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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2020 Apr 1.
Published in final edited form as: Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2019 Feb 17;49(7):873–879. doi: 10.1111/apt.15177

Table 2:

Frequency of study outcomes with anti-TNF or vedolizumab in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases 60 years or older

Outcome Anti-TNF (n=131) Vedolizumab (n=103) p-value
Remission:
  At 3 months 65(50%) 39(38%) 0.07
  At 6 months 65(54%) 46(45%) 0.23
  At 12 months 61(58%) 47(54%) 0.63
Need for IBD surgery at 1 year 14(11%) 10(10%) 0.78
Need for IBD hospitalization at 1 year 26(20%) 13(13%) 0.12
Infection (within 1 year) 20% 17% 0.54
Type of infection (n = 24) (n = 17)
  Pneumonia 7(29%) 4(24%)
  Sepsis 2(8%) 2(12%)
  UTI 3(13%) 0%
  Abscess 4(17%) 3(18%)
  C difficile 5 (21%) 1 (6%)
  CMV 1 (4%) 0 (0%)
  Dental infection 1 (4%) 0 (0%)
  Shingles 1 (4%) 0 (0%)
  URI 0 (0%) 5 (29%)
  Fever (unspecified) 0 (0%) 1 (6%)
  Gastroenteritis 0 (0%) 2 (12%)
Skin cancer 1(0.8%) 1(1.0%) 0.86
Other cancers 4(3%) 1(1%) 0.27
Reason for cessation (n = 80) (n = 37)
  Infusion / Allergic reaction 16(20%) 2(5%)
  Infection 9(11%) 5(14%)
  Cancer 4(5%) 1(3%)
  Heart failure 1(1%) 0(0%)
  Other 50(63%) 29(78%)