Suboptimal disease control and contributing factors in Italian IBD patients: The IBD-PODCAST Study

Suboptimal disease control (SDC) and its contributing factors in IBD according to STRIDE-II criteria is unclear. IBD-PODCAST was a non-interventional, international, multicenter real-world study to assess this. Data from the Italian IBD cohort (N=220) are presented here. Participants aged ≥19 with confirmed IBD diagnosis of ≥1 year were consecutively enrolled. A retrospective chart review and cross-sectional assessment by physicians and patients within the past 12 months were performed. SDC or optimal disease control was assessed using adapted STRIDE-II criteria. At the index date, 53.4 % of 116 CD patients and 49.0 % of 104 UC patients had SDC, mainly attributed to a Short Inflammatory Bowel Disease Questionnaire score