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Practice Guideline
. 2023 Apr;55(4):442-453.
doi: 10.1016/j.dld.2023.01.155. Epub 2023 Feb 13.

Use of biologics for the management of Crohn's disease: IG-IBD clinical guidelines based on the GRADE methodology

Fabio Salvatore Macaluso  1 , Claudio Papi  2 , Ambrogio Orlando  3 , Stefano Festa  2 , Daniela Pugliese  4 , Stefanos Bonovas  5 , Claudia Pansieri  5 , Daniele Piovani  5 , Gionata Fiorino  6 , Massimo Claudio Fantini  7 , Flavio Caprioli  8 , Marco Daperno  9 , Alessandro Armuzzi  10 ; Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IG-IBD); Working panel; Review panel
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Use of biologics for the management of Crohn's disease: IG-IBD clinical guidelines based on the GRADE methodology

Fabio Salvatore Macaluso et al. Dig Liver Dis. 2023 Apr.

Abstract

A cure for Crohn's disease (CD), a chronic inflammatory disease of the gastrointestinal tract of unknown etiology, is not available, so patients require lifelong management to keep inflammation under control. The therapeutic armamentarium has expanded with approval of several biological drugs, including infliximab, adalimumab, vedolizumab and ustekinumab - monoclonal antibodies that target different inflammatory pathways - and darvadstrocel, a suspension of expanded human allogeneic, adipose-derived, mesenchymal stromal cells for the treatment of refractory complex perianal fistula. Notwithstanding existing practice guidelines on medical therapy for CD, the Italian Group for the Study of Inflammatory Bowel Disease felt the need to issue new guidelines focused on the use of biologics for managing the intestinal manifestations of CD and based on the GRADE methodology. This document presents recommendations regarding six clinical settings, from the induction to the maintenance of clinical remission, and from optimization and de-escalation of treatments to dealing with perianal CD and post-operative recurrence. The 19 evidence-based statements are supported by information on the quality of the evidence, agreement rate among panel members, and panel comments mainly based on evidence from real world studies.

Keywords: Biologics; Clinical guidelines; Crohn's disease; GRADE; IG-IBD.

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Declaration of Competing Interest FSM served as an advisory board member and/or received lecture grants from AbbVie, Biogen, Galapagos, Janssen, MSD, Pfizer, Samsung Bioepis, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. CP has received consultancy fees and/or educational grants from Abbvie, MSD, Takeda, Pfizer, Janssen-Cilag, Sandoz, Chiesi, Sofar, Ferring and Zambon. SF: advisory board for Janssen Cilag; consultancy fees and/or educational grants from Takeda, SoFar, Abbvie, Zambon. AO served as an advisory board member for AbbVie, Galapagos, MSD, Janssen, Pfizer, Takeda Pharmaceuticals, and received lecture grants from AbbVie, MSD, Sofar, Chiesi, Janssen, Pfizer, and Takeda Pharmaceuticals. DP received consultancy fees from Takeda, Jannsen-Cilag, Pfizer, and MSD. GF served as a consultant and advisory board member for Takeda, Abbvie, Janssen, Pfizer, Celltrion, Sandoz, AlfaSigma, Samsung Bioepis, Amgen, Roche, Ferring, Mylan, Galapagos. MCF received consultancy fees from Roche, Takeda, Jannsen-Cilag, Pfizer, Sandoz, Biogen, Galapagos and research economic support from Abbvie. FC served as consultant to Abbvie, MSD, Takeda, Janssen, Roche, Celgene, Bristol-Meyers Squipp, Galapagos, Gllead, Pfizer, Mundipharma, Galapagos, Biogen, received lecture fees from Abbvie, Ferring, Takeda, Allergy Therapeutics, Janssen, Pfizer, Biogen, and unrestricted research grants from Giuliani, Sofar, MSD, Takeda, Abbvie. MD served as advisor or received consultancy fees from: Roche, Takeda, Janssen, Pfizer, Abbvie, Bioclinica. AA: consulting and/or advisory board fees from AbbVie, Allergan, Amgen, Arena, Biogen, Boehringer Ingelheim, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celltrion, Eli-Lilly, Ferring, Galapagos, Gilead, Janssen, MSD, Mylan, Pfizer, Protegonist-Therapeutics, Roche, Samsung Bioepis, Sandoz, Takeda; lecture and/or speaker bureau fees from AbbVie, Amgen, Arena, Biogen, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celltrion, Eli-Lilly, Ferring, Galapagos, Gilead, Janssen, MSD, Mitsubishi Tanabe, Novartis, Pfizer, Roche, Samsung Bioepis, Sandoz, Takeda, Tigenix; research grants: MSD, Pfizer, Takeda, and Biogen. SB, CP, and DP have no conflicts of interest to declare.

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