Imaging as predictor of clinical response to teduglutide in adult patients with short bowel syndrome with chronic intestinal failure.
Anna MartinVanessa BoehmMagaly ZappaLore BilliauwsFanny BonvaletAlexandre NuzzoValérie VilgrainFrancisca JolyMaxime RonotPublished in: The American journal of clinical nutrition (2021)
Teduglutide induces a significant SB wall thickness increase that can be depicted by imaging <6 mo after treatment initiation, and the degree of such increase may be associated with clinical response. Bowel imaging in response to pharmacologic treatments may represent an important outcome to follow.