A Controlled Double Blind Multicenter Study of the Effectiveness of 5-Aminosalicylic Acid in Patients with Crohnʼs Disease in Remission
- 1 April 1995
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wolters Kluwer Health in Journal of Clinical Gastroenterology
- Vol. 20 (3) , 203-206
- https://doi.org/10.1097/00004836-199504000-00008
Abstract
We evaluated the efficacy of an oral formulation of 5-amino-salicylic acid in lowering the relapse rate after remission of Crohn's disease. Included were 59 patients who had proven Crohn's disease of at least 1 year's duration, and who had been in continuous remission for at least 6 months, while taking only 5-aminosalicylic acid or no therapy at all. Remission was defined as a Harvey Bradshaw index score (Softley-Clamp modification) ofKeywords
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