Table 4.
Changes in Clinical Management After TDM or Empirical Decision. All Values Represent Number (%) Unless Otherwise Indicated
TDM Group (n=111) | Empirically Group (n=195) | |
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Patients with positive ADA, n (%) Patients with trough level in therapeutic ranges n (%) Patients with trough levels below therapeutic ranges, n (%) Patients with trough levels above therapeutic ranges, n (%) Post TDM management Dose escalation, n (%) Dose reduction, n (%) Switch to another TNFi, n (%) Switch to non-TNFi biologic, n (%) Stopped biologics, n (%) No action, n (%) Clinical remission/low disease activity at follow-up, n (%) Non-responder/loss of response, n (%) Adverse events, n (%) |
10 (9) 55 (50) 10 (9) 36 (32) 3 (3) 34 (31) 9 (8) 11 (10) 4 (4) 50 (45) 89 (80) 20 (18) 3 (3) |
1 (0) 113 (63) 27 (14) 54 (28) 1 (0) 3 (2) 34 (17) 28 (14) 8 (4) 121 (62) 128 (65) 47 (24) 20 (10) |
Abbreviations: ADA, anti-drug antibodies; TDM, therapeutic drug monitoring; TNFi, TNF inhibitor.