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. 2023 Jan 11;8(3):215–227. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00385-5

Table 3.

Serious adverse events in all randomised patients (n=211)

Combination group (n=71) Infliximab withdrawal group (n=71) Immunosuppressant withdrawal group (n=69)
Infections 4 (6%)* 2 (3%)* 1 (1%)*
Allergic reaction to infliximab 0 0 1 (1%)
Crohn's disease exacerbation 3 (4%) 4 (6%) 1 (1%)
Cancer 0 0 0
Death 0 0 0
Miscellaneous 3 (4%) 2 (3%) 10 (14%)

Data are number of events (%).

*

Infections: four cases of appendicitis in the combination group; one case of viral pericarditis and one community-acquired pneumonia in the infliximab withdrawal group; and one report of tuberculosis in the immunosuppressant withdrawal group.

Miscellaneous includes renal insufficiency (n=2) and gastric sleeve surgery (n=1) in the combination group; ischaemic stroke (n=1) and brachial neuralgia (n=1) in the infliximab withdrawal group; and acute pancreatitis (n=2), alcohol intoxication (n=4), cannabis intoxication (n=1), epilepsy (n=1), sacrococcygeal cyst (n=1), and spontaneous miscarriage (n=1) in the immunosuppressant withdrawal group.