The Unmet Need in Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) is a chronic, unpredictable, inflammatory disorder of the digestive tract with major clinical and economic burden. Treatment guidelines have recently been updated with new long-term goals for the management of IBD. However, there is a need to address clinical advances with a focus on long-term patient outcomes. The objective of this webinar is to review IBD, treatment guidelines, clinical decision making and the associated economic burden.
Background:
- An estimated 3 million Americans suffer from IBD.2
- The prevalence of IBD is higher in the US than any other country in the world and is increasing.1
- IBD damages the bowel and may result in decreased quality of life, hospitalizations, surgeries, and Increased healthcare costs.
- 25-40% of IBD patients may develop an extra-intestinal manifestation.3
- Up to 25% of IBD patients have more than one EIM.3
- IBD symptoms are often unpredictable and are associated with a considerable clinical and economic burden.2
Learning Objectives:
- Discuss the epidemiology of IBD and the associated clinical burden that often requires multiple treatment options for patients.
- Review the AGA Guidelines and the Treat to Target approach from the STRIDE-II recommendations discussing the impact of disease progression, long-term outcomes, and economic considerations of the early use of advanced treatment options.
Speaker:
Casey Chapman, MD
Chief Medical Officer
GI Alliance
Clinical Assistant Professor of Medicine/Gastroenterology
Louisiana State University
This webinar is sponsored, developed, and presented by the sponsor. The content of this Science & Innovation Webinar and opinions expressed by the presenters are those of the sponsor or presenters and not of AMCP.
Sponsored by:
AbbVie US Medical Affairs
Registration is free for Members and Non-Members
For individuals from the media/press interested in attending, please email media@amcp.org.
- IBD 2017 Inflammatory Bowel Disease Collaborators. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol 2020;5(1):17-30
- Crohn's and Colitis Foundation accessed online 8/16/2021 at https://www.crohnscolitisfoundation.org/what-is-crohns-disease/causes
- Levine JS and Burakoff R. Gastroenterol Hepatol 2011;7(4): 235-41