Research Article

Clinical Outcomes and Patient Experience of Biosimilar to Biosimilar Infliximab Switching in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Prospective, Single-Centre, Phase IV Interventional Study with a Nested Qualitative Study

Table 1

Patient demographics and clinical characteristics. Full details in supplement C.

UC cohortCD cohortComplete cohort

Total number28105133
Age—median (range) (years)43 (19-74)38 (18-90)38 (18-90)
Male/female—no. (%)16 (57.1)/12 (42.9)58 (55.2)/47 (44.8)74 (55.6)/59 (44.4)
Race—no. (%)
(i) White24 (85.7)99 (94.3)123 (92.5)
(ii) Mixed0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
(iii) Asian or Asian background1 (3.6)4 (3.8)5 (3.8)
(iv) Black or Black British3 (10.7)2 (1.9)5 (3.8)
(v) Chinese0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
(vi) Other0 (0)0 (0)0 (0)
BMI—median (range)26.5 (19.7–40.2)25.4 (16.6-48.4)25.9 (16.6-48.4)
Smoking status—no. (%)
(i) Never21 (75.0)52 (49.5)73 (54.9)
(ii) Current0 (0)22 (21.0)22 (16.5)
(iii) Previous7 (25)31 (29.5)38 (28.6)
Vaping status—no. (%)
(i) Never26 (92.9)97 (92.4)123 (92.5)
(ii) Current2 (7.1)7 (6.7)9 (6.8)
(iii) Previous0 (0)1 (1.0)1 (0.8)
Duration of disease—median (range) (years)3 (0-38)8 (0-36)7 (0-38)
Age at onset—no. (%)
(i) A1: <168 (7.6)
(ii) A2: 17-4078 (74.3)
(iii) A3: >4019 (18.1)
Site of Crohn’s disease—no. (%)
(i) L1: ileal25 (23.8)
(ii) L2: colonic30 (28.6)
(iii) L3: ileocolonic50 (47.6)
(iv) L4: upper GI tract4 (3.8)
Crohn’s disease behaviour—no. (%)
(i) B1: nonstricturing/nonpenetrating65 (61.9)
(ii) B2: stricturing16 (15.2)
(iii) B3: penetrating24 (22.9)
(iv) p: perianal disease17 (16.2)
Site of ulcerative colitis—no. (%)
(i) E1: proctitis0 (0)
(ii) E2: left sided14 (50.0)
(iii) E3: extensive14 (50.0)
Concomitant medications at baseline—no. (%)
(i) Azathioprine/mercaptopurine11 (39.3)56 (53.3)67 (50.4)
(ii) Methotrexate6 (21.4)14 (13.3)20 (15.0)
Previous biologic history—no. (%)
(i) Remicade7 (25.0)45 (42.9)52 (39.1)
(ii) Adalimumab3 (10.7)16 (15.2)19 (14.3)