The Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen-assisted Treatment for ASUC and Refractory IBD

NCT ID: NCT07257588

Last Updated: 2025-12-02

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

ENROLLING_BY_INVITATION

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

44 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2024-09-30

Study Completion Date

2025-12-31

Brief Summary

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The Department of Gastroenterology plans to conduct a randomized controlled study on the efficacy analysis of hyperbaric oxygen-assisted treatment for acute severe ulcerative colitis and refractory inflammatory bowel disease. The research design is a randomized, controlled study. The objective is to compare the clinical remission rate, clinical response rate, endoscopic remission rate, and endoscopic response rate between patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) and refractory inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as an adjuvant and those treated with standard treatment regimens. This study aims to provide clear evidence for the use of HBOT as an adjuvant treatment for ASUC and refractory IBD.

Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Ulcerative Colitis

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

TREATMENT

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Heperbaric oxygen-assisted Treatment

During the 7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was also provided. The procedure was as follows:

1. Pressurization: It took 25 minutes to increase the pressure from 1ATA to 2.5ATA (without oxygen inhalation)
2. Stabilization: A total of 80 minutes (30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 10 minutes of oxygen inhalation)
3. Decompression: 25 minutes (the first 18 minutes continued oxygen inhalation, and then 7 minutes of oxygen inhalation was stopped)

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate

Intervention Type DRUG

7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

1. Pressurization: It took 25 minutes to increase the pressure from 1ATA to 2.5ATA (without oxygen inhalation)
2. Stabilization: A total of 80 minutes (30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 10 minutes of oxygen inhalation)
3. Decompression: 25 minutes (the first 18 minutes continued oxygen inhalation, and then 7 minutes of oxygen inhalation was stopped)

Control Treatment

the 7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day

Group Type OTHER

Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate

Intervention Type DRUG

7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day

Interventions

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Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate

7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day

Intervention Type DRUG

Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy

1. Pressurization: It took 25 minutes to increase the pressure from 1ATA to 2.5ATA (without oxygen inhalation)
2. Stabilization: A total of 80 minutes (30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 10 minutes of oxygen inhalation)
3. Decompression: 25 minutes (the first 18 minutes continued oxygen inhalation, and then 7 minutes of oxygen inhalation was stopped)

Intervention Type PROCEDURE

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* According to the diagnostic criteria for ulcerative colitis in the 2018 national consensus opinion on the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, it was confirmed as ulcerative colitis;
* According to the Truelove-witts standard, it was diagnosed as acute severe ulcerative colitis: the frequency of bloody stools per day is 6 times or more, and at the same time, one of the following systemic toxic manifestations is present: heart rate of 90 bpm, body temperature greater than 37.8℃, hemoglobin less than 105g/L, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate greater than 30mm/h;
* Age ≥ 18 years old;
* Patients who can and are willing to comply with the research protocol can provide a signed and dated written informed consent form.

Exclusion Criteria

* Patients who may require immediate surgical treatment;
* Pregnant or lactating mothers;
* Patients with a score of ≥6 years old (TMM30/40/50) and \<6 points in the measurement of the Eustachian tube;
* Patients with a lung bulla larger than 2 cm at the lung apex or near the pleura in the chest plain scan;
* Patients with severe liver or kidney dysfunction, heart failure or other serious systemic diseases;
* Any situation that hinders the completion of the study or interferes with the analysis of the research results, including a history of drug or alcohol abuse, a smoker who has not quit, patients with mental illness or poor compliance, those with clear immune system (including HIV infection), blood system or tumor-related diseases;
* Patients who have withdrawn their informed consent;
* Patients who have participated in other clinical trials within 3 months before screening.
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jie Liang

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Locations

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Xijing hospital of digestive diseases

Xi'an, Shaanxi, China

Site Status

Countries

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China

References

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Singh AK, Jha DK, Jena A, Kumar-M P, Sebastian S, Sharma V. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Dec 1;33(1S Suppl 1):e564-e573. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002164.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33905214 (View on PubMed)

Glover LE, Colgan SP. Hypoxia and metabolic factors that influence inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis. Gastroenterology. 2011 May;140(6):1748-55. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.01.056.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 21530741 (View on PubMed)

Yamashita M, Yamashita M. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment attenuates cytokine induction after massive hemorrhage. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2000 May;278(5):E811-6. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.5.E811.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 10780936 (View on PubMed)

Wang Y, Chen D, Chen G. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy applied research in traumatic brain injury: from mechanisms to clinical investigation. Med Gas Res. 2014 Dec 4;4:18. doi: 10.1186/2045-9912-4-18. eCollection 2014.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 25905012 (View on PubMed)

Memar MY, Yekani M, Alizadeh N, Baghi HB. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Antimicrobial mechanisms and clinical application for infections. Biomed Pharmacother. 2019 Jan;109:440-447. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.10.142. Epub 2018 Nov 3.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 30399579 (View on PubMed)

Chen L, Wang Y, Zhou H, Liang Y, Zhu F, Zhou G. The new insights of hyperbaric oxygen therapy: focus on inflammatory bowel disease. Precis Clin Med. 2024 Jan 18;7(1):pbae001. doi: 10.1093/pcmedi/pbae001. eCollection 2024 Mar.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 38344218 (View on PubMed)

Parigi TL, D'Amico F, Abreu MT, Dignass A, Dotan I, Magro F, Griffiths AM, Jairath V, Iacucci M, Mantzaris GJ, O'Morain C, Reinisch W, Sachar DB, Turner D, Yamamoto T, Rubin DT, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Ghosh S, Danese S. Difficult-to-treat inflammatory bowel disease: results from an international consensus meeting. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Sep;8(9):853-859. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00154-1. Epub 2023 Jul 6.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
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De Cristofaro E, Salvatori S, Marafini I, Zorzi F, Alfieri N, Musumeci M, Calabrese E, Monteleone G. Long-Term Risk of Colectomy in Patients with Severe Ulcerative Colitis Responding to Intravenous Corticosteroids or Infliximab. J Clin Med. 2022 Mar 18;11(6):1679. doi: 10.3390/jcm11061679.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 35330005 (View on PubMed)

TRUELOVE SC, WITTS LJ. Cortisone in ulcerative colitis; final report on a therapeutic trial. Br Med J. 1955 Oct 29;2(4947):1041-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4947.1041. No abstract available.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 13260656 (View on PubMed)

Gupta V, Mohsen W, Chapman TP, Satsangi J. Predicting Outcome in Acute Severe Colitis-Controversies in Clinical Practice in 2021. J Crohns Colitis. 2021 Jul 5;15(7):1211-1221. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa265.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 33388777 (View on PubMed)

Wehkamp J, Gotz M, Herrlinger K, Steurer W, Stange EF. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2016 Feb 5;113(5):72-82. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0072.

Reference Type BACKGROUND
PMID: 26900160 (View on PubMed)

Dulai PS, Buckey JC Jr, Raffals LE, Swoger JM, Claus PL, O'Toole K, Ptak JA, Gleeson MW, Widjaja CE, Chang JT, Adler JM, Patel N, Skinner LA, Haren SP, Goldby-Reffner K, Thompson KD, Siegel CA. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is well tolerated and effective for ulcerative colitis patients hospitalized for moderate-severe flares: a phase 2A pilot multi-center, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 Oct;113(10):1516-1523. doi: 10.1038/s41395-018-0005-z. Epub 2018 Feb 16.

Reference Type RESULT
PMID: 29453383 (View on PubMed)

Other Identifiers

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XJS20242001-C-1

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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