Scientific papers

J Crohns Colitis. 2019 Dec 26. [Epub ahead of print]

Belgian IBD Research Group [BIRD] Position Statement 2019 on the Use of Adalimumab Biosimilars in Infammatory Bowel Diseases

Michaël Somers, Peter Bossuyt, Marc Ferrante, Harald Peeters, Filip Baert ; for BIRD [Belgian IBD Research and Development]

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Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 Apr 23;24(5):1099-1105

Incidence and Predictors of Success of Adalimumab Dose Escalation and De-escalation in Ulcerative Colitis: a Real-World Belgian Cohort Study

Van de Vondel S, Baert F, Reenaers C, Vanden Branden S, Amininejad L, Dewint P, Van Moerkercke W, Rahier JF, Hindryckx P, Bossuyt P, Ferrante M; Belgian IBD Research and Development (BIRD)

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Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2018 Jun 15. doi: 10.1093/ibd/izy219. [Epub ahead of print]

Early Mucosal Healing Predicts Favorable Outcomes in Patients With Moderate to Severe Ulcerative Colitis Treated With Golimumab: Data From the Real-life BE-SMART Cohort.

P.Bossuyt, F.Baert, F.D'Heygere, A.Nakad, C.Reenaers, F.Fontaine, D.Franchimont, O.Dewit, P.Van Hootegem, S.VandenBranden, G.Lambrecht, M.Ferrante; Belgian IBD Research and Development Group

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Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2018 Jan-Mar;81(1):49-53.

Belgian IBD research group (BIRD) position statement 2017 on the use of biosimilars in inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)

D. Franchimont, M. Ferrante, E. Louis, M. De Vos, O. Dewit, P. Van Hootegem, T. Moreels, C. Liefferinckx, P. Bossuyt, F. Baert, JF. Rahier, S. Vermeire ; Belgian IBD Research and Development Group

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United European Gastroenterology Journal, First Published 20 Jun 2018.

Expert opinion for use of faecal calprotectin in diagnosis and monitoring of inflammatory bowel disease in daily clinical practice

C. Reenaers, P. Bossuyt, P. Hindryckx, H. Vanpoucke, A. Cremer, F. Baert; Belgian IBD Research and Development Group

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United European Gastroenterol J. 2018 Apr;6(3):439-445

Efficacy of vedolizumab for induction of clinical response and remission in patients with moderate to severe inflammatory bowel disease who failed at least two TNF antagonists

De Vos M1, Dhooghe B1, Vermeire S2, Louis E3, Mana F4, Elewaut A5, Bossuyt P6, Baert F7, Reenaers C3, Van Gossum M8, Macken E9, Ferrante M2, Hindryckx P1, Dewit O10, Holvoet T1, Franchimont D8; Belgian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research and Development (BIRD)

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Inflamm Bowel Dis - Volume 19, Number 10, September 2013

Consecutive Fecal Calprotectin Measurements to Predict Relapse in Patients with Ulcerative Colitis Receiving Infliximab Maintenance Therapy

Martine De Vos, Edouard J. Louis, JÃ¼rgen Jahnsen, Jo G.P. Vandervoort, Maja Noman, Olivier Dewit, Geert R. D'Haens, Denis Franchimont, Filip J. Baert, Roald A. Torp, Magne Henriksen, Philippe M.R. Potvin, Philippe P. Van Hootegem, Pieter M. Hindryckx, Tom G. Moreels, Arnaud Collard, Lars Normann Karlsen, Eirik Kittang, Guy Lambrecht, Tore Grimstad, Jonas Koch, Idar Lygren, Jean-Claude R.J. Coche, Fazia Mana, AndrÃ© Van Gossum, Jacques Belaiche, Mike R. Cool, Fernand Fontaine, Jean-Marc G. Maisin, Vinciane Muls, Bart Neuville, Dirk A. J. Staessen, Gert A. Van Assche, Thomas de Lange, Inger Camilla Solberg, Bert J.K. Vander Cruyssen, and Severine A.R.A. Vermeire

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Journal of Crohn's and Colitis (2013) 7, 154-160

Adalimumab dose escalation and dose de-escalation success rate and predictors in a large national cohort of Crohn's patients

Filip Baert, Elien Glorieus, CathÃ©rine Reenaers, Geert D'Haens, Harald Peeters, Dennis Franchimont, Olivier Dewit, Philippe Caenepeel, Edouard Louis, Gert Van Assche for BIRD (Belgian IBD Research and Development)

