Tofacitinib as Induction and Maintenance Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis
Author(s) -
William J. Sandborn,
Chinyu Su,
Bruce E. Sands,
Geert R. DʼHaens,
Séverine Vermeire,
Stefan Schreiber,
Silvio Danese,
Brian G. Feagan,
Walter Reinisch,
Wojciech Niezychowski,
Gary S. Friedman,
Nervin Lawendy,
Dahong Yu,
Deborah A. Woodworth,
Arnab Mukherjee,
Haiying Zhang,
Paul J. Healey,
Julián Panés
Publication year - 2017
Publication title -
new england journal of medicine
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 19.889
H-Index - 1030
eISSN - 1533-4406
pISSN - 0028-4793
DOI - 10.1056/nejmoa1606910
Subject(s) - tofacitinib , ulcerative colitis , medicine , janus kinase inhibitor , maintenance therapy , induction therapy , janus kinase , colitis , gastroenterology , chemotherapy , receptor , disease , rheumatoid arthritis
Tofacitinib, an oral, small-molecule Janus kinase inhibitor, was shown to have potential efficacy as induction therapy for ulcerative colitis in a phase 2 trial. We further evaluated the efficacy of tofacitinib as induction and maintenance therapy.
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