Concomitant pharmacologic medications influence the clinical outcomes of granulocyte and monocyte adsorptive apheresis in patients with ulcerative colitis: A multicenter retrospective cohort study.
Nobuhiro UenoYuya SugiyamaYu KobayashiYuki MurakamiTakuya IwamaTakahiro SasakiTakehito KunogiAki SakataniKeitaro TakahashiKazuyuki TanakaShinya SerikawaKatsuyoshi AndoShin KashimaMomotaro MutoYuhei InabaKentaro MoriichiHiroki TanabeToshikatsu OkumuraMikihiro FujiyaPublished in: Journal of clinical apheresis (2023)
GMA was more effective for patients with active UC that relapsed under treatment without IMs. Furthermore, the addition of IMs should be considered in patients on maintenance therapy with biologics after GMA.