Emerging oral drug options for ulcerative colitis

INTRODUCTION: Despite the availability of a variety of therapeutic compounds and improved management strategies, one-third of UC patients with moderate-to-severe disease do not benefit from the existing treatments or experience drug-related side effects. This has boosted intensive research focusing on the development of new drugs for UC therapy. This article aims to summarize the available evidence on oral drugs, which are now being explored in clinical trials or are ready to enter the clinics.

AREAS COVERED: From May 15 to June 11, we searched on PubMed using the keywords 'oral drugs ulcerative colitis,' 'ulcerative colitis clinical trials,' 'UC phase 2 and 3 trials' excluding case reports, case series, phase 1 and 4 studies, and studies about approved therapies.

EXPERT OPINION: The findings discussed in this article suggest that the future treatment of UC patients will be probably characterized by the possibility of using various small-molecule drugs. All these new compounds, even those belonging to the same class, differ in terms of efficacy and safety. Identification of predictors of response could help optimize the efficacy and safety of these treatments, thus improving resource allocation through a pretreatment stratification of patients.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2023

Erschienen:

2023

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:28

Enthalten in:

Expert opinion on emerging drugs - 28(2023), 3 vom: 01. Dez., Seite 191-201

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Salvatori, Silvia [VerfasserIn]
Neri, Benedetto [VerfasserIn]
Marafini, Irene [VerfasserIn]
Brigida, Mattia [VerfasserIn]
Monteleone, Giovanni [VerfasserIn]

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Cytokines
Gut inflammation
IBD
Integrins
Jak inhibitors
Journal Article
Review

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Date Completed 13.10.2023

Date Revised 18.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1080/14728214.2023.2254686

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM361658532