Across rheumatic diseases

Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, or psoriasis: a clinical practice guideline

BMJPublished Clinical practice guideline

Methodological detailsGRADE approach, linked systematic review and pairwise meta-analysis, international panel including patient partners
  • GRADE approach
  • Linked systematic review and pairwise meta-analysis
  • International panel including patient partners

Recommendations

As issued by the authors

  1. Weak recommendation in favour

    Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for intravenous infliximab during maintenance treatment

  2. Weak recommendation against

    Proactive TDM for adalimumab and other biologic drugs during maintenance treatment

  3. Weak recommendation against

    Proactive TDM for intravenous infliximab, adalimumab, and other biologic drugs during induction (start) of treatment

Original publication

Proactive therapeutic drug monitoring of biologic drugs in adult patients with inflammatory bowel disease, inflammatory arthritis, or psoriasis: a clinical practice guideline. BMJ. Published 28 October 2024. doi:10.1136/bmj-2024-079830

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