ArticleJournal of Korean medical science2025
Long-Term Safety of Tofacitinib for Treatment of Moderate-to-Severe Ulcerative Colitis: Three Years of Korean National Data.
Article in Journal of Korean medical science, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled 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.
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.
Who cites it
2 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.
- Asian Pacific Association of Gastroenterology (APAGE) Clinical Practice Guidelines on the Use of Small Molecules and IL-23 p19 Inhibitors in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn's Disease.Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology · 2026Guideline
- A JAK of two trades: beneficial or adverse effects of Janus kinase inhibition for plasma LDL-cholesterol and major adverse cardiovascular events in inflammatory bowel disease patients?Current opinion in lipidology · 2026Review
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
3 authors.
Funding
Abstract
backgroundUlcerative colitis (UC) requires long-term treatment. Tofacitinib, a JAK inhibitor approved for UC, raises safety concerns regarding serious adverse events (SAEs) such as thromboembolism, major adverse cardiovascular events (MACEs), and opportunistic infections. This study aimed to evaluate the long-term safety of tofacitinib versus anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) inhibitors in Korean patients with UC using a nationwide population-based cohort.
methodsWe analyzed data from the National Health Insurance Service database from May 2019 to April 2022. Patients with UC were identified using the International Classification of Diseases, 10th revision and rare intractable disease codes. We compared the incidence of SAEs, including MACE, thromboembolic events, herpes zoster, tuberculosis, and malignancy, between the tofacitinib and anti-TNF inhibitor groups. The risk factors for SAEs in all patients with UC and tofacitinib users were also analyzed.
resultsA total of 1,816 patients with UC were included (521 treated with tofacitinib and 1,295 treated with anti-TNF inhibitors). The overall incidence of SAEs was similar between the tofacitinib and anti-TNF inhibitor groups (4.41/100 person-years vs. 5.33/100 person-years,
conclusionTofacitinib demonstrates a safety profile comparable to that of anti-TNF inhibitors in Korean patients with UC. Despite safety concerns, tofacitinib can be safely used in this population with caution in older patients and those with comorbidities.
Indexed as
Identifiers
What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
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.