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Efficacy and safety of etrolizumab in treatment of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis: A systematic review and meta-analysis.

Karam R Motawea, Yomna A Abdelghafar, Yossef H AbdelQadir, Merna M Aboelenein, Nancy Ibrahim, Mohamed M Belal, Rowan H Elhalag, Lina T Khairy, Agyad Bakkour, Ali H H Muwaili and 7 more

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Practical guidelines on medical management of adults with moderate-to-severe inflammatory bowel disease.Saudi journal of gastroenterology : official journal of the Saudi Gastroenterology Association · 2026
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Karam R MotaweaFaculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Yomna A AbdelghafarFaculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Yossef H AbdelQadirFaculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Merna M AboeleneinFaculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Nancy IbrahimFaculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Mohamed M BelalFaculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Rowan H ElhalagFaculty of Medicine Alexandria University Alexandria Egypt.
Lina T KhairyThe National Ribat University Al-Ribat Sudan.
Agyad BakkourFaculty of Medicine Albaath University Homs Syria.
Ali H H MuwailiIvano-Frankivsk National Medical University Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine.
Fatima A A AbdelmajidDepartment of Internal Medicine University of Medical Sciences and Technology Khartoum Sudan.
Mhd K AlbuniDepartment of Internal Medicine Damascus University Damascus Syria.
Elias BattikhDepartment of Internal Medicine Damascus University Damascus Syria.
Bisher SawafDepartment of Internal Medicine Syrian Private University Damascus Syria.
Eman M S AhmedDepartment of Obstetrics and Gynecology Nile Valley University Khartoum Sudan.
Dhuha H H MuwailiIvano-Frankivsk National Medical University Ivano-Frankivsk Ukraine.
Sarya SwedFaculty of Medicine Aleppo University Aleppo Syria.ORCID 0000-0002-9983-2020

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background: Etrolizumab is a promising drug for treating moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Aim: The aim of this study was to assess the efficacy and safety of etrolizumab for induction and maintenance of remission in moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. Methods: We searched the following databases: PUBMED, Web of Science, OVID, and SCOPUS from inception to January 15. Inclusion criteria were any phase 2 and 3 clinical trials that compared etrolizumab with a placebo in treating moderate to severe ulcerative colitis, excluding case reports, animal studies, phase 1 trials, and conference abstracts due to duplication. We used RevMan software (5.4) for the meta-analysis. Results: Five clinical trials were included in our meta-analysis. The total number of patients included in the study is 1248 patients, 860 patients in the etrolizumab group and 388 patients in the placebo group. In the induction phase, the pooled analyses showed a statistically significant association between etrolizumab and increased clinical remission, and endoscopic remission compared with placebo (risk ratio [RR] = 2.66, 95% confidence interval [CI] = 1.69-4.19, Conclusion: Our results show that etrolizumab is an effective and safe drug for the induction and maintenance of clinical remission in moderate to severe ulcerative colitis patients, as proved by histologic and endoscopic findings. Future randomized trials are still needed to compare etrolizumab to the other agents and further establish its value for the practice.

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biologic drugsetrolizumabulcerative colitis

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PMID38736478
PMCPMC11082092

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