Abstract:Background
Medical therapy for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) should have dual goals of improving symptoms and mucosal healing. Patient-reported outcomes (PROs) used for approval of ulcerative colitis (UC) treatments include number of bowel movements and bloody stools.[1] Recent research highlights the discordance between PROs and mucosal healing.[2] The aim of this analysis is to understand patient perspectives on UC symptoms and disease burden based on a cross-sectional survey of UC patie… Show more
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