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
2018
Vedolizumab Drug Level Correlation With Clinical Remission, Biomarker Normalization, and Mucosal Healing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Al-Bawardy B, Ramos GP, Willrich MAV, Jenkins SM, Park SH, Aniwan S, Schoenoff SA, Bruining DH, Papadakis KA, Raffals L, Tremaine WJ, Loftus EV. Vedolizumab Drug Level Correlation With Clinical Remission, Biomarker Normalization, and Mucosal Healing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2018, 25: 580-586. PMID: 30165638, DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izy272.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMedian vedolizumab trough levelsVedolizumab trough levelsC-reactive proteinInflammatory bowel diseaseNormal C-reactive proteinMucosal healingCrohn's diseaseUC patientsBowel diseaseTrough levelsUlcerative colitisClinical managementFourth of patientsTrough level measurementMayo endoscopic scoreCross-sectional studyHigh CRP patientsBiomarker normalizationIBD patientsClinical remissionCRP patientsEndoscopic scoreMucosal ulcersDetectable antibodiesBACKGROUND/