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ReviewThe American journal of gastroenterology2015

Treatment of IBD: where we are and where we are going.

Charles N Bernstein

Registry-linked trialAbstract readReview
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In one paragraph

Review in The American journal of gastroenterology, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03122613 (A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Curcumin Versus Placebo for Prevention of Relapse in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis), which is not on this map. Cited by 105 papers, 4 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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105citing papers in PubMed, 4 pooled it
9.0field-weighted citation impact, top 1% of its field
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

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT03122613 naterminatednot on this mapstarted 2017, after this paper: background citation

A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-Controlled Trial of Curcumin Versus Placebo for Prevention of Relapse in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis

TypeinterventionalSponsorChinese University of Hong KongRan2017 to 2020Enrolled29ConditionsUlcerative Colitis in RemissionArmsCurcumin, Placebo
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

105 citing papers in PubMed, 4 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 229 citations in OpenAlex.

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  4. Type I interferons for induction of remission in ulcerative colitis.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2015
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  8. The Integrated Cellular and Molecular Landscape of Autoimmunity.bioRxiv : the preprint server for biology · 2025
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  12. A review of inflammatory bowel diseases in humans and pets: treatment strategies.Veterinary research forum : an international quarterly journal · 2025
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  14. Microorganisms · 2024
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  18. An Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Integrated Resources Portal (IBDIRP).Database : the journal of biological databases and curation · 2024
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45 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

1 author at 1 institution in 1 country.

Charles N BernsteinSection of Gastroenterology, University of Manitoba IBD Clinical and Research Centre, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
University of Manitoba · CA

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

In assessing the best evidence for optimizing management of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), the focus is typically on anti-inflammatory agents and therapies that modulate the immune system. The intestinal immune response remains the key focus of developing therapies as well. In the past decade, the concept of dysbiosis of the gut microbiome has emerged as a potential pathogenetic focus in IBD, and with this a burgeoning interest in manipulating the microbiome as a means of controlling the disease has emerged. In this review, anti-inflammatory, immune-modulating, and microbiome-modulating therapies will be covered in terms of what is known today, as well as treatments that may be part of the therapeutic armamentarium in the near future. Concurrent with the evolution of our understanding of the basic biology of IBD, there is an increasing appreciation for the disconnect between patients' symptoms and inflammatory disease. As clinical trials have simultaneously addressed both symptom scores and mucosal healing, investigators and clinicians have gained a greater appreciation for the fact that many symptoms may not be driven by active inflammation, and hence focusing only on immunomodulatory therapies would not serve patients' needs fully. Furthermore, there is an emerging recognition of the importance of stress and psychological health in symptom experience and treatment needs. In this review, approaches to managing patients' symptoms as well as other adjunctive approaches to improving well-being will also be discussed. Finally, throughout this review, important research questions regarding different aspects of treatment will be proposed.

Indexed as

Anti-Inflammatory AgentsHumansImmune SystemImmunologic FactorsInflammatory Bowel DiseasesAnti-Inflammatory AgentsImmunologic Factors

Identifiers

PMID25488896
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Registered trials

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