Year N Methods Treatment Diagnostic modality % mucosal healing
D'Haens [44] 1997 19 Cohort study AZA Ileocolonoscopy Complete or partial healing: 11 / 15
D'Haens [45] 1999 30 Multicenter, randomized, double-blind study IFX Ileocolonoscopy IFX: most.
Placebo: none.
D'Haens [39] 1999 20 Retrospective study AZA Ileocolonoscopy Complete healing: 12/20
Rutgeerts [46] 2006 99 Subgroup of randomized, double-blind study IFX, scheduled vs. episodic treatment Ileocolonoscopy Responders (w2), scheduled: 50%
Episodic: 7% (p = 0.007)
Regueiro [47] 2009 24 Prospective study IFX, prevention of postoperative recurrence Ileocolonoscopy, capsule endoscopy IFX: 84.6%
Placebo: 9.1%
(p< 0.01)
Schnitzler [43] 2009 214 Retrospective study IFX, scheduled vs. episodic treatment Ileocolonoscopy Scheduled IFX: 76.9%
Episodic IFX: 61.0%
(p = 0.02
Colombel [48] 2010 508 Randomized, double-blind study IFX, AZA, IFX + AZA Ileocolonoscopy IFX + AZA: 43.9%
IFX: 30.1% (p=0.06)
AZA: 16.5% (p<0.05
Baert [41] 2010 49 Cohort of randomized study AZA + IFX vs. placebo Ileocolonoscopy Maintenance of remission with no therapy: 15/ 17
Laharie [49] 2011 51 Retrospective study MTX, AZA, or IFX Ileocolonoscopy MTX: 11%
AZA: 50% (p =0.011 vs. MTX)
IFX: 60% (p=0.008)
Table 3: Mucosal healing in terms of immunosuppressive therapy as determined by endoscopic findings. IFX- infliximab, AZA – azathioprine, MTX – methotrexate, CD – Crohn’s disease, UC – ulcerative colitis.