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Table 3 Trough infliximab concentration (mg/L) during infliximab initiation for ATIpos and ATIneg patients with RA and SpAa

From: Antibodies toward infliximab are associated with low infliximab concentration at treatment initiation and poor infliximab maintenance in rheumatic diseases

 

RA (n= 17)

SpA (n= 91)

Time after infliximab initiation

ATIpos (n= 7)

ATIneg (n= 10)

Pvalue

ATIpos (n= 14)

ATIneg (n= 77)

Pvalue

Week 2

7.7 (2.8 to 16.9)

27.2 (7.1 to 41.9)

0.002

25.0 (4.0 to 40.7)

35.8 (14.3 to 57.2)

0.003

Week 6

0.3 (0 to 6.2)

15.4 (2.7 to 35.0)

0.001

11.9 (0 to 24.2)

29.5 (3.4 to 69.0)

< 0.001

Weeks 12 and 14

0 (0 to 0.03)

5.4 (0 to 21.9)

0.01

1.6 (0 to 13.5)

15.8 (0.7 to 47.3)

< 0.001

  1. aATI: antibodies toward infliximab; ATIpos: ATI detected at least once during follow-up; ATIneg: ATI not detected; RA: rheumatoid arthritis; SpA: spondyloarthritis. Results are given as medians (ranges).