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Controlled trial of metronidazole treatment for prevention of crohn's recurrence after ileal resection
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Background/aims New lesions recur within weeks to months after ileal resection and ileocolonic anastomosis for Crohn's ileitis. A double-blind controlled trial was performed using metronidazole to prevent recurrence after ileal resection.Methods Sixty patients who underwent curative ileal resection and primary anastomosis were included within 1 week after surgery. Thirty patients received metronidazole (20 mg/kg body wt) daily for 3 months, and 30 patients received placebo. Treatment was then discontinued. Nine patients dropped out during treatment, 7 in the metronidazole group and 2 in the placebo arm.Results At 12 weeks, 21 of 28 patients (75%) in the placebo group had recurrent lesions in the neoterminal ileum as compared with 12 of 23 patients (52%) in the metronidazole group (P = 0.09). The incidence of severe endoscopic recurrence was significantly reduced by metronidazole (3 of 23; 13%) as compared with placebo (12 of 28; 43%; P = 0.02). Patients in the metronidazole arm had more frequent side effects. Metronidazole therapy statistically reduced the clinical recurrence rates at 1 year (4% vs. 25%). Reductions at 2 years (26% vs. 43%) and 3 years (30% vs. 50%) were not significant.Conclusions Metronidazole therapy for 3 months decreases the severity of early recurrence of Crohn's disease in the neoterminal ileum after resection and seems to delay symptomatic recurrence.
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“Patients who have had a resection for CD have a decreased rate of endoscopic and clinical recurrence when metronidazole or ornidazole are used as prophylactic therapies.78”
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- Authors
- Rutgeerts, P., Hiele, M., Geboes, K., Peeters, M., Penninckx, F., Aerts, R., & Kerremans, R.
- Affiliations
- Universitair Ziekenhuis Leuven (BE)
- Venue
- Gastroenterology
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1995-06
- Volume
- 108
- Issue
- 6
- Pages
- 1617-1621
- ISSN
- 0016-5085 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1980212383
- Cited by
- 743
- References
- 24
- Citations by year
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- FWCI
- 10.61
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
- Locations
- Gastroenterology (publishedVersion)
- PubMed (publishedVersion)
- Topics
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Gastroenterology › Inflammatory Bowel Disease
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Surgery › Diverticular Disease and Complications
- Health Sciences › Medicine › Ophthalmology › Ocular Diseases and Behçet’s Syndrome
- Keywords
- metronidazole, Crohn's disease, ileal resection, ileocolic anastomosis, postoperative recurrence, recurrence prevention, endoscopic recurrence
- MeSH terms
- Adult, Crohn Disease, Double-Blind Method, Follow-Up Studies, Humans, Ileum, Metronidazole, Middle Aged, Recurrence
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