Crohn'
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Male and female patients ranging 16 to 75 years of age who have active Crohn's disease that is indicated for the treatment with Humira using the recommended dosing regimens. Patients who have or not undergone anti-TNF alpha antibody therapy. Patients who can undergo the conventional and magnifying endoscopy at baseline and weeks 12 and 52.
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: severe infection active tuberculosis demyelinating disease congestive heart failure enteral nutrition with more than 1200 kcal primary failure with infliximab administration of investigational new drug within 24 weeks unsettled treatment with antibiotics, azathioprine, mercaptoprine, methotrexate within 28 days and with steroids within 14 days treatment with prednisolone at more than 40 mg dose, cyclosporine, tacrolimus, alkylating agaents leukocytoapheresis within 8 weeks aritifical anus and ileoanal pouch severe stricture, fistula and abcess total parenteral or entral nutrition exclusion by responsible persons
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Percentage of patients who achieved endoscopic remission The percentage of patients who achieved CE remission at week 52 will be calculated for subgroups of patients who achieved ME remission and CE remission at week 12. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Percentages of patients who achieved ME remission at weeks 12 and 52 Percentages of patients who achieved CE remission at weeks 12 and 52 Percentages of patients who achieved ME remission and a CDAI score of <150 at weeks 12 and 52 Endoscopic assessment of colonic segments other than terminal ileum (SES-CD) at weeks 12 and 52 Rates of all-cause hospitalization and CD-related hospitalization by week 52 in patients who achieved ME remission and those who achieved CE remission only. Correlations between clinical remission (CDAI/HBI), inflammatory response (CRP, etc.) and ME remission (normalization of PP structure). | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
Nagasaki University Hospital Endoscopy