Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studies

Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of tofacitinib for treating moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC).Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane CENTRAL databases were searched from inception up to 18 July 2023. Reference...

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Main Authors: Chuan Wan, Chien-Hung Lin, Wen-Sheng Liu, Hsin-Hui Wang
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Language:English
Published: BMJ Publishing Group 2024-12-01
Series:BMJ Open Gastroenterology
Online Access:https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/11/1/e001347.full
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Chien-Hung Lin
Wen-Sheng Liu
Hsin-Hui Wang
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Hsin-Hui Wang
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description Objectives This study aimed to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of tofacitinib for treating moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC).Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane CENTRAL databases were searched from inception up to 18 July 2023. Reference lists of included studies were manually searched to identify potentially relevant studies not found in the databases.Eligibility criteria Eligible studies included real-world observational studies, reported in English, on patients with moderate-to-severe UC treated with tofacitinib, defined by the Partial Mayo Score. Excluded were clinical trials, reviews, letters, conference abstracts, case reports and studies involving patients with mixed Crohn’s disease.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers extracted data and recorded it in Excel. Quality assessment was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Meta-analysis was performed using random-effects models due to high heterogeneity across studies.Results 19 studies containing a total of 2612 patients were included. Meta-analysis revealed that clinical response rates were 58% at week 8, 61% at weeks 12–16, 51% at weeks 24–26 and 51% at week 52. Clinical remission rates were 39% at week 8, 43% at weeks 12–16, 40% at weeks 24–26 and 43% at week 52. Corticosteroid-free clinical remission rates were 33% at week 8, 37% at weeks 12–16, 32% at weeks 24–26 and 40% at week 52.Conclusion This meta-analysis of real-world studies indicates that treatment of UC with tofacitinib is associated with favourable clinical response and remission rates in the induction and maintenance phases.
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spelling doaj-art-3c4c19b6c0f64d36b3024c1ec9d4e3c72024-12-17T18:55:09ZengBMJ Publishing GroupBMJ Open Gastroenterology2054-47742024-12-0111110.1136/bmjgast-2024-001347Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studiesChuan Wan0Chien-Hung Lin1Wen-Sheng Liu2Hsin-Hui Wang3Department of Pediatrics, Taipei City Hospital Zhongxing Branch, Taipei, TaiwanDivision of Pediatric Immunology and Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanSchool of Medicine, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University, Taipei, TaiwanDivision of Pediatric Immunology and Nephrology, Department of Pediatrics, Taipei Veterans General Hospital, Taipei, TaiwanObjectives This study aimed to evaluate the real-world effectiveness of tofacitinib for treating moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis (UC).Design Systematic review and meta-analysis.Data sources PubMed, EMBASE and Cochrane CENTRAL databases were searched from inception up to 18 July 2023. Reference lists of included studies were manually searched to identify potentially relevant studies not found in the databases.Eligibility criteria Eligible studies included real-world observational studies, reported in English, on patients with moderate-to-severe UC treated with tofacitinib, defined by the Partial Mayo Score. Excluded were clinical trials, reviews, letters, conference abstracts, case reports and studies involving patients with mixed Crohn’s disease.Data extraction and synthesis Two independent reviewers extracted data and recorded it in Excel. Quality assessment was performed using the Newcastle-Ottawa scale. Meta-analysis was performed using random-effects models due to high heterogeneity across studies.Results 19 studies containing a total of 2612 patients were included. Meta-analysis revealed that clinical response rates were 58% at week 8, 61% at weeks 12–16, 51% at weeks 24–26 and 51% at week 52. Clinical remission rates were 39% at week 8, 43% at weeks 12–16, 40% at weeks 24–26 and 43% at week 52. Corticosteroid-free clinical remission rates were 33% at week 8, 37% at weeks 12–16, 32% at weeks 24–26 and 40% at week 52.Conclusion This meta-analysis of real-world studies indicates that treatment of UC with tofacitinib is associated with favourable clinical response and remission rates in the induction and maintenance phases.https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/11/1/e001347.full
spellingShingle Chuan Wan
Chien-Hung Lin
Wen-Sheng Liu
Hsin-Hui Wang
Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studies
BMJ Open Gastroenterology
title Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studies
title_full Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studies
title_fullStr Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studies
title_full_unstemmed Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studies
title_short Effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis: an updated systematic review and meta-analysis of real-world studies
title_sort effectiveness of tofacitinib in patients with ulcerative colitis an updated systematic review and meta analysis of real world studies
url https://bmjopengastro.bmj.com/content/11/1/e001347.full
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