Dietary Patterns and Fibre Intake Are Associated with Disease Activity in Australian Adults with Inflammatory Bowel Disease: An Exploratory Dietary Pattern Analysis.

Background: Few studies have explored the relationship between habitual dietary patterns and disease activity in people with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD). This cross-sectional study explored the association between dietary patterns and clinical and objective markers of inflammation in adults from the Australian IBD Microbiome Study.

Methods: Dietary patterns were derived using principal component analysis (PCA) of baseline food frequency questionnaire data.

Dietary Determinants of Metabolic and Gut Microbial Health in Patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Diet has been linked to gut dysbiosis and the onset, course, and response to treatment of patients with IBD and metabolic disease. : This single-centre prospective case-control study investigated the relationship between dietary intake, metabolic profile, and stool microbial composition in 57 individuals with IBD in clinical remission and 24 healthy individuals (HC). Participants' baseline anthropometric measurements, serum metabolic parameters, lipid profiles, and oral and stool samples for microbiota testing were collected.

Effects of Thiopurine Withdrawal on Vedolizumab-Treated Patients With Ulcerative Colitis: A Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background & Aims: The impact of thiopurine de-escalation while on vedolizumab versus continuing thiopurine therapy in ulcerative colitis (UC) is unclear. We aimed to determine the effect of thiopurine withdrawal for patients with UC in remission on vedolizumab.

Methods: This multicenter randomized controlled trial recruited UC patients on vedolizumab 300 mg intravenously every 8 weeks and a thiopurine.

Dietary Emulsifier Exposure in People With Inflammatory Bowel Disease Compared With Healthy Controls: Is There a Cause for Concern?

Background: Emulsifiers are implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Few studies have examined emulsifier intake in people with existing IBD. We aimed to describe the frequency of exposure to 6 selected emulsifiers in a contemporary cohort of people with IBD and compare intake with healthy controls (HCs).

Type 2 autoimmune pancreatitis associated with severe ulcerative colitis: Three case reports.

Background: Type two autoimmune pancreatitis is a rare and difficult to diagnose, steroid responsive non-IgG4 inflammatory pancreatopathy that can be associated with inflammatory bowel disease.

Case Summary: This case series describes three cases with varied clinical presentations and re-presentations of autoimmune pancreatitis, and all associated with an aggressive course of ulcerative colitis. The pancreatopathy was independent of bowel disease activity and developed in one case following colectomy.