Clinical efficacy of infliximab in the treatment of 62 cases with Crohn's disease / 中华消化杂志

ABSTRACT

Objective To evaluate the clinical efficacy and safety of iMliximab (IFX) in the treatment of Crohn's disease (CD).Methods From February 2009 to March 2013,the clinical data of 62 CD patients with IFX treatment were retrospectively analyzed.At week 14th after IFX injection and the end of follow-up of this study (March 2013) were two observation points.At week 14th after IFX injection (three times of IFX injection),C reactive protein (CRP) level,Crohn's disease activity index (CDAI) score and clinical remission were investigated.At the end of follow-up,clinical remission,fistula closure,mucosal healing and side effects were inspected.Normal distribution data were expressed as 2±s,which were compared with t test.Non normal distribution data were expressed as M (QL-QU) and compared with Wilcoxon test.Results Four cases without complete three times of IFX injection and one case lost to follow-up were eliminated.And nine postoperation cases with IFX treatment to prevent recurrence after surgery were excluded.A total of 48 cases of CD in active period were enrolled in this study on efficacy.At week 14th,CRP level of 48 patients [1.9(0.5,5.4) mg/L]decreased compared with that before treatment [28.9(6.4,51.1) mg/L] (Z=-5.468,P＜0.01);CDAI score (87.0±35.8) also decreased compared with that before treatment (245.1±59.1) (t=18.579,P＜0.01).At week 14th,46 patients in active period achieved clinical remission and the remission rate was 95.8％.By the end of follow-up,38 patients were still in remission period and the remission rate was 79.2％.Among 26 patients with anal fistula before IFX treatment,seven cases (26.9％) were completely closed,17 cases (65.4％) was partially closed and two cases was responseless.Fifteen patients were reviewed by colonoscopic examination after more than six times of IFX treatment.The median of simple endoscopic score for Crohn's disease (SES-CD) was 3 (0,5)after treatment,which decreased compared with that before treatment (8(7,9),Z=-3.306,P=0.001).Twenty-two of 48 cases in active period received,step-up strategy and 26 cases received with top-down strategy.At week 14th,20 cases (90.9％) of group with step-up strategy and 26 cases (100.0％) of group with top-down strategy were in remission period.By the end of follow-up,14 cases (63.6％) of group with step-up strategy and 24 cases (92.3％) of group with top down strategy maintained remission.Among 26 cases with anal fistula,two cases without response were treated with step-up strategy and seven cases with complete closure were all with top-down strategy.Among 62 patients,five had side effects,three of whom had acute infusion reaction,one had delayed infusion reaction and the other had anemia.Conclusions IFX had good clinical efficacy in controlling inflammation,inducing clinical remission,promoting fistula closure and mucosal healing in CD patients.For some CD patients with high risk,the initial top-down strategy showed good clinical efficacy.