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Switching maintenance infliximab therapy to biosimilar infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease patients.
Scandinavian Journal of Gastroenterology 2017 December
BACKGROUND: Clinical use of biosimilar infliximab (CT-P13) in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBDs) is based on extrapolation of indication from clinical studies performed in rheumatological diseases. Only few data exist of behaviour of infliximab trough levels (TLs) and anti-drug antibodies (ADAs) during switching.
AIM: The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in TLs, ADA formation and disease activity after switching from originator infliximab to biosimilar one.
METHODS: All our IBD patients receiving maintenance infliximab therapy were switched to biosimilar infliximab. TLs and ADAs were measured before the last originator infusion and before the third biosimilar infusion. Laboratory values, disease activity indices (partial Mayo score and Harvey-Bradshaw index) and demographic data were collected from patient records.
RESULTS: A total of 62 patients were included in the final analysis (32 Crohn's disease, 30 ulcerative colitis (UC) or IBD-unclassified). No significant changes in median TLs before (5.5 mg/l) and after switching (5.5 mg/l, p = .05) occurred in the entire study group or in the Crohn's disease (CD) subgroup (5.75 and 6.5 mg/l, p = .68). However, in the subgroup of ulcerative colitis, the change in median TL was significantly different (from 5.2 to 4.25 mg/l, p = .019). Two patients developed ADAs after switching. No changes in disease activity were detected during switching and no safety concerns occurred.
CONCLUSIONS: Switching from originator to biosimilar infliximab resulted in statistically significant differences in infliximab TLs in patients with UC but not in patients with Crohn's disease. The clinical significance for this difference is doubtful and in neither group changes in disease activity occurred.
AIM: The objective of this study was to evaluate changes in TLs, ADA formation and disease activity after switching from originator infliximab to biosimilar one.
METHODS: All our IBD patients receiving maintenance infliximab therapy were switched to biosimilar infliximab. TLs and ADAs were measured before the last originator infusion and before the third biosimilar infusion. Laboratory values, disease activity indices (partial Mayo score and Harvey-Bradshaw index) and demographic data were collected from patient records.
RESULTS: A total of 62 patients were included in the final analysis (32 Crohn's disease, 30 ulcerative colitis (UC) or IBD-unclassified). No significant changes in median TLs before (5.5 mg/l) and after switching (5.5 mg/l, p = .05) occurred in the entire study group or in the Crohn's disease (CD) subgroup (5.75 and 6.5 mg/l, p = .68). However, in the subgroup of ulcerative colitis, the change in median TL was significantly different (from 5.2 to 4.25 mg/l, p = .019). Two patients developed ADAs after switching. No changes in disease activity were detected during switching and no safety concerns occurred.
CONCLUSIONS: Switching from originator to biosimilar infliximab resulted in statistically significant differences in infliximab TLs in patients with UC but not in patients with Crohn's disease. The clinical significance for this difference is doubtful and in neither group changes in disease activity occurred.
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