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D'Amico F, Fasulo E, Jairath V, Paridaens K, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Danese S. Management and treatment optimization of patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis. Expert Rev Clin Immunol 2024; 20:277-290. [PMID: 38059454 DOI: 10.1080/1744666x.2023.2292768] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/01/2023] [Accepted: 12/05/2023] [Indexed: 12/08/2023]
Abstract
INTRODUCTION Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic inflammatory bowel disease with a significant health-care burden worldwide. While medical therapy aims to induce and maintain remission, optimal management of mild to moderate UC remains challenging due to heterogeneity in severity classifications and non-standardized approaches. This comprehensive review summarizes current evidence and knowledge gaps to optimize clinical decision-making in patients with mild to moderate UC. AREAS COVERED After an extensive literature search of PubMed, Medline, and Embase through August 2023, we provide an overview of definitions utilized to characterize mild to moderate UC severity and established therapeutic targets. Current medical treatments including mesalazine formulations, corticosteroids, and their combinations are surveyed. The role of emerging intestinal ultrasound, telemedicine, and home testing is explored. Individualized, patient-centered paradigms aiming to streamline care delivery through proactive identification of relapses are also examined. EXPERT OPINION Addressing inconsistencies in disease activity stratification will better align tailored regimens with each patient's profile. Advancing noninvasive technologies like ultrasound criteria and home testing could improve UC management by enabling personalized models. Realizing individualized plans through informed shared-decision making between health-care providers and fully engaged patients holds promise to maximize quality of life outcomes. Continuous improvement relies on innovation bridging different domains to overcome current limitations and push the field toward more predictive and tailored care.
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Affiliation(s)
- Ferdinando D'Amico
- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, Milan, Italy
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France
- INSERM, NGERE, University of Lorraine, Nancy, France
- INFINY Institute, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France
- FHU-CURE, Nancy University Hospital, Nancy, France
- Groupe Hospitalier privé Ambroise Paré - Hartmann, Paris IBD center, Neuilly sur Seine, France
- Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, McGill University Health Centre, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, Milan, Italy
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Awadhi SA, Alboraie M, Albaba EA, Almutairdi A, Alsaad M, Azzam N, Barakat H, D’Amico F, Danese S, El Kady M, Ghoneim H, Hamoudi W, Jazzar A, Mosli M, Shehab H, Sneineh AA. Treatment of Patients with Mild to Moderate Ulcerative Colitis: A Middle East Expert Consensus. J Clin Med 2023; 12:6929. [PMID: 37959394 PMCID: PMC10650478 DOI: 10.3390/jcm12216929] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2023] [Revised: 10/29/2023] [Accepted: 11/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/15/2023] Open
Abstract
The prevalence of ulcerative colitis (UC) in the Middle East is increasing, impacting the economic and healthcare burden. The management of patients with mild to moderate UC is still a challenge as several factors can affect optimal care, including drug choice, induction and maintenance dose, treatment optimization and de-escalation, therapy duration, monitoring, and safety profile. We conducted an expert consensus to standardize the management of patients with mild to moderate UC. Sixteen experts in inflammatory bowel diseases, through a well-established and accepted Delphi methodology, voted and approved eight statements in order to provide practical guidance to clinicians in the Middle East.
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- Sameer Al Awadhi
- Digestive Diseases Unit, Rashid Hospital, Dubai 003206, United Arab Emirates
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Al-Azhar University, Cairo 11884, Egypt;
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- Department of Medicine, Almana General Hospital, Alkhobar 31952, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Medicine, King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center, Riyadh 11564, Saudi Arabia;
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- Al Madar Medical Centre, Sharjah P.O. Box 80789, United Arab Emirates;
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- Division of Gastroenterology, Department of Medicine, College of Medicine, King Saud University, Riyadh 11451, Saudi Arabia;
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan;
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (F.D.); (S.D.)
- Department of Biomedical Sciences, Humanitas University, Pieve Emanuele, 20132 Milan, Italy
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- Gastroenterology and Endoscopy, IRCCS Ospedale San Raffaele and Vita-Salute San Raffaele University, 20132 Milan, Italy; (F.D.); (S.D.)
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- Department of Medical Pharmacology, Faculty of Medicine, Cairo University, Cairo 11559, Egypt;
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- Immunology and Allergy Department, Medical Research Institute, Alexandria University, Alexandria 5424041, Egypt;
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- Internal Medicine Department, Al-Bashir Hospital, Amman 11151, Jordan;
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- Gastroenterology Division, Sheikh Khalifa Medical City, Abu Dhabi 51900, United Arab Emirates;
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- Department of Medicine, King Abdulaziz University Hospital, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia;
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- Integrated Clinical and Research Center for Intestinal Disorders (ICRID), Gastroenterology Division, Endemic Medicine Department, Cairo University, Cairo 3725121, Egypt;
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- Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University of Jordan, Amman 11942, Jordan;
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Sood A, Mahajan R, Singh A, Midha V, Mehta V. Endoscopy for assessment of mucosal healing in ulcerative colitis: time bound or response guided? Intest Res 2022; 20:297-302. [PMID: 35124950 PMCID: PMC9344249 DOI: 10.5217/ir.2021.00099] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2021] [Revised: 09/16/2021] [Accepted: 09/24/2021] [Indexed: 11/05/2022] Open
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The timing of colonoscopy in patients with active ulcerative colitis (UC) lacks coherence. The published guidelines and recommendations advocate time-bound colonoscopy in patients with active UC to assess for mucosal healing. However, the practice of performing colonoscopies at fixed time frames lacks reasoning. The time to achieve mucosal healing in UC is not uniform across the patient populations and is influenced by the disease severity and efficacy and time to therapeutic response of the drugs being used. Additionally, with the availability of sensitive noninvasive inflammatory biomarkers such as fecal calprotectin, that parallel the disease activity and correlate with mucosal healing, the notion of performing colonoscopy at fixed intervals sounds unjustifiable. The authors express their view that a response-guided colonoscopy (driven by normalization of clinical symptoms and inflammatory biomarkers), rather than a time-bound colonoscopy, would be more logical, apart from being cost-effective and patient-friendly.
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- Ajit Sood
- Department of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Internal Medicine, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India
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- Department of Gastroenterology, Dayanand Medical College, Ludhiana, India
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