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. 2020 Oct 29;14:115–125. doi: 10.2147/BTT.S262511

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)
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.