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JOURNAL ARTICLE
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Therapeutic drug monitoring of anti-TNF-α agents in inflammatory bowel diseases.
INTRODUCTION: The elaboration of effective and cost-saving algorithms for anti-TNF optimization in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) represents one of the biggest challenges over the last few years. Recently, many studies have been focused on the identification of an optimal trough level (TL) for most used anti-TNF agents and on the role of anti-drug antibodies (ADAs), especially in the management of patients who lose response to biological treatments. Therapeutic drug monitoring may potentially help to also prevent lose of clinical benefit overtime and to reduce health-related costs.
AREAS COVERED: Current evidence about the correlation between clinical outcomes and anti-TNF TLs, the role of ADAs in the context of safety and loss of response to anti-TNF, the utility of therapeutic drug monitoring in clinical practice.
EXPERT OPINION: The data available so far support the utility of TL and ADA measurement for the management of IBD patients with loss of response to anti-TNF but does not currently authorizes a routine application in clinical practice of proactive therapeutic monitoring in patients in clinical remission. However, this remains a promising approach to optimize anti-TNF therapies and possibly to reduce health-related costs, then further prospective studies are strongly expected.
AREAS COVERED: Current evidence about the correlation between clinical outcomes and anti-TNF TLs, the role of ADAs in the context of safety and loss of response to anti-TNF, the utility of therapeutic drug monitoring in clinical practice.
EXPERT OPINION: The data available so far support the utility of TL and ADA measurement for the management of IBD patients with loss of response to anti-TNF but does not currently authorizes a routine application in clinical practice of proactive therapeutic monitoring in patients in clinical remission. However, this remains a promising approach to optimize anti-TNF therapies and possibly to reduce health-related costs, then further prospective studies are strongly expected.
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