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- Title
Monitoring of Vedolizumab Infusion Therapy (MOVE-IT) Response With Fecal Inflammation Markers, Ultrasound, and Trough Serum Level in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: Protocol for a Multicentric, Prospective, Noninterventional Study.
- Authors
Cording, Jimmi; Blömacher, Margit; Wiebe, Berit Inga; Langhorst, Jost; Kucharzik, Torsten; Sturm, Andreas; Schreiber, Stefan; Helwig, Ulf
- Abstract
Background: Vedolizumab has been shown to induce clinical remission in patients with active ulcerative colitis. Treatment with anti-integrin vedolizumab leads to clinical remission in 16.9% and clinical response in 47.1% of cases after 6 weeks. However, in clinical practice, no decision to discontinue or continue vedolizumab therapy is made until 14 weeks at the earliest. Objective: The aim of this study is to develop an algorithm for optimizing vedolizumab administration in patients with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis by calculating the probability of clinical response at week 14, on the basis of the data from week 6. Methods: This is a prospective, single-arm, multicentric, noninterventional, observational study with no interim analyses and a sample size of 35 evaluable patients. Results: The enrollment started in August 2018 and was still open at the date of submission. The study is expected to complete in September 2020. Conclusions: The early identification of patients who are responding to an integrin antibody is therapeutically beneficial. At the same time, patients who are not responding can be identified earlier. The development of a therapeutic algorithm for identifying patients as responders or nonresponders can thus help prescribing physicians avoid ineffective treatments and stop these very early. We help JMIR researchers to raise funds to pursue their research and development aimed at tackling important health and technology challenges. If you would like to show your support for this author, please donate using the button below. The funds raised will directly benefit the corresponding author of this article (minus 8% admin fees). Your donations will help this author to continue publishing open access papers in JMIR journals. Donations of over $100 may also be acknowledged in future publications. Suggested contribution levels: $20/$50/$100
- Subjects
ULCERATIVE colitis; INFUSION therapy; DISEASE remission; VEDOLIZUMAB; OPEN access publishing
- Publication
Journal of Medical Internet Research, 2019, Vol 21, Issue 11, pN.PAG
- ISSN
1439-4456
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2196/14335