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Safety and efficacy of controlled-release mesalamine for maintenance of remission in ulcerative colitis. Pentasa UC Maintenance Study Group.

Author(s): Miner P, Hanauer S, Robinson M, Schwartz J, Arora S

Affiliation(s): University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City 66103.

Publication date & source: 1995-02, Dig Dis Sci., 40(2):296-304.

Publication type: Clinical Trial; Multicenter Study; Randomized Controlled Trial

This 12-month, double-blind, placebo-controlled study randomized 205 ulcerative colitis patients in remission to placebo or controlled-release mesalamine at 4 g/day for 12 months. Patients were stratified to either pancolitis or left-sided disease, based on previous diagnosis. Maintenance of remission was defined as a sigmoidoscopic index of < 5, less than five stools per day, and the absence of rectal bleeding. A significantly greater number of patients maintained remission on mesalamine 4 g/day than on placebo at each of five study visits, following the first one-month visit (P < 0.05). The estimated 12-month remission rates for the mesalamine group were 64% (38% for placebo, P = 0.0004). Baseline subgroups (disease location, time since last flare of active disease, and previous response to oral/rectal steroids or sulfasalazine) did not influence remission rates. Treatment-related adverse events were rare. Controlled-release mesalamine is a safe and efficacious single agent for maintaining remission of ulcerative colitis.

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