2024
Ustekinumab Drug Levels and Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Petrov J, Fine S, Alzahrani R, Mohamed G, Al-Bawardy B. Ustekinumab Drug Levels and Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Journal Of Clinical Gastroenterology 2024 PMID: 38300529, DOI: 10.1097/mcg.0000000000001978.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchArea under the curveInflammatory bowel diseaseEndoscopic healingTrough levelsBowel diseaseAssociated with favorable outcomesUstekinumab trough levelsHighest area under the curveCohort of patientsTherapeutic drug monitoringClinical remissionCombination therapyMedian ageCRP normalizationRetrospective studyDrug levelsFavorable outcomeUstekinumabDrug monitoringPrimary outcomeSecondary outcomesCRPPatientsOutcomesHealing
2022
Impact of thiopurine dose in anti-tumor necrosis factor combination therapy on outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease
Nawaz A, Glick L, Chaar A, Li D, Gaidos J, Proctor D, Al-Bawardy B. Impact of thiopurine dose in anti-tumor necrosis factor combination therapy on outcomes in inflammatory bowel disease. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2022, 36: 39-44. PMID: 36593807, PMCID: PMC9756033, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2022.0766.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInflammatory bowel diseaseC-reactive proteinAnti-TNF combination therapySteroid-free clinical remissionCombination therapyThiopurine doseDose groupEndoscopic healingClinical remissionBowel diseaseUlcerative colitisCrohn's diseaseTherapeutic doseNormal serum C-reactive proteinAnti-tumor necrosis factorNormal C-reactive proteinSerum C-reactive proteinAnti-drug antibody formationAnti-TNF immunogenicityCohort of patientsLow-dose groupSignificant differencesSecondary outcomesPrimary outcomeClinical outcomes