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Gastroenterologie
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Gastroenterology and Hepatology

Gastroent Hepatol 2011; 65(2): 70-74.

Influence of albuminemia on the pharmacokinetics of infliximab in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases

Karin Malíčková Orcid.org  1,2, Martin Bortlík Orcid.org  1,3,4, Dana Ďuricová Orcid.org  1, Helena Brodská Orcid.org  , Naděžda Machková Orcid.org  1, Ivana Janatková Orcid.org  , Tomáš Zima Orcid.org  , Milan Lukáš Orcid.org  1

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Summary

Purpose of the study: To analyse infliximab and albumin serum levels in different stages of the biological treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD).

Methods: We examined the serum trough levels of infliximab and albuminemia in 85 patients with IBD in weeks 2 and 14 of biological treatment with infliximab.

Results: In week 2, infliximab was detected in the sera of 34 patients (40%) and in week 14 in 44 patients (52%). Serum infliximab trough levels were significantly lower in week 2 than in week 14 (p = 0.0138). Likewise, levels of albumin in week 2 were significantly lower than in week 14 (p = 0.0002). In patients with detectable serum infliximab trough levels (concentration > 3 μg/ml), albuminemia was significantly higher than in patients with undetectable serum infliximab levels, regardless of the biological treatment stage. The correlation between serum infliximab levels and albuminemia was significantly positive (r = 0.39, p < 0.0001).

Conclusions: Levels of both infliximab and albumin rise during biological treatment of IBD. We confirmed a significant positive correlation between albumin and infliximab serum levels, suggesting the theoretical possibility of using serum albumin to predict infliximab pharmacokinetics.

Keywords

biological therapy, inflammatory bowel disease, infliximab

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