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
2023
Outcomes of Infliximab-Treated inflammatory bowel disease patients undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring with two different assays
Al-Bawardy B, Jenkins S, Snyder M, Frinack J, Ladwig P, Loftus E, Willrich M. Outcomes of Infliximab-Treated inflammatory bowel disease patients undergoing therapeutic drug monitoring with two different assays. Clinical Biochemistry 2023, 119: 110618. PMID: 37507083, DOI: 10.1016/j.clinbiochem.2023.110618.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInflammatory bowel disease patientsBowel disease patientsEndoscopic healingClinical remissionDisease patientsMcg/Normal serum C-reactive proteinDrug monitoringSerum C-reactive proteinLC-MS/MSInfliximab drug levelsFavorable clinical outcomeC-reactive proteinTherapeutic drug monitoringIBD patientsNormal CRPClinical outcomesDrug levelsPatientsECLIARemissionDifferent assaysOutcomesMcgAssays
2021
Certolizumab Trough Levels and Antibodies in Crohn Disease: A Single-Center Experience
Ramos G, Al-Bawardy B, Neto M, Bledsoe A, Quinn K, Heron V, Willrich M, Johnson A, Chedid V, Coelho-Prabhu N, Kisiel J, Papadakis K, Pardi D, Kane S, Tremaine W, Raffals L, Bruining D, Faubion W, Harmsen W, Loftus E. Certolizumab Trough Levels and Antibodies in Crohn Disease: A Single-Center Experience. Crohn's & Colitis 360 2021, 3: otab019. PMID: 36776673, PMCID: PMC9802288, DOI: 10.1093/crocol/otab019.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchRadiologic responseClinical responseCertolizumab pegolMucosal healingCrohn's diseaseRadiologic healingCD patientsTrough levelsPositive antibody levelsSingle-center experienceCD outcomesAntibody levelsClinical managementOdds ratioCTL levelsHigher oddsRetrospective evaluationPatientsBiochemical responsesClinical practiceQuartile analysisAntibodiesCharacteristic curveOutcomesDisease