Therapeutic Drug Monitoring in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: History and Future Directions

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Abstract

Clinical trials for the most effective drugs in the armamentarium of medications for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) have shown only a 50-60% response rate, and this drops to 30% in maintenance. However, therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) to adjust dosing to account for patient-specific characteristics, which has been shown to improve outcomes, was not utilized in these trials. This review will detail the development of TDM within the IBD space as it evolved from thiopurines to biologics and continues to evolve with loftier treat-to-target goals and more sophisticated dashboard systems.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1309-1326
Number of pages18
JournalPediatric Clinics of North America
Volume64
Issue number6
DOIs
StatePublished - Dec 2017

Keywords

  • Biologics
  • Inflammatory bowel disease
  • Therapeutic drug monitoring
  • Thiopurine metabolite monitoring

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