Daniele Piovani, Georgios K Nikolopoulos, Alessio Aghemo, Ana Lleo, Saleh A Alqahtani, Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici, Stefanos Bonovas
{"title":"Environmental Risk Factors for Gallbladder Cancer: Field-Wide Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Daniele Piovani, Georgios K Nikolopoulos, Alessio Aghemo, Ana Lleo, Saleh A Alqahtani, Cesare Hassan, Alessandro Repici, Stefanos Bonovas","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.046","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.046","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background & aims: </strong>Cholelithiasis is the most well-recognized risk factor for gallbladder cancer (GBC), the predominant biliary-tract malignancy; however, credibility on other modifiable exposures remains uncertain. We performed a field-wide systematic review and meta-analysis on environmental factors associated with GBC.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We systematically searched Medline/PubMed and Embase up to May 8, 2023, to identify randomized and nonrandomized studies examining environmental factors for GBC. We conducted random-effects meta-analyses focusing on longitudinal studies. Evidence from case-control studies was considered complementary. Evidence credibility was graded by prespecified criteria including the random-effects estimate, 95% confidence interval (CI), P value, statistical heterogeneity, small-study effects, and robustness to unmeasured confounding.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We identified 215 eligible primary studies and performed 350 meta-analyses across 7 domains: lifestyle, reproductive, metabolic, dietary, infections, interventions, and contaminants and occupational exposures. Based on longitudinal evidence, body mass index (relative risk [RR] <sub>per 5-unit increase</sub>, 1.27; 95% CI, 1.21‒1.33), hip circumference (RR <sub>per 5-cm increase</sub>, 1.16; 95% CI, 1.11‒1.22), infection of bile ducts (RR, 31.7; 95% CI, 24.8-40.6), high parity (RR, 1.48; 95% CI, 1.30‒1.68), obesity (RR, 1.70; 95% CI, 1.44‒2.01), overweight (RR, 1.28; 95% CI, 1.14‒1.43), waist circumference (RR <sub>per 5-cm increase</sub>, 1.14; 95% CI, 1.10‒1.18), and waist-to-height ratio (RR <sub>per 0.1 increase</sub>, 1.49; 95% CI, 1.36‒1.64) were robustly associated with increased GBC risk, whereas high education (RR, 0.63; 95% CI, 0.49‒0.82) was associated with reduced risk (moderate-to-high credibility). Another 39 significant associations showed lower credibility, including different exposure scenarios of tobacco smoking, alcohol consumption, and insufficient physical activity.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This study offers a detailed appraisal and mapping of the evidence on modifiable factors for GBC. Further high-quality prospective studies are essential to validate emerging associations and inform preventive strategies in high-incidence areas. (Systematic review registration: CRD42023434673.).</p>","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-05","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142380165","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Preparing the Next Generation of Gastroenterologists to Tackle Climate Change.","authors":"Amisha Ahuja, Nitin K Ahuja","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.043","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.043","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142380167","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Meredith E Pittman, Avleen Kaur, Thin Phyu Phyu Aung, Linda A Lee, Yasutoshi Shiratori
{"title":"The Impact of Immigration Status on Gastric Cancer Risk in a Community Hospital in New York City.","authors":"Meredith E Pittman, Avleen Kaur, Thin Phyu Phyu Aung, Linda A Lee, Yasutoshi Shiratori","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.038","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.038","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142380168","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Kevin J Kane, Christopher D Jensen, Jingrong Yang, Huyun Dong, Sophie A Merchant, Pradeep Koripella, Xiaoran Li, Jeffrey M Hendel, Douglas A Corley, Jeffrey K Lee
