Incidence of and Predictors for Early Discontinuation of Biological Therapies in Veteran Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Feagins LA, Waljee A, Hou JK, Gu P, Kanjo S, Rudrapatna V, Cipher DJ, Govani S, Gaidos J. Incidence of and Predictors for Early Discontinuation of Biological Therapies in Veteran Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2017, 23: 1434-1439. PMID: 28570429, DOI: 10.1097/mib.0000000000001145.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel diseaseBiological therapyAdverse drug reactionsConcomitant thiopurinesPrimary nonresponseEarly discontinuationBowel diseaseDrug reactionsDiagnosis of IBDBiological agentsFirst biological agentRetrospective cohort studyInitiation of therapyCourse of therapyVA hospital systemIleocolonic diseaseVA cohortCohort studyVeteran patientsMedical recordsRisk factorsCommon reasonPatientsDiscontinuationTherapy