- Aliment Pharmacol Ther 31, 553–560 Summary Background Most available data on infliximab therapy come from large, short-term, pivotal RCTs and concerns about long-term safety profile still remain. Aim To evaluate the long-term safety profile of infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in a clinical practice setting. Methods Since 1999, all IBD patients treated with infliximab were registered and clinical outcomes prospectively recorded up to March 2008, loss of follow-up or patient’s death. Infliximab regimens and preventive measures were in accordance with the prevalent guidelines or with the manufacturer’s recommendations. Results One hundred fifty-two patients were included (121 Crohn’s disease, 24 ulcerative colitis, 7 indeterminate colitis), with a median of 5 infliximab infusions (IQR 3–8) and 87% of patients received at least three infusions. Seventy-nine per cent of them received concomitant immunomodulators and 70% were pre-medicated with hydrocortisone from the first infusion. After a median follow-up of 142 weeks, 13% presented infusion reactions, 13% viral or bacterial infections and two patients developed neoplasia. The mortality rate was 2.6% (four patients). Conclusions Infliximab therapy is safe when the recommended preventive measures are implemented, with a rate of serious adverse events less than 10%. No new safety signals were found.
- Subjects :
- Adult
Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Adolescent
Hydrocortisone
Anti-Inflammatory Agents
Disease
Infections
Inflammatory bowel disease
Drug Administration Schedule
Serum Sickness
Young Adult
Gastrointestinal Agents
Internal medicine
Neoplasms
medicine
Humans
Pharmacology (medical)
Adverse effect
Infusions, Intravenous
Aged
Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic
Hepatology
business.industry
Mortality rate
Gastroenterology
Antibodies, Monoclonal
Middle Aged
medicine.disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Ulcerative colitis
Infliximab
Surgery
Treatment Outcome
Concomitant
Practice Guidelines as Topic
Drug Evaluation
Drug Therapy, Combination
Female
Drug Eruptions
business
medicine.drug
Follow-Up Studies
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 13652036
- Volume :
- 31
- Issue :
- 5
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Alimentary pharmacologytherapeutics
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....042eb5bb25c074439dd41919274cad29