Abstract:Background
Endoscopy remains the gold standard in Crohn’s disease (CD) to assess mucosal healing but remains invasive and costly. Mucosal healing is the target to reach in current therapeutic strategies because of its association with improve CD outcomes. Fecal calprotectin is still only a surrogate marker due to the lack of data on its ability to predict disease progression. The main objective of this study is to assess whether the value of fecal calprotectin after introduction of biologic i… Show more
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