Document Type
Article
Publication Date
8-1-2019
Abstract
BACKGROUND & AIMS: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is widely available for biologic therapies in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). We reviewed current data and provided expert opinion regarding the clinical utility of TDM for biologic therapies in IBD.
METHODS: We used a modified Delphi method to establish consensus. A comprehensive literature review was performed regarding the use of TDM of biologic therapy in IBD and presented to international IBD specialists. Subsequently, 28 statements on the application of TDM in clinical practice were rated on a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = strongly disagree and 10 = strongly agree) by each of the panellists. Statements were accepted if 80% or more of the participants agreed with a score ≥7. The remaining statements were discussed and revised based on the available evidence followed by a second round of voting.
RESULTS: The panel agreed on 24 (86%) statements. For anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF) therapies, proactive TDM was found to be appropriate after induction and at least once during maintenance therapy, but this was not the case for the other biologics. Reactive TDM was appropriate for all agents both for primary non-response and secondary loss of response. The panellists also agreed on several statements regarding TDM and appropriate drug and anti-drug antibody (ADA) concentration thresholds for biologics in specific clinical scenarios.
CONCLUSION: Consensus was achieved towards the utility of TDM of biologics in IBD, particularly anti-TNF therapies. More data are needed especially on non-anti-TNF biologics to further define optimal drug concentration and ADA thresholds as these can vary depending on the therapeutic outcomes assessed.
Recommended Citation
Papamichael, Konstantinos; Cheifetz, Adam S.; Melmed, Gil Y.; Irving, Peter M.; Vande Casteele, Niels; Kozuch, Patricia L.; Raffals, Laura E.; Baidoo, Leonard; Bressler, Brian; Devlin, Shane M.; Jones, Jennifer; Kaplan, Gilaad G.; Sparrow, Miles P.; Velayos, Fernando S; Ullman, Thomas; and Siegel, Corey A., "Appropriate Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Biologic Agents for Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Diseases." (2019). Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Faculty Papers. Paper 61.
https://jdc.jefferson.edu/gastro_hepfp/61
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PubMed ID
30928454
Language
English
Comments
This article has been peer reviewed. It is the author’s final published version in Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Volume 17, Issue 9, August 2019, Pages 1655-1668.e3.
The published version is available at https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cgh.2019.03.037. Copyright © Papamichael et al.