Crohn's Disease

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Crohn's Disease

Crohn's disease is transmural granulomatous inflammation of any GI segment (skip lesions). Terminal ileum most common. Complications: fistulas, strictures, abscesses. Biologics have transformed management.

Crohn's disease Crohn disease regional enteritis granulomatous colitis
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What this condition is

What is Crohn's disease?Crohn's disease is a chronic (long-lasting) disease that causes inflammation in your digestive tract. It can affect any part of your digestive tract, which runs from your mouth to your anus. But it usually affects your small intestine and the beginning of your large intestine.Crohn's disease is an inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Ulcerative colitis and microscopic colitis are other common ty…

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Predicting IBD Treatment Outcomes With Gut Microbiome Analysis

NCT06453720

The goal of this prospective observational study is to determine if specific microbiome signatures can predict therapeutic responses in adult patients with Crohn's disease (CD), a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), living in British…

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MRE Predictors of Disease Relapse After Stopping Biologics

NCT06124287

This study aims to investigate if MR Enterography (MRE) improves the ability to predict which Crohn's disease patients will relapse quickly (disease comes back) after stopping biologic medication. MRE is a safe MRI scan of the bowel, widel…

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