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Real-World Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Italy: Treatment Patterns, Adherence, and Costs in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Mesalazine
Drugs - Real World Outcomes

Real-World Epidemiology of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Italy: Treatment Patterns, Adherence, and Costs in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Treated with Mesalazine

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a clinical study related to Ulcerative colitis, Inflammatory bowel disease, and Mesalamine. The original article is from Drugs - Real World Outcomes.

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β-Glucan-based oral nano/micro delivery systems: harnessing dual immunomodulatory and microbiota-modulating properties for targeted therapy of cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.
Nanoscale

β-Glucan-based oral nano/micro delivery systems: harnessing dual immunomodulatory and microbiota-modulating properties for targeted therapy of cancer and inflammatory bowel disease.

Researchers are exploring new oral delivery carriers that could deliver drugs directly to inflamed intestinal sites while also modulating immune responses and the gut microbiome. If translated, these approaches might...

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Palisade Bio Presents New Clinical, Pharmacokinetic, Pharmacodynamic and Mechanistic Data Strengthening the Phase 2 Rationale for PALI-2108 in Ulcerative Colitis and Crohn’s ...

Early Phase 1 findings suggest a gut-targeted PDE4 prodrug may engage its target in diseased tissue and produce early improvements in symptoms, endoscopy, and tissue inflammation — findings that, if confirmed in Phase 2,...

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A Mesalazine–Aloperine Co-Amorphous System for Simultaneous Dissolution Enhancement, Permeability Improvement, and Synergistic Anti-Ulcerative Colitis Activity: A Combined Pharmaceutics and Network Pharmacology Study
Pharmaceutics

A Mesalazine–Aloperine Co-Amorphous System for Simultaneous Dissolution Enhancement, Permeability Improvement, and Synergistic Anti-Ulcerative Colitis Activity: A Combined Pharmaceutics and Network Pharmacology Study

Improving mesalazine delivery could increase drug reaching the colon and potentially improve treatment for ulcerative colitis. A formulation that both enhances dissolution/permeability and offers mechanistic synergy...

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Clinical Course and Predictors of Biologic Therapy, Hospitalisation and Surgery: A Five-Year Prospective Study in Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease.
Alimentary pharmacology & therapeutics

Clinical Course and Predictors of Biologic Therapy, Hospitalisation and Surgery: A Five-Year Prospective Study in Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

This study describes how often people newly diagnosed with IBD go on biologic or JAK inhibitor therapy and what happened to them over five years — including hospital visits and surgery — which helps set expectations for...

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Frequency and Risk Factors for Difficult-to-Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Patients Receiving Advanced Therapies in a Korean Tertiary-Care Cohort.
Gut and liver

Frequency and Risk Factors for Difficult-to-Treat Inflammatory Bowel Disease among Patients Receiving Advanced Therapies in a Korean Tertiary-Care Cohort.

The study suggests that about one-quarter of IBD patients treated with advanced therapies develop difficult-to-treat disease, and identifies timing of therapy, age, and specific therapy choice as predictors.

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Bimekizumab efficacy across GRAPPA domains to 3 years in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a post hoc analysis of two phase 3 studies.
Rheumatology (Oxford, England)

Bimekizumab efficacy across GRAPPA domains to 3 years in patients with psoriatic arthritis: a post hoc analysis of two phase 3 studies.

Patients with PsA and clinicians choosing long‑term biologic therapy may care about both durability of PsA control and safety signals for related inflammatory conditions like IBD and uveitis. This analysis reports...

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Low baseline alanine aminotransferase is associated with primary non-response to infliximab induction in pediatric Crohn's disease: a retrospective cohort study
Frontiers in pediatrics

Low baseline alanine aminotransferase is associated with primary non-response to infliximab induction in pediatric Crohn's disease: a retrospective cohort study

Based on the title and source metadata, this appears to be a clinical study related to Crohn's disease, Infliximab, and Anti-TNF. The original article is from Frontiers in pediatrics.

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Association between Crohn’s disease and pulmonary nodule patterns: an inverse probability-weighted analysis of real-world data
Clinical and Translational Gastroenterology

Association between Crohn’s disease and pulmonary nodule patterns: an inverse probability-weighted analysis of real-world data

The study suggests pulmonary nodules are more common in people with Crohn’s disease and that age and certain medications (not disease phenotype) may better predict nodule burden — information that could influence how...

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Budget impact analysis of subcutaneous infliximab (CT-P13 SC) for treating autoimmune diseases in Jordan
Cost Effectiveness and Resource Allocation

Budget impact analysis of subcutaneous infliximab (CT-P13 SC) for treating autoimmune diseases in Jordan

Modeled cost savings and fewer hospital visits could affect access to infliximab for people with Crohn’s disease and other autoimmune conditions in Jordan, potentially increasing the number of patients who can be treated...

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Adherence to advanced therapies in inflammatory bowel diseases: Real-world rates and predictors of non-adherence.
Digestive and liver disease : official journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver

Adherence to advanced therapies in inflammatory bowel diseases: Real-world rates and predictors of non-adherence.

Adherence affects how well advanced IBD treatments work. Knowing which drug forms and patient factors link to missed doses can help patients and clinicians plan support strategies.

