ArticleDigestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland)2010
New keys to maintenance treatment in ulcerative colitis.
Article in Digestive diseases (Basel, Switzerland), 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.
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- Withdrawal and Re-treatment with Filgotinib in Ulcerative Colitis: Post Hoc Analyses of the Phase 2b/3 SELECTION and SELECTIONLTE Studies.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2024Trial
- Vedolizumab in Japanese patients with ulcerative colitis: A Phase 3, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study.PloS one · 2019Trial
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Abstract
Maintenance treatment in ulcerative colitis often fails to prevent flares and long term complications. The first key to maintenance is to use effective therapy, even when patients become asymptomatic. The second key is to communicate the importance of adherence to patients, and to help them achieve long term adherence. Simplified dosing schedules are of some benefit, but the bond between patient and doctor, and the patient's belief in the efficacy of the therapy are essential. Decreased co-pays (a fixed amount paid by patients seeking care that is not reimbursed my medical insurance) have been associated with increased adherence, and incentives for patients may be a cost-effective approach to improving adherence. While the most substantial data on the association between adherence and clinical outcomes is in 5-ASAs, non-adherence can also limit the efficacy of thiopurines and biologics. The third key to maintenance treatment is monitoring and maintaining control of inflammation. Decreased histologic and endoscopic damage to the colon has been associated with decreased risk of colon cancer. The most cost-effective way to monitor smoldering inflammation is not known, but endoscopy, structured symptom indices, and biomarkers may be valuable approaches. The fourth key to maintenance treatment is optimizing immunomodulator therapy with thiopurines, and possibly methotrexate in the future. The fifth key to maintenance treatment in ulcerative colitis is maintaining biologic efficacy by avoiding low trough levels and being vigilant for subclinical inflammation and symptom recurrence at the end of dose intervals. Combination therapy with immunomodulators improves trough levels in Crohn's, and may prove to have benefits for the maintenance of biologic efficacy in ulcerative colitis.
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