Is continued treatment with Entyvio (Vedolizumab) 300 mg IV every 6 weeks appropriate and necessary for a patient with Crohn’s Disease of the small intestines, who is in clinical and endoscopic remission on Entyvio, after failing Stelara (Ustekinumab) and Humira (Adalimumab)?

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