Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ulcerative Colitis
Conditions
Keywords
Left-Sided, Ulcerative, Colitis
Brief summary
To explore the safety of orally delivered rhIL-11 in patients with mild to moderate left-sided ulcerative colitis. To explore the effects of orally administered rhIL-11 on pharmacogenomics in blood samples and in colonic biopsy tissue samples.
Interventions
Sponsors
Study design
Eligibility
Inclusion criteria
* Documented, signed informed consent to participate in this study * Age greater than or equal to 18 years * Documented diagnosis of ulcerative colitis by standard clinical criteria, including endoscopy (either flexible sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy, sufficient to define the proximal limit of disease) with biopsy
Exclusion criteria
* Crohn's disease * Ulcerative proctitis * Ulcerative colitis extending beyond the splenic flexure