A biomarker-stratified comparison of top-down versus accelerated step-up treatment strategies for patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease (PROFILE): a multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial
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Noor, Nurulamin MLee, James C
Bond, Simon
Dowling, Francis
Brezina, Bilijana
Patel, Kamal V
Ahmad, Tariq
Banim, Paul J
Berrill, James W
Cooney, Rachel
De La Revilla Negro ,Juan
de Silva, Shanika
Din, Shahids
Durai, Dharmaraj
Gordon, John N
Irving, Peter M
Johnson, Matthew
Kent, Alexandra J
Kok, Klaartje B
Moran, Gordon W
Mowat, Craig
Patel, Pritash
Probert, Chris S
Raine, Tim
Saich, Rebecca
Seward, Abigail
Sharpstone, Dan
Smith, Melissa A
Subramanian, Sreedhar
Upponi,Sara S
Wiles, Alan
Williams, Horac RT
van den Brink, Gijs R
Vermeire, Severine
Jairath, Vipul
D'Haens, Geert R
McKinney, Eoin F
Lyons, Paul A
Lindsay, James O
Kennedy, Nicholas A
Smith, Kenneth GC
Parkes, Miles
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Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; Royal Free Hospital; St George's University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust; The Dudley Group NHS Foundation Trust et alPublication date
2024-02-21Subject
Gastroenterology
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Background: Management strategies and clinical outcomes vary substantially in patients newly diagnosed with Crohn's disease. We evaluated the use of a putative prognostic biomarker to guide therapy by assessing outcomes in patients randomised to either top-down (ie, early combined immunosuppression with infliximab and immunomodulator) or accelerated step-up (conventional) treatment strategies. Methods: PROFILE (PRedicting Outcomes For Crohn's disease using a moLecular biomarker) was a multicentre, open-label, biomarker-stratified, randomised controlled trial that enrolled adults with newly diagnosed active Crohn's disease (Harvey-Bradshaw Index ≥7, either elevated C-reactive protein or faecal calprotectin or both, and endoscopic evidence of active inflammation). Potential participants had blood drawn to be tested for a prognostic biomarker derived from T-cell transcriptional signatures (PredictSURE-IBD assay). Following testing, patients were randomly assigned, via a secure online platform, to top-down or accelerated step-up treatment stratified by biomarker subgroup (IBDhi or IBDlo), endoscopic inflammation (mild, moderate, or severe), and extent (colonic or other). Blinding to biomarker status was maintained throughout the trial. The primary endpoint was sustained steroid-free and surgery-free remission to week 48. Remission was defined by a composite of symptoms and inflammatory markers at all visits. Flare required active symptoms (HBI ≥5) plus raised inflammatory markers (CRP >upper limit of normal or faecal calprotectin ≥200 μg/g, or both), while remission was the converse-ie, quiescent symptoms (HBI <5) or resolved inflammatory markers (both CRP ≤ the upper limit of normal and calprotectin <200 μg/g) or both. Analyses were done in the full analysis (intention-to-treat) population. The trial has completed and is registered (ISRCTN11808228). Findings: Between Dec 29, 2017, and Jan 5, 2022, 386 patients (mean age 33·6 years [SD 13·2]; 179 [46%] female, 207 [54%] male) were randomised: 193 to the top-down group and 193 to the accelerated step-up group. Median time from diagnosis to trial enrolment was 12 days (range 0-191). Primary outcome data were available for 379 participants (189 in the top-down group; 190 in the accelerated step-up group). There was no biomarker-treatment interaction effect (absolute difference 1 percentage points, 95% CI -15 to 15; p=0·944). Sustained steroid-free and surgery-free remission was significantly more frequent in the top-down group than in the accelerated step-up group (149 [79%] of 189 patients vs 29 [15%] of 190 patients, absolute difference 64 percentage points, 95% CI 57 to 72; p<0·0001). There were fewer adverse events (including disease flares) and serious adverse events in the top-down group than in the accelerated step-up group (adverse events: 168 vs 315; serious adverse events: 15 vs 42), with fewer complications requiring abdominal surgery (one vs ten) and no difference in serious infections (three vs eight). Interpretation: Top-down treatment with combination infliximab plus immunomodulator achieved substantially better outcomes at 1 year than accelerated step-up treatment. The biomarker did not show clinical utility. Top-down treatment should be considered standard of care for patients with newly diagnosed active Crohn's disease. Funding: Wellcome and PredictImmune Ltd.Citation
Noor NM, Lee JC, Bond S, Dowling F, Brezina B, Patel KV, Ahmad T, Banim PJ, Berrill JW, Cooney R, De La Revilla Negro J, de Silva S, Din S, Durai D, Gordon JN, Irving PM, Johnson M, Kent AJ, Kok KB, Moran GW, Mowat C, Patel P, Probert CS, Raine T, Saich R, Seward A, Sharpstone D, Smith MA, Subramanian S, Upponi SS, Wiles A, Williams HRT, van den Brink GR, Vermeire S, Jairath V, D'Haens GR, McKinney EF, Lyons PA, Lindsay JO, Kennedy NA, Smith KGC, Parkes M; PROFILE Study Group. A biomarker-stratified comparison of top-down versus accelerated step-up treatment strategies for patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease (PROFILE): a multicentre, open-label randomised controlled trial. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2024 May;9(5):415-427. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00034-7. Epub 2024 Feb 22.Type
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Elsevierae974a485f413a2113503eed53cd6c53
10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00034-7