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Buhl S, Steenholdt C, Brynskov J, Christensen KR, Dorn-Rasmussen M, Thomsen OØ, Bendtzen K, Klausen TW, Dahlerup JF, Thorsgaard N, Jahnsen J, Molazahi A, Pedersen N, Kjeldsen J, Almer S, Dahl EE, Vind I, Cannon AG, Marsal J, Sipponen T, Agnholt JS, Kievit HAL, Aure SL, Martinsen L, Meisner S, Hansen JM, Ainsworth MA. Discontinuation of Infliximab Therapy in Patients with Crohn's Disease. NEJM Evid 2022; 1:EVIDoa2200061. [PMID: 38319804 DOI: 10.1056/evidoa2200061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2024]
Abstract
Infliximab Discontinuation in Patients with Crohn's DiseaseThis randomized controlled trial explores infliximab withdrawal in patients with Crohn's disease in clinical, biochemical, and endoscopic remission with long-term infliximab maintenance therapy. Time to relapse was significantly shorter among patients who discontinued infliximab than among those who continued therapy.
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Affiliation(s)
- Sine Buhl
- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
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- Institute for Inflammation Research IRR, Rigshospitalet University Hospital, Copenhagen
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Diseases, Herning Regional Hospital, Herning, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo
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- Department of Medical Diseases, Nykøbing F. Regional Hospital, Nykøbing, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Slagelse Regional Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology S, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Inflammatory Bowel Disease Unit, Division of Gastroenterology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden
- Departement of Medicine Solna, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Gastroenterology K, Copenhagen University Hospital-Bispebjerg, Frederiksberg, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Amager and Hvidovre, Hvidovre, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Skåne University Hospital, Malmö, Sweden
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- Gastroenterology, Abdominal Center, Helsinki University Hospital, University of Helsinki, Helsinki
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- Department of Hepatology and Gastroenterology, Aarhus University Hospital, Aarhus, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Akershus University Hospital, Institute of Clinical Medicine, University of Oslo, Oslo
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- Department of Medical Diseases, Nykøbing F. Regional Hospital, Nykøbing, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Slagelse Regional Hospital, Slagelse, Denmark
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- Department of Medical Gastroenterology S, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Copenhagen University Hospital-Herlev and Gentofte, Herlev, Denmark
- Department of Medical Gastroenterology S, Odense University Hospital, Odense, Denmark
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