Testing Anti-TNF therapy for crohn disease

Inclusion

• +Age ≥ 6 years and \< 18 years at enrollmentEnrolmentThe number of participants a study plans to include, or has included.Read more →
• +Suspected diagnosis of CD
• +Stool culture if performed that is negative for routine enteric pathogens (Salmonella, Shigella, Campylobacter, E. coli 0157:H7) and Clostridium difficile toxin in patients presenting with diarrhea. If history of C. difficile then a minimum of 6 weeks duration from treatment start and negative repeat stool for C. difficile toxin.
• +Parent/guardian consentInformed consentThe process of being told what taking part involves, then choosing freely.Read more → and patient assent
• +Ability to remain in follow-upFollow-upContinued check-ins after the treatment part is finished.Read more → for up to 6 months of initial observation followed by a minimum of 52 weeks after possible start of anti-TNF therapy
• +Phase 1Phase 1The earliest stage of human testing, in a small group, focused on safety.Read more → Exclusion CriteriaExclusion criteriaThe things that would prevent someone from taking part.Read more →
• +InvestigatorPrincipal investigatorThe doctor or researcher responsible for running the study at a site.Read more → judgment that patient has high likelihood (\>50%) of needing bowel resection within 3 months of diagnosis (i.e., presentation with perforation, bowel obstruction from stricture)
• +Use of any oral CS for non-gastrointestinal indication within the four weeks prior to diagnostic assessment and biosampling (e.g., asthma)
• +Use of any investigational drug within the past four weeks prior to diagnostic assessment and sampling
• +Patients with poorly controlled medical conditions (e.g. diabetes, congestive heart failure)
• +Previous treatment with immunomodulators within one year of enrollment or anti-TNF therapy within two years of enrollment for other medical conditions (e.g., juvenile idiopathic arthritis)
• +Previous treatment with non-anti TNF biologics or small molecules for non-IBD indications in the past 6 months, with the exception of dupilumab (Dupixent) for asthma, eczema, or eosinophilic esophagitis
• +Inability to have MRE because of claustrophobia or other reasons
• +Phase 2Phase 2A middle-stage study looking at what a treatment does and watching for side effects.Read more → Inclusion CriteriaInclusion criteriaThe things you must have or be for a study to consider you.Read more →
• +Met all eligibility criteriaEligibility criteriaThe full list of requirements for taking part in a study.Read more → for Phase 1 and participated in Phase 1
• +Diagnosed with macroscopic CD involving the terminal ileum and/or colon by endoscopic evaluation and/or MRE
• +MRE imaging within 6 weeks of ileocolonoscopy and no more than 4 weeks after starting initial therapy (TT). A limited 'research protocolProtocolThe detailed plan a study must follow.Read more →' MRE is acceptable in participants who have undergone a clinical CTE during their initial diagnostic evaluation; see Manual of Procedures for details.
• +Received at least one of the following as initial therapy upon diagnosis:
• +Corticosteroids
• +Immunomodulator
• +Aminosalicylic acids (5-ASA)
• +Defined nutritional therapy
• +Anti-TNF (adalimumab or infliximab)
• +Commenced adalimumab or infliximab anti-TNF therapy guided by ROADMAB™ CDST as first therapy or within 180 days of diagnosis (TD), with or without concomitant immunomodulator
• +a. Had ileal and rectal biopsies, OR b. Ileal biopsies are not obtained secondary to inflammatory or structural changes at the ileocecal valve or distal ileum that prevent ileal intubation. To be acceptable for Phase 2, the following additional criteria must be met: b1. Gross inflammation or obvious narrowing at the IC valve or distal ileum as documented by the video colonoscopy, AND b2. MRE documentation of TI inflammation with or without narrowing, OR c. Ileal biopsies are not obtained secondary to inflammatory or structural changes due to colonic CD.
• +\. Parent/guardian consent and patient assent 8. Ability to remain in follow-up for a minimum of 52 weeks after start of anti-TNF therapy
• +Phase 2 Exclusion Criteria
• +Diagnosis of CD using video capsule endoscopy only with normal ileocolonoscopy and normal MRE
• +Orofacial CD only
• +Esophageal, gastric, duodenal, and/or jejunal CD only
• +Severe complex fistulizing perianal disease +/- abscess, or perianal disease requiring surgical intervention or likely to require on-going surgical intervention possibly including diversion. The placement of a seton is not exclusionary. Incision and drainage of a perirectal abscess is also not exclusionary.
• +Perianal CD only with no evidence of luminal disease
• +Internal fistulizing disease at diagnosis
• +Initial IBD treatment with non-anti-TNF biologic or small molecule therapy
• +Received any anti-TNF agent other than adalimumab or infliximab
• +Investigator judgment that patient unlikely to return for clinical, endoscopic or MRE follow-up
• +Inability to have MRE because of claustrophobia or other reasons
• +Video of baselineBaselineYour starting measurements, taken before treatment begins.Read more → endoscopy not available for central reading, unless otherwise approved by the Clinical Coordinating Center (Adequate photo documentation required)
• +Underwent bowel resection within 3 months of diagnosis (TD)
• +Diagnosis of CD following abdominal resectional surgery/appendectomy at initial presentation