The Swedish Crohn Trial: A Prematurely Terminated Randomized Controlled Trial of Thiopurines or Open Surgery for Primary Treatment of Ileocaecal Crohn’s Disease

Linda Gerdin, Anders Eriksson, Gunnar Olaison, Rune Sjödahl, Magnus Ström, Johan D. Söderholm, Pär Myrelid

Journal of Crohn s and Colitis · 2015 · 20 citations · 22 references

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Abstract

The study ended up being underpowered and should be interpreted with caution, but there was no clinically significant difference between the two treatment arms. Further studies are needed to address this important clinical question.

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