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Managing Drug-Induced Acne in IBD: A Guide for Gastroenterologists

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MJ Temido et al. Am J Gastroenterol 2025;120:125–134. Drug-Induced Acne in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Practical Guide for the Gastroenterologist

“Corticosteroids and Janus kinase inhibitors (JAKi) are commonly used for the treatment of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and are known to aggravate a prior tendency to acne or trigger the development of new acneiform eruptions. Both randomized controlled trials and real-world studies have identified acne as one of the most common treatment-emergent adverse events in JAKi… This review examines the characteristics of drug-induced acne in IBD treatments, provides a practical guide for gastroenterologists to manage mild-to-moderate occurrences, and highlights when to seek specialist dermatology advice.”

My take: This is a helpful review of acne management in the setting of IBD.

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Briefly: Notable Recent IBD Publications

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Vermeire S et al. Lancet 2017; 389: 266-75.  The “FITZROY ” study examined clinical remission in patients with moderate-to-severe Crohn’s disease treated with filgotinib, a orally administered selective JAK inhibitor.  This agent is 30 times more selective fo rJAK1 over JAK3. This study enrolled 174 patients in a phase II study. Key findings:

  • Among patients naive to anti-TNF agents, clinical remission (based on CDAI <150 at week 10) noted in 47% of filgotinib-treated compared with 23% of placebo group (P=.0077)
  • Among patients naive to anti-TNF agents, clinical response was noted in 67% of filgotinib-treated compared with 44% in the placebo group.

H Singh et al. Gastroenterol 2017; 153: 430-8.  Using the large Manitoba Epidemiology Database with 1.3 million population (2005-2014), the authors found that individuals with IBD had a 4.8 fold increase risk of Clostridium difficile infection.

T-D Kanneganti. NEJM 2017; 377: 694-6. This review examined the NLRP3 Inflammasome.  Neudecker et al (J Exp Med 2017; 214: 1737-52) identified microRNA miR-223 which functions “to suppress the Nlrp3 inflammasone during acute colitis.” Other useful points in this review of basic research:

  • “The majority of the immune cells in the body are located in the intestine, where they are spatially separated from more than 10 trillion microorganisms by a layer of mucus and a layer of epithelial cells.  Deterioration of this physical barrier …underlies inflammatory bowel disease.”
  • miR-223 is increased in the inflamed colon. “During inflammation, the expression of miR-223 is also upregulated..and the molecule binds to its complementary sequence in a regulatory part of Nlrp3 mRNA…lead[ing] to decreased Nlrp3 expression and the consequent dampening of interleukin-1β maturation and associated inflammation.”