{"title":"Oral Antibiotic Use in Adulthood and Risk of Early-Onset Colorectal Cancer: A Case-Control Study.","authors":"Kevin J Kane, Christopher D Jensen, Jingrong Yang, Huyun Dong, Sophie A Merchant, Pradeep Koripella, Xiaoran Li, Jeffrey M Hendel, Douglas A Corley, Jeffrey K Lee","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.002","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.002","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background and aims: </strong>Prior antibiotic use may be a factor in the rising incidence of colorectal cancer seen in those under 50 years of age (early-onset colorectal cancer [EOCRC]); however, the few studies to examine this link have reported conflicting results. Therefore, we evaluated the association between oral antibiotic use in adulthood and EOCRC in a large integrated healthcare system in the United States.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>A population-based nested case-control study was conducted among Kaiser Permanente Northern California patients 18-49 years of age diagnosed with EOCRC (adenocarcinoma of the colon or rectum) in 1998-2020 who had ≥2 years of continuous pharmacy benefit prior to diagnosis. Cases were matched 4:1 to healthy controls on birth year, sex, race and ethnicity, medical facility, and duration of pharmacy benefit. Antibiotic exposure >1 year before the diagnosis/index date was assessed using prescribing records. Conditional logistic regression was used to estimate odds ratios and 95% confidence intervals. A sensitivity analysis was performed among those with ≥10 years of continuous prescribing records.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>A total of 1359 EOCRC cases were matched to 4711 healthy controls. Antibiotic use in adulthood was not significantly associated with EOCRC in unadjusted or adjusted analyses (adjusted odds ratio, 1.04; 95% confidence interval, 0.94-1.26). No associations were seen for cumulative number of oral antibiotic dispensations or for any prior period of antibiotic exposure.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>In a large U.S. healthcare setting, there was no conclusive evidence of an association between oral antibiotic use in adulthood and risk of EOCRC.</p>","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142379169","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Response to A Lin, A Jiang, P Luo.","authors":"Ka Shing Cheung, Wai K Leung","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.037","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.037","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142375227","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Editorial: Getting to the Real Skinny on GLP-1RAs and the Risk of Aspiration During Endoscopy.","authors":"Jennifer Christie","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.035","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.035","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371142","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Gong Feng, Ferenc E Mózes, Dong Ji, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Takeshi Okanoue, Toshihide Shima, Huiqing Liang, Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Jinjun Chen, Jörn M Schattenberg, Christian Labenz, Sanjiv Mahadeva, Wah Kheong Chan, Xiaoling Chi, Adèle Delamarre, Victor de Lédinghen, Salvatore Petta, Elisabetta Bugianesi, Hannes Hagström, Jérôme Boursier, José Luis Calleja, George Boon-Bee Goh, Rocio Gallego-Durán, Arun J Sanyal, Jian-Gao Fan, Laurent Castéra, Michelle Lai, Stephen A Harrison, Manuel Romero-Gomez, Seung Up Kim, Yongfen Zhu, Geraldine Ooi, Junping Shi, Masato Yoneda, Atsushi Nakajima, Jing Zhang, Monica Lupsor-Platon, Bihui Zhong, Jeremy F L Cobbold, Chun-Yan Ye, Peter J Eddowes, Philip Newsome, Jie Li, Jacob George, Fangping He, Myeong Jun Song, Hong Tang, Yuchen Fan, Jidong Jia, Liang Xu, Su Lin, Yiling Li, Zhonghua Lu, Yuemin Nan, Junqi Niu, Xuebing Yan, Yongjian Zhou, Chenghai Liu, Hong Deng, Qing Ye, Qing-Lei Zeng, Lei Li, Jing Wang, Song Yang, Huapeng Lin, Hye Won Lee, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, Céline Fournier-Poizat, Grace Lai-Hung Wong, Grazia Pennisi, Angelo Armandi, Wen-Yue Liu, Ying Shang, Marc de Saint-Loup, Elba Llop, Kevin Kim Jun Teh, Carmen Lara-Romero, Amon Asgharpour, Sara Mahgoub, Mandy Sau-Wai Chan, Clemence M Canivet, Fanpu Ji, Yongning Xin, Jin Chai, Zhiyong Dong, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D Byrne, Na He, Man Mi, Feng Ye, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Michael Pavlides, Ming-Hua Zheng
{"title":"acFibroMASH Index for the Diagnosis of Fibrotic MASH and Prediction of Liver-related Events: An International Multicenter Study.","authors":"Gong Feng, Ferenc E Mózes, Dong Ji, Sombat Treeprasertsuk, Takeshi Okanoue, Toshihide Shima, Huiqing Liang, Emmanuel Tsochatzis, Jinjun Chen, Jörn M Schattenberg, Christian Labenz, Sanjiv Mahadeva, Wah Kheong Chan, Xiaoling Chi, Adèle Delamarre, Victor de Lédinghen, Salvatore Petta, Elisabetta Bugianesi, Hannes Hagström, Jérôme Boursier, José Luis Calleja, George Boon-Bee Goh, Rocio Gallego-Durán, Arun J Sanyal, Jian-Gao Fan, Laurent Castéra, Michelle Lai, Stephen A Harrison, Manuel Romero-Gomez, Seung Up Kim, Yongfen Zhu, Geraldine Ooi, Junping Shi, Masato Yoneda, Atsushi Nakajima, Jing Zhang, Monica Lupsor-Platon, Bihui Zhong, Jeremy F L Cobbold, Chun-Yan