The REMSWITCH study recently demonstrated that switching from intravenous (IV) to subcutaneous (SC) infliximab (IFX) is feasible and well-accepted leading to a low risk of relapse in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Because the doses of IV IFX depend on patients' weight contrary to SC IFX, whether the switch is also feasible in patients with IBD suffering from obesity remains questionable.

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