Active clinical trials for "Crohn Disease"

Consecutive patients with complex anal fistula were prospectively followed for 12 months. Routine MRI was performed before and at 4 and 12 months after surgery. Continence was assessed likewise using a validated questionnaire. Fistula were drained with setons prior surgery. SVF was harvested from subcutaneous abdominal fat and PRP from peripheral blood. Distal fistulectomy to the sphincter was performed and the wound left open, while the internal orifice was closed. SVF-PRP was injected around the fistula. Patients showered their excision wound until dry. Outcomes were reported as median & interquartile range (IQR)

The purpose of this study is to determine if taking an increased sampling of mesentery (fatty tissue next to the intestine) and lymph nodes at the time of the subject's ileocolic resection prevents a 4-6 month recurrence of Crohn's disease at the site of the new connection.

Pursuing very early diagnosis is standard of care for several diseases including colon cancer, diabetes and liver disease where an early and aggressive diagnostic and therapeutic approach has been shown to change their natural history. Crohn's disease [CD] still lags since commonly at presentation CD has already run a long course, often responding poorly to therapy or requiring surgery. This innovative project proposes a minimally invasive strategy - capsule endoscopy-based screening of first degree relatives [FDR's] of CD patients - to develop tools to diagnose CD at or near its biologic onset.

This study assessed the effect of a nutrition support product on quality of life in adults with compromised gut function and malabsorption.

The goal of this study is to evaluate the safety of Fecal Microbiota Transplantation (FMT) in children with Crohn's disease who are in remission. Safety will be the primary endpoint and Pediatric Crohn's Disease. Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) with other secondary endpoints including changes in gut microbial diversity will also be studied. All children will receive the equivalent of 50g of stools from a healthy donor into the jejunum through upper endoscopy. Also, 1-2 additional mucosal biopsies will be collected during patient's routine (standard of care) endoscopy. Subjects will have a total of 5 study visits within 24 weeks including phone call follow up on Day 7 after FMT.

Crohn's disease (CD) is becoming more common. One of the main features of this disease is weight loss and malnutrition with symptoms such as tummy aches and bloating. These problems have a strong negative effect on the patients' quality of life but the causes of these problems are not well understood. Enteroendocrine cells are nutrient sensors in the bowel that secrete special chemicals (called hormones) that control appetite and the movements all the gut. The investigators think that this control mechanism goes wrong in Crohn's patients and they have set off to do more research on this. Looking at the inside work of the gut has always been difficult and at times unpleasant for patients, however recent developments in magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) are allowing the investigators to study the workings of the gut in greater detail and without discomfort for the patients. Our main objective is to investigate the difference in small bowel motility between CD patients with active ileal disease and healthy volunteers.

Quitting smoking unequivocally improves the course of Crohn's disease (EC), and therefore, it should be one of the main therapeutic targets in the treatment of this disease. The goal of the study was to know the effectiveness of motivational intervention 5 R for smoking cessation in patients with Crohn's disease performed by telephone by nursing, in relation to those who did not receive such intervention. For this purpose, a controlled, randomized, parallel and open clinical trial was designed. The subjects were patients with Crohn's disease that were actively smoking EC. They were all >18 years old and they had internet access and e-mail. Those who were already in a process of smoking cessation were excluded from the study. Experimental intervention consisted of a motivational intervention for smoking cessation through telephone every 3 months for one year.

Summary Vision Study Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are chronic idiopathic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Vedolizumab is a humanized monoclonal antibody against α4β7 integrin, capable of blocking the migration of several immune cells across endothelium expressing MAdCAM-1. Vedolizumab is expensive and primary non-response is high in both CD and UC. Currently there are no predictors of response to vedolizumab and the actual mechanism of action has not yet been elucidated. To clarify the mechanism of action and gain better understanding of the high primary non-response rates, the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) developed a tracer fluorescently labeling vedolizumab. This study aims to gain insight into vedolizumab distribution and concentrations in the gut. The current study aims to identify the vedolizumab target cells in the inflamed gut mucosa using quantitative fluorescence molecular imaging (FMI). By gaining insight into local vedolizumab concentrations, drug distribution and by discovering target cells, we expect to gain insight into the mechanism of action of vedolizumab.

The purpose of this study is to assess the PK of vedolizumab following a single intravenous infusion in healthy adult Chinese participants.

The primary objective of this study is to demonstrate equivalence of the pharmacokinetic (PK) profile of MSB11022 administered by either an auto-injector (AI) or a pre-filled syringe (PFS) as single subcutaneous (s.c.) injection of 40 mg.