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
Effect of obesity on vedolizumab response in inflammatory bowel disease
Levine LJ, Gaidos JKJ, Proctor DD, Viana AV, Al-Bawardy B. Effect of obesity on vedolizumab response in inflammatory bowel disease. Annals Of Gastroenterology 2022, 35: 275-280. PMID: 35599926, PMCID: PMC9062841, DOI: 10.20524/aog.2022.0699.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchBody mass indexInflammatory bowel diseaseSteroid-free clinical remissionNon-obese groupC-reactive proteinObese groupCRP normalizationEndoscopic remissionIBD patientsBowel diseaseDose escalationNormal serum C-reactive proteinMedian body mass indexSerum C-reactive proteinHigher body mass indexEndoscopic remission ratesEffect of obesityVedolizumab discontinuationVedolizumab levelsClinical remissionMedian followRemission rateSecondary outcomesMedian agePrimary outcome