Clinical Trial: Comparison Between Infliximab and Adalimumab on Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Ulcerative Colitis
Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
Official Title: Comparison of Short and Long-term Efficacy Between Infliximab and Adalimumab on Patients With Ulcerative Colitis - a Retrospective Observational Multicenter Cohort Study
Brief Summary:
Anti-TNF (tumor necrosing factor) treatment with infliximab (IFX) and adalimumab (ADA) are established first-line biological therapies used in treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis (UC).There are no head-to-head comparative studies between these two drug but meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials states that IFX might be more effective than ADA for the induction of clinical remission.However, several observational studies conclude that ADA seem to have similar effect as IFX in treating patients with…
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