Patient-oriented choice of therapy for inflammatory bowel diseases: a clinical case
- Authors: Bakulin I.G.1, Zhuravleva M.S.1, Bereznitskaya M.M.1, Gutman E.V.2, Egorova T.A.2
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Affiliations:
- North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
- Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital
- Issue: Vol 32, No 1 (2025)
- Pages: 118-123
- Section: Gastroenterology/hepatology
- URL: https://journals.eco-vector.com/2073-4034/article/view/679958
- DOI: https://doi.org/10.18565/pharmateca.2025.1.118-123
- ID: 679958
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Abstract
The presented clinical case demonstrates the difficulties in choosing biological therapy for induction and maintenance of remission of Crohn’s disease (CD) and the need for a patient-oriented approach taking into account the patient’s profile and clinical situation. TOne of the effective drugs with a high safety profile, including elderly patients, low immunogenicity, which remains effective in the 2nd and further line of biological therapy, is an anti-cytokine drug, a monoclonal antibody against the p40 subunits of IL-12 and IL-23 ustekinumab.
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I. G. Bakulin
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: Mariya.Zhuravleva@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0002-6151-2021
Dr. Sci. (Med.), Professor, Head of the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases, Gastroenterology and Dietetics named after S.M. Ryss
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgMaria S. Zhuravleva
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Author for correspondence.
Email: Mariya.Zhuravleva@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0000-0003-4838-5707
Cand. Sci. (Med.), Associate Professor, Associate Professor at the Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Medicine, Gastroenterology and Dietetics named after S.M. Ryss
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgM. M. Bereznitskaya
North-Western State Medical University named after I.I. Mechnikov
Email: Mariya.Zhuravleva@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-1407-1378
Resident in the specialty «Gastroenterology», Department of Propaedeutics of Internal Diseases, Gastroenterology and Dietetics named after S.M. Ryss
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgE. V. Gutman
Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital
Email: Mariya.Zhuravleva@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0007-3025-2195
Head of the Gastroenterology Department
Russian Federation, St. PetersburgT. A. Egorova
Leningrad Regional Clinical Hospital
Email: Mariya.Zhuravleva@szgmu.ru
ORCID iD: 0009-0001-4114-4882
Gastroenterologist, Gastroenterology Department
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