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September 11th 2024
The decision is based on rates of clinical and endoscopic remission with guselkumab in the ongoing phase 2b/3 QUASAR study.
Multidisciplinary Approach Beneficial for Functional Gastrointestinal Disorders
Patients in the multidisciplinary-care group were more likely to experience a 50% or higher reduction in all Gastrointestinal Symptom Severity Index symptom clusters than the patients who were in the standard-care group.
Laparoscopic Ileocecal Resection Comparable to Anti-TNF's for Crohn's Disease
In a sample of patients treated with laparoscopic ileocecal resection, 42% (n = 29) of patients did not require additional Crohn’s disease-related medication, while 48% (n = 14) were given prophylactic immunomodulator therapy.