Treatment Patterns and Standardized Outcome Assessments Among Patients With Inflammatory Conditions of the Pouch in a Prospective Multicenter Registry.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Much of our understanding about the natural history of pouch-related disorders has been generated from selected populations. We designed a geographically diverse, prospective registry to study the disease course among patients with 1 of 4 inflammatory conditions of the pouch. The primary objectives in this study were to demonstrate the feasibility of a prospective pouch registry and to evaluate the predominant treatment patterns for pouch-related disorders.

Methods

We used standardized diagnostic criteria to prospectively enroll patients with acute pouchitis, chronic antibiotic-dependent pouchitis (CADP), chronic antibiotic refractory pouchitis (CARP), or Crohn's disease (CD) of the pouch. We obtained detailed clinical and demographic data at the time of enrollmen

SUBMITTER: Barnes EL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9446900 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature