Crohn's DiseaseMaRCH-onNCT02709694
Imaging Biomarkers in Crohn's Associated Spondyloarthritis
An observational study of Crohn's Disease and Spondyloarthritis, run by Hospital for Special Surgery, New York at 1 site in United States.
Trial summary
In patients with Crohn's Disease, symptoms of inflammatory back pain (IBP) precede changes on plain X-rays by years, and MRI changes of axial inflammation precede development of X-ray changes. Read more about this study
- Who is it for?
- Ages 18 years and older
- Conditions the study is for
- Crohn's Disease, Spondyloarthritis
- How many people
- 33 participants
- Where
- 1 siteUnited States
- Study dates
- Apr 2016to Jan 2021
- Phase
- Observational
- 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 18 years and older
- All sexes
- No healthy volunteers
- Adult, Older adult
Study population: Patients will biopsy proven Crohn's disease will be enrolled for the study. 50% (15 patients) will have symptoms of inflammatory back pain and 50% will not.
Who may be able to join
- Patients with biopsy proven Crohn's Disease
- 50% patients with inflammatory back pain and 50% without inflammatory back pain.
- Age 18 years and above
- English Speaking patients only
Who cannot join
- History of psoriasis, other inflammatory arthritis
- No exposure to biologic agent within the past six months (except Vedolizumab, which exerts its effect locally)
- 2. Contraindication to MRI
- 3. History of malignancy <5 years in remission, (except for non-melanomatous skin cancer).
- 4. Non English speaking
- 5. Unable to comply with study protocol.
- 6. Critically or terminally ill patients
- 7. Pregnancy
Trial locations and contacts
1 site in 1 country.
United States1 site
Hospital for Special Surgery
New York, New York, 10021
About this study
In patients with Crohn's Disease, symptoms of inflammatory back pain (IBP) precede changes on plain X-rays by years, and MRI changes of axial inflammation precede development of X-ray changes. Sacroiliitis on MRI without x-ray changes (i.e.Non radiographic SpA) is a valid diagnostic criterion for Spondyloarthritis (SpA) and leads to earlier diagnosis of SpA in patients with IBP. It is unclear when MRI changes occur, and if they precede clinical symptoms of IBP. There are reports of asymptomatic sacroiliitis noted on MRI in Crohn's patients. This is important, as MRI evidence of inflammation may be the first sign of incipient SpA. Inflammation in other regions of the axial skeleton in SpA patients has also been documented, but its significance is unknown. The prospect of undiagnosed and untreated inflammation is concerning, as it can lead to significant morbidity. Moreover, relationship between MRI evidence of axial inflammation-likely a proxy for systemic inflammation- and patient reported outcomes (e.g. ASDAS-CRP= Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score- C reactive protein, BASDAI= Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, SF-12 = Short Form- 12, HBI= Hervey Bradshaw Index and PROMIS-29= Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System-29), has not been reported. Recent unpublished data from Dr. Longman's lab (collaborator) suggest a distinct intestinal dysbiosis in Crohn's associated SpA. But relationship between this microbiome and MRI changes is yet to be determined.
Identifying inflammation earlier on MRI- in the absence of clinical symptoms will provide an opportunity to intervene early with available therapies, such as- biologics etc. Asymptomatic MRI changes could be a marker of underlying systemic inflammation- which is a risk factor for poor outcomes in Crohn's associated SpA. Studying association between whole spine MRI changes with patient reported outcomes) may facilitate informed clinical decision making to initiate targeted therapy to prevent progression of structural damage. Understanding microbial dysregulation in this population, and correlation with MRI changes, could lead to development of therapy targeted to restore intestinal symbiosis.
