Inflammatory Bowel Disease: Working Group Report of the Second World Congress of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition

Research Determine the genotype‐phenotype correlation for different patient groups. Determine whether mucosal responses in IBD differ between children and adults. Determine the role of infectious exposures in paediatric IBD. Intervention Determine whether early aggressive therapy can alter the natural history of IBD. Facilitate the rapid assessment of novel agents in paediatric practice by establishing an international paediatric IBD clinical trials bureau. Determine the factors that improve quality of life. Education Determine the global epidemiology of IBD and its environmental triggers. Establishment of IBD databases for initial presentation and follow‐up data. Identify the factors that lead to optimal delivery of high‐quality care.