Abstract:
BACKGROUND:As treatment of steroid-dependent patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is controversial, we analysed the efficacy and tolerance of 6-mercaptopurine (6-MP) and methotrexate (MTX) added to prednisone in increasing and maintaining the disease remission rate. METHODS:Seventy-two steroid-dependent IBD patients, 34 with ulcerative colitis (UC) and 38 with Crohn's disease (CD), receiving treatment with prednisone were randomly assigned in a 2:2:1 ratio to additionally receive, orally, over a period of 30 weeks 1.5 mg/kg/day of 6-MP (group A) or 15 mg/week of MTX (group B), or 3 g/day of 5-aminosalicylic acid (5-ASA) (group C). All patients who achieved remission were included in a maintaining remission study for 76 weeks. Remission was defined after stopping prednisone as a CD activity index of <150 and normal serum orosomucoid concentration for CD patients and a Mayo Clinic score <7 for UC patients. RESULTS:With regard to achieved remission, a significantly higher (P< 0.05) rate existed for UC patients in group A (78.6%) than in group C (25%), with no statistical differences in group B (58.3%) versus C. For CD patients, the rates were significantly higher (P< 0.001 and 0.01, respectively) in groups A (93.7%) and B (80%) versus C (14%). With regard to maintaining remission, UC patients in group A (63.6%) presented significantly higher rates (P < 0.0015 and P < 0.001, respectively) versus 14.3% in group B and none in group C. For CD patients, statistical differences (P < 0.001) existed when comparing rates in groups A (53.3%) and B (66.6%) versus none in group C. Noticeable side effects appeared in 13.3% of patients from group A and 11.5% from group B. CONCLUSIONS:These results suggest that 6-MP or MTX added to prednisone could be effective in steroid sparing, as well as in achieving and maintaining remission in steroid-dependent IBD patients. MTX was less effective in maintaining remission in UC patients.
journal_name
Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatoljournal_title
European journal of gastroenterology & hepatologyauthors
Maté-Jiménez J,Hermida C,Cantero-Perona J,Moreno-Otero Rdoi
10.1097/00042737-200012110-00010subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2000-11-01 00:00:00pages
1227-33issue
11eissn
0954-691Xissn
1473-5687journal_volume
12pub_type
临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验abstract:OBJECTIVES:Quality of life is reduced in inflammatory bowel disease. Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS)-like symptoms seem to be common in inflammatory bowel disease patients during the remission phase. We aimed to (i) assess the prevalence of IBS-like symptoms in ulcerative colitis (UC) patients during the remission phase...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282f16a62
更新日期:2008-01-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVE:There has been a dramatic increase in recent years in the incidence of Barrett's oesophagus and the oesophageal adenocarcinoma associated with it. Alongside surgical treatment for early Barrett's carcinomas, endoscopic treatment procedures such as photodynamic therapy (PDT), which have much lower complication...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-200206000-00011
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abstract:OBJECTIVES:Several trials have demonstrated that oral delayed-release mesalamine might be administered once daily. We aimed to conduct a meta-analysis to investigate this. METHODS:A comprehensive and multiple-source literature search was carried out. Only randomized-controlled trials (RCTs) were investigated by compar...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析
doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e328350fc81
更新日期:2012-05-01 00:00:00
abstract:OBJECTIVES:Analysis of the incidence rate and the evolution of duodenal and stomach polyps in our familial adenomatous polyposis (FAP) patients, the suitability of the surveillance method and the cancer-preventing treatment applied and the analysis of the complications arising from each procedure employed. MATERIALS A...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
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doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e3283297cf2
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:AIM:To propose a quantitative method to detect heparanase-2 (HPA2) and syndecan-1 (Syn-1) using immunohistochemistry in colorectal (colon and rectal) carcinomas compared with nonneoplastic tissues and evaluate the possible role of these molecules in tumor development and extracellular remodeling. METHODS:Cytoplasmic s...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
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doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e3282fc2649
更新日期:2008-08-01 00:00:00
abstract::Nitric oxide (NO) can exert both protective and proinflammatory actions in the gastrointestinal tract. NO, formed physiologically by constitutive NO synthases, regulates vascular tone, protects the microvasculature from injury, and modulates adhesion of inflammatory cells. In contrast, expression of an inducible isofo...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00042737-199711000-00002
更新日期:1997-11-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Screening colonoscopy is less effective in preventing proximal colon cancers than distal colon cancers. A repeat examination of the right side of the colon may increase the lesion detection. The study aimed to assess the results of a second examination of the right side of the colon with forward-view or retr...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,meta分析,评审
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
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更新日期:2014-04-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000001233
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,评审
doi:10.1097/00042737-200502000-00003
更新日期:2005-02-01 00:00:00
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000000700
更新日期:2016-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-199809000-00006
更新日期:1998-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e32830edb29
更新日期:2009-10-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Varices are a late complication in primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC). However, patients without clinical jaundice do bleed from varices; whether their prognosis differs is unknown.
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章,多中心研究
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更新日期:2009-09-01 00:00:00
abstract:BACKGROUND:Data from studies in patients with nonalcoholic steatohepatitis (NASH) suggest an increased hepatic fatty acid oxidation. We have previously shown higher fasting plasma bile acid concentrations in patients with NASH. In-vivo and in-vitro studies suggest that bile acids by binding to peroxisome proliferator-a...
journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-200402000-00008
更新日期:2004-02-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-200201000-00004
更新日期:2002-01-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-199911000-00026
更新日期:1999-11-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-200109000-00015
更新日期:2001-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000001969
更新日期:2021-01-04 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-200509000-00008
更新日期:2005-09-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/MEG.0000000000001625
更新日期:2020-08-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 临床试验,杂志文章,随机对照试验
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更新日期:1995-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
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更新日期:2019-12-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-199805000-00012
更新日期:1998-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/00042737-200012100-00011
更新日期:2000-10-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
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doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e32832d237d
更新日期:2010-05-01 00:00:00
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journal_title:European journal of gastroenterology & hepatology
pub_type: 杂志文章
doi:10.1097/MEG.0b013e32834b956b
更新日期:2011-11-01 00:00:00