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November 07, 2023
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Highlights from ACG 2023

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In this episode of Meeting Mic, we bring you Healio’s top headlines from ACG 2023.

Paul Feuerstadt, MD, FACG, AGAF, discusses data that link health-related quality of life and microbiome composition among patients with recurrent Clostridioides difficile infection. :38

Edward V. Loftus Jr., MD, FACG, discusses results from the INSPIRE trial for ulcerative colitis. 7:52

Jan Wehkamp, MD, PhD, discusses results from the QUASAR study, in which Tremfya outperformed placebo in clinical response patients with ulcerative colitis. 12:08

Paul Feuerstadt also discusses the evolution of treatment for Clostridioides difficile infection, from antimicrobials to recently FDA-approved live biotherapeutics. 15:32

Thomas F. Imperiale, MD, discusses the results of the BLUE-C study, which evaluated the clinical performance of Cologuard, a next-generation, multitarget stool DNA test. 21:08

Read the full coverage here:

https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20231023/video-rebyota-not-only-shuts-down-recurrence-also-affects-quality-of-life-in-c-diff

https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20231025/video-risankizumab-a-great-option-for-patients-induces-clinical-remission-in-uc

https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20231024/video-more-than-75-of-uc-patients-achieve-clinical-response-at-24-weeks-with-tremfya

https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20231025/video-future-is-now-here-for-recurrent-c-difficile-thanks-to-live-biotherapeutics

https://www.healio.com/news/gastroenterology/20231025/sensitivity-of-nextgeneration-cologuard-in-precancer-detection-numerically-exceeded-fit

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Disclosures: Feuerstadt reports financial relationships with Ferring Pharmaceuticals, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Seres Therapeutics and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. Imperiale reports grant and research support from Exact Sciences. Loftus reports financial relationships with AbbVie, Alvotech, Amgen, Arena, Avalo Therapeutics, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Celgene, Celltrion, Exact Sciences, Fresenius Kabi, Genentech, Gilead, GlaxoSmithKline, Gossamer Bio, Iota Biosciences, Iterative Scopes, Janssen, KSL Diagnostics, Lilly, Morphic, Ono Pharma, Pfizer, Protagonist, Receptos, Robarts Clinical Trials, Scipher Medicine, Sun Pharma, Surrozen, Takeda, Theravance and UCB. Wehkamp reports no relevant financial disclosures.