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Delayed-Release Oral Mesalamine 4.8 g/day (800 mg tablets) Compared with 2.4 g/day (400 mg tablets) for the Treatment of Mildly to Moderately Active Ulcerative Colitis: The ASCEND I Trial
Author(s) -
Stephen B. Hanauer,
William J. Sandborn,
Christian Dallaire,
André Archambault,
Bruce Yacyshyn,
Chyon Yeh,
Nancy Smith-Hall
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
canadian journal of gastroenterology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1916-7237
pISSN - 0835-7900
DOI - 10.1155/2007/862917
Subject(s) - medicine , ulcerative colitis , adverse effect , gastroenterology , clinical endpoint , randomized controlled trial , subgroup analysis , clinical trial , oral administration , intention to treat analysis , confidence interval , disease
Delayed-release oral mesalamine 2.4 g/day to 4.8 g/day has been shown to be effective in treating mildly to moderately active ulcerative colitis (UC), but it is unknown whether an initial dose of 4.8 g/day is more effective than 2.4 g/day in patients with mildly to moderately active UC and in the subgroup with moderate disease.

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