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Adsorptive Granulocyte and Monocyte Apheresis Is Effective in Ulcerative Colitis Patients Both with and without Concomitant Prednisolone
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/32232053/
https://karger.com/iid/article-pdf/5/1/36/2995465/000505484.pdf
The effect of GMA with concomitant PSL (Prednisolone) and that of GMA without PSL were not different, and GMA was effective irrespective of PSL administration. The present study showed that GMA had efficacy and led many UC patients treated by PSL to be steroid free with no safety concern in the real world, although there is the possibility of recruitment bias due to the retrospective nature of the study.
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Adacolumn leucocytapheresis for ulcerative colitis: clinical and endoscopic features of responders and unresponders.
Rodolfo Sacco 1, Tomotaka Tanaka, Takayuki Yamamoto, Giampaolo Bresci, Abbi R Saniabadi, Expert Rev Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2015 Mar;9(3):327-33.
The authors’ view is that in patients with UC, there is an evolving scope for therapeutic opportunity based on taking away the sources of inflammatory cytokines, also considering the favorable safety profile of GMA.
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