anti-TNF therapy可結合血液中TNF-alpha,而降低腸道發炎性反應,為moderately to severely active ulcerative colitis的重要治療;在慢性B型肝炎的患者,anti-TNF therapy並沒有產生reactivation of hepatitis B virus的風險
在急性發作時,bowel rest加上total parenteral nutrition(TPN)也具有inducing remission of active Crohn's disease的效果,其效果甚至與glucocorticoids相當