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Predicting Clinical Response to Golimumab With Mucosal Barrier Dysfunction

NCT02729233 · Status: WITHDRAWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL

Last updated 2018-01-08

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Ulcerative colitis (UC) is a chronic relapsing inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). UC is an ongoing disease of the colon or large intestine. Studies have shown that leakiness of the gut plays a major role in the development of UC. Leakiness of the gut is a condition that is a result of damage to the intestinal lining, making it less able to protect its internal environment as well as to filter needed nutrients and other substances. Some bacteria, toxins, and waste not normally absorbed may get into the blood stream.

Golimumab is an FDA approved medication used for the treatment of moderate to severe ulcerative colitis. The investigators have evidence to suggest that measuring the leakiness of the gut using a tool called a confocal laser endomicroscope may be able to predict how well a patient's body will respond to treatment of UC with golimumab. Confocal laser endomicroscopy (CLE) is an FDA approved technique that can look at the cells of a patient's gut during colonoscopy to assess the leakiness of gut.

The objective of this study is to determine how the leakiness of the gut in patients with UC can predict response to golimumab therapy.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

patients receiving biopsies

Six mucosal biopsies will be collected from each site (terminal ileum and rectum) for histologic verification of pCLE findings at baseline, and again at month 12 for a total of 12 research samples per colonoscopy, or 24 research biopsy samples during the course of the study. The study subjects will be followed for a total of 1 year after initial colonoscopy with pCLE. The primary study end-point is clinical response at 3 months following initiation of golimumab.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Janssen Scientific Affairs, LLC

    collaborator INDUSTRY

  • University of Arkansas

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Julia J Liu, MD · University of Arkansas

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2017-01-31
Primary Completion
2017-01-27
Completion
2017-01-27

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