Claudia Dziegielewski, Yuhong Yuan, Christopher Ma, Brigid S Boland, John T Chang, Gaurav Syal, Sudheer Kumar Vuyyuru, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Vipul Jairath, Siddharth Singh
{"title":"IL-23p19 Antagonists vs Ustekinumab for Treatment of Crohn's Disease: A Meta-Analysis of Randomized Controlled Trials.","authors":"Claudia Dziegielewski, Yuhong Yuan, Christopher Ma, Brigid S Boland, John T Chang, Gaurav Syal, Sudheer Kumar Vuyyuru, Laurent Peyrin-Biroulet, Vipul Jairath, Siddharth Singh","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003406","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003406","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>We conducted a systematic review and meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials (RCTs) comparing interleukin (IL)-23p19 antagonists with ustekinumab, stratified by prior biologic exposure, in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease (CD).</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Through a systematic review through August 17, 2024, we identified phase 2 and 3 RCTs comparing IL-23p19 antagonists vs ustekinumab in adults with moderate-to-severe CD. The primary outcome was achieving clinical remission at ∼1 year, and secondary outcomes were achieving endoscopic remission and serious adverse events. We performed subgroup analyses based on prior exposure to biologic therapy, primarily tumor necrosis factor antagonists. Certainty of evidence was appraised using the Grading of Recommendations Assessment, Development, and Evaluation approach.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>We included 5 head-to-head RCTs with a treat-through design (n = 2,506), of which 1 was conducted exclusively in patients with prior tumor necrosis factor antagonist exposure. On meta-analysis, patients treated with IL-23p19 inhibitors may be more likely to achieve clinical remission (relative risk [RR], 1.18 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.02-1.36) (low certainty of evidence) and endoscopic remission (RR 1.53, 95% CI 1.07-2.20) compared with ustekinumab. On subgroup analysis, IL-23p19 antagonists are probably more efficacious than ustekinumab in patients with prior biologic exposure (clinical remission: RR 1.31, 95% CI 1.16-1.48; endoscopic remission: RR 1.61, 95% CI 1.27-2.05) (moderate to high certainty), but not in biologic-naive patients (clinical remission: RR 0.99, 95% CI 0.90-1.08; endoscopic remission: RR 1.16, 95% CI 0.82-1.65). IL-23p19 antagonists may be associated with a lower risk of serious adverse events as compared with ustekinumab (RR 0.79, 95% CI 0.61-1.02).</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>IL-23p19 antagonists are probably more efficacious and safer than ustekinumab in patients with moderate-to-severe CD in patients with prior biologic exposure, but not in biologic-naive patients.</p>","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"2260-2267"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC12353511/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143603446","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":1,"RegionCategory":"医学","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Polypoid Gastric Metastasis as Initial Finding of Prostate Cancer: A Rare Case Report.","authors":"Di Zhang, Ying Jiang, Ruzhen Jia","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003376","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003376","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"2226"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497979","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}
Hyeok-Hee Lee, Han Ah Lee, Eun-Jin Kim, Hwi Young Kim, Hyeon Chang Kim, Sang Hoon Ahn, Hokyou Lee, Seung Up Kim
{"title":"Cardiovascular Risk From Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease, Cardiometabolic Risk Factor Count, and Their Longitudinal Changes: A Nationwide Cohort Study.","authors":"Hyeok-Hee Lee, Han Ah Lee, Eun-Jin Kim, Hwi Young Kim, Hyeon Chang Kim, Sang Hoon Ahn, Hokyou Lee, Seung Up Kim","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003274","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003274","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Introduction: </strong>Metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease (MASLD) is associated with incident cardiovascular disease (CVD). However, CVD risk could vary across and within individuals with MASLD. We investigated the cardiovascular implications of MASLD, cardiometabolic risk factor count, and their longitudinal changes.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>From nationwide health screening data, we included adults aged 20-79 years without increased/excessive alcohol intake, concomitant liver diseases, and prior CVD at baseline examination in 2009 (N = 7,292,497). Participants were classified according to MASLD status; those with MASLD were further categorized by their count of qualifying cardiometabolic risk factors (1-5). Individuals who underwent follow-up examinations in 2011 (N = 4,198,672) were additionally classified according to their baseline and follow-up MASLD status; those with persistent MASLD were further categorized by combination of baseline and follow-up cardiometabolic risk factor counts. The risk of incident CVD was assessed using multivariable-adjusted Cox model.