View clinical trials related to Pediatric Crohn's Disease.
Filter by:Nested within the COMBINE pragmatic clinical trial, the investigators will conduct a cluster randomized controlled trial to determine whether, in parents (of children with Crohn's Disease) or patients > 18 years old being approached for trial participation, a pre-consent discussion enhanced with decision aids is more effective than the standard pre-consent discussion in transferring knowledge to parents/patients related to trial participation.
The purpose of this study is to determine whether adding low dose methotrexate to anti -TNF therapy is more effective than treatment with anti-TNF therapy alone in inducing and maintaining steroid-free remission for children with Crohn's Disease.
Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, known together as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), are chronic inflammatory conditions of the gastrointestinal tract. Impacts of IBD such as frequent hospital visits, need for surgery and poor growth, can significantly impact a child's social and academic life. Dealing with a chronic disease forces children to rely more heavily on family members for coping strategies to deal with stress. However, a lot of families do not have the resources (emotional or financial) to provide the level of support needed. A self management site called Mission is Remission® has been created to help adolescents and their families deal with the stressors associated with their disease. The site provides a supportive social network that is centred around learning sessions and active forums discussing topics related to disease self-management and coping. This site actively brings together members of the healthcare team and provides support to families who might not be able to travel for additional appointments outside of routine care. The goal of our research is to understand whether the changes this social support will increase disease-specific knowledge, medication adherence, and health-related quality of life. We will also examine whether these changes may reduce some of the demands placed on the Health Care system (e.g., reduced number of calls and visits to gastroenterology (GI) doctors, or time lost from school/work). In addition, this website has been designed to be adapted in the future to other chronic diseases and will help bring healthcare into the digital age.
This study is a non-interventional, observational study of Humira® in the treatment of pediatric CD as per the New Drug Re-examination Guideline in Korea. This study will be conducted in institutions which provide a written agreement to AbbVie Korea, and where the use of Humira® for pediatric CD is following their normal medical practice setting. Pediatric patients who are prescribed Humira® as per physician's medical judgment in accordance with the approved Korean local label will be enrolled in the study. As this is a post marketing surveillance, AbbVie is NOT involved in the product supply since the drug is being used according to the approved marketing label and is to be prescribed by the physician under usual and customary practice of physician prescription.
Crohn's disease (CD) is an incurable debilitating disorder affecting an increasing number of children. The etiology remains elusive, but a genetically determined aberrant immune response against microbiota appears to be responsible. TNFα plays a pivotal role in the cytokine cascade of the inflammatory process and mediates multiple processes central to the pathogenesis of CD. The natural history of pediatric CD is characterized by recurrent flare-ups that severely impair patients growth, pubertal development and nutritional status. Epidemiological observations have shown that the course of CD, despite conventional treatment, inevitably progresses to the development of severe complications and surgery. Infliximab is the most widely used biological agent in moderate-to-severe pediatric CD. At present biologics are used after the failure of conventional drugs (step-up approach) and represent the peak of the CD therapeutic pyramid. The early use of biologics (top-down approach) has been demonstrated to be effective in adults with CD. The project aims at evaluating if a top-down approach may achieve mucosal healing before irreversible tissue damage present in late CD and thus alter the natural course of the disease, compared to the conventional approach. The study can also add information about the safety of infliximab used as first-line therapy and may add data on the benefit and costs of a reversal of the traditional therapeutic pyramid in pediatric CD, guiding the clinician in deciding in whom, when and how to introduce early aggressive treatment in daily practice.
The purpose of this study is to evaluate the efficacy of TA-650 using Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) in pediatric patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease after TA-650 administration at a dose of 5 mg/kg at week 0, 2, and 6, then every 8 week after week 14 up to week 46, and at a dose of 10 mg/kg if the effect is attenuated. The safety and pharmacokinetics are also evaluated.