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Cystic fibrosis (CF) is one of the most prevalent global congenital disorders, affecting some 70,000 individuals worldwide and 30,000 children and adults in the United States. While clinical efforts are expanding worldwide to improve diagnostic testing and treatment approaches for this progressive lung disease, targeted therapies for CF against any specific mutation remain elusive. The Cystic Fibrosis in Focus series gathers the latest information from leading medical experts devoted to adva ...
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Host: Esteban Figueroa, MD Exploring the ACE Index in Acute Ulcerative Colitis Rebecca K Grant, Gareth-Rhys Jones, Nikolas Plevris, Ruairi W Lynch, Philip W Jenkinson, Charlie W Lees, Thomas A Manship, Fiona A M Jagger, William M Brindle, Mrithula Shivakumar, Jack Satsangi, Ian D R Arnott Background: Intravenous (IV) steroids remain the first-line …
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Host: Ivy Ka Man Law, PhD A Specific Mutation in Muc2 Determines Early Dysbiosis in Colitis-Prone Winnie Mice Marina Liso, Stefania De Santis, Giulio Verna, Manuela Dicarlo, Maria Calasso, Angelo Santino, Isabella Gigante, Rajaraman Eri, Sathuwarman Raveenthiraraj, Anastasia Sobolewski, Valeria Palmitessa, Antonio Lippolis, Mauro Mastronardi, Raffa…
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Host: Abdullah Abdussalam, MD Proactive Vs Reactive Therapeutic Drug Monitoring of Infliximab in Crohn’s Diana M Negoescu, Eva A Enns, PhD, Brooke Swanhorst, Bonnie Baumgartner, James P Campbell, Mark T Osterman, MD, Konstantinos Papamichael, PhD, Adam S Cheifetz, MD, Byron P Vaughn, MD Background: Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is increasingly …
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Guest: Anish Patel, DO, FACG Real-world Pattern of Biologic Use in Patients With Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Treatment Persistence, Switching, and Importance of Concurrent Immunosuppressive Therapy Chao Chen, PhD, Abraham G Hartzema, PhD, Hong Xiao, PhD, Yu-Jung Wei, PhD, Naueen Chaudhry, MD, Ofor Ewelukwa, MD, Sarah C Glover, DO, Ellen M Zimmerman…
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Guest: Robin Dalal, MD Improving the Quality of Inpatient Ulcerative Colitis Management: Promoting Evidence-Based Practice and Reducing Care Variation With an Inpatient Protocol Sara M Lewin, MD, Ryan A McConnell, MD, Roshan Patel, MD, Suzanne R Sharpton, MD, MAS, Fernando Velayos, MD, MPH, Uma Mahadevan, MD BACKGROUND: Hospitalization for ulcerati…
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Host: Paul Doghramji, MD Guest: Gregory S. Sawicki, MD, MPH Even though there currently isn’t a cure for cystic fibrosis, there may finally be hope on the horizon for the more than 70,000 people around the world who are living with this debilitating disease. Joining Dr. Paul Dogramji to talk about the emerging treatment options for cystic fibrosis …
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Assessing the Correlation Between Perianal Fistula Healing & Trough Levels of Infliximab in Children with IBD
Host: Alka Goyal, MD Higher Postinduction Infliximab Serum Trough Levels Are Associated With Healing of Fistulizing Perianal Crohn’s Disease in Children. Wael El-Matary, MD, MSc Thomas D Walters, MD Hien Q Huynh, MDJennifer deBruyn, MD David R Mack, MD Kevan Jacobson, MD Mary E Sherlock, MDPeter Church, MD Eytan Wine, MD, PhD Matthew W Carroll, MD,…
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Host: Louis J Cohen, MD Impact of Obesity on Short- and Intermediate-Term Outcomes in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Pooled Analysis of Placebo Arms of Infliximab Clinical Trials. Siddharth Singh, MD, MS James Proudfoot, MS Ronghui Xu, PhDWilliam J Sandborn, MD Background: To assess whether obesity may affect natural history of inflammatory bowel dise…
