Inflammatory Bowel Disease News

• Early Ileocecal Resection Bests Anti-TNF Therapy for Crohn's Early ileocecal resection is associated with better long-term outcomes compared with anti–tumor necrosis factor therapy for patients with Crohn's disease.
  MDedge News, December 07, 2023
• Guideline Affirms Role of Biomarkers in Crohn's Disease 'Use of biomarkers is no longer considered experimental and should be an integral part of IBD care and monitoring.'
  MDedge News, December 06, 2023
• No Adverse Effects From Steroids in Pregnant Women With EoE 'Our recommendations about the use of steroids among this population are based on the safety data extrapolated mainly from pregnant women with asthma.'
  MDedge News, December 01, 2023
• ACG 2023 Two Choices for Resection Defect Repair Show Similar Success Two novel devices are similarly effective for tissue approximation of large endoscopic resection defects, but each has advantages.
  MDedge News, November 30, 2023
• The Five Things Dentists Wished PCPs Weren't Missing From overlooked gum disease to suspicious lesions, oral health can provide a critical window into broader medical concerns.
  WebMD Health News, November 29, 2023
• ACG 2023 Low-Dose Aspirin: No Flares in Pregnant Patients With IBD Low-dose aspirin is recommended for pregnant women who are at risk of hypertensive disorders, such as eclampsia, preeclampsia, and gestational diabetes.
  MDedge News, November 29, 2023
• Histologic Activity in IBD Ups Risk of Serious Infections Histologic inflammation in IBD emerged as an independent risk factor for serious infection in a large Swedish population-based study.
  Medscape Medical News, November 27, 2023
• ACR 2023 Novel Blood Test Can Detect Rheumatoid Arthritis An experimental assay detects epigenetic features within the unique patterns and sizes of cell-free DNA found in blood, but is it better than clinical diagnostics?
  MDedge News, November 20, 2023
• Use the Stool! Fecal Transplants Help Kids With C Diff The American Academy of Pediatrics endorsed fecal transplants to eliminate a particular infection in children and called for more research about other uses.
  Medscape Medical News, November 20, 2023
• ACR 2023 First Referral Guide Issued for Axial Spondyloarthritis The draft recommendations are a 'good first step,' but more awareness around axial spondyloarthritis in the non-rheumatology community is also needed to improve diagnosis, one expert said.
  Medscape Medical News, November 15, 2023
• ACR 2023 TNF Blockers Not Associated With Poorer Pregnancy Outcomes Patients with rheumatic disease who continued TNF blockers during their pregnancy did not have an increased risk of worse fetal and maternal outcomes and had a lower risk of severe infection.
  Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023
• Chronic Diarrhea Management: Be Wary of False Diarrhea Beware: most cases of diarrhea that lead patients to seek medical advice are actually false alarms.
  Medscape Medical News, November 13, 2023
• Immunotherapies Show No Increase in Cancer Recurrence Risk Patients with immune-mediated diseases and a history of malignancy had similar rates of cancer recurrence whether or not they were receiving immunosuppressive treatments.
  MDedge News, November 10, 2023
• Opioids Could Jeopardize IBD Patient Health Short- or long-term use of opioids may increase risk of poor outcomes in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), according to investigators.
  MDedge News, November 10, 2023
• Biosimilars as Effective as Originator Biologics in IBD In a systematic review, outcomes such as remission and loss of response were similar between patients with IBD who continued their original biologic and those who switched to a biosimilar.
  Medscape Medical News, November 10, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves First Ustekinumab Biosimilar The drug has also been granted an interchangeability designation and has been approved for six indications.
  Medscape Medical News, November 01, 2023
• ACG 2023 RSV More Common in IBD All patients with IBD, regardless of age, may be at increased risk for contracting a respiratory syncytial virus (RSV) infection and, as such, may benefit from receiving an RSV vaccine.
  MDedge News, October 31, 2023
• ACG 2023 IMT Improves Clinical Outcomes in IBD: Meta-Analysis Researchers found significant improvements for intestinal microbiota transplant in one type of inflammatory bowel disease but not another.
  Medscape Medical News, October 31, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves Toripalimab for Nasopharyngeal Carcinoma This marks the first approval for toripalimab.
  Medscape Medical News, October 30, 2023
• ACG 2023 New Study Ties Ultraprocessed Foods to IBD Researchers identified a higher risk for inflammatory bowel disease among adults who consumed a diet rich in ultraprocessed foods.
  MDedge News, October 30, 2023
• Alert FDA Approves Mirikizumab for Ulcerative Colitis Mirikizumab (Omvoh) is the first IL-23 inhibitor to be approved in the United States for the treament of moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis.
  Medscape Medical News, October 27, 2023
• Low Serum Vitamin D Levels Linked to Ulcerative Colitis Serum vitamin D levels were lower and the prevalence of vitamin D deficiency was higher in patients with ulcerative colitis compared with controls.
  Medscape Medical News, October 26, 2023
• First Guidelines Developed for Childhood EGIDs Beyond EoE Limited existing literature spurred the development of a consensus document to guide the diagnosis and treatment of rare eosinophilic diseases.
  Medscape Medical News, August 23, 2023
• Defining Difficult-to-Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease Taking inspiration from rheumatologists' efforts, gastroenterologists are seeking to identify progressive disease markers, assess drug efficacy, and identify mechanisms of inefficacy.
  Medscape Medical News, August 08, 2023