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Predictive Factors of Clinical Response to Ustekinumab in Active Crohn's Disease

Identification of Biological Predictive Factors of Clinical Response to Ustekinumab in Patients With Anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (TNF) Antagonists Refractory Crohn's Disease: Interest of Dosage of C Reactive Protein (CRP), Calprotectin, Ustekinumab Through Levels and Antibodies

Status
Completed
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT03351647
Acronym
SAFARI
Enrollment
18
Registered
2017-11-24
Start date
2018-02-14
Completion date
2019-09-23
Last updated
2022-08-24

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Conditions

Crohn Disease

Keywords

Crohn Disease, Ustekinumab, Vedolizumab, anti-TNF, CRP, calprotectin, cohort

Brief summary

Ustekinumab is a fully human Immune Globulin Gk (IgGk) monoclonal antibody against the common p40 subunit of interleukin-12 and interleukin-23, which are implicated in the pathogenesis of inflammatory bowel disease. Its efficiency to induce and maintain clinical response in patients with anti TNF resistant Crohn's disease has been proved in several clinical trials, and the profile of safety of this treatment was good, but the investigators have few data about biological characteristics of patients treated by Ustekinumab, particularly about ustekinumab through levels and rate of patients developing anti ustekinumab antibodies during the induction and maintenance stages, and no predictive factors of clinical response have been identified yet. The aim of this study will be to assess the evolution of biological markers of inflammation and ustekinumab trough levels and antibodies, in responders and non responders patients treated by ustekinumab, in order to identify predictive factors of clinical response. The investigators will perform a prospective observational study, including the patients followed in the University hospital center of Lyon and treated by ustekinumab for a moderate to severe Crohn's disease (with a HBI score≥4 ). All the patients included will have been previously treated by at least one anti TNF and/or Vedolizumab, with specified criteria for a primary non response, a secondary loss of response or unacceptable side effects. Then, clinical and biological data will be collected for each patient at the inclusion, and then at weeks 4, 8, 16, 24: HBI score, sides effects, extra intestinal manifestations, steroids withdraw, CRP, calprotectin, ustekinumab trough levels and ustekinumab antibodies. The investigators will compare responding and non responding patients at week 16 (end of the induction period) according to these data. The hypothesis the investigators state is that an early and significant decrease of the inflammation markers in blood and stools associated with a high ustekinumab through level in blood is associated with a clinical response at week 16 in the patients treated by ustekinumab

Interventions

BIOLOGICALEvaluation of biological predictive factors of clinical response to ustekinumab

The clinical response is defined as a decrease in the Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) score ≥ 100 points or a decrease in the HBI score ≥ 3 points.

Sponsors

Hospices Civils de Lyon
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
18 Years to 18 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

* Age \> 18 years old * Man or non pregnant woman * Diagnostic attested of Crohn's disease * Active Crohn's disease, with HBI score ≥ 4 * Previous treatment by at least one anti TNF and / or vedolizumab,, with primary non response, secondary loss of response or unacceptable side effects * Formal indication of treatment by ustekinumab * Patient informed and not opposed to his participation at the study

Exclusion criteria

* Pregnancy * Evolutive cancer * Evolutive and uncontrolled infection * Psychiatric pathology that could interfere with the follow-up * Refusal of the patient

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Measurement of serum ustekinumab trough concentrations (expressed in microg/mL) at week 8.Week 8Dosage of ustekinumab through level and ustekinumab antibodies: one 4ml blood sample

Secondary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Measurement of serum ustekinumab trough concentrations (expressed in microg/mL) at week 16.Week 16Dosage of ustekinumab through level and ustekinumab antibodies: one 4ml blood sample
Measurement of serum ustekinumab trough concentrations (expressed in microg/mL) at week 24.Week 24Dosage of ustekinumab through level and ustekinumab antibodies: one 4ml blood sample
Dosage in blood at week 4Week 4-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of CRP and leucocytes in blood: two 4ml blood sample
Dosage in blood at week 8Week 8-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of CRP and leucocytes in blood: two 4ml blood sample
Dosage in blood at week 16Week 16-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of CRP and leucocytes in blood: two 4ml blood sample
Dosage in blood at week 24Week 24-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of CRP and leucocytes in blood: two 4ml blood sample
Dosage of calprotectin in stools at week 4Week 4-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of calprotectin in stools: one about 50 mg stools sample
Dosage of calprotectin in stools at week 8Week 8-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of calprotectin in stools: one about 50 mg stools sample
Dosage of calprotectin in stools at week 16Week 16-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of calprotectin in stools: one about 50 mg stools sample
Measurement of serum ustekinumab trough concentrations (expressed in microg/mL) at week 4.Week 4Dosage of ustekinumab through level and ustekinumab antibodies: one 4ml blood sample
Physical evaluation at week 4Week 4Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with physical examination
Physical evaluation at week 8Week 8Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with physical examination
Physical evaluation at week 16Week 16Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with physical examination
Physical evaluation at week 24Week 24Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with physical examination
Clinical evaluation at week 4Week 4Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with evaluation of: * the efficiency of the treatment: evaluation of well being, abdominal pain, stools numbers per day, presence or not of peri anal lesion, arthralgia, fever * the tolerance/potential side effects of the treatment: infections, headache, skin rash, nausea, allergic reaction, or any clinical manifestation that could be imputed to the treatment
Clinical evaluation at week 8Week 8Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with evaluation of: * the efficiency of the treatment: evaluation of well being, abdominal pain, stools numbers per day, presence or not of peri anal lesion, arthralgia, fever * the tolerance/potential side effects of the treatment: infections, headache, skin rash, nausea, allergic reaction, or any clinical manifestation that could be imputed to the treatment
Clinical evaluation at week 16Week 16Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with evaluation of: * the efficiency of the treatment: evaluation of well being, abdominal pain, stools numbers per day, presence or not of peri anal lesion, arthralgia, fever * the tolerance/potential side effects of the treatment: infections, headache, skin rash, nausea, allergic reaction, or any clinical manifestation that could be imputed to the treatment
Clinical evaluation at week 24Week 24Clinical evaluation is realized by a medical visit with evaluation of: * the efficiency of the treatment: evaluation of well being, abdominal pain, stools numbers per day, presence or not of peri anal lesion, arthralgia, fever * the tolerance/potential side effects of the treatment: infections, headache, skin rash, nausea, allergic reaction, or any clinical manifestation that could be imputed to the treatment
Dosage of calprotectin in stools at week 24Week 24-Inflammation markers are evaluated : Dosage of calprotectin in stools: one about 50 mg stools sample

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026