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Crohn's DiseaseMA-51NCT00487396

Evaluation of Capsule Endoscopy in Patients With Suspected Crohn's Disease

A study testing Capsule Endoscopy in people with Crohn's Disease, run by Medtronic - MITG at 11 sites in 4 countries.

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Finished. The study has ended and is not enrolling. Results may be posted on the official record.

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Trial summary

The aim of this study is to validate the ability of Capsule Endoscopy (CE) to accurately diagnose small bowel (SB) Crohns disease in patients with symptoms of abdominal pain and diarrhea. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 10 to 65 years
Conditions the study is for
Crohn's Disease
What is being tested?
Capsule Endoscopy
How many people
98 participants
Where
11 sitesin 4 countries
Study dates
Sep 2007to Nov 2010
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Yes, posted in the registrySummary in the doctors' view

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 10 to 65 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • Patients ages 10-65 years, inclusive
  • Patient suffers from either
  • diarrhea for more than 6 weeks and less than 3 years and/or
  • abdominal pain for more than 6 weeks and less than 3 years and/or
  • extra-luminal manifestations of IBD including: erythema nodosum, pyoderma gangrenosum, arthritis, peri-anal disease, uveitis, aphthous stomatitis
  • Patient suffers from at least one of the symptoms / lab abnormalities listed below:
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  • Positive inflammatory marker (ESR, CRP, thrombocytosis, leukocytosis, fecal lactoferrin, fecal alpha-1 antitrypsin) within 3 months prior to enrollment
  • Unexplained anemia (less than normal limits) within 3 months prior to enrollment
  • Hypoalbuminemia (<3.5 g/dl) within 3 months of enrollment
  • Positive ASCA within 3 months of enrollment
  • Abnormal white blood cell scan with in 3 months of enrollment
  • Stool negative for O\&P (C\&S) within 3 months of enrollment
  • Recurrent Fevers
  • Unexplained weight loss, failure to thrive in children
  • Gastro-intestinal bleeding including melena and/or hematochezia and/or FOBT positive.
  • Chronic perianal disease (fistula, fissure, peri-rectal abscess)
  • Abnormal small bowel SBFT and/or enteroclysis and/or abdominal CT not conclusively diagnostic for IBD
  • Patient is indicated for Ileo-Colonoscopy
  • Patient or legal guardian agrees to sign consent form

Who cannot join

  • Indeterminate Colitis where the purpose is only to make a definitive diagnosis and where the inclusion criteria are not otherwise met
  • Known intestinal obstruction or current obstructive symptoms, such as severe abdominal pain with accompanying nausea or vomiting.
  • Definite long stricture seen on radiological exam.
  • Suspected GI stricture, followed by agile™ study that could not prove patency of the GI tract.
  • Known history of small bowel Crohn's Disease
  • Current treatment for active IBD
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  • Positive Anti-tTG or anti-endomysial antibody
  • Any of the following work-up within 1 year of study entry: Capsule Endoscopy, Colonoscopy and Upper GI/SBFT.
  • Non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs including Aspirin, (twice weekly or more) during the 4 weeks preceding enrollment
  • Patient is pregnant

Trial locations and contacts

11 sites in 4 countries.

11 sites in 4 countries

United States8 sites
  • Atlanta Gastroenterology

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342

  • Stan Cohen

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342

  • John Hopkins - Department of Medicine

    Baltimore, Maryland, 21287

  • Private Practice

    New York, New York, 10128

  • Thomas Jefferson University

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19107

  • Minnesota Gastroenterology Associates

    Plymouth, Minnesota, 55446

  • Mayo Clinic Arizona

    Scottsdale, Arizona, 10128

  • UMass Memorial Medical Center

    Worcester, Massachusetts, 01612

Other trials in United States

Canada1 site
  • McGill University Health Center

    Montreal, Quebec, H3G 1A4

Other trials in Canada

Israel1 site
  • Rambam Medical Center

    Haifa, 31096

Other trials in Israel

Sweden1 site
  • Malmo University Hospital UMAS

    Malmö, 20502

Other trials in Sweden

About this study

The aim of this study is to validate the ability of Capsule Endoscopy (CE) to accurately diagnose small bowel (SB) Crohns disease in patients with symptoms of abdominal pain and diarrhea.

The primary objective of the study is to evaluate whether Capsule Endoscopy prior to colonoscopy will improve diagnosis in patients with suspected Crohns disease when compared to standard diagnostic testing.

