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There is no additional risk of developing new cancers for patients treated with IBD medications.

AD109 shows the potential to address an unmet need in obstructive sleep apnea treatment.

RBX2660 was the first ever live microbiota therapeutic to gain approval from the FDA for rCDI.

Guselkumab is currently being evaluated as a treatment for both ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease.

A redo surgery often improves the quality of life in a number of ways for patients with ulcerative colitis.

In this interview, Friedman described his conference presentation on treating atopic dermatitis through telemedicine to address the disparities in care that are visible around the world.

Pregnant women with celiac disease were not only at a higher risk of several pregnancy and delivery related complications, but also less likely to have a full-term uncomplicated delivery compared to the cohort without celiac disease.

There was a reduction in medical costs that offset the increased pharmacy costs in the patients who were treated with rifaximin.

In 2022, dupilumab became the first treatment approved by the US Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of patients with EoE.

In the induction trial, guselkumab resulted in a higher rate of clinical remission, as well as symptomatic remission, clinical response, endoscopic improvement, and histo-endoscopic mucosal improvement at week 12.

Guselkumab induction treatment resulted in significantly greater proportions of patients achieving symptomatic remission, clinical response, endoscopy improvement, and histo-endoscopic mucosal improvement at week 12 and symptomatic remission at week 4 compared to placebo.

The lowest screening completion rate was in the colonoscopy invitation group at 14.5% and the patients offered a choice were more likely to complete screening of any kind, compared to either group of patients offered only 1 screening modality.

There was a significant reduction in severity score for diarrhea, constipation, abdominal pain, epigastric pain, bloating, vomiting, and acid reflux in participants who reported digestive problem improvements followed by SIM01 treatment.

RBX2660 was originally approved by the FDA in 2022 and came to market in January 2023.

Recent studies have indicated that using adenoma per colonoscopy as a metric could help better forecast the risk of colon cancer.

The risk of developing high grade dysplasia or esophageal adenocarcinoma was higher in patients with Barrett’s esophagus with immunosuppressant medication use.

Small molecule therapies offer patients with mild or moderate inflammatory bowel disease a much cheaper alternative to biologics.

Artificial intelligence is being used to help detect polyps for patients undergoing a colonoscopy.

An analysis of national data shows Asian and male patients are at worse risk of mortality, however.

CCR East 2023 data show ixekizumab bettered adalimumab on measures of joint pain and quality of life in patients with PsA and concomitant nail plus DIP involvement.

Post-hoc analysis from DISCOVER-2 show patients who achieve a clinical response by week 8 generally go on to see quality-of-life improvements past 1 year.

A diet that is high in sugar, fried foods, and lacks vegetables increases the risk of pediatric inflammatory bowel disease.

Clinical outcomes of lab values were not statistically different in changes from baseline to 12 months between children with inflammatory bowel disease initiated on the TNF originator or biosimilar.

Patients with moderate to severe PCM to go along with the AAH were significantly more likely have a number of vitamin deficiencies, including in vitamin D, vitamin B12, and folate.

Results highlight the need for physicians to consider rheumatoid arthritis in patients with microscopic colitis presenting with arthralgia or other joint symptoms.

An analysis of 11 late-stage clinical trials shows guselkumab provides a consistent and comparable safety profile to placebo in treated patients.

Therapies including biologics and corticosteroids were more frequently used among patients with rheumatoid arthritis and lupus who developed severe COVID-19.

Dupilumab became the first approved treatment for eosinophilic esophagitis in 2022.

New data from CCR East show Black and Hispanic patients with PsA are significantly more likely to report worse health-related quality of life than White patients.