Drugs in Context Gastroenterology welcomes a broad range of article types including original research, study protocols and review articles.
In line with the principle of providing context for healthcare professionals (HCPs) to properly inform and improve disease management in real world medicine, we especially encourage the submission of articles that provide context for trials of drug interventions in order to motivate improvements in disease management by HCPs practising medicine in the front line.
Review
This narrative review presents the most recent data on nutritional support in the resectable stages of gastric cancer, with a particular focus on perioperative strategies, and discusses malnutrition in gastric cancer, nutritional support before and after surgery, and the relationship between nutritional support and chemotherapy.
Case Report
This article describes two cases of enteropathy with villous atrophy due to immune-checkpoint inhibitors, which may broaden the differential diagnosis of non-coeliac enteropathies and may represent a pathogenetic model for the understanding of the molecular mechanisms involved in these enteropathies. A narrative review is also provided, summarizing the current evidence on the adverse events of immune-checkpoint inhibitors involving the small bowel.
Review
This narrative review summarizes the current literature regarding the mechanism of action of tofacitinib, data from registrational trials, emerging real-world evidence, and an overview of the most recent safety evidence. The authors explore evolving treatment paradigms and also present a brief overview of the next generation of JAK inhibitors in the pipeline.
Case Series
This case series shows the safety and efficacy of granulocyte monocyte/macrophage apheresis in paediatric ulcerative colitis, illustrating several granulocyte monocyte/macrophage apheresis uses.
Original Research
This article explores the opinion of patients on the impact of constipation on the management of opioid substitution
treatment and quality of life.