Collagenous colitis: Requirement for high-dose budesonide as maintenance treatment. Fernandez-Bañares, F., Piqueras, M., Guagnozzi, D., Robles, V., Ruiz-Cerulla, A., Casanova, M. J., Gisbert, J. P., Busquets, D., Arguedas, Y., Pérez-Aisa, A., Fernández-Salazar, L., Lucendo, A. J., & GECM (Grupo Español de Colitis Microscópica) Digestive and Liver Disease: Official Journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver, 49(9):973–977, 2017.
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BACKGROUND: Controlled studies show high efficacy of budesonide in inducing short-term clinical remission in collagenous colitis (CC), but relapses are common after its withdrawal. AIM: To evaluate the need for high-dose budesonide (≥6mg/d) to maintain clinical remission in CC. METHODS: Analysis of a multicentre retrospective cohort of 75 patients with CC (62.3±1.5years; 85% women) treated with budesonide in a clinical practice setting between 2013 and 2015. Frequency of budesonide (9mg/d) refractoriness and safety, and the need for high-dose budesonide to maintain clinical remission, were evaluated. Drugs used as budesonide-sparing, including azathioprine and mercaptopurine, were recorded. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the risk factors associated with the need for high-dose budesonide (≥6mg/d) to maintain clinical remission. RESULTS: Budesonide induced clinical remission in 92% of patients, with good tolerance. Fourteen of 68 patients (21%; 95% CI, 13-32%) needed high-dose budesonide to maintain remission. Only intake of NSAIDs at diagnosis (OR, 8.6; 95% CI, 1.6-44) was associated with the need for high-dose budesonide in the multivariate analysis. TREATMENT: with thiopurines was effective in 5 out of 6 patients (83%; 95% CI, 44-97%), allowing for withdrawal from or a dose decrease of budesonide. CONCLUSIONS: One fifth of CC patients, especially those with NSAID intake at diagnosis, require high-dose budesonide (≥6mg/d) to maintain clinical remission. In this setting, thiopurines might be effective as budesonide-sparing drugs.
@article{fernandez-banares_collagenous_2017,
	title = {Collagenous colitis: {Requirement} for high-dose budesonide as maintenance treatment},
	volume = {49},
	issn = {1878-3562},
	shorttitle = {Collagenous colitis},
	doi = {10.1016/j.dld.2017.03.026},
	abstract = {BACKGROUND: Controlled studies show high efficacy of budesonide in inducing short-term clinical remission in collagenous colitis (CC), but relapses are common after its withdrawal.
AIM: To evaluate the need for high-dose budesonide (≥6mg/d) to maintain clinical remission in CC.
METHODS: Analysis of a multicentre retrospective cohort of 75 patients with CC (62.3±1.5years; 85\% women) treated with budesonide in a clinical practice setting between 2013 and 2015. Frequency of budesonide (9mg/d) refractoriness and safety, and the need for high-dose budesonide to maintain clinical remission, were evaluated. Drugs used as budesonide-sparing, including azathioprine and mercaptopurine, were recorded. Logistic regression analysis was performed to evaluate the risk factors associated with the need for high-dose budesonide (≥6mg/d) to maintain clinical remission.
RESULTS: Budesonide induced clinical remission in 92\% of patients, with good tolerance. Fourteen of 68 patients (21\%; 95\% CI, 13-32\%) needed high-dose budesonide to maintain remission. Only intake of NSAIDs at diagnosis (OR, 8.6; 95\% CI, 1.6-44) was associated with the need for high-dose budesonide in the multivariate analysis.
TREATMENT: with thiopurines was effective in 5 out of 6 patients (83\%; 95\% CI, 44-97\%), allowing for withdrawal from or a dose decrease of budesonide.
CONCLUSIONS: One fifth of CC patients, especially those with NSAID intake at diagnosis, require high-dose budesonide (≥6mg/d) to maintain clinical remission. In this setting, thiopurines might be effective as budesonide-sparing drugs.},
	language = {eng},
	number = {9},
	journal = {Digestive and Liver Disease: Official Journal of the Italian Society of Gastroenterology and the Italian Association for the Study of the Liver},
	author = {Fernandez-Bañares, Fernando and Piqueras, Marta and Guagnozzi, Danila and Robles, Virginia and Ruiz-Cerulla, Alexandra and Casanova, María José and Gisbert, Javier P. and Busquets, David and Arguedas, Yolanda and Pérez-Aisa, Angeles and Fernández-Salazar, Luis and Lucendo, Alfredo J. and {GECM (Grupo Español de Colitis Microscópica)}},
	year = {2017},
	pmid = {28457904},
	keywords = {Article, Azathioprine, Budesonide, Collagenous colitis, Digestiu, Maintenance therapy},
	pages = {973--977},
}

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