409150

Clinical and Therapeutic Outcomes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An In-Depth Analysis

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Last updated: 09 Apr 2025

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Internal Medicine

Abstract

Background: Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), which includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), is becoming increasingly prevalent in North Africa. The current study aimed to evaluate IBD's clinical and treatment outcomes.

Methods: This retrospective cohort study was performed at the IBD clinic from June 2019 to July 2024, and it included 208 cases with UC and 22 cases with CD.

Results: The differences in endoscopic outcomes regarding the type of therapy at 24 weeks follow-up were substantial (P <0.001). A decline in fecal calprotectin (F.C) ≤150 µg/mg was observed in 28.3% (17 cases) of the conventional group and 68.2% (101 cases) of the biological group, showing a highly significant difference in outcomes regarding the type of therapy at 48 weeks follow up (P <0.001). For clinical remission at 48 weeks, 29.3% of UC patients (61 out of 208) and 50% of CD patients (11 out of 22) achieved remission, with the difference being statistically significant (χ² = 3.954, P = 0.046)

Conclusion: Biological therapies, particularly anti-TNF agents and Ustekinumab, were more effective in achieving endoscopic remission. Ustekinumab demonstrated superiority over anti-TNF agents as there were no recorded complications associated with it, while conventional treatments led to higher steroid dependence.

DOI

10.21608/zumj.2025.353395.3801

Keywords

Biologic Therapy, inflammatory bowel disease, Outcome

Authors

First Name

Sara

Last Name

Salem

MiddleName

Mohamed

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Lecturer of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - Zagazig University

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sara.m.salem2030@gmail.com

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Afify

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Afify

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Fahmy

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Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - Zagazig University

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fahmyahmad_5@yahoo.com

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First Name

Ihab

Last Name

Fahim

MiddleName

Barsoum

Affiliation

Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - Zagazig University

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dr_ihabbarsoum@yahoo.com

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First Name

Aliaa

Last Name

Ibrahim

MiddleName

Khalil Mohamed

Affiliation

M.B.B.Ch. Faculty of Medicine, Zagazig University

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aliaaagha887@gmail.com

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First Name

Ayman

Last Name

Sadek

MiddleName

Magd Eldin Mohammad

Affiliation

Assistant Professor of Internal Medicine, Faculty of Medicine - Zagazig University

Email

ayman.sadek@zu.edu.eg

City

Zagazig

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0000-0002-1095-1411

Volume

31

Article Issue

4

Related Issue

54283

Issue Date

2025-04-01

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2025-01-15

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2025-04-01

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1,418

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1,430

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1110-1431

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2357-0717

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Zagazig University Medical Journal

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Clinical and Therapeutic Outcomes of Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An In-Depth Analysis

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09 Apr 2025