Skip to content

Efficacy of Biological Therapy in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Efficacy of Biological Therapy in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Status
Not yet recruiting
Phases
Early Phase 1
Study type
Interventional
Source
ClinicalTrials.gov
Registry ID
NCT06742606
Enrollment
40
Registered
2024-12-19
Start date
2025-01-15
Completion date
2026-12-13
Last updated
2024-12-19

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Effect of Drug

Keywords

biological therapy , IBD

Brief summary

Compare efficacy of different biologicals in induction of remission including clinical, laboratory and histopathological remission.

Detailed description

IBD are multifactorial disorders characterized by chronic relapsing intestinal inflammation (Fousekis et al .,2021). Main subtypes of pediatric IBD are Crohn's disease (CD), ulcerative colitis (UC), and IBD unclassified (Corica & Romano .., 2017) Mechanism of IBD involves uncontrolled immune mediated inflammatory response in genetically predisposed individuals to an unknown environmental trigger that interacts with gut microbiome and primarily affects gastrointestinal tract ( Iyer & Corr ..,2021) Pediatric onset IBD is more aggressive and rapidly progressive disease compared to adult onset IBD. Nearly a quarter of all patients with IBD develop this disease during childhood (Moon .., 2019), mean age at diagnosis ranged from 4.5 to 16 years in pediatric cases (Mosli et al ..,2021) Rates of pediatric onset IBD continue to rise around the world (Kuenzig et al ..,2022 ). In2018, the highest annual incidences of pediatric IBD were 23/100000 person in Europe, 15.2/100000 in North America, and 11.4/100000 in Asia/ Middle East and Oceania (Sýkora et al .., 2018) Pediatric IBD management and therapeutic approach can be chall enging, especially in younger patients (Romeo et al .., 2020 )). Biologic agents have revolutionized the treatment paradigm of pediatric IBD (Kapoor & Crowley ..,2021) Biological drugs are monoclonal antibodies target specific cytokines involved in inflammatory cascade, such as tumour necrosis factor alpha (TNFα), integrins or interleukin 12/23, and have been approved for both pediatric CD and UC (Romeo et al 2020)

Interventions

BIOLOGICALGroup 1 of patients will receive Adalimumab while Group 1 will receive ustekinumab

All the patients will be treated according to guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN and will be followed up regularly for 12 months by assessment • response to treatment Frequency of relapses, Regular assessment will be: Clinically every 2 to 4 weeks at gastroenterology outpatient clinic by using activity scoring systems: pediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index pediatric Chron's Disease Activity Index Laboratory follow up will done at weeks 12,24,36,48 of starting or changing to other biological by doing inflammatory markers( CBC, ESR, CRP, albumin. At the end of study(week 48) each patient will be reassessed by: Disease activity: Laboratory Endoscopy will be repeated at week 48 of starting or changing to other biological to assess effect of biologicals on reach mucosal healing.

Sponsors

Ain Shams University
Lead SponsorOTHER

Study design

Allocation
NA
Intervention model
SINGLE_GROUP
Primary purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE

Intervention model description

patients diagnosed as IBD Inclusion Criteria: 1. Age: patients diagnosed as IBD aged from 1 month to 16 years 2. Patients fulfilling modified Porto criteria for diagnosis of IBD including clinical features, laboratory, radiological and pathological findings (Levine et al, 2014). 3. Patients initially severely diseased or in relapse and planned to start or change biological therapy. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Patients already on biological therapy and controlled. 2. Patients with known humeral or cell mediated immunodeficiency.

Eligibility

Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
1 Months to 16 Years
Healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

Patients fulfilling modified Porto criteria for diagnosis of IBD including clinical features, laboratory, radiological and pathological findings. Patients initially severely diseased or in relapse and planned to start or change biological therapy.

Exclusion criteria

Patients already on biological therapy and controlled. Patients with known humeral or cell mediated immunodeficiency. Ethical

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frameDescription
Compare efficacy of different biologicals in induction of remission by histopathological remission using histological DCA scoring system48 weeksresponse to treatment Frequency of relapses, Control of symptoms and Following up growth pattern. histopathological scoring assessment will be by using Inflammatory Bowel Disease-Distribution, Chronicity, Activity \[IBD-DCA\] Score

Contacts

Primary ContactMohamed nageh abdelhamed, master degree in pediatrics
hossam26620@gmail.com

Outcome results

None listed

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