Active clinical trials for "Inflammatory Bowel Diseases"

6 month exploratory feasibility study to assess if a combination of MyMedicalRecord supported self-management website and a home faecal calprotectin smartphone testing kit is a feasible and acceptable means for patients to monitor for signs of relapse after treatment de-escalation.

IBD adds additional stressors as a chronic disease that has unpredictable and sometimes embarrassing symptoms to the normal challenges that teenagers face. Stress and how stressful events are perceived, may contribute to worsening of disease. Complementary and alternative medicine (CAM), are used often by pediatric IBD patients and maybe beneficial in decreasing stress and improving quality of life. Yoga could be a well suited paring with standard medical therapy to decrease and provide a better sense of control and improve quality of life.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a term that defines a chronic disease characterized by inflammation of the intestine. It includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD). The objective of the study was to administer a treatment based on a group adaptation of the BMGIM in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and assess its impact on state of mind, quality of life, anxiety, depression, immunocompetence as a marker of well-being, and levels of acute and chronic stress. To achieve the objectives a quasi-experimental, quantitative, qualitative, analytical, and prospective study was performed. 41 patients with IBD divided into a test group (24 patients), who received 8 sessions over 8 weeks, and a control group (17 patients). A saliva sample was taken from each patient before and after each session to determine cortisol levels (acute stress) and IgA (immunocompetence) using ELISA. A series of questionnaires were completed as follows: HADS (perceived anxiety), MOOD (state of mind), and CCVEII (quality of life). Similarly, a hair sample was taken before the first and after the last session to determine the cumulative cortisol level (chronic stress) using ELISA.

The use of natural products in the prevention or treatment of chronic diseases is an emerging field in current medicine. And studying the mechanisms of actions by which natural products act in our bodies contributes to the rational use of these products. And the combination of different natural products such as prebiotics (FOS- fructooligosaccharides, GOS-Galactooligosaccharides and beta-glucans derived from yeast), herbal medicine (Silybum marianum), and minerals (Se-selenium, Zn-Zinc, and Mg-Magnesium), o which would result in a synergistic association between them can contribute to achieving not only preventive effects but treatment for chronic diseases such as diabetes and obesity. The present study aims to study the effects of a composition containing natural products on factors and markers that are part of mitochondrial biogenesis and the neuroimmune-endocrine system in healthy volunteers and that present grade 1 overweight/obesity.

This is a 2-arm randomized trial aimed at leveraging behavioral science principles to improve patient engagement between office visits among patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD).

Parents of children with chronic diseases often report increased level of stress and anxiety. The aim of the study is to assess the effect of mindfulness based stress reduction (MBSR) intervention on stress and anxiety of parents of children with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). The intervention is consisted of 8 group sessions managed by a certified psychologist. 30 parents will participate. The efficacy of the intervention will be assessed by 3 validated questionnaires which will be filled by each participant prior to intervention, at the end of intervention and 3 months following interventions.

This study evaluated the extent to which a shared health record facilitated better communication, increase individual responsibility for health care and reduce demand for health resources. The study made individualised reports available to patients and General Practitioners and gave much more detail about participants chronic disease and treatments, and evaluated its effectiveness in a randomised controlled feasibility trial. One third of patients received care as usual, two thirds of patients received the intervention.

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). At the time of diagnosis it is not possible to predict the course of the disease, which can range from a few flares in a lifetime to uncontrollable disease leading to hospitalization, surgery and stoma. There is a continuous need to improve treatment as well as diagnostic and prognostic tools. This study evaluates the clinical efficacy, tolerability and feasibility of remote ischemic conditioning (RIC) in patients with moderate active ulcerative colitis (UC). The investigators hypothesize that RIC beyond the well known effect on reperfusion tissue damage has a clinically relevant anti-inflammatory effect in UC. RIC constitute a repeated brief and non-harmful suppression of blood circulation in a limb. The mechanism of action of RIC is likely to involve suppressed inflammation and cell death. Our study is a randomized clinical controlled study including 38 patients. Patients will receive RIC or sham for 10 consecutive days. The effect of RIC on active UC is evaluated by changes patient's symptoms, endoscopy findings, and various markers in the blood, faeces and the intestinal wall.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of vitamin D supplementation in Crohn's disease patients. Patients will be evaluated for increases in circulating vitamin D levels and effects on health benefits including improved bone markers, Crohn's disease activity scores, and inflammatory markers.

The purpose of this study is to determine the effect of rosiglitazone on the genes of the colon