Biological therapy for ulcerative colitis: An update

摘要

Of the diverse biological agents used for patients with ulcerative colitis, the anti-tumor necrosis factor-alpha agents infliximab and adalimumab have been used in large-scale clinical trials and are currently widely used in the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease patients. Recent studies have indicated that golimumab, oral tofacitinib and vedolizumab reportedly achieved good clinical response and remission rates in ulcerative colitis patients. Thus, we believe that the detailed investigation of various studies on clinical trials may provide important information for the selection of appropriate biological agents, and therefore, we have extensively reviewed such trials in the present study. (C) 2014 Baishideng Publishing Group Inc. All rights reserved.