BEAUGERIE , Laurent

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,...

BACKGROUND: Reports of an increased risk of lymphoproliferative disorders in patients receiving thiopurines for inflammatory bowel disease are controversial. We assessed this risk in a prospective observational cohort study. METHODS: 19,486 patients with inflammatory bowel disease, of whom 11,759 (60.3%) had Crohn's disease and 7727 (39.7%) had...

Data on the efficacy and safety of seasonal influenza vaccines in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) remain scarce. The aim of the study was to evaluate the impact of immunosuppressive (IS) therapeutics on serological response to 2-year influenza vaccination in IBD adults. A multicentre prospective study performed in 255 IBD adults...