Four-year maintenance treatment with adalimumab in Japanese patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The 52-week safety and efficacy of adalimumab in Japanese patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis were demonstrated in a placebo-controlled phase 2/3 trial. Data from patients who enrolled in the open-label extension study are presented.

Methods

Remission and response per the full Mayo score (FMS) and the partial Mayo score (PMS), remission per the Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire (IBDQ) score, corticosteroid-free remission, and mucosal healing were assessed up to week 196 (week 208 for remission/response per PMS) of adalimumab treatment in patients who received one or more doses of adalimumab with use of a hybrid nonresponder imputation (hNRI) method. Nonresponder imputation was used for missing data up to the latest possible follow

SUBMITTER: Suzuki Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5569655 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature