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Table 4 Additional efficacy and safety data compared between the groups

From: Anti-TNF therapy for ulcerative colitis in Brazil: a comparative real-world national retrospective multicentric study from the Brazilian study group of IBD (GEDIIB)

 

Adalimumab (ADA) (n=111)

Infliximab (IFX) (n=282)

P value

Time of treatment with anti-TNF (months)

28.93 ±23.36

41.23 ±33.14

<0.001

Secondary loss of response

44 (44.00)

96 (36.92)

<0.001

Anti-TNF dose optimization

42 (40.78)

101 (38.55)

<0.001

Switch of biological therapy

37 (35.58)

61 (23.28)

0.015

Colectomy

5 (4.50)

18 (6.59)

0.007

Overall adverse events

13 (11.71)

44 (16.67)

0.3902

Infectious

7 (6.93)

25 (9.51)

0.4373

Infusion or injection reactions

3 (2.97)

6 (2.42)

0.7218

Other adverse events

9 (9.0)

25 (9.54)

0.8744

Death

1 (1.02)

3 (1.17)

0.317

  1. Data presented as mean ± SD and n (%). Patients could have more than one adverse event. Calculated by Student t test or Pearson, χ2 or Fisher´s exact test