{"title":"Tofacitinib in Stricturing Colonic Crohn's Disease.","authors":"Simone Chin, Matthew Choy, Peter De Cruz","doi":"10.14309/crj.0000000000001692","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Tofacitinib has described efficacy in ulcerative colitis but not Crohn's disease (CD). However, patients with stricturing CD were excluded from initial randomized controlled trials. We report a case of stricturing colonic CD, which responded to tofacitinib therapy.</p>","PeriodicalId":7394,"journal":{"name":"ACG Case Reports Journal","volume":"12 5","pages":"e01692"},"PeriodicalIF":0.5000,"publicationDate":"2025-05-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12047872/pdf/","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"ACG Case Reports Journal","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.14309/crj.0000000000001692","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"2025/5/1 0:00:00","PubModel":"eCollection","JCR":"Q4","JCRName":"GASTROENTEROLOGY & HEPATOLOGY","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Abstract
Tofacitinib has described efficacy in ulcerative colitis but not Crohn's disease (CD). However, patients with stricturing CD were excluded from initial randomized controlled trials. We report a case of stricturing colonic CD, which responded to tofacitinib therapy.
期刊介绍:
ACG Case Reports Journal is a peer-reviewed, open-access publication that provides GI and hepatology fellows, private practice clinicians, and other healthcare providers an opportunity to share interesting case reports with their peers and with leaders in the field. ACG Case Reports Journal publishes case reports, images, videos and letters to the editor in all topics of gastroenterology and hepatology, including: Biliary Colon Endoscopy Esophagus Functional Bowel Disorders Inflammatory Bowel Disease Liver Nutrition and Obesity Pancreas Pathology Pediatric Small Bowel Stomach.