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Early MRI Prediction of Crohns

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03340519
Recruitment Status : Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 13, 2017
Last Update Posted : February 11, 2022
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Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati

Study Description
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Brief Summary:
The investigators plan a prospective study designed to optimize and translate noncontrast, novel Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) techniques for detecting and measuring intestinal inflammation as well as for allowing early prediction of response to medical therapy in small bowel Crohn's Disease (CD).

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment
Crohn Disease Device: MR Imaging

Detailed Description:
The investigators plan to evaluate novel MRI techniques to measure: 1) mesenteric/intestinal blood flow using phase-contrast cine MRI, 2) intestinal motility (peristalsis) using dynamic cine MRI, and 3) bowel wall perfusion and molecular water diffusion. Precise objective measurements of diseased bowel blood flow (in ml/min) and bowel motility (in contractions per minute) are not currently used in the clinical care of CD patients, while diffusion-weighted imaging is typically used in a qualitative manner. None of these techniques have been evaluated for predicting eventual response to therapy or correlated with endoscopic mucosal healing in pediatric or adult CD.
Study Design
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Study Type : Observational
Estimated Enrollment : 35 participants
Observational Model: Case-Control
Time Perspective: Prospective
Official Title: Early MRI Prediction of Response to Medical Therapy and Mucosal Healing in Small Bowel Crohn's Disease
Actual Study Start Date : December 17, 2018
Actual Primary Completion Date : October 25, 2021
Estimated Study Completion Date : May 25, 2022

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Groups and Cohorts
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Group/Cohort Intervention/treatment
Healthy Controls
Healthy Controls will undergo MR imaging to optimize MR techniques for bowel assessment and to acquire normative data
 Device: MR Imaging
Novel MR imaging will be performed to provide bowel anatomic and functional data
Newly Diagnosed Crohns Patients
MR imaging will be performed in newly diagnosed CD patients prior to initiation of infliximab therapy in order to obtain baseline measures in the setting of active intestinal inflammation
 Device: MR Imaging
Novel MR imaging will be performed to provide bowel anatomic and functional data


Outcome Measures
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Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Prediction of therapeutic response in patients with Crohns disease [ Time Frame: 30 minutes ]
    Assess novel MRI techniques for ability to predict early response to infliximab therapy in 20 newly diagnosed small bowel CD patients.


Eligibility Criteria
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Ages Eligible for Study:   11 Years to 25 Years   (Child, Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   Yes
Sampling Method:   Non-Probability Sample
Study Population
Healthy Control Group General population Newly Diagnosed Crohns Group Cincinnati Children's Inflammatory Bowel Disease Clinic
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Healthy Control Group

-Be able to tolerate up to 45 minutes in an MRI scanner

Newly Diagnosed Crohns Group

  • Newly diagnosed, pathology-confirmed diagnosis of small bowel Crohn's disease,
  • Expected to receive infliximab (Remicade; Janssen Biotech, Inc.) or other anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor (anti-TNF) medical therapy,
  • Between 11 to 25 years of age and able to assent/consent,
  • Be available for follow-up MRI at 4-weeks and 6-months after the initiation of treatment,
  • Be able to tolerate up to 45 minutes in an MRI scanner.

Exclusion Criteria:

Healthy Control Group

  • Inability to obtain assent/consent,
  • Inability to tolerate 45 minutes in an MRI scanner,
  • Contraindication to MRI (e.g., MRI incompatible implant or support device),
  • Previous (remote) diagnosis or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease or other intestinal disease,
  • History of intra-abdominal surgery, including surgery on the intestine,
  • Pregnancy. Point-of-care urine pregnancy testing will be performed on all female study participants of reproductive potential (pediatric and adult) prior to each research MRI exam.

Newly Diagnosed Crohns Group

  • Inability to obtain assent/consent,
  • Inability to tolerate 45 minutes in an MRI scanner,
  • Contraindication to MRI (e.g., MRI incompatible implant or support device),
  • Previous (remote) diagnosis or treatment of inflammatory bowel disease,
  • History of intra-abdominal surgery, including surgery on the intestine,
  • Known bleeding disorder/coagulopathy (contraindication for adult subjects, as this may increase the risk of research colonoscopy),
  • Pregnancy. Point-of-care urine pregnancy testing will be performed on all female study participants of reproductive potential (pediatric and adult) prior to each research MRI exam.
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Locations
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United States, Ohio
Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center
Cincinnati, Ohio, United States, 45229
Sponsors and Collaborators
Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Jonathan R Dillman, MD, MSc Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
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Responsible Party: Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT03340519    
Other Study ID Numbers: CIN_EarlyMRCrohns
First Posted: November 13, 2017    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: February 11, 2022
Last Verified: May 2021
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: No
Plan Description: Only de-identified data will be shared

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: Yes
Keywords provided by Children's Hospital Medical Center, Cincinnati:
Crohn
MRI
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Crohn Disease
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Gastroenteritis
 Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Intestinal Diseases