Read the detailed description
IMAGING AND CROHN'S ASSOCIATED SpA: Crohn's disease (CD) is the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It affects an estimated 0.7 million patients in United States and is responsible for 0.2 million hospitalizations each year.1 Although the gastrointestinal tract is the primary site of inflammation, inflammatory arthritis (both peripheral and axial) can affect between 12.8-23% of patients with Crohn's Disease2,3, and axial SpA alone has been reported to effect 6.7% to 18% of Crohn's patients.4 However, in 2 recent studies5,6, radiological sacroiliitis was reported to be present in 27% and 52% in IBD patients. MRI changes of inflammation precede radiological sacroiliitis by years but it is not clear when this occurs. Presence of damage on x-ray in asymptomatic patients may suggest that Crohn's associated axial SpA could be underdiagnosed. Since Crohn's associated SpA often affects younger patients, undertreatment or missed diagnoses could have a significant impact on health related quality of life (HR-QoL) and disability during prime wage earning and child rearing years.7
"Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis" is a term used to describe patients with symptomatic SpA who do not have findings on plain x-rays. These patients can have identical symptoms to those with radiographic evidence of cartilage loss and erosions, and anti-TNF (anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor) therapy has been shown to be effective in those with non-radiographic SpA.8 These patients are a clinically relevant subgroup, as 20% of patients with only MRI evidence of sacroiliitis will progress to non-reversible radiographic SpA over two years.9 Therefore, MRI evidence of sacroiliitis, in conjunction with inflammatory back pain is now sufficient to diagnosis SpA. In fact, MRI imaging is a standard component of current SpA diagnostic criteria, (ASAS: Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society),10 and MRI changes of sacroiliitis are routinely used to identify SpA patients for clinical trials.11
However, despite these new definitions there is a deficiency of published research evaluating the clinical significance of MRI findings in patients with Crohn's disease. Of all the SpA-associated diseases, Crohn's-associated SpA has a particularly high burden of extra-articular inflammation. Studies suggest only half to two thirds of patients with CT or MRI evidence of inflammation have symptoms of inflammatory back pain.1,12 This suggests that in Crohn's disease, MRI imaging biomarkers may be identifying early disease, analogous to the way that ultrasound can identify subclinical rheumatoid arthritis.13 We therefore hypothesize that in a mixed cohort of Crohn's patients with and without inflammatory back pain, MRI imaging biomarkers will correlate with measures of health status which reflect systemic inflammatory burden, (i.e. BASDAI, SF-12) independent of symptoms of inflammatory back pain.
MRI IMAGING BIOMARKERS: A POTENTIAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR? The observed discordance between axial inflammation seen on MRI and inflammatory back pain raises a particularly intriguing clinical question: could Crohn's patients with imaging evidence of axial inflammation but without axial symptoms potentially benefit from therapy?
It is very well established that in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, systemic inflammation is associated with myocardial infarction, stroke and death, and that treating inflammation improves cardiovascular outcomes.14,15.
Recent population based study from Europe and Canada showed increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.16,17 Despite clear evidence that cardiovascular risk is increased in SpA, how to quantify the increased risk is not straightforward. There is no consistently reliable marker of systemic inflammation in these patients; sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) may not always reflect ongoing inflammation, especially in patients with non-radiographic axial SpA9. Therefore, accurately measuring the inflammatory burden in Crohn's patients, regardless of musculoskeletal symptoms, is an important area for future research. Initiation of earlier targeted therapy to decrease inflammation may not only prevent incident Crohn's associated SpA, progression of prevalent SpA, with concurrent improvements in HRQoL, but may also improve cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
In addition, although sacroiliitis is the primary axial feature in SpA, there is increasing evidence that there can also be spinal involvement even in the absence of SI joint inflammation. Recent studies suggest that spinal inflammation can occur in up to one-third of nonradiographic SpA patients with <5 years of disease duration.18 This could be an important early imaging inflammatory biomarker. To our knowledge there are no published studies evaluating spinal and SI joint MRI imaging biomarkers in Crohn's associated SpA.
