Remission

A small minority of patients with familial Mediterranean fever may be able to achieve colchicine-free remission, according to data published in Pediatric Rheumatology.

DENVER — The combination of herbal extracts curcumin and QingDai induced clinical response and remission in patients with active ulcerative colitis, according to data presented at the Crohn’s and Colitis Congress.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — Guselkumab in combination with golimumab induced greater rates of clinical remission compared with monotherapy among patients with moderate to severely active ulcerative colitis.

Treatment with CTX130, a novel chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy, led to disease control in more than three quarters of patients with advanced clear cell renal cell carcinoma, results from a phase 1 trial showed.

CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In a Healio video exclusive, Rahul Dalal, MD, MPH, reported ustekinumab and tofacitinib yielded similar safety and efficacy in the treatment of a small subset of adult patients with ulcerative colitis.

VIENNA — In a Healio video exclusive, Waqqas Afif, MD, reports results from the phase 3 UNIFI study, in which Stelara safely demonstrated sustained symptomatic and corticosteroid-free remission in adults with ulcerative colitis.

Pediatric patients with IgA vasculitis nephritis and nephrotic-range proteinuria achieved remission after 12 months of mycophenolate mofetil-based immunosuppression treatment, according to data published in Kidney Medicine.

Those who received psychiatric care through a telehealth platform saw a greater level of remission in suicidal ideation after 12 weeks compared with those who did not receive similar care, researchers reported in JMIR Formative Research.

VIENNA — In a Healio video exclusive, Maria T. Abreu, MD, reported mirikizumab induced “rapid control” of bowel movement urgency and fatigue among patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis.

After previously discontinuing infliximab, 35% of patients with Crohn’s disease achieved remission at 26 weeks with drug retreatment, according to a study published in The American Journal of Gastroenterology.