Assessment of Non-invasive Tools for Detecting Active Inflammatory Bowel Disease

NCT ID: NCT06722456

Last Updated: 2024-12-09

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Total Enrollment

120 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-05-30

Study Completion Date

2025-12-15

Brief Summary

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Part of the success of the treatment of people living with inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) depends on the information that the doctor can obtain from the different clinical tests. Some of these tests are invasive such as the colonoscopy but other such the fecal calprotectin test, which measures intestinal inflammation, are non-invasive and useful to evaluate the success of the treatments. Unfortunately, the results from the non-invasive tests are not always clear and need to be complete with invasive tests for the right diagnosis.

The aim of this research is to test new stool markers for assisting the gastroenterologist to diagnose inflammatory bowel conditions including Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC) and to carefully monitoring the effects of medications on remission. We are using applications based on the use of mass spectrometry for identifying the proteins that are released by the host in the stools. We have identified more than 400 proteins in total. Based on informatics, we have been able to produce lists of unique stool proteins that can rapidly inform the doctor if the person has an IBD, whether it is a CD or an UC and, more importantly for the treatment, if the IBD is active or in remission.

The purpose of this study is to validate these protein markers in a blind test, where the real diagnosis will only be revealed after the analysis of the samples.

This study will bring a new power tool to assist the gastroenterologist in the treatment of people living with IBD.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) Crohn Disease (CD) Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

Keywords

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Diagnosis Non-invasive Remission

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

CASE_CONTROL

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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IBD in remission

Patient affected with an inflammatory bowel disease that is considered in remission.

Analysis of protein signatures in stool samples

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Stool protein signatures are to be established in parallel to standard clinical evaluation of the intestinal inflammatory activity.

IBD active

Patient affected with an inflammatory bowel disease that is considered under an active state.

Analysis of protein signatures in stool samples

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Stool protein signatures are to be established in parallel to standard clinical evaluation of the intestinal inflammatory activity.

IBD not classified

Patient affected with an inflammatory bowel disease that is difficult to classify as active or in remission.

Analysis of protein signatures in stool samples

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Stool protein signatures are to be established in parallel to standard clinical evaluation of the intestinal inflammatory activity.

Interventions

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Analysis of protein signatures in stool samples

Stool protein signatures are to be established in parallel to standard clinical evaluation of the intestinal inflammatory activity.

Intervention Type DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Be affected with one of the two main inflammatory bowel diseases (Crohn's disease of ulcerative colitis).
* Be invited to participate on the base of a routine follow up by their gastroenterologist.
* Be scheduled for a calprotectin test and a colonoscopy.
* Accept to participate and provide an extra stool sample for analysis.

Exclusion Criteria

* Having no history of inflammatory bowel disease.
* Be affected with an history of gastrointestinal disease other than Crohn disease or ulcerative colitis.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Jean-François Beaulieu

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jean-François Beaulieu

Professor

Responsibility Role SPONSOR_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Centre de recherche of the CIUSSS de l'Estrie-CHUS

Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada

Site Status

Countries

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Canada

References

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Shajari E, Gagne D, Malick M, Roy P, Noel JF, Gagnon H, Brunet MA, Delisle M, Boisvert FM, Beaulieu JF. Application of SWATH Mass Spectrometry and Machine Learning in the Diagnosis of Inflammatory Bowel Disease Based on the Stool Proteome. Biomedicines. 2024 Feb 1;12(2):333. doi: 10.3390/biomedicines12020333.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38397935 (View on PubMed)

Related Links

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https://labppi.wordpress.com/inflammatory-bowel-diseases/

Laboratory webpage on research pertaining to inflammatory bowel disease.

Other Identifiers

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90-18A

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id