Certolizumab in Crohn's Disease Patients With Loss of Response or Intolerance to Infliximab

Summary

To assess the clinical efficacy of subcutaneous (sc) certolizumab pegol administration over 26 weeks in patients suffering from Crohn's Disease (CD) and previously treated with infliximab

Timeline

Start

2006-04

Primary completion

2008-04

Completion

2008-04

Publications

• Background Taylor P, Manger B, Alvaro-Gracia J, Johnstone R, Gomez-Reino J, Eberhardt E, Wolfe F, Schwartzman S, Furfaro N, Kavanaugh A. Patient perceptions concerning pain management in the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis. J Int Med Res. 2010 Jul-Aug;38(4):1213-24. doi: 10.1177/147323001003800402.
• Results Sandborn WJ, Abreu MT, D'Haens G, Colombel JF, Vermeire S, Mitchev K, Jamoul C, Fedorak RN, Spehlmann ME, Wolf DC, Lee S, Rutgeerts P. Certolizumab pegol in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease and secondary failure to infliximab. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2010 Aug;8(8):688-695.e2. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2010.04.021. Epub 2010 May 6.
• Results Feagan BG, Sandborn WJ, Wolf DC, Coteur G, Purcaru O, Brabant Y, Rutgeerts PJ. Randomised clinical trial: improvement in health outcomes with certolizumab pegol in patients with active Crohn's disease with prior loss of response to infliximab. Aliment Pharmacol Ther. 2011 Mar;33(5):541-50. doi: 10.1111/j.1365-2036.2010.04568.x. Epub 2011 Jan 12.

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