THE MICROBIOME: A CORRELATE OF INFLAMMATION IN CROHN'S DISEASE? The etiopathogenesis of Crohn's Disease-associated SpA remains a puzzle. As with other autoimmune diseases, interplay between genetic factors such as HLA B27 (Human Leukocyte Antigen- B27) and environmental factors likely play a role. The joint symptoms of SpA are not consistently correlated with bowel disease flares.19 Intestinal microbiota plays a critical role in evolution of our entire immune system, since axenic laboratory animals (germfree animals raised in sterile environment) were noted to have partial restoration of T cell population when these animals are colonized with filamentous bacteria. A symbiotic relationship between the main bacterial phyla is necessary for proper functioning of immune system, since notable alterations in the intestinal microbiome (i.e. dysbiosis) have been suggested in various autoimmune diseases. Reduction in taxa-diversity (such as, enterobacteriaceae, Bacteroidales and Clostridiales) and expansion of certain phyla in the intestine have been recently reported in a large cohort of new onset treatment-naïve Crohn's disease (CD) patients.20 In addition, Dr. Longman's lab has shown that the expansion of immunologically relevant Enterobacteriaceae correlates with Crohn's related SpA among a mixed group of patients with Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, (in press). However, while these are exciting data, SpA cases were identified using a non-validated clinical diagnosis, without systematic rheumatology evaluation and no imaging studies. This will be first study evaluating the microbiome in a carefully phenotyped cohort of Crohn's associated SpA, who will also have detailed MRI imaging.
- Conditions
- Crohn's Disease, Spondyloarthritis
- Being tested
- No intervention
- Medical subject headings
- Crohn Disease, Spondylarthritis
What participants receive
What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.
No interventionOther
No drug or device intervention. However, participants will receive MRI of their spine, answer questionnaires, provide clinical history as well as blood and stool sample. Joint exams will also be performed on all participants.
What is being measured
The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- Global Assessment Positive
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. MRI was considered "positive" for presence of sacroiliitis if it met global evaluation, based on the reader's overall evaluation of presence or absence of sacroiliitis by taking into account the contextual signature of both active and structural SIJ lesions. For analysis, MRI positivity for sacroiliitis was defined based on majority-of-readers agreement (≥2 out of 3).
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- ASAS Positive
Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society. Subjects are positive if they fulfill 4 out of following 5 back pain parameters: onset of symptoms <40 years of age, insidious onset of pain, nocturnal pain, improvement with exercise and no improvement with rest.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- SPACE Positive
SpondyloArthritis Caught Early. Positivity based on presence of erosions and fat metaplasia.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- Morpho Positive
Positivity based on presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and/or erosion.
Measured: one study visit
Secondary outcomes (43)
Number of Participants With Axial Spondyloarthritis Based on European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group (ESSG) Guidelines
Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society criteria was utilized to define inflammatory back pain.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With Current Peripheral Arthritis
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With a History of Peripheral Arthritis
Measured: one study visit
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI)
Minimum 0. Maximum 10. A score of 0 = none (no symptoms), and a score of 10 = very severe symptoms.
Measured: one study visit
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI)
The scale of the BASMI ranges from 0 to 10, where 0 is no mobility limitation and 10 is a very severe limitation.
Measured: one study visit
Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index C-reactive Protein (ASDAS-CRP)
Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index C-reactive protein. Higher score indicates worse symptoms. ASDAS-CRP = 0.12 x Back Pain + 0.06 x Duration of Morning Stiffness + 0.11 x Patient Global + 0.07 x Peripheral Pain/Swelling + 0.58 x Ln(CRP+1)
Measured: one study visit
CRP (C-reactive Protein)
Peripheral blood was collected for measurement of CRP.
Measured: one study visit
Duration of Crohn's Disease for Participants
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants Using Vedolizumab for Crohn's Disease
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With a Past History of Biologic Use for Crohn's Disease
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants Who Have Had Surgery Related to Crohn's Disease
Measured: one study visit
Crohn's Disease Activity (Harvey Bradshaw Index (HBI) Score)
HBI consists of five parameters, which are all clinical. These parameters are: patient well-being (previous day). abdominal pain (previous day), number of liquid or soft stools (previous day), abdominal mass, and complications.
Patient well-being is scored with: 0 = very well, 1 = slightly below par, 2 = poor, 3 = very poor, 4 = terrible.
Abdominal pain is scored as: 0 = none, 1 = mild, 2 = moderate, 3 = severe. Abdominal mass is scored as: 0 = none, 1 = dubious, 2 = definite, 3 = definite and tender.
