Crohn'
Conditions
Interventions
Sponsors
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: 1 Japanese patient who is aged more than15 years 2 Patients were diagnosed according to the diagnostic criteria defined by the research group of inflammatory bowel disease in the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare in Japan. 3 Patients induced clinical remission by infliximab or adalimumab once, and then infliximab or adalimumab was used at least for 16 weeks after starting ofinfliximab or adalimumab. 4 Patients' CDAI was more than 175 at the entry and at last administration of infliximab or adalimumab
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: 1 Patients' CDAI was more than 450 or less than 150 at the entry 2 The patients were not treated with infliximab within 7 weeks. The patients were not treated with adalimumab within 10 days. 3 The presence of abdominal abscess 4 Patients had colitis-associated dysplasia. 5 Patients had symptomatic intestinal stenosis 6 Patients had pouch or stoma. 7 Patients have the history of side effect or allergy of Chinese herbal medicine. 8 Patients have serious infections. 9 Patients have serious heart disease 10 Serum creatinine is more than 2.0mg/dL 11 Total bilirubin is more than 2.0mg/dL or AST/ALT is more than 50IU/L 12 Patients have history of malignant diseases 13 Patients have obvious psychological disorders 14 Patients are pregnant or patients wish to conceive. 15 Changing the dose/addition/reduction of medication for CD within 12 weeks before the commencement of the study was not allowed. 16 Investigators regard the patients as the inappropriate person to enroll this clinical trial.
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| The rate of clinical remission (CDAI is less than 150 at 8 weeks after the entry) | — |
Countries
Japan
Contacts
School of Medicine, Keio University Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology