Canadian Active & Maintenance Modified Pentasa Study — CAMMP  

Active Ulcerative Colitis Clinical Trial

Official title: A Multicentre, Randomised, Double-blind, Non-inferiority Trial Comparing the Efficacy and Safety of a New Modified Oral Extended Release Pentasa® (Mesalamine) 500 mg Tablet to the Currently Marketed Pentasa® (Mesalamine) 500 mg Tablet in Subjects With Active Mild to Moderate Ulcerative Colitis Treated With 4 g/Day for 8 Weeks and in Maintenance of Remission of Ulcerative Colitis in Subjects Treated With 2 g/Day for 24 Weeks

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to demonstrate that the new modified oral extended-release Pentasa® 500mg tablet is at least as efficacious as the currently marketed Pentasa® 500mg tablet in active mild to moderate Ulcerative Colitis and also in maintenance of quiescent disease.

Clinical Trial Description

A multi-centre, randomized, double-blind, non-inferiority trial comparing the efficacy and safety of a new modified oral extended release Pentasa® (mesalamine) 500 mg tablet to the currently marketed Pentasa® (mesalamine) 500 mg tablet in subjects with active mild to moderate ulcerative colitis treated with 4 g/day for 8 weeks and in maintenance of remission of ulcerative colitis in subjects treated with 2 g/day for 24 weeks. The study involves male or non-pregnant female subjects aged 18 to 75 years. ;

Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Treatment

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Active Ulcerative Colitis
• Colitis
• Colitis, Ulcerative
• Remission of Ulcerative Colitis
• Ulcer

• NCT number: NCT00603733
• Study type: Interventional
• Source: Ferring Pharmaceuticals
• Status: Completed
• Phase: Phase 3
• Start date: October 2007
• Completion date: May 2011