Complications can be answered with "No" (0 points) or by choosing from a list, with each selection being 1 point. The list is: arthralgia, uveitis, erythema nodosum, aphthous ulcer, pyoderma gangrenosum, anal fissures, appearance of a new fistula, abscess.
Calculation formula: sum of the scores of all 5 parameters. < 5 remission 5 - 7 mild activity 8 - 16 moderate activity > 16 severe activity
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With Inflammatory Back Pain
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With Current Enthesitis
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With a History of Uveitis
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With a History of Dactylitis
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With HLA-B27 (Human Leukocyte Antigen B-27)
Measured: one study visit
Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index C-reactive Protein (ASDAS-CRP)
A higher score indicates worse symptoms. ASDAS-CRP = 0.12 x Back Pain + 0.06 x Duration of Morning Stiffness + 0.11 x Patient Global + 0.07 x Peripheral Pain/Swelling + 0.58 x Ln(CRP+1)
Measured: one study visit
Duration of Crohn's Disease
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With a Prior History of Biologic Use for Crohn's Disease
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 2
Concentration of IL-2 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 4
Concentration of IL-4 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 5
Concentration of IL-5 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 6
Concentration of IL-6 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 9
Concentration of IL-9 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 10
Concentration of IL-10 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 13
Concentration of IL-13 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 12-23
Concentration of IL 12-23 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 17A
Concentration of IL-17A in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 17F
Concentration of IL-17F in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 21
Concentration of IL-21 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interleukin 22
Concentration of IL-22 in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Interferon-γ
Concentration of INFγ in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
TNF-α (Tumor Necrosis Factor)
Concentration of TNF-α in peripheral blood of participants.
Measured: one study visit
Mean Number of Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions for Each Participant
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant.
Measured: one study visit
Median Number of Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions for Each Participant
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥1 Quadrant Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant. A quadrant is deemed affected if concordantly reported by ≥ 2/3 readers.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥2 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant. A quadrant is deemed affected if concordantly reported by ≥ 2/3 readers.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥3 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant. A quadrant is deemed affected if concordantly reported by ≥ 2/3 readers.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥4 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant. A quadrant is deemed affected if concordantly reported by ≥ 2/3 readers.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥6 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant. A quadrant is deemed affected if concordantly reported by ≥ 2/3 readers.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥5 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant. A quadrant is deemed affected if concordantly reported by ≥ 2/3 readers.
Measured: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥7 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. Readers determined whether BME and the structural lesions were present in each of the quadrants for each participant. There are 2 sacroiliac joints and 4 quadrants for each joint, for a total of 8 quadrants for each participant. A quadrant is deemed affected if concordantly reported by ≥ 2/3 readers.
Measured: one study visit
Timeline
From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.
- First posted16 Mar 2016 (estimated)
- Study startApr 2016
- Primary completionJan 2019
- Study completionJan 2021
Resources
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govThe registry entry this page is built from, with its full change history.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, outcome measures and adverse events reported by the sponsor.
- Publications (20)Papers the sponsor has linked to this study.
- Other trials for Crohn's DiseaseStudies of the same condition, open and under way.
- More trials run by Hospital for Special Surgery, New YorkThe sponsor's other registered studies.
- What the trial phases meanHow a treatment moves from first tests in people to approval.
More details
For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.
Study design
- Study type
- Observational
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
- Enrolment
- 33 participants (actual)
Sponsor and investigators
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
- Sponsor type
- University, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Responsible party
- Sponsor
- Investigators
- Lisa Mandl, MD MPH, Principal investigator, Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
IDs, dates and publications
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02709694
- Sponsor's protocol ID
- 2015-491
- Acronym
- MaRCH-on
- Status last verified
- Sep 2021
- First submitted
- 24 Feb 2016
- Last updated
- 25 Oct 2021
- Results posted
- Yes, on ClinicalTrials.gov
- Data monitoring committee
- No
- Individual data sharing
- Undecided
Publications
Lichtenstein GR, Yan S, Bala M, Blank M, Sands BE. Infliximab maintenance treatment reduces hospitalizations, surgeries, and procedures in fistulizing Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr;128(4):862-9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.01.048.
