Combination Therapy Treats Crohn’s Disease
By Daniel J. DeNoon
WebMD Health News
Reviewed by Laura J. Martin, MD
April 14, 2010 — Patients with moderate to severe Crohn’s disease are most likely to get better if treated with a combination of biologic and immune-suppressing therapies, a clinical trial suggests.
It’s a “landmark trial,” says gastroenterologist David Kerman, MD, assistant professor of clinical medicine at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, who was not involved in the study.
“This is very important news,” Kerman tells WebMD. “It says that combination therapy is actually better in these patients at an earlier point in the disease than previously thought.”
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