Pulse cyclophosphamide therapy for inflammatory bowel disease

Table 1 Patient histories

PatientNo	Age/sex	Disease	Durationof IBD (yr)	Localization	CDAI before/after6 cycles	UC-DAIbefore/after 6 cycles	Maintenancetherapy for remission
1	46/female	CD	26	colon-rectum	168/79		methotrexate
2	65/female	CD	18	ileum-colon-rectum	231/86		methotrexate
3	49/female	CD	22	ileum-colon	198/91		methotrexate
4	36/female	CD	5	ileum-colon	242/98		methotrexate
5	59/male	UC	5	rectum		14/6	azathioprine
6	44/male	UC	5	rectum		15/8	azathioprine
7	29/male	UC	4	recto-sigmoid		13/6	azathioprine
8	29/male	UC	8	recto-sigmoid		14/7	azathioprine

UC-DAI: Modified Truelove and Witts activity index for UC; CDAI: CD activity index; Methotrexate: 15 mg/wk; Azathioprine: 2.5 mg/kg body weight per day.