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Endoscopic management of transmural oesophageal defects following esophagectomy or spontaneous perforations, such as Boerhaave's syndrome, is often complicated by stent migration and luminal occlusion [1]. The Vacuum-Assisted Closure (VAC) stent, which integrates a covered stent with endoscopic vacuum therapy, aims to address these issues by providing functional drainage and promoting wound healing [2]. This case series presents our initial experience with VACStent therapy in four patients treated between February 2023 and April 2024.

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[New treatment targets for inflammatory bowel disease?].

Inn Med (Heidelb)

December 2024

Innere Medizin I, Universitätsklinikum Tübingen, Otfried-Müller-Straße 10, 72076, Tübingen, Deutschland.

The classic therapeutic goals of chronic inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) are, on the one hand, clinical remission and, on the other, the prevention of disease progression. The introduction of additional "targets" such as normalization of laboratory inflammation values, endoscopic and, possibly, histological mucosal healing and transmural parameters (ultrasound, magnetic resonance imaging and computed tomography) is intended to improve prognosis. A good response to therapy is usually (also) evident from these targets, although the obligatory change in medication in order to improve the prognosis if the additional treatment goals are not achieved is not evidence-based.

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Background/aims: Upadacitinib is a novel selective Janus kinase inhibitor approved for use in ulcerative colitis. Clinical trials had rigorous criteria and excluded many patient subgroups. Given limited real-world effectiveness data, we examined outcomes of patients treated with upadacitinib for ulcerative colitis in a real-world population.

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Background: Small bowel video capsule endoscopy (SB-VCE) assesses mucosal inflammation in Crohn's disease (CD), while intestinal ultrasound (IUS) examines transmural involvement. We aimed to correlate SB-VCE with IUS in evaluating active CD and monitoring treatment response over time.

Methods: Patients with active SB-CD who initiated biologics were prospectively followed with fecal calprotectin (FC), SB-VCE, and IUS at baseline and after 14 and 52 weeks.

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Background: In patients with eosinophilic esophagitis (EoE), the correlation between symptoms of esophageal dysfunction and endoscopic and histologic disease activity is generally poor and probably related to multiple causes such as esophageal remodeling processes that might go undetected using endoscopy and histology as well as esophageal hypervigilance and symptom-specific anxiety. Hence, there is a need for a holistic management of patients that goes beyond the control of eosinophilia and symptoms.

Summary And Key Messages: Physiological esophageal testing using high-resolution manometry, functional lumen imaging probe, pH-impedance, wireless pH monitoring, and mucosal impedance may unveil the effects of chronic transmural fibro-inflammatory changes of the esophageal wall as well as esophageal hypervigilance, thereby assisting to phenotype patients, predict therapeutic response to therapy, and identify motility disorders that may need a specific targeted therapy to ameliorate patients' outcomes.

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