A Randomized Controlled Trial of VSL#3 for the Prevention of Endoscopic Recurrence Following Surgery for Crohn's Disease.

Exclusion Criteria

• •1. Use of perioperative steroids in tapering doses and anti-diarrheal agents
• •2. Treatment with a TNF-antagonist in the 8 weeks prior to resection
• •3. Clinically significant Crohn's disease elsewhere in the GI tract
• •4. Clinically documented short bowel syndrome
• •5. Serious disease other than Crohn's disease
• •6. Impaired liver or renal function
• •7. History of cancer with less than 2 years disease-free state
• •8. Abnormal Laboratory values
• •9. Alcohol or drug abuse
• •10. Some psychiatric conditions
• •11. Patients using other study medications
• •12. Patients who are unable to attend study visits or comply with study procedures
• •13. Positive pregnancy test