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Table 1 Baseline demographics, disease characteristics, medication history and utilization of study population

From: Objective disease activity assessment and therapeutic drug monitoring prior to biologic therapy changes in routine inflammatory bowel disease clinical practice: TARGET-IBD

Variable

All participants (N = 525)

Participant type

Ulcerative colitis (N = 150)

Crohn's disease (N = 375)

Age at study entry (years)

 Median (n)

39 (525)

39 (150)

39 (375)

 Min–max

18–80

19–74

18–80

Age at study entry by category, n (%)1

 18–39

274 (52.2%)

78 (52.0%)

196 (52.3%)

 40–64

199 (37.9%)

53 (35.3%)

146 (38.9%)

 ≥ 65

52 (9.9%)

19 (12.7%)

33 (8.8%)

Age at diagnosis (years)

 Median (n)

26 (494)

32 (144)

24 (350)

 Min–max

1–71

1–71

6–66

Age at diagnosis by category, n (%)

 < 18

106 (20.2%)

18 (12.0%)

88 (23.5%)

 18–39

272 (51.8%)

75 (50.0%)

197 (52.5%)

 40–49

56 (10.7%)

22 (14.7%)

34 (9.1%)

 50–64

52 (9.9%)

23 (15.3%)

29 (7.7%)

 ≥ 65

8 (1.5%)

6 (4.0%)

2 (0.5%)

 Not reported

31 (5.9%)

6 (4.0%)

25 (6.7%)

Sex, n (%)

 Female

306 (58.3%)

83 (55.3%)

223 (59.5%)

 Male

219 (41.7%)

67 (44.7%)

152 (40.5%)

Race, n (%)

 White

450 (85.7%)

128 (85.3%)

322 (85.9%)

 Black or African American

36 (6.9%)

9 (6.0%)

27 (7.2%)

 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.3%)

 Asian

6 (1.1%)

1 (0.7%)

5 (1.3%)

 Other

12 (2.3%)

4 (2.7%)

8 (2.1%)

 Not reported

19 (3.6%)

7 (4.7%)

12 (3.2%)

Ethnicity, n (%)

 Hispanic or Latino

20 (3.8%)

4 (2.7%)

16 (4.3%)

 Not Hispanic or Latino

478 (91.0%)

134 (89.3%)

344 (91.7%)

 Other

2 (0.4%)

1 (0.7%)

1 (0.3%)

 Not reported

25 (4.8%)

11 (7.3%)

14 (3.7%)

Insurance type at enrollment

525 (100.0%)

150 (100.0%)

375 (100.0%)

 Private

428 (81.5%)

122 (81.3%)

306 (81.6%)

 Medicare

59 (11.2%)

19 (12.7%)

40 (10.7%)

 Medicaid

42 (8.0%)

14 (9.3%)

28 (7.5%)

 Supplemental

17 (3.2%)

5 (3.3%)

12 (3.2%)

 Other

8 (1.5%)

2 (1.3%)

6 (1.6%)

 Unknown

7 (1.3%)

1 (0.7%)

6 (1.6%)

Site type, n (%)

 Academic

387 (73.7%)

101 (67.3%)

286 (76.3%)

 Community

138 (26.3%)

49 (32.7%)

89 (23.7%)

Crohn's disease location, n (%)

 n

375

–

375

 Colon

52 (13.9%)

 

52 (13.9%)

 Ileocolon

226 (60.3%)

 

226 (60.3%)

 Ileum

92 (24.5%)

 

92 (24.5%)

 Not reported

5 (1.3%)

 

5 (1.3%)

Upper GI tract involvement, n (%)1

 n

375

–

375

 No

167 (44.5%)

 

167 (44.5%)

 Yes

79 (21.1%)

 

79 (21.1%)

 Not reported

129 (34.4%)

 

129 (34.4%)

Crohn's disease behavior, n (%)

 n

375

–

375

 Inflammatory (B1)

133 (35.5%)

 

133 (35.5%)

 Stricturing (B2)

112 (29.9%)

 

112 (29.9%)

 Penetrating/fistulizing (B3)

130 (34.7%)

 

130 (34.7%)

Perianal disease, n (%)

 n

375

–

375

 No

156 (41.6%)

 

156 (41.6%)

 Yes

115 (30.7%)

 

115 (30.7%)

 Not reported

104 (27.7%)

 

104 (27.7%)

Ulcerative colitis extent, n (%)

 n

150

150

–

 Extensive

100 (66.7%)

100 (66.7%)

 

 Left-sided

40 (26.7%)

40 (26.7%)

 

 Proctitis

2 (1.3%)

2 (1.3%)

 

 Not reported

8 (5.3%)

8 (5.3%)

 

Previous biologic use, n (%)1

 No

295 (56.2%)

116 (77.3%)

179 (47.7%)

 Yes

230 (43.8%)

34 (22.7%)

196 (52.3%)

Biologic, n (%)

 Adalimumab

230 (43.8%)

69 (46.0%)

161 (42.9%)

 Certolizumab

34 (6.5%)

2 (1.3%)

32 (8.5%)

 Etanercept

1 (0.2%)

0 (0.0%)

1 (0.3%)

 Golimumab

3 (0.6%)

1 (0.7%)

2 (0.5%)

 Infliximab

160 (30.5%)

52 (34.7%)

108 (28.8%)

 Ustekinumab

24 (4.6%)

0 (0.0%)

24 (6.4%)

 Vedolizumab

73 (13.9%)

26 (17.3%)

47 (12.5%)

Objective assessment or TDM, n (%)

 No assessment prior to treatment change

143 (27.2%)

41 (27.3%)

102 (27.2%)

 Objective assessment only

245 (46.7%)

65 (43.3%)

180 (48.0%)

 TDM only

32 (6.1%)

11 (7.3%)

21 (5.6%)

 Objective assessment and TDM

105 (20.0%)

33 (22.0%)

72 (19.2%)

  1. 1Includes biologic use prior to the initiation of the biologic for which there was a dose change or discontinuation due to lack of effect