Definitions of response and remission for the Robarts Histopathology Index.

Competing Interests: Competing interests: RKP has received consulting fees from Seres Therapeutics, Eli Lilly, Protagonist and Genentech outside the submitted work. RK reports fees from Janssen, AbbVie, Shire, Pfizer and Takeda Canada and from Robarts Clinical Trials outside the submitted work. GRD reports consulting fees from Robarts Clinical Trials; personal fees from Ablynx, Amakem, Amgen, AM Pharma, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol Myers Squibb, Cosmo, Celgene, Celtrion, Covidien, Engene, Galapagos, Medimetrics, Mundipharma, Mitsubishi, Novonordisk, Pfizer, Receptos, Salix, Sandoz, Setpoint, Shire, Teva, Tigenix, Topivert, Versant and Vifor; grants and personal fees from Abbvie, Ferring, Glaxo Smith Kline, Jansen Biologics, Hospira, Merck Sharp Dome, Prometheus Labs, Robarts Clinical Trials, Takeda and Tillotts; and grants from Falk Pharma and Photopill, outside the submitted work. WJS reports consulting fees from University of Western Ontario (previous owner of Robarts Clinical Trials), Abbvie, Akros Pharma, Allergan, Ambrx, Amgen, Ardelyx, Arena Pharmaceuticals, Atlantic Pharmaceuticals, Avaxia, Biogen, Boehringer-Ingelheim, Bristol Meyers Squibb, Celgene, Conatus, Cosmo Technologies, Escalier Biosciences, Ferring, Ferring Research Institute, Forward Pharma, Galapagos, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Immune Pharmaceuticals, Index Pharmaceuticals, Janssen, Kyowa Hakko Kirin Pharma, Lilly, Medimmune, Mesoblast, Miraca Life Sciences, Nivalis Therapeutics, Novartis, Nutrition Science Partners, Oppilan Pharma, Otsuka, Palatin, Paul Hastings, Pfizer, Precision IBD, Progenity, Prometheus Laboratories, Qu Biologics, Regeneron, Ritter Pharmaceuticals, Robarts Clinical Trials, Salix, Seattle Genetics, Seres Therapeutics, Shire, Sigmoid Biotechnologies, Takeda, Theradiag, Theravance, Tigenix, Tillotts Pharma, UCB Pharma, Vascular Biogenics and Vivelix; research grants from Atlantic Healthcare Limited, Amgen, Genentech, Gilead Sciences, Abbvie, Janssen, Takeda, Lilly and Celgene/Receptos; payments for lectures/speaker’s bureau from Abbvie, Janssen and Takeda; and stock/stock options in Escalier Biosciences, Oppilan Pharma, Precision IBD, Progenity and Ritter Pharmaceuticals. JJ is an employee of Robarts Clinical Trials. BGF reports grant/research support from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Tillotts Pharma AG, AbbVie, Novartis Pharmaceuticals, Centocor, Elan/Biogen, UCB Pharma, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Genentech, ActoGenix and Wyeth Pharmaceuticals Inc.; consulting fees from Millennium Pharmaceuticals, Merck, Centocor, Elan/Biogen, Janssen-Ortho, Teva Pharmaceuticals, Bristol-Myers Squibb, Celgene, UCB Pharma, AbbVie, Astra Zeneca, Serono, Genentech, Tillotts Pharma AG, Unity Pharmaceuticals, Albireo Pharma, Given Imaging, Salix Pharmaceuticals, Novonordisk, GSK, Actogenix, Prometheus Therapeutics and Diagnostics, Athersys, Axcan, Gilead, Pfizer, Shire, Wyeth, Zealand Pharma, Zyngenia, GiCare Pharma and Sigmoid Pharma; and speaker’s bureau fees from UCB, AbbVie and J&J/Janssen outside the submitted work. NVC reports consulting fees from Janssen, Pfizer, Takeda and UCB. VJ has received consulting fees from AbbVie, Sandoz, Takeda, Janssen, Robarts Clinical Trials, Eli Lilly, GlaxoSmithKline, Arena, Topivert; speaker’s fees from Takeda, Janssen, Shire, and Ferring.