Intestinal Research

Noritaka Takatsu

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Early resolution of bowel urgency by budesonide foam enema results in improved quality of life in patients with ulcerative colitis: a multicenter prospective observational study: Taku Kobayashi, Kei Moriya, Toshimitsu Fujii, Shigeki Bamba, Shinichiro Shinzaki, Akihiro Yamada, Takashi Hisabe, Shintaro Sagami, Shuji Hibiya, Takahiro Amano, Noritaka Takatsu, Katsutoshi Inagaki, Ken-ichi Iwayama, Toshifumi Hibi; Intest Res 2025;23(2):157-169. Published online July 15, 2024; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5217/ir.2024.00005

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Bowel urgency is an important symptom for quality of life determination in patients with ulcerative colitis (UC). Few clinical studies have focused on bowel urgency as an efficacy endpoint. Budesonide foam enema has shown efficacy for clinical and endoscopic improvement in mild-to-moderate UC. We evaluated the improvement of clinical symptoms (bowel urgency), safety, and treatment impact of twice-daily budesonide foam enema on the quality of life in patients with UC.
Methods
This open-label, multicenter, prospective observational study comprised a 4-week observation period assessing the effectiveness and safety of twice-daily budesonide foam enema. Mild-to-moderate UC patients who had bowel urgency were included. Patients collected data daily in an electronic patient-reported outcome system or logbooks. The primary endpoint was the rate of resolution of bowel urgency at the end of the 4-week observation period. The rate of bowel incontinence was also assessed.
Results
Sixty-one patients were enrolled. Of patients with a final evaluation, the rate of resolution of bowel urgency was 58.5% (31/53; 95% confidence interval, 44.1%–71.9%). Bowel urgency decreased over time, with a significant difference observed on day 7 versus day 0. Bowel incontinence showed a decreasing trend from day 5, with a significant difference confirmed on day 12 versus day 0. The clinical remission rate was 64.4% (38/59; 95% confidence interval, 50.9%–76.4%). One adverse event not related to budesonide rectal foam occurred.
Conclusions
The findings suggest that bowel urgency can be improved early with twice-daily budesonide foam enema. No new safety signals were observed.

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Risk factors for severity of colonic diverticular hemorrhage: Ken Kinjo, Toshiyuki Matsui, Takashi Hisabe, Hiroshi Ishihara, Toshiki Kojima, Kenta Chuman, Shigeyoshi Yasukawa, Tsuyoshi Beppu, Akihiro Koga, Satoshi Ishikawa, Masahiro Kishi, Noritaka Takatsu, Fumihito Hirai, Kenshi Yao, Toshiharu Ueki, Masakazu Washio; Intest Res 2018;16(3):458-466. Published online July 27, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5217/ir.2018.16.3.458

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Colonic diverticular hemorrhage (DH) was a rare disease until the 1990s, and its incidence has increased rapidly since 2000 in Japan. In recent years, colonic DH has been the most frequent cause of lower gastrointestinal bleeding (LGIB). Nearly all cases of DH are mild, with the bleeding often stopping spontaneously. Some cases, however, require surgery or arterial embolization. In this study, using a cohort at Fukuoka University Chikushi Hospital, we investigated factors associated with severe colonic DH.

Methods

Among patients with LGIB who underwent colonoscopy at our hospital between 1995 and 2013, DH was identified in 273 patients. Among them, 62 patients (22.7%) were defined as having severe colonic DH according to recurrence of bleeding in a short period, and/or the necessity of transfusion, arterial embolization, or surgery. We then evaluated risk factors for severe DH among DH patients in this retrospective cohort.

Results

Among the 273 patients with DH, use of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs (NSAIDs) (odds ratio [OR], 2.801; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.164–6.742), Charlson Risk Index (CRI) ≥2 (OR, 3.336; 95% CI, 1.154–7.353), right-sided colonic DH (OR, 3.873; 95% CI, 1.554–9.653), and symptoms of cerebral hypoperfusion (such as light-headedness, dizziness, or syncope) (OR, 2.926; 95% CI, 1.310–6.535) showed an increased risk of severe DH even after controlling for other factors.