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Journal of Crohn's and Colitis (2013) 7, e588-e598

Profile of pediatric Crohn's disease in Belgium

E. De Greef, J.M. Mahachie John, I. Hoffman, F. Smets, S. Van Biervliet, M. Scaillon, B. Hauser, I. Paquot, P. Alliet, W. Arts, O. Dewit, H. Peeters, F. Baert, G. D'Haens, J.F. Rahier, I. Etienne, O. Bauraind, A. Van Gossum, S. Vermeire, F. Fontaine, V. Muls, E. Louis, F. Van de Mierop, J.C. Coche, K. Van Steen, G. Veereman for the IBD working group of the Belgian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BeSPGHAN) and the Belgian IBD Research and Development (BIRD)

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Journal of Crohn's and Colitis (2012) 6, 557-562

Fast and sharp decrease in calprotectin predicts remission by infliximab in anti-TNF naÃ¯ve patients with ulcerative colitis

M. De Vos, O. Dewit, G. D'Haens, F. Baert, F. Fontaine, S. Vermeire, D. Franchimont, T. Moreels, D. Staessen, L. Terriere, B. Vander Cruyssen, E. Louis on behalf of BIRD

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LIST OF PARTICIPANTS

Legend: Coordinating PI Participants

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	BE-SMART	CEDAR-UC	Combined therapy of biologicals and new oral drugs.	DETECT	DNA banking	GENGISCAN	HELP-AID	I-CARE	Immunization	LOVE	PACIFIC	Pediatric	SPARE
AZ Damiaan	x										x		x
AZ Delta campus Wilgenstraat Roeselare	x	x				x	x				x		x
AZ Groeninge	x	x					x				x
AZ Maria Middelares		x									x
AZ Sint-Lucas Brugge	x												x
AZ Sint-Lucas Gent							x
AZ Turnhout campus Sint-Jozef							x
CHC Clinique Saint-Joseph - Liège	x			x			x
CHU de Liège site Sart-Tilman	x	x		x		x	x	x			x		x
CHU UCL Namur site Godinne		x	x			x			x		x		x
Clinique Saint-Jean							x
Clinique Saint-Pierre	x						x						x
Hôpital de Joliment			x	x					x	x
Hôpital Erasme	x	x		x	x	x	x	x			x		x
Imeldaziekenhuis	x	x		x				x			x		x
Mariaziekenhuis Noord-Limburg				x			x
Onze Lieve Vrouwziekenhuis campus Aalst	x	x					x				x
UZ Antwerpen							x
UZ Brussel												x
UZ Gent		x		x		x	x						x
UZ Leuven Gasthuisberg	x	x		x		x	x			x	x		x
Ziekenhuis Oost-Limburg campus Sint-Jan							x