Ye, Peter J Eddowes, Philip Newsome, Jie Li, Jacob George, Fangping He, Myeong Jun Song, Hong Tang, Yuchen Fan, Jidong Jia, Liang Xu, Su Lin, Yiling Li, Zhonghua Lu, Yuemin Nan, Junqi Niu, Xuebing Yan, Yongjian Zhou, Chenghai Liu, Hong Deng, Qing Ye, Qing-Lei Zeng, Lei Li, Jing Wang, Song Yang, Huapeng Lin, Hye Won Lee, Terry Cheuk-Fung Yip, Céline Fournier-Poizat, Grace Lai-Hung Wong, Grazia Pennisi, Angelo Armandi, Wen-Yue Liu, Ying Shang, Marc de Saint-Loup, Elba Llop, Kevin Kim Jun Teh, Carmen Lara-Romero, Amon Asgharpour, Sara Mahgoub, Mandy Sau-Wai Chan, Clemence M Canivet, Fanpu Ji, Yongning Xin, Jin Chai, Zhiyong Dong, Giovanni Targher, Christopher D Byrne, Na He, Man Mi, Feng Ye, Vincent Wai-Sun Wong, Michael Pavlides, Ming-Hua Zheng","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.045","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.07.045","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background & aims: </strong>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatohepatitis (MASH) and fibrotic MASH are significant health challenges. This multi-national study aimed to validate the acMASH index (including serum creatinine and aspartate aminotransferase concentrations) for MASH diagnosis and develop a new index (acFibroMASH) for non-invasively identifying fibrotic MASH and exploring its predictive value for liver-related events (LREs).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We analyzed data from 3004 individuals with biopsy-proven metabolic dysfunction-associated fatty liver disease (MAFLD) across 29 Chinese and 9 international cohorts to validate the acMASH index and develop the acFibroMASH index. Additionally, we utilized the independent external data from a multi-national cohort of 9034 patients with MAFLD to examine associations between the acFibroMASH index and the risk of LREs.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>In the pooled global cohort, the acMASH index identified MASH with an area under the receiver operating characteristic curve (AUROC) of 0.802 (95% confidence interval [CI], 0.786-0.818). The acFibroMASH index (including the acMASH index plus liver stiffness measurement) accurately identified fibrotic MASH with an AUROC of 0.808 in the derivation cohort and 0.800 in the validation cohort. Notably, the AUROC for the acFibroMASH index was 0.835 (95% CI, 0.786-0.882), superior to that of the FAST score at 0.750 (95% CI, 0.693-0.800; P < .01) in predicting the 5-year risk of LREs. Patients with acFibroMASH >0.39 had a higher risk of LREs than those with acFibroMASH <0.15 (adjusted hazard ratio, 11.23; 95% CI, 3.98-31.66).</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>This multi-ethnic study validates the acMASH index as a reliable, noninvasive test for identifying MASH. The newly proposed acFibroMASH index is a reliable test for identifying fibrotic MASH and predicting the risk of LREs.</p>","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-10-02","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371141","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Anne I Hahn, Duco T Mülder, Robert J Huang, Margaret J Zhou, Benjamin Blake, Omonefe Omofuma, John D Murphy, Daniela S Gutiérrez-Torres, Ann G Zauber, James F O'Mahony, M Constanza Camargo, Uri Ladabaum, Jennifer M Yeh, Chin Hur, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Reinier Meester, Monika Laszkowska
{"title":"Global Progression Rates of Precursor Lesions for Gastric Cancer: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.","authors":"Anne I Hahn, Duco T Mülder, Robert J Huang, Margaret J Zhou, Benjamin Blake, Omonefe Omofuma, John D Murphy, Daniela S Gutiérrez-Torres, Ann G Zauber, James F O'Mahony, M Constanza Camargo, Uri Ladabaum, Jennifer M Yeh, Chin Hur, Iris Lansdorp-Vogelaar, Reinier Meester, Monika Laszkowska","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.003","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.09.003","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background & aims: </strong>Whether gastric cancer (GC) precursor lesions progress to invasive cancer at similar rates globally remains unknown. We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis to determine the progression of precursor lesions to GC in countries with low versus medium/high incidence.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>We searched relevant databases for studies reporting the progression of endoscopically confirmed precursor lesions to GC. Studies were stratified by low (<6 per 100,000) or medium/high (≥6 per 100,000) GC incidence countries. Random-effects models were used to estimate the progression rates of atrophic gastritis (AG), intestinal metaplasia (IM), and dysplasia to GC per 1000 person-years.