Azathioprine without oral ciclosporin in the long‐term maintenance of remission induced by intravenous ciclosporin in severe, steroid‐refractory ulcerative colitis

Abstract

Oral azathioprine seems to be enough to maintain long-term remission induced by intravenous ciclosporin in patients with steroid-refractory ulcerative colitis. The 'bridging step' with oral ciclosporin may not be necessary in this subset of patients, although a randomized controlled trial is warranted to confirm this hypothesis.