Ulcerative Colitis

Earlier administration of anti-tumor necrosis factor therapy reduced health care resource utilization in patients with Crohn’s disease but not in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to research.

Biopharmaceutical company AbbVie announced FDA approval for Rinvoq for the treatment of adults with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.

In this Healio video series, which focuses on cultural competency in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, patient advocate Madhura Balasubramaniam shares her experience living with Crohn’s disease in India.

Researchers observed high levels of tofacitinib persistence for the long-term treatment of patients with ulcerative colitis, according to a study published in Alimentary Pharmacology & Therapeutics.

In patients with inflammatory bowel disease, colonoscopy within 3 years before colorectal cancer diagnosis was linked with early tumor stage detection, while colonoscopy within 1 year reduced overall all-cause mortality, according to data.

Individuals with inflammatory bowel disease are not at increased risk for severe complications from COVID-19 infection, according to data presented at the Basic and Clinical Immunology for the Busy Clinician symposium.

In this Healio video series, which focuses on cultural competency in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, Neilanjan Nandi, MD, FACP, discusses the importance of increasing community knowledge and destigmatizing IBD.

A histology-based artificial intelligence system exhibited the highest correlation with endoscopic activity and predicted histological remission in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to research.

In this exclusive video, Bruce Sands, MD, MS, discusses Tremfya and Simponi yields higher rates of clinical response, remission and endoscopic improvements in moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis.

In this Healio video series, which focuses on cultural competency in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, Sharan Khela, an IBD patient advocate who has Crohn’s disease, shares her story and cultural stigmas she has had to overcome.