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Among the 5829 studies identified, 44 met our inclusion criteria. The global pooled estimates of the progression rate per 1000 person-years were 2.09 (95% confidence interval, 1.46-2.99), 2.89 (2.03-4.11), and 10.09 (5.23-19.49) for AG, IM, and dysplasia, respectively. The estimated progression rates per 1000 person-years for low versus medium/high GC incidence countries, respectively, were 0.97 (0.86-1.10) versus 2.47 (1.70-2.99) for AG (P < .01), 2.37 (1.43-3.92) versus 3.47 (2.13-5.65) for IM (P = .29), and 5.51 (2.92-10.39) versus 14.80 (5.87-37.28) for dysplasia (P = .08). There were no differences for progression of AG between groups when high-quality studies were compared.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>Similar progression rates of IM and dysplasia were observed among low and medium/high GC incidence countries. This suggests that the potential benefits of surveillance for these lesions in low-risk regions may be comparable with those of population-wide interventions in high-risk regions. Further prospective studies are needed to confirm these findings and inform global screening and surveillance guidelines.</p>","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142371143","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Endoscopic Submucosal Dissection Provides Hemostasis by Curative Resection for a Large Bleeding and Obstructive Duodenal Lipoma.","authors":"Mark Tawfik, Chloe Lahoud, Sherif Andrawes","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.034","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":3.5,"publicationDate":"2024-09-27","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342790","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Jean-Frédéric Colombel, Ana P Lacerda, Peter M Irving, Remo Panaccione, Walter Reinisch, Florian Rieder, Adam Steinlauf, David Schwartz, Tian Feng, Elena Dubcenco, Samuel I Anyanwu, F Stephen Laroux, Colla Cunneen, Nick Powell
{"title":"Efficacy and Safety of Upadacitinib for Perianal Fistulizing Crohn's Disease: A Post Hoc Analysis of 3 Phase 3 Trials.","authors":"Jean-Frédéric Colombel, Ana P Lacerda, Peter M Irving, Remo Panaccione, Walter Reinisch, Florian Rieder, Adam Steinlauf, David Schwartz, Tian Feng, Elena Dubcenco, Samuel I Anyanwu, F Stephen Laroux, Colla Cunneen, Nick Powell","doi":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.032","DOIUrl":"10.1016/j.cgh.2024.08.032","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background & aims: </strong>Efficacy of upadacitinib, an oral Janus kinase inhibitor, for moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease was demonstrated in phase 3 induction (U-EXCEL, U-EXCEED) and maintenance (U-ENDURE) trials; this post hoc analysis evaluated upadacitinib outcomes in patients with fistulizing disease in these studies.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Patients were randomized (2:1) to once daily upadacitinib 45 mg or placebo for 12 weeks. Upadacitinib 45 mg clinical responders were rerandomized (1:1:1) to upadacitinib 15 mg, upadacitinib 30 mg, or placebo for 52 weeks. In patients with fistulas (any and perianal), resolution of drainage, closure of external openings, clinical remission, endoscopic response, and safety were assessed.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Of 1021 patients in U-EXCEL and U-EXCEED, 143 (14.0%) had any fistulas at baseline (66 draining); of these, most (n = 128) had perianal fistulas (56 draining). Greater proportions of patients receiving upadacitinib vs placebo achieved resolution of drainage of perianal fistulas at the end of induction (placebo: 5.6%, n/n = 1/18; upadacitinib 45 mg: 44.7%, n/n = 17/38; P = .003) and maintenance (placebo: 0%, n/n = 0/11; upadacitinib 15 mg: 28.6%, n/n = 4/14; P = .105; upadacitinib 30 mg: 23.1% n/n = 3/13; P = .223) and closure of perianal fistula external openings (for induction, placebo: 4.8%, n/n = 2/42; upadacitinib 45 mg: 22.1%, n/n = 19/86; P = .013; for maintenance, placebo: 0%, n/n = 0/30; upadacitinib 15 mg: 18.8%, n/n = 6/32; P = .024; upadacitinib 30 mg: 16.0%, n/n = 4/25; P = .037).</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>Patients with fistulizing disease (primarily perianal) treated with upadacitinib achieved higher rates of resolution of drainage, closure of external openings, clinical remission, and endoscopic response vs placebo.</p><p><strong>Clinicaltrials: </strong>gov, Numbers: NCT03345849 (U-EXCEL), NCT03345836 (U-EXCEED), NCT03345823 (U-ENDURE).</p>","PeriodicalId":10347,"journal":{"name":"Clinical Gastroenterology and Hepatology","volume":" ","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":11.6,"publicationDate":"2024-09-24","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142342789","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}