Tumor necrosis factor-alpha antagonists twenty years later: what do Cochrane reviews tell us?

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2014 Nov;20(11):2132-41. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000218.

Abstract

In 1998, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration granted regulatory approval to the first tumor necrosis factor-α antagonist, infliximab, for the treatment of moderately to severely active Crohn's disease. As of 2013, there were 3 additional tumor necrosis factor-α antagonists commercially available for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease in the United States: adalimumab, certolizumab pegol, and golimumab. Despite a vast literature describing both clinical trial and clinical practice experience with these agents, there remain important questions regarding the efficacy and safety of tumor necrosis factor-α antagonists for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease. These questions and the best available evidence to answer them were discussed during a Cochrane Collaboration session held at the 2013 Digestive Diseases Week annual meeting. This article reviews the data from that session.

Publication types

  • Review

MeSH terms

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal / therapeutic use*
  • Clinical Trials as Topic
  • Evidence-Based Medicine
  • Humans
  • Inflammatory Bowel Diseases / drug therapy*
  • Prognosis
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha / antagonists & inhibitors*

Substances

  • Antibodies, Monoclonal
  • Tumor Necrosis Factor-alpha