Table 2.
Variables associated with treatment failure
| Univariable analysis | Multivariable analysis | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variables | p | HR | 95% CI | p | HR | 95% CI |
| Male | 0.013 | 3 | 1.3–7 | 0.001 | 5.3 | 2.1–13.7 |
| IBD type [UC vs CD] | 0.010 | 2.7 | 1.3–5.8 | 0.001 | 3.9 | 1.7–8.9 |
| CD locationa | 0.281 | |||||
| CD behaviora | 0.657 | |||||
| Age at diagnosis | 0.461 | |||||
| Age at start of IFX | 0.439 | |||||
| Disease duration | 0.433 | |||||
| UC extensiona | 0.264 | |||||
| Perianal fistulizing disease | 0.293 | |||||
| Prior ileocolonic resection | 0.549 | |||||
| Concomitant IMMsb | 0.094 | |||||
| Anti-TNF naïve | 0.685 | |||||
| Smoking ever | 0.524 | |||||
| IFX dosing other than 5 mg/kg q8wb | 0.422 | |||||
| IFX concentrationb | 0.039 | 0.93 | 0.87–0.99 | 0.006 | 0.89 | 0.82–0.97 |
| ATIb | 0.845 | |||||
| Proactive IFX monitoring following reactive testing | 0.001 | 0.17 | 0.05–0.55 | 0.002 | 0.15 | 0.05–0.51 |
| Center | 0.503 | |||||
| Type of assayb | 0.243 | |||||
aMontreal Classification; bat start of therapeutic drug monitoring.
IBD: inflammatory bowel disease; CD: Crohn’s disease; UC: ulcerative colitis; HR: hazard ratio; CI: confidence interval; IFX: infliximab; IMM: immunomodulator; TNF: tumor necrosis factor; ATI: antibodies to infliximab; w: week.