Successful remission of ulcerative colitis flare-up during pregnancy with adsorptive granulomonocytapheresis plus tacrolimus

Tomoyoshi Shibuya ¹, Keiichi Haga ¹, Masato Kamei ¹, Koki Okahara ¹, Shoko Ito ¹, Masahito Takahashi ¹, Osamu Nomura ¹, Takashi Murakami ¹, Masae Makino ¹, Tomohiro Kodani ¹, Dai Ishikawa ¹, Naoto Sakamoto ¹, Taro Osada ¹, Tatsuo Ogihara ¹, Sumio Watanabe ¹, Akihito Nagahara ¹ , Intest Res. 2018 Jul;16(3):484-488.

Our experience indicates that GMA, as a non-drug therapeutic intervention with a favorable safety profile, plus tacrolimus might be a relevant treatment option for patients with active IBD during pregnancy. A future study of a large cohort of pregnant patients should strengthen our findings.

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/30090048/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC6077305/pdf/ir-16-484.pdf