A role for thiopurine metabolites in the synergism between thiopurines and infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease

Ditte V. Mogensen; Jørn Brynskov; Mark A. Ainsworth; Jacob Nersting; Kjeld Schmiegelow; Casper Steenholdt

doi:10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx149

A role for thiopurine metabolites in the synergism between thiopurines and infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease

Ditte V. Mogensen, Jørn Brynskov, Mark A. Ainsworth, Jacob Nersting, Kjeld Schmiegelow, Casper Steenholdt^*

^*Corresponding author af dette arbejde

Institut for Klinisk Medicin

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Background: Interactions between principal cytotoxic thiopurine metabolites, that is 6-thioguanine nucleotides [6-TGN], and infliximab [IFX] and anti-IFX antibodies [Abs] may contribute to higher effectiveness of IFX-thiopurine combination therapy than monotherapies in inflammatory bowel disease. Methods: To examine if thiopurine metabolites influenced trough IFX and anti-IFX Abs, 89 patients previously assessed for anti-IFX Abs were included. To assess if IFX influenced thiopurine metabolites, eight patients who had responded to 12 weeks of intensified IFX at a constant thiopurine dosing were included. Results: In the first cohort, IFX-thiopurine combination therapy reduced anti-IFX Ab detection [8/40; 20%] as compared with IFX monotherapy [22/49; 45%], odds ratio [OR] 0.31 [0.12-0.80], p < 0.05. 6-TGN was significantly lower in anti-IFX Ab-positive patients (50 pmol/8 × 10⁸ red blood cells [RBC] vs 105, p < 0.01). All anti-IFX Ab-positive patients had 6-TGN < 117 pmol/8 × 10⁸ RBC (sensitivity 100% [63-100], specificity 47% [29-65], area under the curve_ROC = 0.82, p < 0.01). Trough IFX was similar between anti-IFX Ab-negative patients in IFX monotherapy and IFX-thiopurine combination therapy [5.1 μg/mL vs 4.9, p = 0.76]. 6-TGN and IFX did not correlate [r_P = 0.04, p = 0.83; r_S = 0.02, p = 0.89, respectively]. In the second cohort, trough IFX increased during IFX intensification [ΔIFX median 6.5 μg/mL, p = 0.02], but 6-TGN was stable [6-TGN at Weeks 0, 4, 8, 12: 90 pmol/8 × 10⁸ RBC, 93, 101, 90; p > 0.05]. Methylated mercaptopurine metabolite associations were consistently negative. Conclusions: Superior effect of IFX-thiopurine combination therapy over monotherapies partly relates to decrease in anti-IFX Abs, which associates with 6-TGN levels and has a lower therapeutic threshold than during thiopurine monotherapy. Additional benefit likely ascribes to synergy between different anti-inflammatory modes of action rather than direct drug interactions.

Originalsprog	Engelsk
Tidsskrift	Journal of Crohn's and Colitis
Vol/bind	12
Udgave nummer	3
Sider (fra-til)	298-305
ISSN	1873-9946
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjx149
Status	Udgivet - 2018

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A role for thiopurine metabolites in the synergism between thiopurines and infliximab in inflammatory bowel disease

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