Table 2.
Clinical response and clinical remission rates of studies included in the meta-analysis
| Ref. | Group | Drug | Definition of clinical response | Clinical response rate | Definition of clinical remission | Clinical remission rate | |
| Feagan et al[14] | Intervention 1 | MLN-02 | An improvement of 3 points or more on the ulcerative colitis clinical score (modification of the Mayo Clinic Scoring system) | 66% | 59.3%1 | Ulcerative colitis clinical score of 0 or 1 and a modified Baron score of 0 or 1 with no evidence of rectal bleeding | 32.2%1 |
| Intervention 2 | 53% | ||||||
| Control | Placebo | 33% | 14.0% | ||||
| Feagan et al[15] | Intervention | Vedolizumab | A reduction in the Mayo Clinic score of at least 3 points and a decrease of at least 30% from baseline, with an accompanying decrease in the rectal bleeding subscore of at least 1 point or an absolute rectal bleeding subscore of 0 or 1 | 47.1% | Mayo Clinic score of 2 or lower and no subscore higher than 1, and mucosal healing, defined as an endoscopic subscore of 0 or 1 | 16.9% | |
| Control | Placebo | 25.5% | 5.4% | ||||
| Parikh et al[16] | Intervention 1 | Vedolizumab | A decrease from baseline in the partial Mayo score (PMS) of ≥ 2 points and ≥ 25%, with an accompanying decrease in the subscore for rectal bleeding of ≥ 1 point or an absolute subscore for rectal bleeding of 0 or 1. | 50% | 56.8%1 | PMS of ≤ 2 with no individual subscore > 1 | 58%1 |
| Intervention 2 | 63.3% | ||||||
| Intervention 3 | 53.3% | ||||||
| Control | Placebo | 33.3% | 50% | ||||
Pooled of all intervention groups. MNL-02: Vedolizumab.