METHODS TO DERIVE A CROHN’S DISEASE ACTIVITY INDEX FROM ELECTRONIC HEALTH RECORDS DATA

The Crohn’s Disease Activity Index (CDAI) is currently the gold-standard for measuring disease activity in Crohn’s disease (CD) patients. It is the most commonly used outcome measure in clinical trials, however, due to the burden of completion, it is infrequently used in routine care. Real world data, including electronic health records (EHR), are useful for studying longitudinal disease and treatment outcomes in the real world, but most EHR databases do not include CDAI. Building off the methods presented by Rudrapatna et al.

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