COMPARE - Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease (PIBD)

NCT ID: NCT07198113

Last Updated: 2025-09-30

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

NOT_YET_RECRUITING

Total Enrollment

1100 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2025-11-01

Study Completion Date

2028-09-30

Brief Summary

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The purpose of the study is to compare the clinical effectiveness and safety of newer inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) medications in anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) refractory patients with pediatric IBD (PIBD). Refractory means that there was no clinical response to anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) drugs or that the if there was a response, it is no longer present. The main question this study aims to answer is:

Are the newer medications used to treat IBD just as safe and effective for treating IBD in children.

Participants will already be taking these newer medications as assigned by their regular health care provider.Participants' care will be managed by their regular healthcare provider as part of usual (standard) care for those with PIBD. While taking these medications, participants will be asked to answer questions about their symptoms and health periodically over the course of the study.

Detailed Description

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COMPARE is a multi-center, observational cohort study that includes both prospective and retrospective components and two patient population cohorts-Crohn's disease (CD) and ulcerative colitis (UC). The study will recruit pediatric IBD patients initiating non-anti-TNF biologics and small molecules that are FDA-approved for adult populations. The primary analyses in each cohort will compare the two most frequently used classes, with all IL-23 agents analyzed as a single class. Secondary comparisons will be conducted for any classes initiated by at least 50 participants. The investigators will also perform a retrospective cohort study using EHR data extracted from participating sites.

IL-23 agents could be any of the following medications:

* Vedolizumab (trade name Entyvio™)
* Ustekinumab (trade name Stelara™)
* Risankizumab (trade name Skyrizi™)
* Guselkumab (trade name Tremfya™)
* Mirikizumab (trade name Omvoh™)
* Tofacitinib (trade name Xeljanz™)
* Upadacitinib (trade name Rinvoq™)

While taking these medications, participants (or parent/caregiver proxies) will complete patient-reported outcome surveys (PROS) at baseline, every 2 months for the first 12 months, and every 6 months during the 2nd and 3rd years of follow-up. The surveys will collect information about the participants' general health and well-being while taking these medications.

Clinical follow-up will occur in the context of routine care (e.g., clinic visits, telehealth encounters) for a minimum of 1-year and up to 3 years after the index date, regardless of whether the participant remains on the index treatment. The study anticipates relatively standard follow-up for each participant, based on best clinical practice, while allowing for natural variation.

The study will collect data abstracted from the medical charts of enrolled participants. Baseline data, including potential confounders described in the statistical analysis plan, will be collected by sites upon participant enrollment or shortly thereafter. Follow-up data will be collected with each outpatient gastrointestinal (GI) visit, hospitalization, surgery, colonoscopy, imaging test (MRI, CT, intestinal ultrasound), laboratory test (unless electronically captured), IBD medication change, and adverse events.

In addition, structured electronic health record (EHR) data on enrolled participants will be extracted using automated queries utilizing the PCORnet® PCORnet Common Data Model (CDM) to supplement case report forms. EHR data extraction will include laboratory values, anthropometrics, emergency department (ED) visits (and diagnosis codes), hospitalizations (and diagnosis codes), antibiotic/antiviral prescriptions, encounter dates, and diagnosis codes for events of special interest (e.g., infections, malignancy, blood clots).

The study will collect and record adverse events from participants and their caregivers, as well as via regular EHR queries using the PCORnet® CDM.

Prospective enrollment is expected to take approximately 36 months with a minimum follow-up of 12 months for each participant (maximum of 36 months).

Conditions

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Ulcerative Colitis, Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases Crohn Disease

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

OTHER

Study Groups

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Children with Crohn's disease (CD)

Pediatric CD patients initiating non-anti-TNF biologics and small molecules that are FDA-approved for adult populations

No interventions assigned to this group

Children with Ulcerative Colitis (UC)

Pediatric UC patients initiating non-anti-TNF biologics and small molecules that are FDA-approved for adult populations

No interventions assigned to this group

Retrospective Safety Analysis

Retrospective cohort focused on the long-term safety of non-anti-TNF biologics and small molecules that are FDA-approved for adult populations in for CD and or UC. Electronic health record (EHR) data (retrospective cohort) will be collected from medical charts and EHRs at participating institutions.

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Age \< 18 years at study enrollment
* Diagnosis of CD, UC, or IBD-U by standard diagnostic criteria
* Prior non-response or loss of response to one or more anti-TNF agents
* Planning to initiate treatment with any of the following comparator agents: vedolizumab (α4β7 integrin antibody), ustekinumab (anti-IL-12/23 antibody), risankizumab, guselkumab, or mirikizumab, (IL-23 inhibitors), tofacitinib (JAK inhibitor), and upadacitinib (JAK inhibitor). Biosimilars or generic medications for any of the above will also be allowed and handled/analyzed in an identical manner to originators.
* Ability to provide child assent, if required per regulatory or local institutional guidelines, and parental informed consent in English or Spanish

Exclusion Criteria

* Plans to change care to a different center within 1 year
* Prior use of a comparator agent (i.e., only patients starting their first comparator medication as monotherapy following anti-TNF will be eligible)
* Contraindication to any of the treatments under investigation
* Patients with UC or IBD-U who have undergone colectomy
* Patients with current ostomy
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Year

Maximum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

Duke Clinical Research Institute

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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Michael D Kappelman, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Universty of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Locations

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Duke Health System

Durham, North Carolina, United States

Site Status

Countries

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United States

Central Contacts

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Duke Clinical Research Institute COMPARE Call Center

Role: CONTACT

833-850-2848

Facility Contacts

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Ajay Gulati, MD

Role: primary

919-962-9900

Annette Babu

Role: primary

919-681-8739

Other Identifiers

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Pro00118431

Identifier Type: OTHER

Identifier Source: secondary_id

25-2019

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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