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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2019 Dec 1.
Published in final edited form as: Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2018 Mar 27;16(12):1992–1994. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2018.03.024

Table 1.

Patient demographics, treatments prior to vedolizumab, treatments following vedolizumab induction, and clinical, endoscopic, and histologic improvement

Patient number 1 2 3 4 5
Current age (years) 39.7 22.7 28.2 35.3 53.7

Sex Male Male Female Male Female

Race White White White White White

Location of GI involvement1 S, SB, C E, S, SB E, S, SB E, S, SB S, SB

Duration of disease at vedo start (years) 8.1 17.2 11.3 13.1 6.5

Vedolizumab continued at end of follow-up No No No Yes Yes
   Last known treatment Ustekinumab Study drug Study drug -- --

Treatments

Prior to vedolizumab start
   Swallowed fluticasone Yes Yes
   Swallowed budesonide Yes Yes
   Entocort Yes Yes Yes Yes
   Systemic steroids Yes Yes Yes Yes Yes
   Omalizumab Yes
   Food elimination diet Yes Yes Yes Yes
   Cromolyn Yes Yes Yes Yes
   6MP/azathioprine2 Yes Yes Yes Yes
   Methotrexate Yes Yes Yes
   Infliximab Yes

After vedolizumab start
   Swallowed fluticasone Yes
   Swallowed budesonide
   Entocort Yes Yes Yes
   Systemic steroids Yes Yes Yes
   Omalizumab
   Food elimination diet Yes Yes
   Cromolyn
   6MP/azathioprine Yes
   Methotrexate
   Infliximab

Stopped systemic steroids post induction No N/a N/a Yes Yes

Length of vedolizumab course (years) 0.3 0.2 0.6 1.0 1.3

Number of infusions 4 3 5 10 16

Overall clinical improvement3 Yes No No +/− Yes

Endoscopic improvement N/A4 No No No No

Eosinophil counts (per hpf)

Esophagus
   Diagnosis5 0 90 42 45 0
   Baseline6 0 100 3 0 N/A
   Post-vedolizumab7 N/A 100 24 3 N/A

Stomach
   Diagnosis 210 80 23 400 230
   Baseline 180 0 0 1 25
   Post-vedolizumab N/A 0 30 0 0

Duodenum
   Diagnosis 0 N/A 80 0 170
   Baseline 0 N/A 76 8 150
   Post-vedolizumab N/A N/A 0 0 0

Jejunum
   Diagnosis N/A 40 N/A 40 140
   Baseline 130 82 N/A 6 N/A
   Post-vedolizumab N/A 58 N/A 0 N/A
1

E: esophageal involvement, S: stomach involvement, SB: small bowel involvement, C: colonic involvement;

2

6MP: 6-mercaptopurine;

3

Patient 1 stopped due to adverse events of migraine and recurrent nasopharyngeal infections, and Patients 2 & 3 stopped due to lack of clinical, endoscopic, or histologic resposne;

4

N/A: not assessed;

5

Eosinophil counts at diagnosis or off treatments;

6

Eosinophil counts at baseline prior to vedolizumab treatment, including patients on the treatments listed above;

7

Eosinophil counts after vedolizumab treatment