Prevalence and Outcomes of No Treatment Versus 5-ASA in Ulcerative Colitis: A Nationwide Analysis From the epi-IIRN.
Ohad AtiaRamit Magen RimonNatan LeddermanShira GreenfeldRevital KarivYiska Loewenberg WeisbandRon ShaoulEran MatzShmuel OdesIdan GorenHenit YanaiIris DotanDan TurnerPublished in: Inflammatory bowel diseases (2023)
Nowadays, 18% of patients with UC do not receive maintenance therapy, of whom half remain without treatment after 3 years. Matched pairs of patients on NMT and 5-aminosalicylic acid, representing the mildest patients of the latter, had similar outcomes. Prospective studies are needed to further explore the role of NMT in UC.