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ReviewJournal of clinical medicine2020

Early Intervention in Ulcerative Colitis: Ready for Prime Time?

Virginia Solitano, Ferdinando D'Amico, Eirini Zacharopoulou, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Silvio Danese

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Review in Journal of clinical medicine, 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 32 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
32citing papers in PubMed
4.3field-weighted citation impact, top 5% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

32 citing papers in PubMed, 46 citations in OpenAlex.

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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

5 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Virginia SolitanoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-2935-6778
Ferdinando D'AmicoDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy.
Eirini ZacharopoulouDepartment of Gastroenterology, IBD Center, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center, IRCCS, Rozzano, 20089 Milan, Italy.
Laurent Peyrin-BirouletDepartment of Gastroenterology and Inserm NGERE U1256, University Hospital of Nancy, University of Lorraine, 54500 Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy, France.
Silvio DaneseDepartment of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20090 Milan, Italy.
Humanitas University · ITInserm · FR

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Growing evidence shows that ulcerative colitis (UC) is a progressive disease similar to Crohn's disease (CD). The UC-related burden is often underestimated by physicians and a standard step-up therapeutic approach is preferred. However, in many patients with UC the disease activity is not adequately controlled by current management, leading to poor long-term prognosis. Data from both randomized controlled trials and real-world studies support early intervention in CD in order to prevent disease progression and irreversible bowel damage. Similarly, an early disease intervention during the so-called "window of opportunity" could lead to better outcomes in UC. Here, we summarize the literature evidence on early intervention in patients with UC, highlighting strengths and limitations of this approach.

Indexed as

early interventiontop-down strategytreat-to-targetulcerative colitiswindow of opportunity

Identifiers

PMID32823997
PMCPMC7464940
OpenAlexW3049325349

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