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Thermography in Surveillance of Ulcerative Colitis

NCT02149043 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 66

Last updated 2018-07-17

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Summary

Ulcerative colitis represents a chronic condition occurring in relapsing and remitting fashion with uncertain outcome and requires lifelong treatment with considerable side effects. Diagnostic methods currently in use, clinical (endoscopy), imaging (CT, MR) or laboratory (C - reactive protein, fecal calprotectin) give an insight into disease activity but are possibly associated with significant discomfort for the patient and / or increased risk of irradiation and potential allergic reactions on contrast agents. For that reason there is a need for a noninvasive, biologically inert method for evaluation of disease activity in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Thermography possesses most of these characteristics. The aim of this study is to find potential link between pathological thermographic signs and endoscopic findings, serum C reactive protein (CRP) and calprotectin in the stool of patients with active and extensive ulcerative colitis.

Conditions

Interventions

DEVICE

Thermography

Thermographic imaging of the patient's abdomen surface

PROCEDURE

Colonoscopy

Endoscopic examination of the colon

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital Dubrava

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Marko Banić, MD, PhD · University Hospital Dubrava

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-01-31
Primary Completion
2018-01-31
Completion
2018-06-30

Countries

  • Croatia

Study Locations

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Diseases

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