Conclusions

Severe DH occurred in 23% of DH patients, and NSAID use, CRI ≥2, right-sided colonic DH, and symptoms of cerebral hypoperfusion are suggested to be predictors of severe DH.

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Clinical Factors Associated with Severity of Colonic Diverticular Bleeding and Impact of Bleeding Site
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Trough level of infliximab is useful for assessing mucosal healing in Crohn's disease: a prospective cohort study: Akihiro Koga, Toshiyuki Matsui, Noritaka Takatsu, Yasumichi Takada, Masahiro Kishi, Yutaka Yano, Takahiro Beppu, Yoichiro Ono, Kazeo Ninomiya, Fumihito Hirai, Takashi Nagahama, Takashi Hisabe, Yasuhiro Takaki, Kenshi Yao, Hirotsugu Imaeda, Akira Andoh; Intest Res 2018;16(2):223-232. Published online April 30, 2018; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5217/ir.2018.16.2.223

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Decreased trough levels of infliximab (TLI) and antibodies to infliximab (ATI) are associated with loss of response (LOR) in Crohn's disease. Two prospective studies were conducted to determine whether TLI or ATI better correlates with LOR (Study 1), and whether TLI could become a predictor of mucosal healing (MH) (Study 2).

Methods

Study 1 was conducted in 108 patients, including those with LOR and remission to compare ATI and TLI in discriminating the 2 conditions based on receiver operating characteristic (ROC) curve analyses. Study 2 involved 35 patients who were evaluated endoscopically.

Results

In Study 1, there were no differences between the 2 assays in ROC curve analyses; the TLI cutoff value for LOR was 2.6 µg/mL (sensitivity, 70.9%; specificity, 79.2%), and the ATI cutoff value was 4.9 µg/mL (sensitivity, 65.5%; specificity, 67.9%). The AUROC (area under the ROC curve) of TLI was greater than that of ATI. AUROC was useful for discriminating between the 2 conditions. In Study 2, the TLI was significantly higher in the colonic MH group than in the non-MH group (2.7 µg/mL vs. 0.5 µg/mL, P=0.032).

Conclusions

TLI is better than ATI for clinically diagnosing LOR, and a correlation was observed between TLI and colonic MH.

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Is infliximab therapy currently relevant in patients with inflammatory bowel diseases? (review)
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Factors affecting 1-year persistence with vedolizumab for ulcerative colitis: a multicenter, retrospective real-world study: Taku Kobayashi, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Satoshi Motoya, Toshimitsu Fujii, Reiko Kunisaki, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Minoru Matsuura, Ken Takeuchi, Sakiko Hiraoka, Hiroshi Yasuda, Kaoru Yokoyama, Noritaka Takatsu, Atsuo Maemoto, Toshiyuki Tahara, Keiichi Tominaga, Masaaki Shimada, Nobuaki Kuno, Jovelle L. Fernandez, Kaori Ishiguro, Mary Cavaliere, Hisato Deguchi, Toshifumi Hibi; Received May 1, 2024 Accepted October 5, 2024 Published online January 16, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5217/ir.2024.00063 [Epub ahead of print]

