‘Efficacy will lead’ as first-line JAK inhibitor use picks up in moderate to severe UC
Despite a class-wide black box warning for prescribing in the early setting, 31% of providers reported positioning Janus kinase inhibitors as first-line treatment among patients with severe ulcerative colitis, according to survey results. “Where it is positioned in the label today is after an anti-TNF, meaning that patients had to have been on some form of TNF inhibitor prior to a JAK