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Assessing disease activity and disease activity indices for inflammatory bowel disease
Feng Xiao Li1, Lloyd R Sutherland
1Department of Community Health Sciences, University of Calgary, 3330 Hospital Drive NW, Calgary, AB, Canada T2N 4N1.
Current Gastroenterology Reports
|November 21, 2002
Abstract:
A crucial step in the development of clinical trials to determine the efficacy of various therapies for inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) has been the creation of activity indices. This article reviews the major components and operating characteristics of clinical activity indices commonly used in randomized, controlled trials of IBD therapy. In addition, the paper provides a brief overview of the developmental requirements for any new index.