2024
High Body Mass Index and Response to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease
Ebach D, Jester T, Galanko J, Firestine A, Ammoury R, Cabrera J, Bass J, Minar P, Olano K, Margolis P, Sandberg K, Linnville T, Kaplan J, Pitch L, Steiner S, Bass D, Moses J, Adler J, Gulati A, Wali P, Pashankar D, Ivanova A, Herfarth H, Wohl D, Benkov K, Strople J, Sullivan J, Tung J, Molle-Rios Z, Saeed S, Bousvaros A, Kappelman M. High Body Mass Index and Response to Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor Therapy in Pediatric Crohn’s Disease. The American Journal Of Gastroenterology 2024, 119: 1110-1116. PMID: 38445644, PMCID: PMC11150092, DOI: 10.14309/ajg.0000000000002741.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchHigher body mass indexNormal body mass indexPediatric Crohn's diseaseBody mass indexAnti-TNF levelsInfliximab initiationTrough levelsTreatment failureObese patientsMass indexTime-to-treatment failureCrohn's diseaseResponse to anti-TNF therapyAssociated with treatment failureMonotherapy to combination therapyBody mass index groupsBody mass index categoriesPrescribed anti-TNFProactive drug monitoringAdalimumab-treated patientsDrug trough levelsAnti-TNF treatmentAnti-TNF therapyInfliximab trough levelsWeight-based dosing
2016
P-220 To Assess the Rate of Adequate Immune Response to Primary Hepatitis B Vaccination Series in Patients with IBD
Phatak U, Rojas-Velasquez D, Pashankar D. P-220 To Assess the Rate of Adequate Immune Response to Primary Hepatitis B Vaccination Series in Patients with IBD. Inflammatory Bowel Diseases 2016, 22: s76-s76. DOI: 10.1097/01.mib.0000480330.52952.bf.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchInflammatory bowel diseaseAdequate immune responseType of IBDHep B vaccinationAnti-TNF therapyImmune responseHBsAb levelsVaccination seriesHep BB vaccinationMIU/General populationHepatitis B vaccination seriesYale-New Haven Children's HospitalHepatitis B surface antigenHepatitis B surface antibodyPrimary vaccination seriesPercent of patientsPresence of obesityRetrospective chart reviewHepatitis B vaccineInadequate immune responseUse of immunomodulatorsB surface antigenB surface antibody