Active clinical trials for "Intestinal Diseases"

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are among the most common chronic illnesses diagnosed in childhood. Moving from the pediatric to the adult health care is a crucial phase, which can greatly affect adolescents' quality of life. According to the latest international guidelines, based in particular on expert opinions, the implementation of joint visits (involving both pediatric and adult gastroenterologists) are highly recommended during the transition period. This trial aims to prove the beneficial effect of the joint visits.

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic inflammatory disorder of the gastrointestinal tract that includes ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD) . They mainly affect young populations, altering their quality of life and increasing morbidity, compared to the general population . The etiology and pathogenesis of IBD are still poorly understood. Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients are at an increased risk of contracting and developing complications from hepatitis B virus (HBV) due to their weakened immune systems and frequent use of immunosuppressive medications. The traditional HBV vaccine regimen requires three doses over six months to achieve full immunity, which can be challenging for IBD patients who may have difficulty adhering to the schedule or may not respond well to the vaccine

The goal of this mixed-methods prospective cohort study is to assess the impact of shared decision-making (SDM) on newly diagnosed pediatric inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) patients and their families. Patient and familial decisional conflict regarding the choice and course of treatment is shown to be high, especially for the newer class of IBD treatments called biologic agents. SDM intervention comprises of coaching with a decision coach (DC) on all aspects of treatment and care, along with educational decision aids (DA) provided and adapted from Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center. The main aims of this study are: to determine if SDM intervention has an impact on patient and parental decision making in pediatric IBD treatments, mainly by assessing decisional conflict and decision satisfaction/regret. to adapt and assess the acceptability of DA in a Canadian academic center. Participants who have been recommended a new biologic as part of their clinical care for IBD will be recruited to the SDM intervention group. The participants will have DC sessions until a final treatment decision is made, will be given DAs, and will be followed by baseline and post-intervention surveys to assess decisional conflict and satisfaction/regret. The comparator group will include participants who have been recommended and have commenced a new biologic within the last 12 months. Outcome metrics will evaluate the impact on parental and patient decisional conflict following SDM intervention, and decisional satisfaction/regret 6-12 months from therapy start.

This trial will determine if a well-established probiotic, Vivomixx, can modulate the maternal microbiota and ameliorate the maternal environmental enteropathy which compromises growth in the first 1000 days. The probiotic Vivomixx has been used in many thousands of people including pregnant women, both within and outside a research context. This trial is the first in a proposed series of proof-of-concept intervention studies which are intended to provide data to enable a rational selection of interventions to be evaluated at scale in future large scale phase 2 trial in which birth outcomes and postnatal growth will be key endpoints.

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) go through two phases: flare and remission. Prediction of flares and identification of patients in remission but at high risk of flare are a major issue when taking care of IBD patients. Considering close interactions between sleep, immunity and intestinal inflammation, sleep disorders could be a predictor of flares. The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that sleep efficacy decreases before IBD flare. Patients in remission will be assessed for IBD symptoms (activity scores, biological factors) and sleep disorders (actigraphy, DREEM®, questionnaires) during one year.

The epidermal barrier efficacy is determined by the physicochemical properties of the epidermal lipid matrix, among which ω-6 essential fatty acids (EFAs) play a key role. Inversely, the ω-3 EFAs are not found in the epidermis. For patients receiving lipid-containing parenteral nutrition (LCPN), the improvement of the epidermal barrier through the infusion of most appropriate intravenous fat emulsions (IVFE) could have many applications in clinical nutrition, mainly limiting water loss in patients receiving long-term LCPN and help in electrolyte and water balance. The objective of this interventional clinical trial is to evaluate the epidermal barrier function in patients receiving long-term LCPN comparing two compositions of IVFE: (i) soybean oil (SO)-based IVFE (Medialipide) or (ii) fish oil (FO)-containing IVFE (Lipidem). Epidermal barrier function will be assessed through the transepidermal water loss (TEWL) measurement on the skin surface, a validated marker of the epidermal barrier efficacy. The two IVFE (SO-based or FO-containing) will be compared using a randomized double blind crossover design, using patients as their own control. Each IVFE will be allocated for a 3-month period, allowing sufficient timeframe for epidermal complete renewal. Patient's epidermal and red blood cell EFA profile will be determinate in order to facilitate result interpretation.

The purpose of the study is explore the issues that relate to testing a particular dietary treatment, the low FODMAP diet, in a randomised trial using an appropriate control diet with which to compare it. In this trial the investigators will look at its effect on symptoms of people with persistent disturbance in their bowel pattern 3 months after an intestinal infection with Campylobacter. The investigators will also look at the changes in gut bacteria that occur with the diet.

This study is the first administration of GSK2983559, a selective receptor interacting protein 2 (RIP2) kinase inhibitor, to humans. This will be randomized, double-blinded (sponsor open) and two part study (A and B). Part A of the study is single ascending dose crossover design with two separate cohorts (1 and 2). In Part A, 9 single dose levels will be explored. In Cohort 1, 10 healthy subjects will randomized to receive single oral doses of either GSK2983559 or placebo in a ratio of 4:1 in 5 way cross-over design with 5 treatment periods. In Cohort 2, 8 healthy subjects will be randomized to receive single oral doses of either GSK2983559 or placebo in a ratio of 3:1 in 4 way cross-overs design with 4 treatment periods. In Cohort 2 there will be an additional period (period 5-open label) for assessing GSK2983559 under fed conditions. There will be 48 hours wash-out period between each dose escalation period. Part B is repeat ascending dose sequential group design. It will contain 4 Cohorts of and dosing will be done sequential dosing. Subjects in Part B will receive once daily (QD) dose or twice daily dose (will be decided based upon the pharmacokinetic, safety and tolerability observed in Part A). There will 58 subjects involved in this study. Total duration of Part A will be approximately for 11 Weeks and Part B will be approximately for 15 Weeks.

Very early onset inflammatory bowel disease (VEO-IBD) is a special subtype of children's inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). VEO-IBD is mostly caused by single-gene defects and can be cured by allo-hematopoietic stem cell transplantation ( HSCT). Umbilical Cord Blood Transplantation (UCBT) is less reported in these patients.

This study will assess the safety and tolerability of AIN457 in patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease who already participated and completed the core trial CAIN457A2202.