Read the detailed description

Crohn's disease is a chronic, inflammatory disorder (IBD) affecting any part of the gastrointestinal tract but frequently involves the small and large bowel. Typical presenting symptoms include abdominal pain and diarrhea. Patients with this disorder may also have extraintestinal manifestations including arthritis, uveitis and aphthous stomatitis, erythema nodosum and pyoderma gangrenosum. The etiology of Crohn's disease is unknown. It affects populations around the globe and occurs at any age but it has a predilection to affect those between the ages of 15 and 35.

While about one half of patients have involvement of the ileum and large bowel, another third have disease isolated to the small bowel. Frequently, small bowel Crohn's disease can be difficult to diagnose using the traditional methods of evaluation including colonoscopy with ileoscopy and contrast radiography. Mucosal features of Crohn's disease are often subtle and difficult to identify by small bowel follow through (SBFT). The SBFT has traditionally been relied on to evaluate the small intestine for evidence of Crohn's disease but it has been shown to have a relatively low accuracy of only 30%. This has led to delays in the diagnosis of Crohn's disease with reports ranging from one to three years.

In the past few years, capsule endoscopy has sparked renewed interest in the investigation of IBD and Crohn's disease of the small bowel. A PillCam™ SB2 capsule (Given Imaging Ltd, Yoqneam, Israel) is an ingestible, disposable video camera that transmits high quality images of the small intestinal mucosa. This enables the small intestine to be readily accessible to physicians investigating for the presence of small bowel disorders which in the past was inaccessible to physicians. A number of small pilot studies demonstrated capsule endoscopy efficacy in diagnosing SB Crohn's disease. Diagnostic yields of 70% have been reported in small series of studies performed in suspected small bowel Crohn's disease.

This study is designed to determine the yield and clinical impact of Capsule Endoscopy (CE) in detecting suspected IBD and suspected Crohn's Disease of the small bowel when compared to SBFT.

Conditions
Crohn's Disease
Being tested
Capsule Endoscopy
Keywords
capsule endoscopy, Crohn's disease, small bowel disease, inflammatory bowel disease, Patients with suspected small bowel Crohn's disease
Medical subject headings
Crohn Disease, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Capsule EndoscopyDevice

    Pillcam Platform with RAPID5 software and supporting SB2 capsules

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Diagnostic Yield in Suspected Crohn's Patients (CE Prior to IC vs. IC and SBFT)

    To evaluate whether capsule endoscopy (CE) prior to ileocolonoscopy (IC) improves the diagnostic yield in patients with suspected Crohn's disease when compared to IC and SBFT. McNemar test was preformed in order to evaluate the diagnostic yield of IC combined with CE as compared to the diagnostic yield of IC combined with SBFT.

    Measured: four months from enrollment

Secondary outcomes (2)
  1. Diagnostic Yield (CE vs. SBFT)

    McNemar test was preformed in order to evaluate the diagnostic yield of PillCam SB (CE) as compared to the diagnostic yield of small bowel follow through (SBFT).

    Measured: four months from enrollment

  2. Diagnostic Yield (CE vs. IC)

    McNemar test was preformed in order to evaluate the diagnostic yield of PillCam SB (CE) as compared to the diagnostic yield of ileocolonoscopy (IC).

    Measured: four months from enrollment

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted18 Jun 2007 (estimated)
  2. Study startSep 2007
  3. Primary completionOct 2010
  4. Study completionNov 2010

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Diagnosis
Allocation
Non-randomised
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
Single blind
Who is masked
Investigator
Enrolment
98 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT00487396
Sponsor's protocol ID
MA-51
Acronym
MA-51
Status last verified
Sep 2020
First submitted
14 Jun 2007
Last updated
22 Oct 2020
Data monitoring committee
No

Publications

  • Leighton JA, Gralnek IM, Cohen SA, Toth E, Cave DR, Wolf DC, Mullin GE, Ketover SR, Legnani PE, Seidman EG, Crowell MD, Bergwerk AJ, Peled R, Eliakim R. Capsule endoscopy is superior to small-bowel follow-through and equivalent to ileocolonoscopy in suspected Crohn's disease. Clin Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2014 Apr;12(4):609-15. doi: 10.1016/j.cgh.2013.09.028. Epub 2013 Sep 27.

    PubMed 24075891

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Capsule Endoscopy in people with Crohn's Disease, run by Medtronic - MITG at 11 sites in 4 countries.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 19 inclusion and 10 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: finished, as of the sponsor's last update on 22 Oct 2020. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 11 sites in United States, Canada, Israel, Sweden. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

Yes. Results are posted in the registry (first posted 16 May 2012). A summary is in the For doctors view, and the full results are on ClinicalTrials.gov.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Diagnostic Yield in Suspected Crohn's Patients (CE Prior to IC vs. IC and SBFT) (time frame: four months from enrollment). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT00487396, which also lists 1 linked publication.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 22 Oct 2020.

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