P495 Vedolizumab trough concentrations and histological remission in Ulcerative Colitis: Results from the LOVE-UC study
Hanzel, J.(1)*;Baert, F.(2);Löwenberg, M.(3);Ferrante, M.(4);Bossuyt, P.(5);Hoentjen, F.(6);Franchimont, D.(7);Palatka, K.(8);Peeters, H.(9);Mookhoek, A.(10);de Hertogh, G.(11);Clasquin, E.(3);Vermeire, S.(4);D'Haens, G.(3);
(1)University Medical Centre Ljubiljana, Department of Gastroenterology, Ljubljana, Slovenia;(2)AZ Delta, Department of Gastroenterology, Roeselare, Belgium;(3)Amsterdam University Medical Center, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Amsterdam, The Netherlands;(4)University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Leuven, Belgium;(5)Imelda General Hospital, Imelda Clinical Research Centre, Bonheiden, Belgium;(6)University of Alberta, Division of Gastroenterology- Department of Medicine, Edmonton, Canada;(7)Erasme Hospital, Department of Gastroenterology, Brussels, Belgium;(8)University of Debrecen, Division of Gastroenterology- Department of Internal Medicine, Debrecen, Hungary;(9)AZ Sint Lucas, Department of Gastroenterology, Gent, Belgium;(10)Bern University, Institute of Pathology, Bern, Switzerland;(11)University Hospitals Leuven, Department of Pathology, Leuven, Belgium;
Background
To date, the association between vedolizumab (VDZ) serum concentrations and histological remission in ulcerative colitis (UC) has not been studied prospectively. VDZ serum concentrations could potentially offer additional guidance for predicting histological remission. We studied the relationship between VDZ serum concentrations and histological remission in a prospective study.
Methods
LOVE-UC was a multicentre international (Belgium, the Netherlands, and Hungary) open label prospective study in patients with moderately to severely active UC treated with VDZ. VDZ serum concentrations were measured at trough prior to every infusion. Endoscopy was performed at baseline, week 26 and 52. Biopsies from the most severely affected area and endoscopy videos were scored by blinded central readers. Histological remission was defined as a Robarts Histopathology Index <3 without neutrophils. Patients who did not undergo histological assessment were regarded as not having reached histological remission. Endoscopic remission was defined as a Mayo endoscopic sub-score 0.
Results
A total of 121 patients (61 male, 62 with prior exposure to tumour necrosis factor antagonists, mean total Mayo score at baseline of 9) received at least one infusion of VDZ. At week 26, 37.2% (45/121) patients were in histological remission, 38.8% (47/121) were in histological remission at week 52. The corresponding rates of combined histological and endoscopic remission were 19.8% (24/121) and 20.7% (25/121), respectively. Median VDZ serum concentrations were numerically higher at all time points in patients who achieved histological remission at week 26 than in those who did not (Table 1). Concentration thresholds (sensitivity, specificity, positive predictive value, negative predictive value, area under the receiver operating characteristic curve) of 32.5 mg/L (66%, 68%, 54%, 74%, 0.681) at week 6 and 12.5 mg/L (76%, 60%, 61%, 70%, 0.724) at week 22 were associated with histological remission at week 26. Higher proportions of patients achieved histological remission at week 26 in higher VDZ serum concentration quartiles (Figure 1).
Conclusion
VDZ serum concentrations were positively associated with histological remission in UC, although the predictive value of serum concentrations for subsequent histological remission was modest.