title: [Therapy of Cronh's disease in the acute stage, using ornidazole (Tiberal). Preliminary results].
abstract: 9 patients with acute exacerbations of Crohn's disease were treated over 2.5 months or longer with ornidazole (nitroimidazole). While 3 patients showed no response at all to 5 cycles of ornidazole treatment, 6 patients improved markedly within 2-3 months. In all but 1 patient, the improvement lasted during long-term therapy (average 9 months). Therapy was discontinued in 5 of these patients after 2.5-14 months; 2 patients had severe recurrences within 2-10 weeks, while 3 patients remained well during the follow-up (average 4.7 months). Ornidazole appears to be a promising alternative to steroid therapy in acute exacerbations of Crohn's disease and to deserve further evaluation by a double-blind study.
mesh_terms: D000208:Acute Disease; D002986:Clinical Trials as Topic; D003424:Crohn Disease / Q000188:drug therapy*; D004311:Double-Blind Method; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D009593:Nitroimidazoles / Q000627:therapeutic use*; D009950:Ornidazole / Q000009:adverse effects / Q000627:therapeutic use*
chemical_list: D009593:Nitroimidazoles; D009950:Ornidazole
vernacular_title: Therapie des Morbus Crohn im akuten Schub mit Ornidazol (Tiberal). Vorläufige Resultate.