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How would you manage active non-stricturing, non-fistulizing moderate ileal Crohn’s disease in patients on Natalizumab with well-managed multiple sclerosis?

Do you consider combination therapy and if so, which agent?
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Gastroenterology · Mayo Clinic
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I would be hesitant to add a second immunosuppressing medication to natalizumab. I might consider vedolizumab given a favorable safety profile (even though evidence suggests it is less effective for ileal disease) or talk with a Neurologist about switching from NAT to another drug for MS that might ...

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Gastroenterology · Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
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I would check natalizumab trough level. If below 2 ng/ml, I would raise the dose; if above 2 ng/ml, I would add an anti-IL23.

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