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Meta-analysis of the placebo rates of clinical relapse and severe endoscopic recurrence in post-operative Crohn's disease

2008

Meta-analysis of the placebo rates of clinical relapse and severe endoscopic recurrence in postoperative Crohn's disease. Renna S, Cammà C, Modesto I, Cabibbo G, Scimeca D, Civitavecchia G, Mocciaro F, Orlando A, Enea M, Cottone M. Dipartimento di Medicina, Pneumologia e Fisiologia della Nutrizione Umana, Università di Palermo, Palermo, Italy. BACKGROUNDS & AIMS: The benefit of therapy for prevention of postoperative recurrence of Crohn's disease (CD) is limited. Clinical relapse and severe endoscopic recurrence are the main outcomes in the evaluation of trials on prevention of recurrence. The aim of this meta-analysis was to focus on knowledge of the placebo rates of relapse and recurr…