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JANUARY 17, 2023

Racial Disparities Seen in Use of IBD Medical Therapy


Originally published by our sister publication Gastroenterology & Endoscopy News


By Natasha Albaneze

CHARLOTTE, N.C.—Black patients with inflammatory bowel disease are less likely to be treated with immunomodulator or biologic therapies than white IBD patients, according to a recent study in a large U.S. cohort.

IBD is “increasingly seen among the different races and ethnicities in the United States,” noted the researchers, led by Khaled Alsabbagh