Status:

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Exclusion Diet vs corticosteroIds in patientS With activE Crohn's Disease

Lead Sponsor:

Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Conditions:

Crohn Disease

Eligibility:

All Genders

16-70 years

Phase:

PHASE2

PHASE3

Brief Summary

Crohn's disease exclusion diet (CDED) is a whole-food diet coupled with partial enteral nutrition. The main objective of this trial is to assess whether CDED is superior to corticosteroids, in terms o...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Patients aged 16 to 70 years,
  • With mild to moderate, luminal, active CD, defined by a CDAI of 150 to 350,
  • Involving the small bowel, and/or the colon
  • Not treated with corticosteroids at baseline
  • Patent small bowel as assessed by the patency capsule
  • Active endoscopic lesions, as defined by Lewis score ≥ 225 in the small bowel and/or SES-CD≥ 4 in the colon. The eligibility of the patient will be determined by the site investigator and a central reader.
  • Informed consent to participate in this study. In patients from France and Israel who are aged less than 18: parents' informed consent to participate in this study (parents' agreement is not required in patients aged 16 to 18 in the Netherlands)
  • Affiliation to social security or any health insurance

Exclusion

  • Inability to follow the CDED during 16 weeks.
  • Prior intolerance to corticosteroids.
  • Ongoing infections, evolving virus diseases.
  • Live vaccines.
  • Psychotic state not controlled by treatment.
  • Arthritis or uveitis as main presenting symptoms.
  • Patients with severe and/or predominant rectal or perianal disease.
  • Heavy smokers (more than 10 cigarettes per day).
  • Infliximab, adalimumab, methotrexate or azathioprine initiated less than 3 months before inclusion in this trial.
  • Vedolizumab, ustekinumab initiated less than 6 months before inclusion in this trial.
  • Change in methotrexate, azathioprine, infliximab, adalimumab, vedolizumab or ustekinumab dosage less than 3 months before inclusion.
  • Pregnant or lactating women.
  • Patients already included in a biomedical research other than an observational study (e.g. registry, cohort, biobank).
  • Severe pubertal delay (Tanner 1 or Tanner 2) and/or height velocity z-score \< 2.5 and/or Bone mineral density z-score (hip or lumbar spine) \<2.5.
  • Persons deprived of their liberty by a judicial or administrative decision, persons subject to psychiatric care under sections L.3212-1 et L.3213-1 and persons admitted to a health or social institution for purposes other than research (L.1121-6)

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2022

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

April 1 2026

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT05284136

Start Date

April 1 2022

End Date

April 1 2026

Last Update

March 17 2022

Active Locations (2)

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Gastroenterology department

Le Kremlin-Bicêtre, France, 94

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Department of Gastroenterology & Hepatology (MDL), Amsterdam UMC

Amsterdam, Netherlands, 1105 AZ