ALLEZ , Matthieu

BACKGROUND: Patients' experience with healthcare professionals could influence their clinical outcomes. AIMS: To assess inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients' experience with their disease, their treatment and their relationship with their physician. METHODS: A one-week cross-sectional study was conducted in 42 IBD centres. 2011 consecutive...

BACKGROUND & AIMS: New therapeutic strategies are needed for patients with refractory Crohn's Disease (CD). We evaluated data from the Crohn's and T-regulatory Cell Study (CATS)1 to determine safety and efficacy of antigen-specific T regulatory (Treg) cells for treatment of refractory CD. METHODS: We performed a 12-week, open-labelled,...

OBJECTIVES: We sought to determine the frequency of and risk factors for early (30-day) postoperative complications after ileocecal resection in a well-characterized, prospective cohort of Crohn's disease patients. METHODS: The REMIND group performed a nationwide study in 9 French university medical centers. Clinical-, biological-, surgical-,...

AIM: to describe the characteristics of incident cases of tuberculosis [TB] despite negative TB screening tests, in patients with inflammatory bowel disease [IBD] undergoing anti-TNF treatment, and to identify the risk factors involved. METHODS: A retrospective descriptive study was conducted at GETAID centers on all IBD patients undergoing...

Background: Fatigue is commonly reported by patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), but the determinants of IBD-related fatigue have yet to be determined.Aims: To identify the factors associated with fatigue in a large population of patients with IBD.Patients and methods: Fatigue and nine other IBD-related disability dimensions were...