Gastroenterologists' attitudes and challenges toward treat-to-target strategies in inflammatory bowel disease: a multinational survey.

ABSTRACT:

Background

To standardize the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) by establishing clear treatment targets and optimizing management strategies, the International Organization for the Study of IBD has proposed a treat-to-target (T2T) approach, which is now a popular management paradigm for IBD. However, this paradigm, which was derived primarily from Western countries with a high prevalence of IBD, has not been adopted universally. There is limited information on how T2T strategies are implemented around the world, and particularly in countries where IBD is a more recent phenomenon and has lower prevalence.

Objectives

The aim of this study was to take advantage of the existence of the BRICS IBD Consortium (Brazil, Russia, India, China, and South Africa), a newly for

SUBMITTER: You Z 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12515296 | biostudies-literature | 2025

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature