{"id":4231,"date":"2026-11-02T13:42:19","date_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:42:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4231"},"modified":"2026-11-02T13:42:19","modified_gmt":"2026-11-02T13:42:19","slug":"jak-inhibitors-demonstrate-real-world-efficacy-in-treatment-refractory-uc","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/drsoniafawad.com\/?p=4231","title":{"rendered":"JAK inhibitors demonstrate real-world efficacy in treatment-refractory UC"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div data-component=\"ArticleContent\">\n<div class=\"article__below-title\">\n<div class=\" article__posted-date\">\n<p>November 02, 2026<\/p>\n<p>2 min read<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mobile-trust-box\">\n<div class=\"row\">\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-5 d-xl-none\">\n<div class=\"trust-box\">\n<div class=\"trust-box-logo d-none d-md-block\">\n            <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/h5\/feature\/news\/publogos\/hgld\/healio_gastro.svg?la=en&amp;h=40&amp;w=152&amp;hash=2C654A538F2E250F5183D42A89FE0EC0\" class=\"logo-img\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Healio Logo - Gastroenterology\" width=\"152\"\/>\n          <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"col-12 col-md-6 offset-md-1 offset-xl-0 col-xl-12\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n  <hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n  <hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\">&#13;<br \/>\n        <i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n        Add topic to email alerts&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/span>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse u1311329d567c49898ceb6ab3e10c672c\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n          Receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\n          Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8220;&#13;<br \/>\n              data-action=&#8221;subscribe&#8221;&gt;&#13;<br \/>\n        Subscribe&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\">    <strong>We were unable to process your request. 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(hybrid meeting).<\/p>\n<h2>Key Takeaways<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>JAK inhibitors are associated with improved outcomes in patients with UC when compared with TNF inhibitors.<\/li>\n<li>Treatment-refractory disease did not inhibit the benefits associated with JAK inhibitors. <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 JAK inhibitors are associated with meaningful clinical and endoscopic outcomes compared with TNF inhibitors in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to findings presented at ACG Annual Scientific Meeting.<\/p>\n<figure class=\"figure article__og-image\">&#13;\n    <picture>&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/clinical-guidance\/og-images\/ulcerativecolitis_og.webp?w=476\" media=\"(max-width: 768px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/clinical-guidance\/og-images\/ulcerativecolitis_og.webp?w=800\" media=\"(max-width: 992px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/clinical-guidance\/og-images\/ulcerativecolitis_og.webp?w=595\" media=\"(max-width: 1200px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/clinical-guidance\/og-images\/ulcerativecolitis_og.webp?w=476\" media=\"(min-width: 1200px)\">&#13;<source srcset=\"https:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.comhttps:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/clinical-guidance\/og-images\/ulcerativecolitis_og.webp?w=476\">&#13;<br \/>\n&#13;<br \/>\n      <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/clinical-guidance\/og-images\/ulcerativecolitis_og.png?w=800\" alt=\"UlcerativeColitis_OG\" class=\"figure-img img-fluid\" width=\"800\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/source><\/picture>&#13;<figcaption class=\"figure-caption\">&#13;<br \/>\n      <em>Source: Adobe Stock.<\/em>&#13;<br \/>\n    <\/figcaption>&#13;<br \/>\n  <\/figure>\n<p>\u201cUlcerative [colitis] treatment now includes <a href=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/news\/gastroenterology\/20250604\/new-acg-guidelines-reflect-tremendous-surge-in-treatments-for-crohns-ulcerative-colitis\" id=\"rId8\" target=\"_blank\">multiple advanced therapy classes<\/a>. But in real world practice, patients are not treated like randomized trial participants,\u201d <b>Naveed Chaudhry, DO<\/b>, an internal medicine resident at Baylor Scott &amp; White Medical Center in Texas, told attendees. \u201cTreatment selection is influenced by prior biologic failure, steroid dependence and disease severity. We wanted to understand how these therapies perform in routine clinical care.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>For the single-center retrospective cohort study, Chaudry and colleagues enrolled 390 patients with ulcerative colitis who initiated either TNF inhibitors, vedolizumab (Entyvio; Takeda) or JAK inhibitors between 2020 and 2025.<\/p>\n<p>The primary outcome included a 52-week steroid-free clinical remission with a Mayo score of equal to or less than 2 and no systemic corticosteroid use during follow-up. Treatment failure, hospitalization, steroid restart, ED visits and endoscopic healing were the secondary outcomes.<\/p>\n<p>The researchers highlighted greater baseline disease severity and higher rates of prior biologic exposure in patients receiving JAK inhibitors compared with patients receiving TNF inhibitors or vedolizumab. Despite this, patients receiving JAK inhibitors showed higher 52-week steroid-free clinical remission compared with patients receiving TNF inhibitors (RR = 1.68; 95% CI, 1.29%\u20132.2%; <i>P<\/i> &lt; 0.001), while those receiving vedolizumab demonstrated a non-significant trend toward improved remission (relative risk = 1.23; 95% CI, 0.98%\u20131.54%, <i>P<\/i> = 0.074).<\/p>\n<p>Prior biologic exposure was associated with lower rates of remission, the researchers wrote. Moreover, JAK inhibitors corresponded to lower risks of treatment failure, steroid restart, ED visits and hospitalization when compared with TNF inhibitors. <\/p>\n<p>For patients with endoscopic follow up, higher rates of endoscopic healing (RR = 1.42; <i>P<\/i> = 0.012) and complete mucosal healing (RR = 1.58; <i>P<\/i> = 0.035) were associated with JAK inhibitors. <\/p>\n<p>\u201cClinically, these findings support the real-world effectiveness of JAK inhibitors in ulcerative colitis and suggest they may provide meaningful benefit, even after prior advanced therapy exposure,\u201d Chaudhry said. <\/p>\n<p>However, because of the study design and other factors, he cautioned that the findings should be interpreted as \u201cassociation rather than proof of superiority.\u201d<\/p>\n<div class=\"article__content--footer\">\n<div class=\"publisher-logo\">\n    <span>Published by:<\/span><br \/>\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.healio.com\/~\/media\/h5\/feature\/news\/publogos\/hgld\/healio_gastro.svg?la=en&amp;h=40&amp;w=152&amp;hash=2C654A538F2E250F5183D42A89FE0EC0\" class=\"logo-img\" height=\"40\" alt=\"Healio Logo - Gastroenterology\" width=\"152\"\/>\n  <\/div>\n<div class=\"sources-references-disclosures\">\n<h3>Sources\/Disclosures<\/h3>\n<div class=\"disclosures\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n        <strong> Disclosures: <\/strong>&#13;<br \/>\n        Chaudhry reports no relevant disclosures. &#13;\n      <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><!-- Healio AI Widget --><\/p>\n<div class=\"healio-ai-component-inline\" data-no-ads=\"true\" data-module-track-category=\"Healio AI\" data-module-track-action=\"Click\" data-module-track-label=\"Access Healio Ai from component - News_AI Component - In-Content (all devices)\">\n<div class=\"healio-ai-content\">\n    <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/m3.healio.com\/~\/media\/images\/healio-ai\/healio-ai_logo.svg\" alt=\"Healio AI\" class=\"healio-ai-logo\"\/><\/p>\n<p><strong>Ask a clinical question<\/strong> and tap into <strong>Healio AI&#8217;s knowledge<\/strong> base.<\/p>\n<ul>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>PubMed, enrolling\/recruiting trials, guidelines<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Clinical Guidance, Healio CME, FDA news<\/li>\n<p>&#13;<\/p>\n<li>Healio&#8217;s exclusive daily news coverage of clinical data<\/li>\n<p>&#13;\n    <\/ul>\n<p>    <button class=\"healio-ai-button\" onclick=\"window.location.href=\" https:=\"\">Learn more<\/button>\n  <\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button-wrapper d-none\" data-component=\"EmailTopicAlert\" data-module=\"Subspecialty Email Topic Alerts Top\" data-manage-email-link=\"\/footer\/account-information\/my-account\/email-subscriptions-and-alerts#emailAlerts\">\n  <hidden data-setting-item=\"d265901d-6d37-49c7-a8f6-c7bf19a02509\"\/><br \/>\n  <hidden data-crm-source=\"Subspecialty Topic Alert\"\/><\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-button d-none\" data-topic-button=\"not-subscribed\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n      <span data-module-track-action=\"Email Alerts TOP_Click_Healio News Article\" data-module-track-label=\"Email Alerts TOP_Healio News Article\">&#13;<br \/>\n        <i class=\"fas fa-plus-circle\"\/>&#13;<br \/>\n        Add topic to email alerts&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/span>&#13;\n    <\/p>\n<div class=\"email-alert-inner collapse u1311329d567c49898ceb6ab3e10c672c\">\n<div class=\"email-alert-dialogue\">\n<p>&#13;<br \/>\n          Receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>&#13;\n        <\/p>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-sign-up-type=\"unknown\">\n          Please provide your email address to receive an email when new articles are posted on <span data-content=\"topic-title\"\/>.<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p>      <button type=\"button\" class=\"btn btn-primary\" data-loading-text=\"Loading &lt;i class=\" fa=\"\" fa-spinner=\"\" fa-spin=\"\">&#8220;&#13;<br \/>\n              data-action=&#8221;subscribe&#8221;&gt;&#13;<br \/>\n        Subscribe&#13;<br \/>\n      <\/button>\n    <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"d-none\" data-topic-modal=\"failed\">    <strong>We were unable to process your request. 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If you continue to have this issue please contact customerservice@slackinc.com. Back to Healio Chaudhry N, et al. Real-world comparative effectiveness of TNF inhibitors, vedolizumab, and JAK inhibitors in ulcerative colitis: A propensity score-weighted analysis. Presented at: ACG Annual Scientific Meeting; Oct. 12-14, 2026; Nashville, Tenn. (hybrid meeting). Key Takeaways JAK inhibitors are associated with improved outcomes in patients with UC when compared with TNF inhibitors. Treatment-refractory disease did not inhibit the benefits associated with JAK inhibitors. NASHVILLE, Tenn. \u2014 JAK inhibitors are associated with meaningful clinical and endoscopic outcomes compared with TNF inhibitors in patients with ulcerative colitis, according to findings presented at ACG Annual Scientific Meeting. &#13; &#13;&#13;&#13;&#13;&#13;&#13; &#13; &#13; &#13;&#13; Source: Adobe Stock.&#13; &#13; \u201cUlcerative [colitis] treatment now includes multiple advanced therapy classes. But in real world practice, patients are not treated like randomized trial participants,\u201d Naveed Chaudhry, DO, an internal medicine resident at Baylor Scott &amp; White Medical Center in Texas, told attendees. \u201cTreatment selection is influenced by prior biologic failure, steroid dependence and disease severity. We wanted to understand how these therapies perform in routine clinical care.\u201d For the single-center retrospective cohort study, Chaudry and colleagues enrolled 390 patients with ulcerative colitis who initiated either TNF inhibitors, vedolizumab (Entyvio; Takeda) or JAK inhibitors between 2020 and 2025. The primary outcome included a 52-week steroid-free clinical remission with a Mayo score of equal to or less than 2 and no systemic corticosteroid use during follow-up. Treatment failure, hospitalization, steroid restart, ED visits and endoscopic healing were the secondary outcomes. The researchers highlighted greater baseline disease severity and higher rates of prior biologic exposure in patients receiving JAK inhibitors compared with patients receiving TNF inhibitors or vedolizumab. Despite this, patients receiving JAK inhibitors showed higher 52-week steroid-free clinical remission compared with patients receiving TNF inhibitors (RR = 1.68; 95% CI, 1.29%\u20132.2%; P &lt; 0.001), while those receiving vedolizumab demonstrated a non-significant trend toward improved remission (relative risk = 1.23; 95% CI, 0.98%\u20131.54%, P = 0.074). Prior biologic exposure was associated with lower rates of remission, the researchers wrote. Moreover, JAK inhibitors corresponded to lower risks of treatment failure, steroid restart, ED visits and hospitalization when compared with TNF inhibitors. For patients with endoscopic follow up, higher rates of endoscopic healing (RR = 1.42; P = 0.012) and complete mucosal healing (RR = 1.58; P = 0.035) were associated with JAK inhibitors. \u201cClinically, these findings support the real-world effectiveness of JAK inhibitors in ulcerative colitis and suggest they may provide meaningful benefit, even after prior advanced therapy exposure,\u201d Chaudhry said. 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