Status:

RECRUITING

Mitochondrial DAMPs as Mechanistic Biomarkers of Mucosal Inflammation in Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis

Lead Sponsor:

University of Edinburgh

Conditions:

Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Eligibility:

All Genders

Brief Summary

The MUSIC study is a multi-centre, longitudinal study set in the real world IBD clinical setting to investigate and develop a new biomarker approach that aims to inform both patients and clinicians of...

Detailed Description

The hypothesis is that mitochondrial DAMPs are good mechanistic biomarkers for mucosal inflammation and healing in IBD. Complete mucosal healing (total resolution and absence of ulcerations in the gu...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • All patients must be able to give consent and aged 16 years old and over.
  • All patients must have a diagnosis of IBD (CD or UC)
  • All patients must have active IBD at the time of screening:
  • • Active IBD symptoms by referring clinician's judgement in addition to one of the below criteria (within 6 weeks of screening):
  • FC level of \>100ug/g
  • Blood CRP \>5mg/l
  • Endoscopic, radiological or histological evidence of active IBD
  • All IBD patients with disease involvement that is amenable for endoscopic assessment of mucosal healing. This includes:
  • CD patients with previous ileal or colonic surgical resection
  • CD patients with perianal disease where ileo-colonoscopy or sigmoidoscopy are not contraindicated
  • CD patients with ileal involvement only where endoscopic disease activity can be recorded
  • All IBD patients will require a recent ileo-colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy within 6 weeks of recruitment that has:
  • Clear documentation of endoscopic disease activity and extent (SES-CD and Rutgeert's score for CD; Mayo Score or UCEIS for UC)
  • Photographs of endoscopic mucosal IBD disease activity
  • If there is not a recent ileo-colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy, the participant will be asked to undergo an ileo-colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy at baseline.
  • If patients have undergone an ileo-colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy within 6 weeks but with an endoscopic report that is insufficient in endoscopic disease activity data as per (5), potential participant can still be considered providing there is:
  • Supporting objective evidence of IBD disease activity (FC, CRP) within 2 weeks of index ileo-colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy.

Exclusion

  • IBD patients with severe/fulminant disease at screening:
  • Subjects with colitis fulfilling the Truelove and Witts' criteria (stool frequency \>6/24 hours with all of the features of fever \>38C, pulse rate \>100 beats per minute, blood haemoglobin \<105 g/l, albumin \<30g/l)
  • Subjects displaying evidence of toxic megacolon (transverse colon diameter \>6m on plain abdominal X-ray with accompanying full radiological report). Note - abdominal X-ray will be carried out if clinically indicated by referring clinician
  • Evidence of significant bowel obstruction, abdominal sepsis, abscess formation and fistula formation (bowel or perianal) as documented by referring clinician that is supported by clinical, radiological and blood laboratory investigations
  • Referring clinician's judgement where surgical intervention (colectomy or resection) is deemed likely within 3 months of screening
  • Evidence of intestinal dyplasia or malignancy (histologic, endoscopic or radiologic)
  • UC patients with limited involvement of the rectum (\<15cm - proctitis)
  • UC patients who have had a colectomy (total and subtotal)
  • UC patients with an ileo-anal pouch
  • IBD (UC, CD or IBD-U) with an intestinal stoma
  • Patients where ileo-colonoscopy or flexible sigmoidoscopy are contra-indicated (e.g. significant co-morbidities e.g. cardiovascular, respiratory, cancer, renal failure; and pregnancy)
  • Participants where there are limitations to language communication where there is a potential issue where information sheet cannot be reliably understood and/or the subject cannot provide full informed consent.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 27 2021

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 31 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

250 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04760964

Start Date

January 27 2021

End Date

December 31 2025

Last Update

June 18 2024

Active Locations (3)

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Ninewells Hospital

Dundee, United Kingdom

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Western General Hospital

Edinburgh, United Kingdom

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NHS Greater Glasgow & Clyde

Glasgow, United Kingdom