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. 2019 Apr 2;7:93. doi: 10.1186/s40425-019-0577-1

Table 6.

Outcomes after SIT

Characteristics Failed steroid tapering after SIT IMC recurrence
OR (95% CI) P OR (95% CI) P
ICI type
Anti-PD-1/L1 monotherapy Reference Reference
Anti-CTLA-4 therapy 0.50 (0.19–1.29) 0.150 1.09 (0.36–3.37) 0.871
Colitis grade
1–2 Reference Reference
3–4 4.09 (1.53–10.98) 0.005 1.79 (0.59–3.38) 0.299
Multiple hospitalizations 9.05 (2.79–29.33) < 0.001 26.25 (3.22–213.82) 0.002
Failed steroid tapering before SIT 3.75 (1.39–10.16) 0.009 2.42 (0.75–7.77) 0.138
Failed steroid tapering after SIT 4.07 (1.29–12.88) 0.017
Type of SIT
Vedolizumab Reference Reference
Infliximab 0.47 (0.18–1.22) 0.120 12.57 (1.57–100.57) 0.017
No. of SIT infusions
1–2 Reference Reference
≥3 2.97 (1.13–7.79) 0.027 0.09 (0.01–0.72) 0.023
Endoscopic remission 1.68 (0.41–6.96) 0.474 0.15 (0.03–0.79) 0.025
Histologic remission 0.67 (0.18–2.46) 0.543 0.18 (0.04–0.88) 0.033
Number of steroids tapering attempts 9.50 (3.76–24.01) < 0.001 3.35 (1.68–6.69) 0.001
Duration from IMC onset to SIT 1.05 (1.01–1.09) 0.011 1.00 (0.98–1.03) 0.774
Overall duration of steroids 1.02 (1.01–1.04) 0.001 1.01 (1.00–1.03) 0.022
Calprotectin at time of onset 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.599 1.00 (0.99–1.01) 0.346
Calprotectin after SIT 1.00 (0.99–1.00) 0.573 1.01 (1.00–1.01) 0.014
Duration of hospitalization 1.12 (1.04–1.21) 0.004 1.14 (1.05–1.23) 0.001
Duration of symptoms 1.06 (1.03–1.08) < 0.001 1.02 (1.01–1.03) 0.008

Abbreviations: CI, confidence interval; CTLA, cytotoxic T lymphocyte associated protein; SIT, selective immunosuppressive therapy; OR, odds ratio; PD-1, programmed death protein 1; PD-L1, PD-1 ligand