High-Dose Rescue Tofacitinib Prevented Inpatient Colectomy in Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis Refractory to Anti-TNF

Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2021 Apr 15;27(5):e59-e60. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izaa357.

Authors

Rocio Sedano¹, Vipul Jairath²

Affiliations

¹ Department of Medicine, Division of Gastroenterology, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.
² Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Western University, London, Ontario, Canada.

PMID: 33484120
DOI: 10.1093/ibd/izaa357

No abstract available

Keywords: inflammatory bowel disease; small molecules; ulcerative colitis.

Publication types

Case Reports

MeSH terms

Colectomy
Colitis, Ulcerative* / drug therapy
Colitis, Ulcerative* / surgery
Humans
Inpatients
Piperidines / therapeutic use*
Pyrimidines / therapeutic use*
Treatment Outcome
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors

Substances

Piperidines
Pyrimidines
Tumor Necrosis Factor Inhibitors
tofacitinib