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	BE-SMART	CEDAR-UC	Combined therapy of biologicals and new oral drugs.	DETECT	DNA banking	GENGISCAN	HELP-AID	I-CARE	Immunization	LOVE	PACIFIC	Pediatric	SPARE
Karen Van Hoeve
- -			x	x					x	x
Leila Amininejad		x			x		x
Saskia Appelmans
Filip Baert	x	x				x	x				x		x
Thomas Billiet
Patrick Bontems
Peter Bossuyt	x	x		x				x			x		x
Isabelle Bueres
Katrien Bulté
Guillaume Burnet
Peter Burvenich
Philippe Caenepeel
Olivier Cajot
Christophe Claessens							x
Jean-Charles Coche
Jean-Louis Coenegrachts
Arnaud Colard							x
Filip Couturier
Lara Crapé
Anneline Cremer						x		x
Cléo Croonen
Francois D'Heygere	x
Steven De Coninck
Elisabeth De Greef												x
Marc De Maeyer
Marc De Reuck
Elodie De Ruyck
Nicolas de Suray
Martine De Vos				x		x	x						x
Benedicte De Vroey
Stefan Delen
Marie-Armelle Denis
Pieter Dewint		x									x
Olivier Dewit	x						x						x
Sophie Dewit				x			x
Joris Dutre
Anke Engelen
Marc Etienne
Marc Ferrante	x	x		x			x						x
René Fiasse
Fernand Fontaine	x			x
Denis Franchimont	x			x		x	x				x		x
Silke François
Jeroen Geldof
Bruno Hauser
Pieter Hindryckx		x
Ilse Hoffman
Tom Holvoet
Alice Hoyois
Evelien Humblet							x
Saskia Ilegems
Aranzazu Jauregui Amezaga
Guy Lambrecht	x										x		x
Pierre Lammens
Claire Liefferinckx											x
Triana Lobaton
Edouard Louis				x		x	x				x		x
Elisabeth Macken							x
Marie-Christine Mairlot
Jean-Marc Maisin
Fazia Mana							x
Walter Margos
Fady Mokaddem
Kim Moubax
Vinciane Muls
Carmen Musala
Michele Ngassa
Maja Noman
Hanne Ooms
An Outtier
Romy Ouziel
Harald Peeters
Annelies Posen
Philippe Potvin
Lieven Pouillon
Jean-Francois Rahier		x	x			x			x		x		x
Catherine Reenaers	x	x						x
João Sabino
Caroline Saudoyer
Michael Schapira
Nathalie Schoofs
Nele Schoofs
Alexandra Sermeus
Francoise Smets
Michaël Somers
Dirk Staessen
Marjan Steppe
Beatrijs Strubbe							x
Jo Swinnen
Clara Thienpont
Marie Truyens
Haydeh Vafa
Gert Van Assche
Stephanie Van Biervliet
Frank Van De Mierop
Gaëtan Van Den Steen
Jurgen Van Dongen
Evi Van Dyck
Andre Van Gossum
Karen Van Hoeve
Philippe Van Hootegem	x												x
Catherine Van Kemseke
Wouter Van Moerkercke		x					x				x
Steven Van Outryve
Stijn Vanden Branden	x	x					x				x
Liv Vandermeulen
Jo Vandervoort
Gigi Veereman												x
Severine Vermeire						x				x	x
Annelies Verreth
Bram Verstockt
Sophie Vieujean
Francis Weyn
Barbara Willandt

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	BE-SMART	CEDAR-UC	Combined therapy of biologicals and new oral drugs.	DETECT	DNA banking	GENGISCAN	HELP-AID	I-CARE	Immunization	LOVE	PACIFIC	Pediatric	SPARE
Marc Aerts
Saskia Appelmans
Morgane Barbaraci
Christel Berben
Anne Bertrand
Karin Bevers
Ann Bommerez
Anne-Marie Borremans
Layla Boutaffala
Anja Brepoels
Deborah Callebert
Nathalie Chapelier
Annick Christiaens
Lieve Coekaerts
Emilie Collet		x	x			x			x		x		x
Marie Laure Cornet
Ann D'hondt
Christine De Becker
Elien De Cock	x	x				x	x				x		x
Els De Dycker
Evva De Jonckere	x	x				x	x				x		x
Liesbet De Meuter
Marijke De Wolf
Lien Decaesteker	x	x				x	x				x		x
Annick Deflandre
Goedele Dewitte
Christel Duchene
Isabelle Dury
Hanane El Amrite
Patricia Geens
Joline Goossens
Liesbeth Goossens
Jenny Heremans
Tine Hermans
Inge Huys
Anita Janssens
Wendy Janssens							x
Kathleen Kokke							x
Tessy Lambrechts
Melissa Lauwers
Geraldine Leonard
Anita Maltère
Julie Massart
Charlotte Minsart
Lislot Mommerency
Melissa Nigro
Ariane Paps
Karine Peters
Emilie Pontus
Joke Robrechts
Nele Rooryck
Pim Sansen
Caroline Saudoyer
Martine Seegers							x
Lynn Sioncke
Larissa Staelens	x												x
Marjan Steppe
An Sterckx	x	x					x				x
Niki Strobbe
Natalia Swietec
Julie Thijs
Christella Ukunda
Ils Van de Schoot	x	x		x				x			x		x
Greet Van den Eynde
Tanja Van Dessel
Frederika Van Dyck
Nina Van Heddegem		x									x
Stephanie Van Impe
Nele Van Waes
Marie-Anne Vandebos	x	x				x	x				x		x
Sandrine Vanden Bergh
Louise Vandenbroucke	x										x		x
Sofie Vanderhasselt	x			x		x	x				x		x
Nancy Vandermeeren
Veroniek Vandewalle
Sarah Vervloesem
Valerie Wambacq
Natascha Wouters