Combination of Vedolizumab With Tacrolimus Is More Efficient Than Vedolizumab Alone in the Treatment of Experimental Colitis.
Roberto ManziniMarlene SchwarzfischerKirstin AtrottAndrea LaimbacherSilvia LangMarcin WawrzyniakAndreas RickenbacherMatthias TurinaPetr HruzDonata LissnerBritta SiegmundGerhard RoglerMichael ScharlMarianne Rebecca SpalingerPublished in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2022)
Our data show that vedolizumab reduces the number of innate and adaptive immune cells in the mucosa of patients with UC. Further, the combination of vedolizumab with tacrolimus was more efficient to reduce immune cell numbers and to increase therapeutic efficacy than vedolizumab monotreatment. This finding indicates that combination treatment using these two drugs may be beneficial for patients who do not respond to vedolizumab monotherapy.