Evidence map›Paper›PMID 40904642›Full record

ReviewIntractable & rare diseases research2025

Towards an Asian paradigm of inflammatory bowel disease management: A comparative review of China and Japan.

Qi Sun, Zhixian Jiang, Lichao Yang, Hao Liu, Peipei Song, Lianwen Yuan

Abstract readReview
In one paragraph

Review in Intractable & rare diseases research, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

0numbers the graph read from it
0cells of the map it votes in
2citing papers in PubMed
–field-weighted citation impact
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

2 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Article
  2. Article
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

6 authors.

Qi SunDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Zhixian JiangDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Lichao YangDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Hao LiuDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.
Peipei SongCenter for Clinical Sciences, Japan Institute for Health Security, Tokyo, Japan.
Lianwen YuanDepartment of General Surgery, The Second Xiangya Hospital, Central South University, Changsha, China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This systematic review compares inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) management between China and Japan across epidemiology, clinical strategies, health insurance, and social security policies. Epidemiologically, the incidence of IBD is rapidly increasing in China, contributing to a growing disease burden. In contrast, Japan has a stabilized incidence but a rising prevalence, driven by an aging patient population. Clinically, step-up therapy remains the mainstream approach in China, limited by regional and financial disparities in biologic access. In contrast, Japan, benefiting from the "Designated Intractable Diseases" program, favors early intensive therapy with a focus on mucosal healing. In the area of precision medicine, China is advancing rapidly in therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) for anti-TNF agents. In contrast, Japan leads in AI-assisted endoscopic assessment, despite slower adoption of TDM. Japan's comprehensive insurance covers most costs of IBD; China has significantly reduced drug prices

Indexed as

Crohn's diseaseepidemiologyhealth insurance policyinflammatory bowel diseaseprecision medicineulcerative colitis

Identifiers

PMID40904642
PMCPMC12403866

What OpenQuestion holds

Textmetadata
Read underepoch 390

Registered trials

None linked

Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.