Efficacy of vedolizumab as maintenance therapy in a patient with ulcerative colitis receiving haemodialysis in end-stage kidney failure: A case report
Abstract
This report describes vedolizumab’s clinical efficacy and safety in a patient with severe ulcerative colitis on haemodialysis for an end-stage kidney failure. The patient was a 75-year-old man on long-standing chronic diffusive three times per week haemodialytic treatment due to vascular nephropathy. At the presentation, the patient had severe bloody diarrhoea treated with a steroid cycle with temporary benefits and then developed steroid dependence. Upon remission, the patient started vedolizumab (Entivyo®) as maintenance therapy. After 6 weeks of induction, patient started the maintenance therapy with an infusion every 8 weeks. After the sixth infusion, the interval was prolonged to 9 weeks because of the good and fast response. Vedolizumab treatment proceeded without adverse events. However, no changes in renal function were noted during the same period, no complications were reported, and the patient regularly continued haemodialysis. At the second induction infusion (week 2) and the second maintenance infusion (week 22), we measured vedolizumab serum level before and after haemodialysis, observing no significant changes. Our case is the first report about using vedolizumab in a patient under haemodialysis, showing that vedolizumab can be safe, well tolerated, and effective in patients undergoing haemodialysis. However, more extensive trials are needed to prove its use in these patients.
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