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. 2020 Jun 27;27(5):639–646. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa168

TABLE 4.

Baseline Medication Use and Treatment Escalation Stratified by Treatment Algorithm and Disease Location

Isolated Colonic CD Ileal-Dominant CD
CM ECI CM ECI
Proportion of patients on different medications at each time point
 Steroids
 Month 0 29/178 (16.3%) 47/257 (18.3%) 124/717 (17.3%) 157/817 (19.2%)
 Month 12 17/152 (11.2%) 21/217 (9.7%) 72/628 (11.5%) 70/679 (10.3%)
 Month 24 13/123 (10.6%) 10/171 (5.9%) 74/550 (13.5%) 42/556 (7.6%)
 Antimetabolite monotherapy
 Month 0 78/178 (43.8%) 110/257 (42.8%) 287/717 (40.0%) 376/817 (46.0%)
 Month 12 74/152 (48.7%) 106/217 (48.9%) 261/628 (41.6%) 353/679 (52.0%)
 Month 24 64/123 (52.0%) 85/171 (49.7%) 235/550 (42.7%) 286/556 (51.4%)
 TNF-antagonist monotherapy
 Month 0 66/178 (37.1%) 80/257 (31.1%) 246/717 (34.3%) 261/817 (32.0%)
 Month 12 68/152 (44.7%) 105/217 (48.4%) 248/628 (39.5%) 285/679 (42.0%)
 Month 24 58/123 (47.2%) 82/171 (48.0%) 218/550 (39.6%) 245/556 (44.1%)
 Combination antimetabolite and TNF antagonist
 Month 0 26/178 (14.6%) 25/257 (9.7%) 90/717 (12.6%) 103/817 (12.6%)
 Month 12 33/152 (21.7%) 52/217 (24.0%) 96/628 (15.3%) 142/679 (20.9%)
 Month 24 30/123 (24.4%) 44/171 (25.7%) 85/550 (15.5%) 114/556 (20.5%)
Cumulative rates of treatment with different medications
 Steroids
 Month 12 14.0% 11.9% 14.3% 15.2%
 Month 24 23.0% 18.8% 20.8% 21.6%
 Antimetabolite monotherapy
 Month 12 8.8% 20.0% 10.1% 20.2%
 Month 24 13.0% 23.9% 16.1% 27.7%
 TNF-antagonist monotherapy
 Month 12 15.7% 22.1% 12.6% 21.3%
 Month 24 20.6% 26.9% 16.8% 27.4%
 Combination antimetabolite and TNF antagonist
 Month 12 9.3% 19.0% 5.8% 13.7%
 Month 24 12.9% 21.4% 8.9% 19.0%