A Study to Determine Whether Urinary PGE-M Levels Correlate With Ulcerative Colitis Disease
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00409396 |
Recruitment Status
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Completed
First Posted
: December 8, 2006
Last Update Posted
: June 9, 2015
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Ulcerative Colitis | Procedure: Urinary PGEm level Procedure: fecal calprotectin | Not Applicable |
The available clinical measures of ulcerative colitis activity can be overly influenced by functional symptoms. Placebo response rates in clinical trials are high. Several non-invasive biomarkers are currently available for assessing IBD disease activity including erythrocyte sedimentation rate, c-reactive protein and fecal calprotectin. Although these markers hold some promise, their performance is less than ideal. what is needed is a simple, non-invasive biologic measure of UC disease.
Cyclooxygenase-2 (COX-2) is involved in prostaglandin E2 (PGE2) synthesis and is expressed in epithelial inflammatory conditions and some cancers. We have developed an assay to quantify the major urinary metabolite of PGE2, PGE-M. PGE-M has been previously shown to be elevated in the urine of patients with advanced colorectal neoplasia relative to controls. We recently showed that PGEm was a sensitive and specific marker of Crohn's disease activity (Accepted for publication at DDW 2006).
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Actual Enrollment : | 35 participants |
Allocation: | Non-Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Single Group Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Diagnostic |
Official Title: | Urinary PGE-M, A Metabolite of PGE2: A Novel Biomarker of Ulcerative Colitis Disease |
Study Start Date : | November 2006 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | November 2007 |
Actual Study Completion Date : | December 2007 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: 1
Fecal calprotectin and urinary PGEm levels will be tested on all participants.
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Procedure: Urinary PGEm level
Level of PGEm in urine compared to CRP and fecal calprotectin levels in patients with ulcerative colitis.
Procedure: fecal calprotectin
Level of fecal calprotectin in comparison to urinary PGEm and serum CRP levels.
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- Urine for PGEm Levels [ Time Frame: Day of colonoscopy procedure ]
- Blood for CRP [ Time Frame: Day 1 ]
- Stool for fecal calprotectin [ Time Frame: At least 2 days before colonoscopy procedure (prior to bowel prep) ]
- MAYO disease activity score [ Time Frame: Day of colonoscopy procedure ]
- Routine colonoscopy for assessment of disease activity [ Time Frame: 1-3 weeks after consent ]

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older (Adult, Senior) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Outpatient male or female 18 years or older
- Confirmed diagnosis of ulcerative colitis
- Informed consent obtained
- Able to give blood, urine and stool samples
- Will undergo a diagnostic colonoscopy of part of routine Ulcerative Colitis care
Exclusion Criteria:
- Unable to give consent
- Crohn's disease
- Does not meet inclusion criteria
- Pregnant

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT00409396
United States, Tennessee | |
Vanderbilt University Medical Center | |
Nashville, Tennessee, United States, 37232 |
Principal Investigator: | David A. Schwartz, MD | Vanderbilt University Medical Center |
Responsible Party: | David Schwartz, Principal Investigator, Vanderbilt University |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00409396 History of Changes |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
Urinary PGE-M UC |
First Posted: | December 8, 2006 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | June 9, 2015 |
Last Verified: | November 2014 |
Keywords provided by David Schwartz, Vanderbilt University:
Ulcerative Colitis PGE-M fecal calprotectin disease biomarkers |
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Colitis Ulcer Colitis, Ulcerative Gastroenteritis Gastrointestinal Diseases |
Digestive System Diseases Colonic Diseases Intestinal Diseases Pathologic Processes Inflammatory Bowel Diseases |