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Treat to target versus standard of care for patients with Crohn’s disease treated with ustekinumab (STARDUST): an open-label, multicentre, randomised phase 3b trial.
Abstract
A treat-to-target strategy, in which strictly defined treatment targets facilitate decision making in clinical practice, is advocated as an optimised management approach for some chronic disorders. The aim of the STARDUST trial was to assess whether a treat-to-target strategy with early endoscopy, regular biomarker and clinical symptom monitoring, and dose intensification for persistent inflammatory activity, was more successful in achieving endoscopic improvement at week 48 than a clinically driven maintenance strategy in patients with moderate-to-severe active Crohn's disease receiving ustekinumab.