Isolated colonic Crohn's disease is associated with a reduced response to exclusive enteral nutrition compared to ileal or ileocolonic disease

Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) as a primary therapy is safe and effective for inducing the clinical remission of active luminal Crohn's disease (CD). Whether isolated colonic involvement affects the efficacy of EEN is controversial. We aimed to identify the influence of isolated colonic CD on the efficacy of EEN and to determine other potential predictors of the response to induction therapy with EEN in adult patients with CD.

Source: Clinical Nutrition - August 28, 2018 Category: Nutrition Authors: Yihan Xu, Zhen Guo, Lei Cao, Tingbin Xie, Weisong Shen, Yi Li, Jianfeng Gong, Weiming Zhu Tags: Original article Source Type: research