Table 3

Treatment outcomes with open-capsule budesonide (n=19)

CharacteristicsNo. of patients
Clinical response18 (95%)
Days from OCB initiation to clinical response, median (IQR)4 (1–7)
Clinical remission15 (79%)
Days from OCB initiation to clinical remission, median (IQR)27 (8–36)
Corticosteroid-free remission11 (58%)
Restoration of pre-irEnteritis weight on OCB cessation14 (74%)
Weight gain (kg) from OCB initiation to cessation, median (range)4 (0–19)
Weight gain (kg) from irEnteritis nadir to remission, median (range)5 (1–19)
Days from irEnteritis onset to OCB initiation, median (IQR)62 (27–134)
Days from most recent endoscopic evaluation to OCB initiation, median (IQR)16 (10–44)
Adverse events from OCB1 (1%)
Duration (days) of OCB treatment, median (IQR)57 (26–89)
irEnteritis relapse after OCB treatment7 (37%)
Days from OCB cessation to irEnteritis relapse, median (IQR)26 (4–57)
Treatments for irEnteritis relapse on OCB (n=7)
 Systemic corticosteroids alone1 (14%)
 Infliximab3 (43%)
 Vedolizumab5 (71%)
Response after restarting OCB for irEnteritis relapse (n=2)
 Clinical response2 (100%)
 Clinical remission1 (50%)
  • irEnteritis, immune-related enteritis; OCB, open-capsule budesonide.