Feb. 27, 2004 — Scheduled maintenance with infliximab reduced hospitalizations and improved healing compared with episodic dosing for patients with Crohn's disease, according to the results of a ...

ORLANDO – Maintenance doses of the biologic agent infliximab (Remicade) can be safely administered at a patient's home with a very low rate of adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs, a researcher ...

The proven involvement of cytokines in the pathophysiology of IBD has led to the development of powerful, selective, anticytokine drugs—so-called biologics—as a therapy for IBD. Although the efficacy ...

Infliximab is used to treat a variety of inflammatory disorders; however, infusion reactions can occur that might necessitate discontinuation of treatment. A study in Sweden has evaluated the ...

Sustained treatment with the monoclonal antibody infliximab can prolong remissions in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease reports a multi-center research team in the 4 May 2002, issue of ...

Therapeutic persistence with infliximab was associated with signifi cantly fewer ulcerative colitis patients requiring hospitalization; once hospitalized, patients with therapeutic persistence had ...

Maintenance doses of the biologic agent infliximab (Remicade) can be safely administered at a patient's home with a very low rate of adverse events (AEs) and serious AEs, according to research ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . Patients with inflammatory bowel disease who received home infusions of Remicade had higher rates of ...

Sustained use of the drug infliximab could offer substantial clinical benefit to people with Crohn’s disease, conclude authors of a study in this week’s issue of THE LANCET. Crohn’s disease is a ...

Crohn’s Disease (CD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract with relapsing and remitting episodes. It is a disease that progresses over time, leading to complications such as ...

Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on . In a prospective, observational cohort study, researchers evaluated 186 patients with IBD previously dosed with ...

Remicade comes as a powder. A healthcare professional mixes the powder with liquid to form a solution, which they give as an intravenous (IV) infusion. (This is an injection into a vein given over ...