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The objectives of this real-world study were to determine 1-year persistence with vedolizumab in patients with ulcerative colitis and to evaluate factors contributing to loss of response.
Methods
In this multicenter, retrospective, observational chart review, patients with moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis who received ≥ 1 dose of vedolizumab in clinical practice at 16 tertiary hospitals in Japan (from December 2018 through February 2020) were enrolled.
Results
Persistence with vedolizumab was 64.5% (n = 370); the median follow-up time was 53.2 weeks. Discontinuation due to loss of response among initial clinical remitters was reported in 12.5% (35/281) of patients. Multivariate analysis showed that concomitant use of tacrolimus (odds ratio [OR], 2.76; 95% confidence interval [CI], 1.00–7.62; P= 0.050) and shorter disease duration (OR for median duration ≥ 7.8 years vs. < 7.8 years, 0.33; 95% CI, 0.13–0.82; P= 0.017) were associated with discontinuation due to loss of response. Loss of response was not associated with prior use of anti-tumor necrosis factor alpha therapy, age at the time of treatment, disease severity, or concomitant corticosteroids or immunomodulators. Of the 25 patients with disease duration < 1 year, 32.0% discontinued due to loss of response.
Conclusions
Persistence with vedolizumab was consistent with previous reports. Use of tacrolimus and shorter disease duration were the main predictors of decreased persistence.

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Real‐World Effectiveness and Safety of Vedolizumab in Patients ≥ 70 Versus < 70 Years With Ulcerative Colitis: Multicenter Retrospective Study
Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Taku Kobayashi, Satoshi Motoya, Toshimitsu Fujii, Reiko Kunisaki, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Minoru Matsuura, Sakiko Hiraoka, Ken Takeuchi, Hiroshi Yasuda, Kaoru Yokoyama, Noritaka Takatsu, Atsuo Maemoto, Toshiyuki Tahara, Keiichi Tominaga, Ma
Journal of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.2025; 40(6): 1435. CrossRef

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The duration of prior anti-tumor necrosis factor agents is associated with the effectiveness of vedolizumab in patients with ulcerative colitis: a real-world multicenter retrospective study: Taku Kobayashi, Tadakazu Hisamatsu, Satoshi Motoya, Minoru Matsuura, Toshimitsu Fujii, Reiko Kunisaki, Tomoyoshi Shibuya, Ken Takeuchi, Sakiko Hiraoka, Hiroshi Yasuda, Kaoru Yokoyama, Noritaka Takatsu, Atsuo Maemoto, Toshiyuki Tahara, Keiichi Tominaga, Masaaki Shimada, Nobuaki Kuno, Mary Cavaliere, Kaori Ishiguro, Jovelle L Fernandez, Toshifumi Hibi; Received August 9, 2024 Accepted March 20, 2025 Published online June 4, 2025; DOI: https://doi.org/10.5217/ir.2024.00126 [Epub ahead of print]

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Previous literature suggests that the response of patients with ulcerative colitis to vedolizumab may be affected by previous biologic therapy exposure. This real-world study evaluated vedolizumab treatment effectiveness in biologicnon-naïve patients.
Methods
This was a multicenter, retrospective, observational chart review of records from 16 hospitals in Japan (December 1, 2018, to February 29, 2020). Included patients who had ulcerative colitis, were aged ≥ 20 years, and received at least 1 dose of vedolizumab. Outcomes included clinical remission rates from weeks 2 to 54 according to prior biologic exposure status and factors associated with clinical remission up to week 54.
Results
A total of 370 eligible patients were included. Clinical remission rates were significantly higher in biologic-naïve (n=197) than in biologic-non-naïve (n=173) patients for weeks 2 to 54 of vedolizumab treatment. Higher clinical remission rates up to week 54 were significantly associated with lower disease severity (partial Mayo score ≤ 4, P= 0.001; albumin ≥ 3.0, P= 0.019) and the duration of prior anti-tumor necrosis factor α (anti-TNFα) therapy (P= 0.026). Patients with anti-TNFα therapy durations of < 3 months, 3 to < 12 months, and ≥ 12 months had clinical remission rates of 28.1%, 32.7%, and 60.0%, respectively (P= 0.001 across groups).
Conclusions
The effectiveness of vedolizumab in biologic-non-naïve patients was significantly influenced by duration of prior anti-TNFα therapy. (Japanese Registry of Clinical Trials: jRCT-1080225363)

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