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Filter by:It is clinically challenging to differentiate Crohn's disease from gut tuberculosis especially in regions endemic of tuberculosis infection. The investigators plan to perform magnetic resonance enterography (MRE) who presented to our hospital in Shenzhen, China for new onset of lower gastrointestinal symptoms and ileocecal mucosal lesions of uncertain diagnosis as evidenced by the presence of inflammation, ulceration, strictures or nodules on colonoscopy. MRE findings will be independently interpreted by two radiologistsThe role of MRE in distinguishing gut tuberculosis from Crohn's disease will be determined.
The purpose of this study is to establish the incidence of sub-optimal response to anti-TNF therapy in UC and CD participants.
Mucosal immunology during helminth infection
To determine the efficacy and safety of serial FMT at inducing and maintaining clinical and endoscopic response in patients with mild to moderate Crohn's disease
The primary objective of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of filgotinib as compared to placebo in establishing combined fistula response at Week 24. Participants will have the option to enter a separate Long-Term Extension (LTE) study (GS-US-419-3896; NCT02914600) if they meet eligibility requirements.
Infliximab and other TNF-inhibitors have revolutionised the treatment of several immunological inflammatory diseases. Still, more than half of the patients either do not respond sufficiently to infliximab therapy or loose efficacy over time. The large individual variation in the serum drug concentrations on standard doses and the development of anti-drug antibodies are thought to be main reasons for these treatment failures. An individualised treatment strategy based on systematic assessments of serum drug concentrations, therapeutic drug monitoring, has been proposed as a clinical tool to optimise efficacy of infliximab treatment. Therapeutic drug monitoring seems reasonable both from a clinical and an economical point of view, but the effectiveness of this treatment strategy still remain to be shown. The NOR-DRUM study is planned as a national, randomised controlled multicentre trial in two parts aiming to assess the effectiveness of therapeutic drug monitoring in order to achieve remission in patients with immunological inflammatory diseases starting infliximab treatment (part A) and in order to maintain disease control in patients on maintenance infliximab treatment (part B). The results of the NOR-DRUM study will hopefully contribute to an implementation of a personalised medicine approach to treatment with infliximab and other biological drugs.
Inflammatory bowel disease is clinically associated with spondylarthropathies in 5-15% of cases. Protocol colonoscopic assessment demonstrated asymptomatic inflammation characteristic of Crohn's disease in up to 1/3 of SpA patients. Videocapsule endoscopy is a superior diagnostic tool to detect small bowel mucosal pathology. However, it has been infrequently used to evaluate bowel inflammation in spondylarthropathies. This study compared the accuracy of videocapsule endoscopy to standard ileocolonoscopy for the detection of inflammatory bowel lesions in patients with spondylarthropathies, and to describe the clinical and laboratory predictors of small bowel inflammation in this cohort.
This protocol is designed to compare the effectiveness of two dietary interventions for patients with Crohn's disease (CD): the Specific Carbohydrate Diet (SCD) and a Mediterranean style diet (MSD) that has been demonstrated to have numerous other health benefits. The two diets will be compared in terms of their ability to resolve both the symptoms and bowel inflammation that characterize this debilitating disease.
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.
Study Aims: To analyze stool specimens to test and validate the CalproLab assay against the predicate PhiCal in order to determine performance characteristics. And to correlate Calpro levels to the gut microbiome composition.