Clinical Pearls

Marita Kametas, DPN, MPH, cochair of the AIBD NP-PA Institute 2026, reviews key points for advanced practice providers to keep in mind when caring for IBD patients who have undergone surgery, from resection to IPAA to permanent ostomy.

Dr Rubin reviews the results of phase 3 trials of guselkumab for treatment of Crohn's disease among patients who are bionaive, bioexposed, and biointolerant or who failed to respond to biologics. 

Dr James D. Lewis recaps his presentation on using diet —including the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet, the Low FODmap Diet, and the Mediterranean diet—as an adjunct to medical therapy for Crohn's disease, and the potential for diet to perhaps...

Dr Dubinsky stresses that virtually all patients with Crohn's disease should be treated quickly after diagnosis with approved and effective therapies—which do not include 5-ASAs— to help prevent complications and change the natural history of...