Effect of a concomitant elemental diet with maintenance anti-tumor necrosis factor-α antibody therapy in patients with Crohn's disease: A multicenter, prospective cohort study.
Fumihito HiraiTetsuya IshidaFuminao TakeshimaShojiro YamamotoIchiro YoshikawaShinya AshizukaHaruhiko InatsuKeiichi MitsuyamaSuketo SouRyuichi IwakiriRyoichi NozakiHidehisa OhiMotohiro EsakiMitsuo IidaToshiyuki Matsuinull nullPublished in: Journal of gastroenterology and hepatology (2018)
The addition of ED for Crohn's disease patients who responded to initial anti-TNF induction therapy was not found to improve outcomes. The efficacy of concomitant ED in other clinical settings, such as loss of response, needs to be clarified in the future (UMIN000009789).