ArticleJournal of gastroenterology and hepatology2019
Effect of a concomitant elemental diet with maintenance anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody therapy in patients with Crohn's disease: A multicenter, prospective cohort study.
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- Partial Enteral Nutrition in the Management of Crohn's Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of Crohn's & colitis · 2025Pooled it
- The Application and Mechanism Analysis of Enteral Nutrition in Clinical Management of Chronic Diseases.Nutrients · 2025Pooled it
- Nutritional interventions in adult fibrostenotic Crohn's disease: A systematic review.Frontiers in nutrition · 2023Pooled it
- Efficacy of enteral nutrition in patients with Crohn's disease on maintenance anti-TNF-alpha antibody therapy: a meta-analysis.Journal of gastroenterology · 2020Pooled it
- Compliance and Adherence to Enteral Nutrition Treatment in Adults: A Systematic Review.Nutrients · 2019Pooled it
- Patient Acceptability of Partial Enteral Nutrition as a Concomitant Therapy to Adalimumab in Adults with Active Crohn's Disease: BIOPIC Trial.Annals of nutrition & metabolism · 2026Article
- The Role of Nutritional Therapy in the Treatment of Adults with Crohn's Disease: A Review.Nutrients · 2025Review
- Dietary Interventions and Oral Nutritional Supplementation in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Current Evidence and Future Directions.Nutrients · 2025Review
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- British Dietetic Association consensus guidelines on the nutritional assessment and dietary management of patients with inflammatory bowel disease.Journal of human nutrition and dietetics : the official journal of the British Dietetic Association · 2023Article
- Dietary Strategies for Maintenance of Clinical Remission in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: Are We There Yet?Nutrients · 2020Review
- Effect of a concomitant elemental diet with maintenance anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody therapy in patients with Crohn's disease: A multicenter, prospective cohort study.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2019Article
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Abstract
BACKGROUND AND
aimThe aim of this study was to clarify the additional effect of a concomitant elemental diet (ED) for patients with Crohn's disease on maintenance anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody (anti-TNF).
methodsCrohn's disease patients who received anti-TNF induction therapy were enrolled. Patients who achieved clinical response (defined as delta Crohn's disease activity index [CDAI] > 70 and CDAI < 200) at 10-14 weeks after the start of infliximab or adalimumab were included. Eligible patients took a tolerability test of ED (900 kcal/day) for 3 days. Then, patients who preferred concomitant ED and whose ED tolerance was confirmed were allocated to the ED group and given Elental 900 kcal/day or more. Other patients were allocated to the non-ED group. The primary endpoint was the cumulative remission rate at 2 years after baseline. Clinical relapse was defined as CDAI > 200 and/or need for additional treatment. Adherence to the ED was confirmed at each visit.
resultsSeventy-two patients were included. Thirty-seven were allocated to the ED group, and 35 were allocated to the non-ED group. The cumulative remission rate at 2 years was not significantly different between the two groups (60.9% vs 56.7%, P = 0.98). Adherence to the ED in the ED group was relatively low, and only 11 patients were maintained on an ED of 900 kcal/day.
conclusionsThe addition of ED for Crohn's disease patients who responded to initial anti-TNF induction therapy was not found to improve outcomes. The efficacy of concomitant ED in other clinical settings, such as loss of response, needs to be clarified in the future (UMIN000009789).
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