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. 2021 Mar 17;10(6):1242. doi: 10.3390/jcm10061242

Table 1.

Serum biologic drug concentration thresholds can vary based on inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) phenotype and the desired therapeutic outcome to target. Adapted from [27].

Drug Type IBD Type Time Point
(Week)
Threshold
(μg/mL)
Therapeutic Outcome (Time Point) TDM Assay References
VDZ UC 2 >28.9 Clinical response (week 14) ELISA Dreesen et al., 2018
VDZ UC 2 >23.7 Mucosal healing (week 14) ELISA Dreesen et al., 2018
VDZ CD 6 >13.8 Endoscopic remission (6 months) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ CD 6 >19.9 Biological remission (6 months) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ UC 6 >20.9 Endoscopic improvement (week 14) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ UC 6 >23.9 Clinical remission (week 14) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ CD 14 >30.1 Endoscopic improvement (6 months) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ CD 14 >21.2 Clinical remission (6 months) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ CD 14 >25.2 Biological remission (6 months) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ UC 14 >10.1 Endoscopic improvement (week 14) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ UC 14 >10.1 Clinical remission (week 14) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ UC 14 >6.8 Biological remission (week 14) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ UC 14 >12.6 Clinical response (week 14) ELISA Dreesen et al., 2018
VDZ UC 14 >17 Mucosal healing (week 14) ELISA Dreesen et al., 2018
VDZ CD 22 >13.6 Mucosal healing (week 22) ELISA Dreesen et al., 2018
VDZ CD 22 >12 Biological remission (week 22) ELISA Dreesen et al., 2018
VDZ CD/UC Maintenance >11.5 CS-free clinical & biochemical remission HMSA Ungaro et al., 2019
VDZ CD/UC Maintenance >10.7 CS-free endoscopic remission HMSA Ungaro et al., 2019
VDZ CD/UC Maintenance >14.8 CS-free deep remission HMSA Ungaro et al., 2019
VDZ CD Maintenance >6.8 CS-free clinical & biochemical remission HMSA Ungaro et al., 2019
VDZ UC Maintenance >10.1 CS-free clinical & biochemical remission HMSA Ungaro et al., 2019
VDZ CD Maintenance >12.1 Biological remission after 6 months ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
VDZ CD Maintenance >10.1 Endoscopic remission after 6 months ELISA Verstockt et al., 2020
UST CD 4 >15 FC < 100 mg/g (week 16) ELISA Hanzel et al., 2020
UST CD 4 >23.7 Endoscopic remission (week 24) ELISA Hanzel et al., 2020
UST CD 8 >4.2 50% decrease in FC (week 8) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2019
UST CD 8 >7.2 Biological remission (week 8) ELISA Verstockt et al., 2019
UST CD 8 >4.4 FC < 100 mg/g (week 16) ELISA Hanzel et al., 2020
UST CD 8 >6.9 FC < 100 mg/g (week 24) ELISA Hanzel et al., 2020
UST CD 8 11.1 Endoscopic remission (week 24) ELISA Hanzel et al., 2020
UST UC 8 >3.7 Clinical response (week 8) ELISA Adedokun et al., 2019
UST UC 8 >3.5 Endoscopic improvement (week 8) ELISA Adedokun et al., 2019
UST UC 8 >3.7 Histologic improvement (week 8) ELISA Adedokun et al., 2019
UST UC Maintenance ≥1.3 Clinical remission (week 44) ELISA Adedokun et al., 2019
UST UC Maintenance ≥1.1 Endoscopic improvement (week 44) ELISA Adedokun et al., 2019
UST UC Maintenance ≥1.3 Histologic improvement (week 44) ELISA Adedokun et al., 2019