Effectiveness and safety of a third-line rescue treatment for acute severe ulcerative colitis refractory to infliximab or ciclosporin (REASUC study).


Journal

Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics
ISSN: 1365-2036
Titre abrégé: Aliment Pharmacol Ther
Pays: England
ID NLM: 8707234

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
06 Mar 2024
Historique:
revised: 03 01 2024
received: 14 12 2023
accepted: 24 02 2024
medline: 6 3 2024
pubmed: 6 3 2024
entrez: 6 3 2024
Statut: aheadofprint

Résumé

The advent of new therapeutic agents and the improvement of supporting care might change the management of acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) and avoid colectomy. To evaluate the colectomy-free survival and safety of a third-line treatment in patients with ASUC refractory to intravenous steroids and who failed either infliximab or ciclosporin. Multicentre retrospective cohort study of patients with ASUC refractory to intravenous steroids who had failed infliximab or ciclosporin and received a third-line treatment during the same hospitalisation. Patients who stopped second-line treatment due to disease activity or adverse events (AEs) were eligible. We assessed short-term colectomy-free survival by logistic regression analysis. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression models were used for long-term assessment. Among 78 patients, 32 received infliximab and 46 ciclosporin as second-line rescue treatment. Third-line treatment was infliximab in 45 (58%), ciclosporin in 17 (22%), tofacitinib in 13 (17%) and ustekinumab in 3 (3.8%). Colectomy was performed in 29 patients (37%) during follow-up (median 21 weeks). Of the 78 patients, 32 and 18 were in clinical remission at, respectively, 12 and 52 weeks. At the last visit, 25 patients were still on third-line rescue treatment, while 12 had stopped it due to clinical remission. AEs were reported in 26 (33%) patients. Two patients died (2.6%), including one following colectomy. Third-line rescue treatment avoided colectomy in over half of the patients with ASUC and may be considered a therapeutic strategy.

Sections du résumé

BACKGROUND BACKGROUND
The advent of new therapeutic agents and the improvement of supporting care might change the management of acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) and avoid colectomy.
AIMS OBJECTIVE
To evaluate the colectomy-free survival and safety of a third-line treatment in patients with ASUC refractory to intravenous steroids and who failed either infliximab or ciclosporin.
METHODS METHODS
Multicentre retrospective cohort study of patients with ASUC refractory to intravenous steroids who had failed infliximab or ciclosporin and received a third-line treatment during the same hospitalisation. Patients who stopped second-line treatment due to disease activity or adverse events (AEs) were eligible. We assessed short-term colectomy-free survival by logistic regression analysis. Kaplan-Meier curves and Cox regression models were used for long-term assessment.
RESULTS RESULTS
Among 78 patients, 32 received infliximab and 46 ciclosporin as second-line rescue treatment. Third-line treatment was infliximab in 45 (58%), ciclosporin in 17 (22%), tofacitinib in 13 (17%) and ustekinumab in 3 (3.8%). Colectomy was performed in 29 patients (37%) during follow-up (median 21 weeks). Of the 78 patients, 32 and 18 were in clinical remission at, respectively, 12 and 52 weeks. At the last visit, 25 patients were still on third-line rescue treatment, while 12 had stopped it due to clinical remission. AEs were reported in 26 (33%) patients. Two patients died (2.6%), including one following colectomy.
CONCLUSION CONCLUSIONS
Third-line rescue treatment avoided colectomy in over half of the patients with ASUC and may be considered a therapeutic strategy.

Identifiants

pubmed: 38445785
doi: 10.1111/apt.17938
doi:

Types de publication

Journal Article

Langues

eng

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© 2024 John Wiley & Sons Ltd.

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Auteurs

María José García (MJ)

Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department, Hospital Universitario Marqués de Valdecilla, Grupo de Investigación Clínica y Traslacional en Enfermedades Digestivas, Instituto de Investigación Valdecilla (IDIVAL), Universidad de Cantabria, Santander, Spain.

Sabino Riestra (S)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario Central de Asturias, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria del Principado de Asturias (ISPA), Oviedo, Spain.

Aurelien Amiot (A)

Department of Gastroenterology, CHU Bicêtre, Universite Paris Saclay, Paris, France.

Mette Julsgaard (M)

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark.
Department of Clinical Medicine, Center for Molecular Prediction of Inflammatory Bowel Disease [PREDICT], Aalborg University, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Irene García de la Filia (I)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario Ramón y Cajal, Madrid, Spain.

Margalida Calafat (M)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitari Germans Trias i Pujol, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain.

Mariam Aguas (M)

Gastroenterology Department, La Fe University and Polytechnic Hospital, Health Research Institute La Fe, Valencia, Spain.

Luisa de la Peña (L)

Gastroenterology Department, Bellvitge University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain.

Cristina Roig (C)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital de la Santa Creu i Sant Pau, Barcelona, Spain.

Berta Caballol (B)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Clinic, Institut d'Investigacions Biomèdiques August Pi i Sunyer (IDIBAPS), Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Barcelona, Spain.

María José Casanova (MJ)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain.

Klaudia Farkas (K)

Department of Medicine, University of Szeged, Szeged, Hungary.

Trine Boysen (T)

Gastro Unit, Medical Division, Copenhagen University Hospital-Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Copenhagen Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Children, Adolescents and Adults, Copenhagen University Hospital-Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark.
Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark.

Luis Bujanda (L)

Department of Gastroenterology, Biodonostia Health Research Institute, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Universidad del País Vasco (UPV/EHU), San Sebastián, Spain.

Camila Cuarán (C)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario Miguel Servet, Zaragoza, Spain.

Daniela Dobru (D)

Gastroenterology Department, University of Medicine and Pharmacy, Science and Tehnology "G E Palade" Tg.Mures, Târgu-Mureș, Romania.

Fotios Fousekis (F)

Department of Gastroenterology, University Hospital of Ioannina, Ioannina, Greece.

Carla Jerusalén Gargallo-Puyuelo (CJ)

Department of Gastroenterology, University Clinic Hospital Lozano Blesa, Institute for Health Research Aragón (IIS Aragón), Zaragoza, Spain.

Edoardo Savarino (E)

Department of Surgery, Oncology and Gastroenterology (DiSCOG), Gastroenterology Unit, Azienda Ospedale Università di Padova (AOUP), University of Padua, Padua, Italy.

Xavier Calvet (X)

Gastroenterology Department, Servei d'Aparell Digestiu, Parc Taulí, Hospital Universitari, Institut d'Investigació i Innovació Parc Taulí, Departamento de Medicina, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona, Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Instituto de Salud Carlos III, Sabadell, Spain.

José María Huguet (JM)

Digestive Diseases Department, General University Hospital of Valencia, Valencia, Spain.

Limas Kupcinskas (L)

Institute for Digestive Research, Lithuanian University of Health Sciences, Kaunas, Lithuania.

Julia López-Cardona (J)

IBD Unit, Guy's and St Thomas' Hospital, London, UK.

Tim Raine (T)

Department of Gastroenterology, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge, UK.

Joep van Oostrom (J)

Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam UMC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands.

Javier P Gisbert (JP)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain.

María Chaparro (M)

Gastroenterology Department, Hospital Universitario de La Princesa, Instituto de Investigación Sanitaria Princesa (IIS-Princesa), Universidad Autónoma de Madrid (UAM) and Centro de Investigación Biomédica en Red de Enfermedades Hepáticas y Digestivas (CIBEREHD), Madrid, Spain.

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