Intestinal ultrasound can be a predictive tool for assessing treatment response and outcomes in pediatric ulcerative colitis patients, according to a new study from DDW 2024.
In the study of 42 children with moderate to severe UC who had recently started a biologic or small-molecule treatment, the researchers found that different measurements taken with IUS could predict treatment response (presentation 30).
Notably, bowel wall thickness (BWT) measured with IUS was found to correlate with