Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?

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Main Author: Santos,Sara
Publication Date: 2022
Other Authors: Gamelas,Verónica, Saraiva,Rita, Simões,Guilherme, Saiote,Joana, Ramos,Jaime
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Language: eng
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Summary: Abstract Tofacitinib has emerged as a new option for ulcerative colitis. Its rapid absorption, metabolism, and clinical improvement make it an interesting option for rescue therapy in acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC), a situation with limited therapeutic options in patients with a long-term disease course and multiple drug failure. The management of ASUC in this setting becomes challenging, underlying the need for new drugs and data on their efficacy and safety. We describe 2 cases of acute episodes in which tofacitinib was used as a rescue therapy.
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dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
title Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
spellingShingle Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
Santos,Sara
Acute severe ulcerative colitis
Tofacitinib
title_short Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
title_full Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
title_fullStr Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
title_full_unstemmed Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
title_sort Tofacitinib: An Option for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis?
author Santos,Sara
author_facet Santos,Sara
Gamelas,Verónica
Saraiva,Rita
Simões,Guilherme
Saiote,Joana
Ramos,Jaime
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author2 Gamelas,Verónica
Saraiva,Rita
Simões,Guilherme
Saiote,Joana
Ramos,Jaime
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author
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dc.contributor.author.fl_str_mv Santos,Sara
Gamelas,Verónica
Saraiva,Rita
Simões,Guilherme
Saiote,Joana
Ramos,Jaime
dc.subject.por.fl_str_mv Acute severe ulcerative colitis
Tofacitinib
topic Acute severe ulcerative colitis
Tofacitinib
description Abstract Tofacitinib has emerged as a new option for ulcerative colitis. Its rapid absorption, metabolism, and clinical improvement make it an interesting option for rescue therapy in acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC), a situation with limited therapeutic options in patients with a long-term disease course and multiple drug failure. The management of ASUC in this setting becomes challenging, underlying the need for new drugs and data on their efficacy and safety. We describe 2 cases of acute episodes in which tofacitinib was used as a rescue therapy.
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