Exploratory Study of the Effectiveness of Granulocyte and Monocyte Adsorptive Apheresis Before Initiation of Steroids in Patients With Active Ulcerative Colitis (EXPECT Study): A Multicenter Prospective Clinical Trial.

Kazuki KakimotoMinoru MatsuuraTakumi FukuchiHitoshi HongoTsuguhiro KimuraNobuo AoyamaYorihide OkudaKazuki AomatsuNoriko KamataYoko YokoyamaChiemi MizunoTakuya InoueTakako MiyazakiShiro NakamuraKazuhide HiguchiHiroshi Nakase

Published in: Crohn's & colitis 360 (2020)

GMA shows effectiveness in inducing remission in UC patients not receiving steroid.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
ulcerative colitis
randomized controlled trial
systematic review
end stage renal disease
ejection fraction
newly diagnosed
rheumatoid arthritis
peripheral blood
prognostic factors
cross sectional
study protocol
immune response
double blind
peritoneal dialysis
disease activity