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  2. Novel and Emerging Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Novel and Emerging Therapies for Inflammatory Bowel Disease

  • Front Pharmacol. 2021 Apr 14;12:651415. doi: 10.3389/fphar.2021.651415.
Badr Al-Bawardy 1 Raina Shivashankar 2 Deborah D Proctor 1
Affiliations

Affiliations

  • 1 Section of Digestive Diseases, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, United States.
  • 2 Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, PA, United States.
Abstract

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) such as ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease are chronic, relapsing and remitting disorders of intestinal inflammation with potential systemic manifestations. Despite the availability of current biologics, such as anti-tumor necrosis factor (anti-TNF), anti-integrins, anti-interleukins and small molecules such as tofacitinib, the rates of primary and secondary treatment failure remain high in IBD. This highlights the importance of continued development of new therapeutic targets and modifications of existing ones to improve the treatment response rates and to also improve the safety profile and tolerability of these medications. In this review we will discuss novel treatment target agents including selective janus kinase (JAK) inhibitors, anti-interleukin (IL) (IL-12/IL-23), leukocyte trafficking/migrating inhibitors (such as sphingosine-1-phosphate receptor modulator) and other small molecules currently in development.

Keywords

biologic; emerging therapy; inflammatory bowel disease; novel therapy; small molecule.

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