RISK Cohort Study in Crohn's Disease

From the 42^nd Annual Renaissance Ball in Philadelphia benefiting the Crohn's & Colitis Foundation, host      Lu Ann Cahn talks with Dr. David Piccoli, Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition, Director of the Biesecker PediatricLiver Center, and a board-certified pediatric gastroenterologist at Children's Hospital of Philadelphia. Dr. Piccoli discusses the RISK study, supported by the Crohn’s & Colitis Foundation, and the challenges patients face with response to treatment. This pediatric study enrolled 1,800 patients at the time of their diagnosis and collected clinical, genetic, treatment and microbiome information to help to determine how the immune system works over time.