9 research outputs found
Mo1256 Role of Fecal Calprotection in Predicting Ileocolonic Endoscopic Recurrence in Postoperative Crohn's Disease
Mo1719 Retesting for Latent Tuberculosis in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease After Exposure to Biologics
504 A Double-Blind, Double-Dummy, Randomized, Controlled, Multicenter Trial On the Efficacy and Safety of Azathioprine Vs mesalamine for Prevention of Clinical Relapses in Crohn's Disease Patients with Postoperative Moderate or Severe Endoscopic Recurrence
Simultaneous Quantification of Eleven Thiopurine Nucleotides by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
The prodrugs azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine, which
are well-established
anticancer and immunosuppressive agents, are extensively metabolized
by activating and inactivating enzymes. Whereas the 6-thioguanine
nucleotides (TGN) are currently being considered as major active metabolites,
methylthioinosine nucleotides seem to contribute to the cytotoxic
effect as well. Thiopurine-related adverse drug reactions and thiopurine
failure are frequent. Thus, therapeutic monitoring of TGN and methylthioinosine
derivatives has been suggested to improve thiopurine therapy, however
with limited success. To elucidate systematically underlying molecular
mechanisms as potential explanation for interindividual variability
of thiopurine response, we developed a novel highly specific and sensitive
liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for
simultaneous quantitation of eleven mono-, di-, and triphosphates
of thioguanosine, methylthioinosine, methylthioguanosine, and thioinosine.
Using stable isotope-labeled analogues as internal standards obtained
by chemical synthesis, an intra- and interassay variability below
8% and an accuracy of 92% to 107% were achieved in spiked quality
control samples with known standards. All eleven metabolites could
be determined in red blood cells from patients with inflammatory bowel
diseases and long-term azathioprine therapy. Thus, our novel method
opens a new avenue for the understanding of the thiopurine metabolism
by quantitation of all important thiopurine nucleotide metabolites
in one run
Simultaneous Quantification of Eleven Thiopurine Nucleotides by Liquid Chromatography-Tandem Mass Spectrometry
The prodrugs azathioprine and 6-mercaptopurine, which
are well-established
anticancer and immunosuppressive agents, are extensively metabolized
by activating and inactivating enzymes. Whereas the 6-thioguanine
nucleotides (TGN) are currently being considered as major active metabolites,
methylthioinosine nucleotides seem to contribute to the cytotoxic
effect as well. Thiopurine-related adverse drug reactions and thiopurine
failure are frequent. Thus, therapeutic monitoring of TGN and methylthioinosine
derivatives has been suggested to improve thiopurine therapy, however
with limited success. To elucidate systematically underlying molecular
mechanisms as potential explanation for interindividual variability
of thiopurine response, we developed a novel highly specific and sensitive
liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) method for
simultaneous quantitation of eleven mono-, di-, and triphosphates
of thioguanosine, methylthioinosine, methylthioguanosine, and thioinosine.
Using stable isotope-labeled analogues as internal standards obtained
by chemical synthesis, an intra- and interassay variability below
8% and an accuracy of 92% to 107% were achieved in spiked quality
control samples with known standards. All eleven metabolites could
be determined in red blood cells from patients with inflammatory bowel
diseases and long-term azathioprine therapy. Thus, our novel method
opens a new avenue for the understanding of the thiopurine metabolism
by quantitation of all important thiopurine nucleotide metabolites
in one run
W1258 Relationship Between Thiopurine Metabolite Levels and Endoscopic Improvement in Patients With Postoperative Moderate to Severe Endoscopic Recurrence of Crohn's Disease
Infliximab or cyclosporine as rescue therapy in hospitalized patients with steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis: A retrospective observational study
Background: Cyclosporine (CsA) or infliximab (IFX) are used as rescue therapies in steroid-refractory, severe attacks of ulcerative colitis (UC). There are no data comparing the efficacy of these two alternatives. Methods: Outcome of rescue therapy was retrospectively studied in two cohorts of patients hospitalized due to steroid-refractory moderate to severe UC: 1) a Swedish-Danish cohort (n 49) treated with a single infusion of IFX; 2) an Austrian cohort (n 43) treated with intravenous CsA. After successful rescue therapy, maintenance immunomodulator treatment was given to 27/33 (82%) of IFX patients and to 31/40 (78%) of CsA patients. Endpoints were colectomy-free survival at 3 and 12 months. Kaplan-Meier and Cox regression models were used to evaluate the association between treatment groups and colectomy. Results: At 15 days, colectomy-free survival in the IFX cohort was 36/49 (73%) versus 41/43 (95%) in the CsA cohort (P = 0.005), at 3 months 33/49 (67%) versus 40/43 (93%) (P = 0.002), and at 12 months 28/49 (57%) versus 33/43 (77%) (P = 0.034). After adjusting for potential confounding factors, Cox regression analysis yielded adjusted hazard ratios for risk of colectomy in IFX-treated patients of 11.2 (95% confidence interval [CI] 2.4-53.1, P = 0.002) at 3 months and of 3.0 (95% CI 1.1-8.2, P = 0.030) at 12 months in comparison with CsA-treated patients. There were no opportunistic infections or mortality. Conclusions: Colectomy frequencies were significantly lower after rescue therapy with CsA than with a single infusion of IFX both at 3 and 12 months' follow-up. The superiority of CsA was seen principally during the first 15 days