Infliximab Therapy for Children with Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis: A Step-Up versus a Top-Down Strategy
- Authors
- Kim, MJ[Kim, Mi Jin]; Kim, E[Kim, Eunsil]; Kang, B[Kang, Ben]; Choe, YH[Choe, Yon Ho]
- Issue Date
- Jul-2021
- Publisher
- YONSEI UNIV COLL MEDICINE
- Keywords
- Ulcerative colitis; infliximab; children
- Citation
- YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL, v.62, no.7, pp.608 - 614
- Indexed
- SCIE
SCOPUS
KCI
- Journal Title
- YONSEI MEDICAL JOURNAL
- Volume
- 62
- Number
- 7
- Start Page
- 608
- End Page
- 614
- URI
- https://scholarworks.bwise.kr/skku/handle/2021.sw.skku/17207
- DOI
- 10.3349/ymj.2021.62.7.608
- ISSN
- 0513-5796
- Abstract
- Purpose: We aimed to investigate clinical outcomes between top-down (TD) and conventional step-up (SU) therapies in pediatric patients with moderate to severe ulcerative colitis (UC). Materials and Methods: All patients underwent clinical and endoscopic evaluation at diagnosis and 4 months and 1 year after treatment. Patients who started treatment with corticosteroid were grouped in the SU group, while those that initiated early infliximab (IFX) were grouped in the TD group. Among the SU group, patients who eventually changed to IFX treatment due to steroid resistance or dependency were included in the SU(R) group. Results: In total, 44 children with moderate to severe UC were included for analysis. Twenty-one patients were included in the SU group, 23 were included in the TD group, and 10 were enrolled in the SU(R) group. Relapse rates were 47.6% (10/21) in the SU group and 17.4% (4/23) in the TD group (p=0.033). Among relapsed patients, the durations from remission to relapse were 17.3 months (0.9 & ndash;46.9) in the SU group and 24.3 months (1.8 & ndash;44.9) in the TD group. There was no statistically significant difference in the sustained durations of remission after IFX administration between the SU(R) and TD groups [3.9 (1.4 & ndash;6.3) and 2.3 (0.3 & ndash;5.2) years, respectively (p>0.05)]. Conclusion: According to our study, early use of IFX without corticosteroid treatment for children with moderate to severe UC helps to lower relapse rates. We also found that IFX was a very effective treatment for pediatric UC, with a sustained duration of remission similar between TD and SU(R) groups.
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