Gastroenterology News

WASHINGTON — Glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonists significantly reduced alanine aminotransferase levels in pediatric metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease, especially those with type 2 diabetes, researchers reported.

The CDC on Wednesday announced that recalled cucumbers have been identified as the potential cause of an ongoing Salmonella outbreak.

CHICAGO — A phase 2 study evaluating dostarlimab in adults with mismatch repair-deficient locally advanced rectal cancer has maintained a 100% clinical complete response rate at a median follow-up of almost 18 months.

WASHINGTON — In patients with active Crohn’s disease, guselkumab was superior to both placebo and standard-of-care ustekinumab after 48 weeks of treatment, according to late-breaking data from the phase 3 GALAXI program.

In this Healio video, Uma Mahadevan, MD, director of the Colitis and Crohn’s Disease Center at the University of California, San Francisco, recaps results from the SEQUENCE trial, which were presented at Digestive Disease Week 2024.

WASHINGTON — In a Healio video exclusive, Carolyn Newberry, MD, discusses the importance of “personalized” lifestyle modifications, such as identifying dietary triggers and being mindful of meal-timing, for the management of GERD.

Hepatitis C virus clearance rates in all states fell well short of national elimination goals, a study published in MMWR showed.

Patients with atherosclerosis and elevated LDL plus autoimmune or inflammatory disease may derive particular CV benefit from PCSK9 inhibition with evolocumab, a speaker reported.

WASHINGTON — In this video, Mark Genovese, MD, discusses results of the VIVID-1 study, in which mirikizumab demonstrated noninferiority to ustekinumab for week 52 clinical remission among patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease.

WASHINGTON — Patients with Crohn’s disease who ate a catered low-fat, high-fiber diet for 8 weeks experienced improvements in symptoms, inflammation and quality of life vs. those offered counseling alone, researchers reported.