Table 3.
Infliximab Maintenance Dosing Regimen | |||||||||
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5 mg/kg | 7.5 mg/kg | 10 mg/kg | |||||||
q 8 wk | q 6 wk | q 4 wk | q 8 wk | q 6 wk | q 4 wk | q 8 wk | q 6 wk | q 4 wk | |
Trough, ug/ml median (IQR) | 2.2 (1.2-3.4) | 4.8 (3.0-7.1) | 11.5 (8.4-15.6) | 3.3 (1.8-5.1) | 7.2 (4.5-10.6) | 17.3 (12.7-23.4) | 4.4 (2.4-6.8) | 9.5 (6.0-14.2) | 23.0 (16.9-31.2) |
% >3 ug/ml | 32 | 74 | 94 | 62 | 79 | 94 | 71 | 82 | 94 |
% >5 ug/ml | 6 | 47 | 82 | 26 | 74 | 94 | 38 | 76 | 94 |
Dosing interval expressed in weeks (wk). Trough concentrations were predicted at the end of the dosing interval for a given strategy.