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Host: Damian Maseda, D.M.Sc., PhD Iron Sequestration in Microbiota Biofilms As A Novel Strategy for Treating Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Jean-Paul Motta, PhD Thibault Allain, PhD Luke E Green-Harrison, BScRyan A Groves, MSc Troy Feener, MSc Hena Ramay, PhD Paul L Beck, MD/PhDIan A Lewis, PhD John L Wallace, PhD Andre G Buret, PhD ABSTRACT: Signific…
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Guest: Yash Mittal, MD Reliability of Measuring Ileo-Colonic Disease Activity in Crohn's Disease by Magnetic Resonance Enterography. Vipul Jairath, MD, PhD, Ingrid Ordas, MD, PhD, Guangyong Zou, PhD, Julian Panes, MD, Jaap Stoker, MD, PhD, Stuart A Taylor, MD, Cynthia Santillan, MD, Karin Horsthuis, MD, Mark A Samaan, MD, Lisa M Shackelton, PhD, La…
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Guest: Shail M. Govani, MD, MSc Incidence and Predictors of Success of Adalimumab Dose Escalation and De-escalation in Ulcerative Colitis: a Real-World Belgian Cohort Study. Saartje Van de Vondel, MD, Filip Baert, MD, PhD, Christine Reenaers, MD, PhD, Stijn Vanden Branden, MD, Leila Amininejad, MD, Pieter Dewint, MD, PhD, Wouter Van Moerkercke, MD,…
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Infliximab Trough Levels at Induction to Predict Treatment Failure During Maintenance. Liefferinckx C1, Minsart C, Toubeau JF, Cremer A, Amininejad L, Quertinmont E, Devière J, Gils A, van Gossum A, Franchimont D. BACKGROUND: Infliximab (IFX) is indicated for the treatment of inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Nevertheless, loss of response (LOR) t…
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Anti-TNF Treatment for Extraintestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Swiss IBD Cohort Study
Anti-TNF Treatment for Extraintestinal Manifestations of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in the Swiss IBD Cohort Study. Vavricka SR1, Gubler M, Gantenbein C, Spoerri M, Froehlich F, Seibold F, Protic M, Michetti P, Straumann A, Fournier N, Juillerat P, Biedermann L, Zeitz J, Misselwitz B, Scharl M, Heinrich H, Manser CN, Safroneeva E, Raja Ali RA, Rogle…
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Vedolizumab as Induction and Maintenance Therapy for Crohn’s Disease in Patients Naïve to or Who Have Failed Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonist Therapy
Vedolizumab as Induction and Maintenance Therapy for Crohn's Disease in Patients Naïve to or Who Have Failed Tumor Necrosis Factor Antagonist Therapy. Sands BE1, Sandborn WJ, Van Assche G, Lukas M, Xu J, James A, Abhyankar B, Lasch K. BACKGROUND: Vedolizumab is a gut-selective α4β7 integrin antagonist for the treatment of moderately to severely act…
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Predictors of Emergency Department Use by Persons with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Population-Based Study
Predictors of Emergency Department Use by Persons with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases: A Population-based Study Nugent, Zoann PhD; Singh, Harminder MD, MPH; Targownik, Laura E. MD; Strome, Trevor MS; Snider, Carolyn MD, MPH; Bernstein, Charles N. MD Background: To describe the patterns and predictors of emergency department (ED) attendance and post-ED…
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Impact of Specialized Inpatient IBD Care on Outcomes of IBD Hospitalizations: A Cohort Study Law, Cindy C. Y. MD; Sasidharan, Saranya MD; Rodrigues, Rodrigo MD; Nguyen, Deanna D. MD; Sauk, Jenny MD; Garber, John MD; Giallourakis, Cosmas MD; Xavier, Ramnik MD, PhD; Khalili, Hamed MD, MPH; Yajnik, Vijay MD, PhD; Ananthakrishnan, Ashwin N. MD, MPH Hos…
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A protein homeostasis signature in healthy brains recapitulates tissue vulnerability to Alzheimer’s disease Rosie Freer, Pietro Sormanni, Giulia Vecchi, Prajwal Ciryam, Christopher M. Dobson, and Michele Vendruscolo Science Advances 10 Aug 2016: Vol. 2, no. 8, e1600947 DOI: 10.1126/sciadv.1600947 Abstract: In Alzheimer’s disease, aggregates of Aβ a…