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Over a median follow-up of 12.3 years, 220,088 new CVD events occurred. The presence of MASLD was associated with higher incidence of CVD. Among participants with MASLD, the risk of CVD increased gradually with higher cardiometabolic risk factor count (per 1-higher; hazard ratio [HR] 1.18, 95% confidence interval [CI] 1.18-1.19). The development of MASLD during follow-up was associated with higher risk of CVD (HR 1.28, 95% CI 1.25-1.31), whereas the regression of MASLD was associated with lower risk of CVD (HR 0.84, 95% CI 0.82-0.86). Among individuals with persistent MASLD, gaining and losing cardiometabolic risk factor count during follow-up were associated with elevated and reduced risk of CVD, respectively.</p><p><strong>Discussion: </strong>MASLD status, cardiometabolic risk factor count, and their longitudinal changes were all associated with the risk of incident CVD. Accurate identification of these markers may facilitate personalized management of MASLD-related CVD risk.</p>","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"2321-2329"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142942702","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":"A Global Perspective on Metabolically Driven Primary Liver Cancer: Opportunities and Challenges.","authors":"Joseph C Ahn","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003282","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003282","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"2240-2241"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143187893","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":"Introduction.","authors":"Adam S Faye, Sunanda V Kane, Aasma Shaukat","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003641.01","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.14309/ajg.0000000000003641.01","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":"120 Suppl 10","pages":"S7"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"145211463","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}
Peter W Huan, Akash Mehta, Emily C L Wong, Parambir S Dulai, John K Marshall, Walter Reinisch, Neeraj Narula
{"title":"A Review of the Modified Multiplier of Simple Endoscopic Score for Crohn's Disease and How to Use It in Clinical Trials and Practice.","authors":"Peter W Huan, Akash Mehta, Emily C L Wong, Parambir S Dulai, John K Marshall, Walter Reinisch, Neeraj Narula","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003373","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003373","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Endoscopic evaluation is valuable in the diagnosis, assessment, and management of Crohn's disease (CD). The Simple Endoscopic Score for CD (SES-CD) was created using a uniform, linear scoring scale of 0-3 for each of its 4 parameters at 5 anatomic locations and was designed to accurately indicate disease severity rather than predicting disease progression. There is evidence to suggest that all disease segments and parameters of the SES-CD do not have equal prognostic value for likelihood of achieving endoscopic remission. The Modified Multiplier SES-CD, developed by multivariable logistic regression modeling, weighs the individual parameters of the SES-CD including disease distribution based on their prognostic values for achieving endoscopic remission. The objective of this qualitative review is to provide guidance to clinicians and clinical trialists for how to use and interpret the Modified Multiplier SES-CD.</p>","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"2242-2250"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143490539","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}
Evan S Dellon, Shailja C Shah, Bryan G Sauer, Nirmala Gonsalves
{"title":"Response to Minocha.","authors":"Evan S Dellon, Shailja C Shah, Bryan G Sauer, Nirmala Gonsalves","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003476","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003476","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"2461-2462"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143957813","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":"Extensive Colonic Ulceration Due to Mucormycosis After Renal Transplantation.","authors":"Aoli Diao, Jie Xu, Bota Cui","doi":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003377","DOIUrl":"10.14309/ajg.0000000000003377","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":7608,"journal":{"name":"American Journal of Gastroenterology","volume":" ","pages":"2227"},"PeriodicalIF":7.6,"publicationDate":"2025-10-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"143497976","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}