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Filter by:Consecutive patients with complex anal fistula were prospectively followed for 12 months. Routine MRI was performed before and at 4 and 12 months after surgery. Continence was assessed likewise using a validated questionnaire. Fistula were drained with setons prior surgery. SVF was harvested from subcutaneous abdominal fat and PRP from peripheral blood. Distal fistulectomy to the sphincter was performed and the wound left open, while the internal orifice was closed. SVF-PRP was injected around the fistula. Patients showered their excision wound until dry. Outcomes were reported as median & interquartile range (IQR)
The purpose of this study is to determine the safety and efficacy of using adult allogeneic bone marrow derived mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs), to treat people for medically refractory perianal fistulizing Crohn's disease.
The purpose of this which studied the biological therapy can be safely withdrawn in perianal Crohn's disease patients with radiologically healed fistula on MRI pelvis.
Crohn's disease (CD) is a chronic relapsing-remitting systemic inflammatory disease, affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract. Biological therapy with anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha is the established treatment of choice for the management of moderate to severe Crohn's disease. However, its efficacy in an individual patient is the unpredictable and long-term outcome is still suboptimal. Identifying biomarkers which can predict treatment response is thus of utmost importance and can allow personalized management. In inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), altered fecal microbiota signatures have been consistently reported. Moreover, overall bacterial diversity is consistently decreased during intestinal inflammation. Fecal calprotectin (FC) is a calcium and zinc binding protein largely confined to the neutrophil granulocytes and macrophages and is a very sensitive marker for detection of inflammation in the gastrointestinal tract. C reactive protein (CRP) is an acute phase reactant. CD Patients with elevated baseline CRP levels responded to infliximab treatment better and early normalisation of CRP correlated with sustained long-term response to infliximab therapy. The investigators hypothesize that faecal microbial signatures in conjunction with faecal calprotectin and CRP may have a role in predicting response to biological therapy in CD patients.
Rationale: Perianal fistulas are a common incapacitating problem. Many patients are treated by seton drainage to prevent recurrent abscess formation. Nowadays, vessel loops or sutures are used for drainage. The knot of these seton drains can cause complaints of pain or tenderness if it presses against the external opening of the fistula or even slides in to the fistula tract. Medishield B.V. designed a knotless seton drain, the SuperSeton. This could decrease the pain complaints caused by the knot. Objective: The aim of this study is to determine the feasibility of SuperSeton placement in patients with perianal fistulas. Study design: The design of the study is a feasibility study. Study population: Patients (≥ 18 years) with perianal fistulas (ever) treated with a knotted seton are eligible. Intervention: The SuperSeton will be placed at the outpatient clinic in patients that already have a seton in situ. This seton will then be exchanged by the SuperSeton. In case patients do not have a seton in situ, the SuperSeton can be placed at the operating theatre in day care setting instead of a regular seton. Main study parameters/endpoints: The primary outcome is seton failure (loosening of the seton). Secondary outcomes are time of procedure, complications and quality of life measured by the PDAI ('Perianal Disease Activity Index'). Nature and extent of the burden and risks associated with participation: The SuperSeton will be placed in patients with perianal fistulas (ever) treated with a conventional knotted seton. There are no additional risks involved. The seton will be placed at the outpatient clinic in patients with a seton in situ, or at the operating theatre in day care setting in patients with a perianal abscess without a seton. The material that is used for the Setons is of medical grade polyurethane, this is the same material of catheters that are already used in clinical practice (instech BTPU 027). The Setons including the insert (BTPU) are supplied sterile (Synergy Health). Sample size calculation: A group of 60 patients will be included to determine feasibility of the SuperSeton. The proposed treatment protocol is considered feasible if at least 70% of the SuperSetons stay in place.