Adriana Zanoni Dotti, Daniela Oliveira Magro, Eduardo Garcia Vilela, Julio Maria Fonseca Chebli, Liliana Andrade Chebli, Flavio Steinwurz, Marjorie Argollo, Nayara Salgado Carvalho, Jose Miguel Luz Parente, Murilo Moura Lima, Rogério Serafim Parra, Ramir Luan Perin, Cristina Flores, Eloá Marussi Morsoletto, Sandro da Costa Ferreira, Juliano Coelho Ludvig, Roberto Luiz Kaiser Junior, Mikaell Alexandre Gouvea Faria, Guilherme Mattioli Nicollelli, Adriana Ribas Andrade, Natalia Sousa Freitas Queiroz, Paulo Gustavo Kotze
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Abstract
Background: In real-world experience, the number of patients using vedolizumab as first-line biological therapy was low. We aimed to evaluate the effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab in mild-to-moderate Crohn's disease (CD) biologic-naïve patients.
Methods: We performed a retrospective multicentric cohort study with patients who had clinical activity scores (Harvey-Bradshaw Index [HBI]) measured at baseline and weeks 12, 26, 52, as well as at the last follow-up. Clinical response was defined as a reduction ≥3 in HBI, whereas clinical remission as HBI ≤4. Mucosal healing was defined as the complete absence of ulcers in control colonoscopies. Kaplan-Meier survival analysis was used to assess the persistence with vedolizumab.
Results: From a total of 66 patients, 53% (35/66) reached clinical remission at week 12. This percentage increased to 69.7% (46/66) at week 26, and 78.8% (52/66) at week 52. Mucosal healing was achieved in 62.3% (33/53) of patients. Vedolizumab was well tolerated, and most adverse events were minor. During vedolizumab treatment, 3/66 patients underwent surgery.
Conclusions: This study demonstrates the effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab as a first-line biological agent in patients with mild-to-moderate CD.