Moriczi, MelindaPujol-Muncunill, GemmaMartín-Masot, RafaelJiménez Treviño, SantiagoSegarra Cantón, OscarOchoa Sangrador, CarlosPeña Quintana, LuisGonzález Santana, DanielRodríguez Martínez, AlejandroRosell Camps, AntonioArmas, HonorioBarrio, JosefaGonzález de Caldas, RafaelRodríguez Salas, MónicaBalmaseda Serrano, ElenaDonat Aliaga, EsterBodas Pinedo, AndrésVaquero Sosa, EstherVecino López, RaquelSolar Boga, AlfonsoMoreno Álvarez, AnaSánchez Sánchez, CésarTolín Hernani, MarGutiérrez Junquera, CarolinaMartinón Torres, NazarethLeis Trabazo, María RosauraEizaguirre, Francisco JavierGarcía Peris, MónicaMedina Benítez, EnriqueFernández Caamaño, BeatrizVegas Álvarez, Ana MaríaCrespo Valderrábano, LauraAlonso Vicente, CarmenRubio Santiago, JavierGalera-Martínez, RafaelGarcía-Romero, RuthRos Arnal, IgnacioFernández Cebrián, SantiagoLorenzo Garrido, HelenaViada Bris, Javier FranciscoVelasco Rodríguez-Belvis, MartaBartolomé Porro, Juan ManuelBlanco Rodríguez, MiriamBarros García, PatriciaBotija, GonzaloChicano Marín, Francisco JoséLa Orden Izquierdo, EnriqueCrehuá-Gaudiza, ElenaNavas-López, Víctor ManuelMartín-de-Carpi, Javier2024-02-122024-02-122020-04-07http://hdl.handle.net/10668/15349http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12105/18025Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) has been shown to be more effective than corticosteroids in achieving mucosal healing in children with Crohn´s disease (CD) without the adverse effects of these drugs. The aims of this study were to determine the efficacy of EEN in terms of inducing clinical remission in children newly diagnosed with CD, to describe the predictive factors of response to EEN and the need for treatment with biological agents during the first 12 months of the disease. We conducted an observational retrospective multicentre study that included paediatric patients newly diagnosed with CD between 2014-2016 who underwent EEN. Two hundred and twenty-two patients (140 males) from 35 paediatric centres were included, with a mean age at diagnosis of 11.6 ± 2.5 years. The median EEN duration was 8 weeks (IQR 6.6-8.5), and 184 of the patients (83%) achieved clinical remission (weighted paediatric Crohn's Disease activity index [wPCDAI] 15 mg/L and ileal involvement tended to respond better to EEN. EEN administered for 6-8 weeks is effective for inducing clinical remission. Due to the high response rate in our series, EEN should be used as the first-line therapy in luminal paediatric Crohn's disease regardless of the location of disease and disease activity.engVoRhttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Crohn’s diseasecalprotectinchildrenexclusive enteral nutritioninflammatory bowel diseasepaediatricAdolescentChildCrohn DiseaseEnteral NutritionFemaleHumansMaleRemission InductionRetrospective StudiesAttribution 4.0 International3227260412410.3390/nu120410122072-6643Nutrientsopen access