A review of activity indices and efficacy end points for clinical trials of medical therapy in adults with ulcerative colitis

MeSH terms

• Adrenal Cortex Hormones / therapeutic use
• Biomarkers / analysis
• Clinical Trials as Topic / methods*
• Clinical Trials as Topic / standards*
• Colitis, Ulcerative / diagnosis
• Colitis, Ulcerative / drug therapy*
• Colitis, Ulcerative / pathology
• Colon / pathology
• Health Status Indicators*
• Humans
• Intestinal Mucosa / pathology*
• Placebo Effect
• Practice Guidelines as Topic
• Quality of Life
• Rectum / pathology
• Remission Induction
• Research Design*
• Severity of Illness Index
• Sigmoidoscopy / standards
• Treatment Outcome