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. 2018 Jan 21;11:1756283X17750355. doi: 10.1177/1756283X17750355

Table 2.

Serum levels of biologics in patients with and without ADAbs.

Authors Disease Study design (number of patients assessed) Biologic agent, sampling time and other specifications Serum concentration of biologic agent (µg/mL)a p value
Patients with ADAbs Patients without ADAbs
Imaeda and colleagues35 CD Prospective cohort study (58) IFX: trough 0.2 3.4 p < 0.01
Levesque and colleagues36 CD Prospective cohort study (327) IFX: 0 weeks
IFX: 8 weeks
1.5
1.6
6.4
7.4

Vermeire and colleagues37 CD Prospective cohort study (174) IFX: 4 weeks
 ADAbs conc. <8 µg/mL
 ADAbs conc. ⩾8 and <20 µg/mL
 ADAbs conc. ⩾20 µg/mL

12.3
7.2
6.1

10.1
10.1
10.1



Stein and colleagues28 (CA) CD Prospective cohort study (69) IFX: 26 weeks
IFX: 52 weeks
0.9
2.5
7.6
9.5

Ainsworth and colleagues38 CD Retrospective cohort study (33) IFX: 8 weeks
 Maintained responders
 Secondary non-responders
 Primary non-responders

2.9
0.0
30.0

NR
NR
NR



Hämäläinen and colleagues46 CD or UC cohort Prospective cohort study (28) IFX: trough
 Non-responders
 Responders

<0.1
>2.2

NR
NR


Pallagi-Kunstár and colleagues39 CD or UC cohort Prospective cohort study (67) IFX: trough 2.7 3.9 p = 0.015
Paul and colleagues40 CD or UC cohort Prospective cohort study (103) IFX: trough
 IFX monotherapy
 IFX plus immunosuppressants

2.4
2.1

NR
NR


Rivera and colleagues29 (CA) CD or UC cohort Prospective cohort study (69) IFX: trough 1.8 9.0 p < 0.001
Ungar and colleagues41 CD or UC cohort Prospective cohort study (125) IFX: trough
 Responders
 Non-responders

4.6
0.7




Zitomersky and colleagues42 CD or UC cohort Prospective cohort study (134) IFX: trough 1.0 12.2 p < 0.0001
Vande Casteele and colleagues47 CD or UC cohort Retrospective cohort study (90) IFX: 6 weeks 5 27 p = 0.003
Frederiksen and colleagues30 (CA) CD or UC cohort Retrospective cohort study (189) IFX: trough 0.0 1.8 p = 0.002
Bodini and colleagues31 (CA) CD Prospective cohort study (23) ADM: trough 7.5 9.5 p = 0.002
Imaeda and colleagues43 CD Prospective cohort study (40) ADM: trough 5.5 16.0
Yarur and colleagues32 (CA) CD or UC cohort Prospective cohort study (66) ADM: timing unknown 5.7 12.5
Frederiksen and colleagues (CA)30
Frederiksen and colleagues48
CD or UC cohort Retrospective cohort study (142) ADM: trough 0 8.3 p < 0.0001
Schreiber and colleagues44
Sandborn and colleagues27
Lichtenstein and colleagues45
Sandborn and colleagues33
CD RCT (668) CZP:
 26 weeks
 40 weeks
 56 weeks
 72 weeks
 80 weeks

6.1
1.0
0.9
1.5
1.6

23.8
9.0
8.7
8.7
9.4





Stefan and colleagues34 (CA) CD RCT and LTE (594) CZP: trough 2–4 8–12
a

All values presented to a maximum of one decimal place.

ADAbs, anti-drug antibodies; ADM, adalimumab; CA, conference abstract; CD, Crohn’s disease; conc., concentration; CZP, certolizumab pegol; IFX, infliximab; LTE, long-term extension; NR, not reported; RCT, randomized controlled trial; UC, ulcerative colitis.