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ABSTRACT: Background
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis (UC) are inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) characterized by a progressive nature of the disease resulting in subsequent intestinal damage, limited efficacy of current treatments and suboptimal disease management and a significant burden for patients.Objectives
The IBD-PODCAST study aims to estimate the proportion of Crohn's disease and UC patients with suboptimal disease control (SDC) in a real-world setting.Methods
A non-interventional and cross-sectional study was conducted across 103 sites in 10 countries (Austria, Belgium, Canada, Germany, Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain, Turkey, and UK). Criteria for SDC were based on STRIDE-II criteria and adapted by an expert panel.Results
2185 patients (Crohn's disease
SUBMITTER: D'Amico F
PROVIDER: S-EPMC11328116 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jul
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature