P050 METHOTREXATE POLYGLUTAMATES AS BIOMARKERS OF TREATMENT RESPONSE IN PEDIATRIC INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE

Therapeutic drug monitoring methods are lacking for methotrexate (MTX), an immunomodulator used in Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) treatment, alone or in conjunction with infliximab (IFX). Although studies demonstrate a lack of relationship between MTX plasma concentrations and efficacy/toxicity, recent studies in rheumatoid and juvenile idiopathic arthritis suggest a positive correlation between therapeutic response and accumulation of intracellular MTX metabolites, MTX polyglutamates (MTX-Glu).

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