What is your approach to choosing a particular advanced therapy based on patient or disease factors when initiating treatment for moderate-severe IBD?
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Gastroenterology · Northwestern Medicine
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The selection is based less on relative efficacy and safety (aside from JAKs) and more on the patient: Age, gender, family history, and co-morbidities.
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