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ReviewDrug design, development and therapy2011

Current and emerging drugs for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease.

John K Triantafillidis, Emmanuel Merikas, Filippos Georgopoulos

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Review in Drug design, development and therapy, 2011. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 131 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

131 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

3 authors.

John K TriantafillidisDepartment of Gastroenterology, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Disease, "Saint Panteleimon" General Hospital, Nicea, Greece. jkt@vodafone.net.gr
Emmanuel Merikas
Filippos Georgopoulos

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

During the last decade a large number of biological agents against tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), as well as many biochemical substances and molecules specifically for the medical treatment of patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), have been developed. This enormous progress was a consequence of the significant advances in biotechnology along with the increased knowledge of the underlying pathophysiological mechanisms involved in the pathogenesis of IBD. However, conventional therapies remain the cornerstone of treatment for most patients. During recent years conventional and biologic IBD therapies have been optimized. Newer mesalazine formulations with a reduced pill size and only one dose per day demonstrate similar efficacy to older formulations. New corticosteroids retain the efficacy of older corticosteroids while exhibiting a higher safety profile. The role of antibiotics and probiotics has been further clarified. Significant progress in understanding thiopurine metabolism has improved the effective dose along with adjunctive therapies. Quite a large number of substances and therapies, including biologic agents other than TNF-α inhibitors, unfractionated or low-molecular-weight heparin, omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids, microbes and microbial products, leukocytapheresis, and other substances under investigation, could offer important benefits to our patients. In this paper we review the established and emerging therapeutic strategies in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis.

Indexed as

Clinical Trials as TopicDrug-Related Side Effects and Adverse ReactionsDrug TherapyHumansInflammatory Bowel Diseasesantibioticsbiologic agentsCrohn’s diseaseimmunosuppressivesinflammatory bowel diseasemesalazinetreatmentulcerative colitis

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PMID21552489
PMCPMC3084301

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