PTU-111 Baseline C reactive protein is associated with disease progression in patients with Crohn's disease: Abstract PTU-111 Table 1 (2012)

Introduction Elevated C reactive protein (CRP), a marker of inflammation, is known to correlate with Crohn's disease (CD) activity 1 2 and to be a predictor of disease relapse in CD. 3 4 However, in patients with moderate or severe CD it is not known whether CRP is associated with disease progression. Methods This post hoc analysis evaluated the association of baseline (BL) CRP and change in CDAI over time in patients with moderate (CDAI &gt;220 to ≤300) to severe (CDAI &gt;300) CD who were randomised to the placebo group in the CHARM trial 5 (N=238). Patients received open-label adalimumab (ADA) induction (week 0: 80 mg; week 2: 40 mg) followed by blinded weekly placebo treatment from weeks 4–56, with switch to open-label ADA allowed after week 12 for disease flare. This analysis grouped patients by CD severity and BL CRP (severe, high: CDAI &gt;300, CRP≥10 mg/l; severe, low: CDAI &gt;300, CRP&lt;10 mg/l; moderate, high: CDAI ≤300, CRP≥10 mg/l; moderate, low: CDAI ≤300, CRP&lt;10 mg/l). Mean CDAI scores at each visit from weeks 4–56 were calculated for each subgroup, using last observation carried forward (after week 4) to handle dropouts or switch to ADA. Results CDAI decreased from BL in all subgroups after ADA induction (Week 4, Abstract PTU-111 table 1). By week 56, the mean CDAI in all subgroups had increased compared with week 4, and was greater in patients who had higher CRP vs lower CRP at BL (244 vs 223, 306 vs 260, for moderate and severe groups, respectively). In patients with moderate CD and high CRP, week 12 and week 56 CDAI approached that of patients with severe CD and low CRP, despite BL differences in CDAI of over 90 points (week 12: 235 vs 243; week 56: 244 vs 260). Abstract PTU-111 Table 1 Mean CDAI over time Severe (CDAI &gt;300) Moderate (CDAI ≤300) CRP &lt;10 mg/l CRP ≥10 mg/l CRP &lt;10 mg/l CRP ≥10 mg/l N=60 N=87 N=70 N=44 BL CRP, mg/l, median (range) 2.5 (0.2–9.7) 33.6 (10.1–287.0) 4.2 (0.2–9.9) 31.4 (10.1–104.0) BL CDAI, mean (SD) 348 (46) 370 (49) 259 (24) 254 (32) Wk 4 CDAI, mean (SD) 243 (85) 242 (96) 162 (68) 174 (70) Wk 12 CDAI, mean (SD) 243 (102) 286 (109) 190 (85) 235 (120) Wk 56 CDAI, mean (SD) 260 (95) 306 (114) 223 (91) 244 (116) Conclusion This post hoc analysis of disease activity and CRP demonstrates that an elevated BL CRP in patients with moderate or severe CD is associated with higher disease scores after 1 year. Disease activity over time in patients with moderate CD and higher CRP behaved similarly to that of patients with severe CD and lower CRP. Competing interests J-F Colombel Shareholder with: Intestinal Biotech Development, Grant/Research Support from: Astra-Zeneca, Danisco, Danone, Dysphar, Ferring, Giuliani, Lesaffre, Mapi Naxis, Ocerra Therapeutics, Roquette, Schering-Plough, and UCB, Consultant for: Abbott Laboratories, ActoGeniX NV, Albireo Pharma, Astra Zeneca, Bayer Schering Pharma, Biogen Idec, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Cellerix, Centocor, Chemocentryx, Cosmo Technologies, Danone France, Elan, Genentech, Giuliani, Given Imaging, GlaxoSmithKline, Merck, Millennium, NeoVacs, Ocerra, Otsuka American, PDL Biopharma, Pfizer, Ribo Vacs Biotech, Schering-Plough, Shire, Synta, Teva and Petah Tikva, Therakos, UCB, and Wyeth, Speaker bureau with: Abbott Laboratories, Astra Zeneca, Centocor, Elan, Falk, Ferring, Given Imaging, Otsuka American, PDL, Schering-Plough, Shire and UCB, W Sandborn Grant/Research Support from: Centocor Ortho Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, and UCB Pharma, Consultant for: Centocor Ortho Biotech, Abbott Laboratories, UCB Pharma, and Merck (previously Schering Plough), M Castillo Shareholder with: Abbott, Employee of: Abbott, B Huang Shareholder with: Abbott, Employee of: Abbott, Q Zhou Shareholder with: Abbott, Employee of: Abbott, R Thakkar Shareholder with: Abbott, Employee of: Abbott. References 1. Solem C . Inflamm Bowel Dis 2005; 11 :707. 2. Henriksen M . Gut 2008; 57 :1518. 3. Bitton A . Gut 2008; 57 :1386. 4. Consigny Y . Inflamm Bowel Dis 2006; 12 :551. 5. Colombel JF . Gastroenterology 2007; 132 :52.