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A novel treatment of cystic fibrosis acting on-target: cysteamine plus epigallocatechin gallate for the autophagy-dependent rescue of class II-mutated CFTR. Tosco A, De Gregorio F, Esposito S, De Stefano D, Sana I, Ferrari E, Sepe A, Salvadori L, Buonpensiero P, Di Pasqua A, Grassia R, Leone CA,Guido S, De Rosa G, Lusa S, Bona G, Stoll G, Maiuri MC…
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A novel treatment of cystic fibrosis acting on-target: cysteamine plus epigallocatechin gallate for the autophagy-dependent rescue of class II-mutated CFTR. Tosco A, De Gregorio F, Esposito S, De Stefano D, Sana I, Ferrari E, Sepe A, Salvadori L, Buonpensiero P, Di Pasqua A, Grassia R, Leone CA,Guido S, De Rosa G, Lusa S, Bona G, Stoll G, Maiuri MC…
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Journal of Cystic Fibrosis: Microbial Colonization and Lung Function in Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis
Microbial colonization and lung function in adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Hector A, Kirn T, Ralhan A, Graepler-Mainka U, Berenbrinker S, Riethmueller J, Hogardt M, Wagner M, Pfleger A, Autenrieth I, Kappler M, Griese M, Eber E, Martus P, Hartl D. J Cyst Fibros. 2016 May;15(3):340-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Feb 5. Abstract With…
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Journal of Cystic Fibrosis: Efficacy and Safety of Levofloxacin Inhalation Solution (APT-1026) in Stable Cystic Fibrosis Patients
A phase 3, multi-center, multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of levofloxacin inhalation solution (APT-1026) in stable cystic fibrosis patients. Flume PA, VanDevanter DR, Morgan EE, Dudley MN, Loutit JS, Bell SC, Kerem E, Fischer R, Smyth AR, Aaron SD, Conrad D, Geller DE,Elborn JS. J…
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Journal of Cystic Fibrosis: Microbial Colonization and Lung Function in Adolescents With Cystic Fibrosis
Microbial colonization and lung function in adolescents with cystic fibrosis. Hector A, Kirn T, Ralhan A, Graepler-Mainka U, Berenbrinker S, Riethmueller J, Hogardt M, Wagner M, Pfleger A, Autenrieth I, Kappler M, Griese M, Eber E, Martus P, Hartl D. J Cyst Fibros. 2016 May;15(3):340-9. doi: 10.1016/j.jcf.2016.01.004. Epub 2016 Feb 5. Abstract With…
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Journal of Cystic Fibrosis: Efficacy and Safety of Levofloxacin Inhalation Solution (APT-1026) in Stable Cystic Fibrosis Patients
A phase 3, multi-center, multinational, randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to evaluate the efficacy and safety of levofloxacin inhalation solution (APT-1026) in stable cystic fibrosis patients. Flume PA, VanDevanter DR, Morgan EE, Dudley MN, Loutit JS, Bell SC, Kerem E, Fischer R, Smyth AR, Aaron SD, Conrad D, Geller DE,Elborn JS. J…
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The Lancet: Postural Modification to the Standard Valsalva Maneuver for Emergency Treatment of Supraventricular Tachycardias (REVERT)
Postural modification to the standard Valsalva manoeuvre for emergency treatment of supraventricular tachycardias (REVERT): a randomised controlled trial Andrew Appelboam, FRCEM, Adam Reuben, FRCEM, Clifford Mann, FRCEM, James Gagg, FRCEM, Prof Paul Ewings, PhD, Andrew Barton, MSc, Trudie Lobban, MRCP, Mark Dayer, FRCP, Jane Vickery, MSc, Prof Jona…
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Outcomes of Daytime Procedures Performed by Attending Surgeons after Night Work Anand Govindarajan, M.D., David R. Urbach, M.D., Matthew Kumar, M.Sc., Qi Li, M.Sc., Brian J. Murray, M.D., David Juurlink, M.D., Ph.D., Erin Kennedy, M.D., Ph.D., Anna Gagliardi, Ph.D., Rinku Sutradhar, Ph.D., and Nancy N. Baxter, M.D., Ph.D. N Engl J Med 2015; 373:845…
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Noninvasive Prenatal Testing and Incidental Detection of Occult Maternal Malignancies Diana W. Bianchi, MD; Darya Chudova, PhD; Amy J. Sehnert, MD; Sucheta Bhatt, MD; Kathryn Murray, MS; Tracy L. Prosen, MD; Judy E. Garber, MD; Louise Wilkins-Haug, MD, PhD; Neeta L. Vora, MD; Stephen Warsof, MD; James Goldberg, MD; Tina Ziainia, MD; Meredith Halks-…
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