. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2015 Aug 28.

Published in final edited form as: Am J Gastroenterol. 2014 Aug 26;109(10):1675–1683. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2014.223

Table 1. Treatment protocol for patients in the cohort.

Relapse therapy

	Treatment	Proportion of patients treated
Steroids alone	Prednisolone 0.5 mg/kg for 2–4 weeks then taper by 5 mg/1–2 weeks	34 % of relapses

Steroids + immunomodulator	Prednisolone 0.5 mg/kg for 2–4 weeks then taper by 5 mg/week	76 % of relapses
1st Line	Azathioprine 2 mg/kg	71 % of relapses
2nd Line	Mycophenolate 500 mg-1,000 mg b.d.	5/13
(If azathiopine intolerant, 13 patients)	Methotrexate 15 mg weekly	4/13
	Mercaptopurine	2/13
	Low-dose prednisolone 5 mg o.d.	2/13

If relapse on immunomodulator	Prednisolone	8/8
(8 patients)	+ increase azathioprine dose or	4/8
	+ change immunomodulator	4/8