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Investigation of Vancomycin Efficacy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis
ClinicalTrials.gov

Investigation of Vancomycin Efficacy in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis and Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis

People with UC and PSC have limited study data on microbiome-targeted therapies; this trial asks whether short-course oral vancomycin is feasible and safe in this specific group and will look for early signals in...

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Study of Efficacy and Adherence to Subcutaneous vs. Intravenous Vedolizumab in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using a Novel Remote MONITORing Intervention
ClinicalTrials.gov

Study of Efficacy and Adherence to Subcutaneous vs. Intravenous Vedolizumab in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Using a Novel Remote MONITORing Intervention

Adherence to biologic therapy can affect how well treatment controls IBD; understanding whether self-administered subcutaneous vedolizumab has different adherence than IV infusion could influence treatment choices and...

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Switching From Originator to Biosimilar Infliximab in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis
JCC Plus

Switching From Originator to Biosimilar Infliximab in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis

This review directly addresses whether switching from originator infliximab to a biosimilar affects disease control or safety in children with IBD — a common practical concern for families and clinicians. Its pooled data...

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Changing Prescription Patterns in Pharmacologically Treated Patients with Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease in German Gastroenterology Practices: A Real-World Study, 2015–2024
Pharmaceuticals

Changing Prescription Patterns in Pharmacologically Treated Patients with Newly Diagnosed Inflammatory Bowel Disease in German Gastroenterology Practices: A Real-World Study, 2015–2024

The study documents shifting real-world prescribing for newly diagnosed IBD in Germany, with more biologic use and less mesalazine/thiopurine in recent years — changes that could affect treatment expectations and access.

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Differential long-term efficacy of biologic and small-molecule therapies by disease location in moderate-to-severe luminal Crohn's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.
Inflammatory bowel diseases

Differential long-term efficacy of biologic and small-molecule therapies by disease location in moderate-to-severe luminal Crohn's disease: a systematic review and network meta-analysis.

The analysis suggests that some biologic and small-molecule therapies work differently depending on whether Crohn's disease affects the ileum, colon, or both — information that could help tailor long-term treatment...

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A Giant Intra-Abdominal Plasmablastic Neoplasm Favoring Lymphoma Mimicking an Exacerbation of Severe Fistulizing Crohn's Disease: A Case Report.
The American journal of case reports

A Giant Intra-Abdominal Plasmablastic Neoplasm Favoring Lymphoma Mimicking an Exacerbation of Severe Fistulizing Crohn's Disease: A Case Report.

A rapidly growing abdominal mass or unexplained systemic decline in someone with Crohn's disease may represent a rare malignancy (plasmablastic neoplasm) rather than infection or a disease flare; prompt biopsy is...

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Current evidence for first-line advanced therapies in pediatric ulcerative colitis: a critical review
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Current evidence for first-line advanced therapies in pediatric ulcerative colitis: a critical review

Families and clinicians deciding on a first biologic for a child with ulcerative colitis need to know which drugs have pediatric-specific evidence. This review shows infliximab has the strongest pediatric data, while...

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Ulcerative colitis reporting across medications: FAERS analysis and cross-species transcriptomic triangulation
Frontiers in Immunology

Ulcerative colitis reporting across medications: FAERS analysis and cross-species transcriptomic triangulation

People with IBD or their clinicians may see signals suggesting certain drugs are more often reported with ulcerative colitis; this study combines adverse‑event reports with gene‑expression comparisons to help prioritize...

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Kaempferol-3-O-glucorhamnoside alleviates DSS-induced ulcerative colitis via the arginine-polyamine metabolism pathway.
International immunopharmacology

Kaempferol-3-O-glucorhamnoside alleviates DSS-induced ulcerative colitis via the arginine-polyamine metabolism pathway.

Researchers exploring new anti-inflammatory or metabolism-targeting approaches for UC might view KA as a candidate molecule that modulates arginine–polyamine metabolism, which could point to new drug-discovery...

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Norepinephrine-driven neutrophilic inflammation accelerates ulcerative colitis progression.
Journal of autoimmunity

Norepinephrine-driven neutrophilic inflammation accelerates ulcerative colitis progression.

If local norepinephrine promotes neutrophil‑driven inflammation in UC, that could help explain disease progression in some patients and point to biomarkers (ADRB2‑rich neutrophils) that might predict response to anti‑TNF...

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Agomab to Present STENOVA Open-Label Extension Data of Ontunisertib at UEG Week ...

Patients with fibrostenosing Crohn’s disease face progressive strictures and limited targeted treatments; data from STENOVA’s OLE and the planned NOV‑ERA trial could advance therapies that target both inflammation and...

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Association between Crohn's disease and pulmonary nodule patterns: an inverse probability-weighted analysis of real-world data.
Clinical and translational gastroenterology

Association between Crohn's disease and pulmonary nodule patterns: an inverse probability-weighted analysis of real-world data.

Pulmonary nodules appear more frequently in people with Crohn’s disease and have distinct patterns over time. Knowing which factors predict nodule burden can help clinicians prioritize monitoring and interpret chest...

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Chinese herbal medicine for ulcerative colitis: product-level clinical evidence, mechanistic appraisal, and a roadmap to precision translation
Frontiers in Pharmacology

Chinese herbal medicine for ulcerative colitis: product-level clinical evidence, mechanistic appraisal, and a roadmap to precision translation

People with UC often try complementary therapies; this review shows that benefits and risks vary by specific CHM product and that current evidence is mixed and product-dependent.

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