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Pharmacogenetic investigation of the TNF/TNF-receptor system in patients with chronic active Crohn's disease treated with infliximab.
The pharmacogenomics journal - 1 Jan 2002
Mascheretti S, Hampe J, Kühbacher T, Herfarth H, Krawczak M, Fölsch U R, Schreiber S
Abstract excerpt
Infliximab (anti-TNF-alpha monoclonal antibody) induces remission in 30-40% of Crohn's disease patients. Treatment response is a stable trait. Two cohorts from independent, prospective clinical trials of infliximab in Crohn's disease were studied. Hypotheses were generated in an exploratory cohort (n = 90) and then tested in a confirmatory cohort (n = 444), using a statistical design, which is stable against type...
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