DISEASE MODELING IN INFLAMMATORY BOWEL DISEASE (IBD) USING PATIENT-DERIVED EXPLANTS (PDE) REVEALS CHEMOKINES AS A RELEVANT TARGET OF JAK INHIBITION

Despite a recent explosion of approved drugs for IBD that primarily target cytokines and T-cell trafficking, therapeutic response rates remain low (30-50 %), underscoring the need for more efficacious treatments with fewer side effects. From a drug development perspective, it takes over 10 years for a new drug to reach the market with >90% attrition rates. The realization that drug testing in animal models does not always translate to humans, particularly for complex diseases of high heterogeneity like IBD, leaving a significant gap in pre-clinical drug evaluation.