591520login-checkDo Kidney Transplant Medications Supplant IBD Drugs? |
— Study shows many patients no longer need drugs to help keep gut disease in check
by Ed Susman, Contributing Writer, MedPage Today December 8, 2022
ORLANDO — Many patients who undergo successful renal transplantation and also have Crohn’s disease were able to avoid immunomodulating or biologic agents to control their gut disease, researchers found.
Of 37 patients with renal transplants who were also diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease, 48.6% were off medical therapy for treatment of Crohn’s disease after transplant, reported Marianny Sulbaran, MD, PhD, a fellow in gastroenterology at the Mayo Clinic in Jacksonville, Florida.
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