PubMed 15825070Bernstein CN, Blanchard JF, Rawsthorne P, Yu N. The prevalence of extraintestinal diseases in inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Apr;96(4):1116-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.03756.x.
PubMed 11316157Dekker-Saeys BJ, Meuwissen SG, Van Den Berg-Loonen EM, De Haas WH, Agenant D, Tytgat GN. Ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory bowel disease. II. Prevalence of peripheral arthritis, sacroiliitis, and ankylosing spondylitis in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. Ann Rheum Dis. 1978 Feb;37(1):33-5. doi: 10.1136/ard.37.1.33.
PubMed 629601Shivashankar R, Loftus EV Jr, Tremaine WJ, Bongartz T, Harmsen WS, Zinsmeister AR, Matteson EL. Incidence of spondyloarthropathy in patients with Crohn's disease: a population-based study. J Rheumatol. 2012 Nov;39(11):2148-52. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.120321. Epub 2012 Sep 15.
PubMed 22984277Bandinelli F, Terenzi R, Giovannini L, Milla M, Genise S, Bagnoli S, Biagini S, Annese V, Matucci-Cerinic M. Occult radiological sacroiliac abnormalities in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who do not present signs or symptoms of axial spondylitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014 Nov-Dec;32(6):949-52. Epub 2014 Aug 15.
PubMed 25152017Subramaniam K, Tymms K, Shadbolt B, Pavli P. Spondyloarthropathy in inflammatory bowel disease patients on TNF inhibitors. Intern Med J. 2015 Nov;45(11):1154-60. doi: 10.1111/imj.12891.
PubMed 26337851Boonen A, Sieper J, van der Heijde D, Dougados M, Bukowski JF, Valluri S, Vlahos B, Kotak S. The burden of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2015 Apr;44(5):556-562. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.10.009. Epub 2014 Oct 22.
PubMed 25532945Sieper J, van der Heijde D, Dougados M, Mease PJ, Maksymowych WP, Brown MA, Arora V, Pangan AL. Efficacy and safety of adalimumab in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: results of a randomised placebo-controlled trial (ABILITY-1). Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Jun;72(6):815-22. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201766. Epub 2012 Jul 7.
PubMed 22772328Sieper J, van der Heijde D. Review: Nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis: new definition of an old disease? Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Mar;65(3):543-51. doi: 10.1002/art.37803. No abstract available.
PubMed 23233285Sieper J, Rudwaleit M, Baraliakos X, Brandt J, Braun J, Burgos-Vargas R, Dougados M, Hermann KG, Landewe R, Maksymowych W, van der Heijde D. The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) handbook: a guide to assess spondyloarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jun;68 Suppl 2:ii1-44. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.104018.
PubMed 19433414Sieper J, van der Heijde D, Landewe R, Brandt J, Burgos-Vagas R, Collantes-Estevez E, Dijkmans B, Dougados M, Khan MA, Leirisalo-Repo M, van der Linden S, Maksymowych WP, Mielants H, Olivieri I, Rudwaleit M. New criteria for inflammatory back pain in patients with chronic back pain: a real patient exercise by experts from the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS). Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jun;68(6):784-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.101501. Epub 2009 Jan 15.
PubMed 19147614Steer S, Jones H, Hibbert J, Kondeatis E, Vaughan R, Sanderson J, Gibson T. Low back pain, sacroiliitis, and the relationship with HLA-B27 in Crohn's disease. J Rheumatol. 2003 Mar;30(3):518-22.
PubMed 12610811van Steenbergen HW, Huizinga TW, van der Helm-van Mil AH. The preclinical phase of rheumatoid arthritis: what is acknowledged and what needs to be assessed? Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Sep;65(9):2219-32. doi: 10.1002/art.38013. No abstract available.
PubMed 23686440Solomon DH, Reed GW, Kremer JM, Curtis JR, Farkouh ME, Harrold LR, Hochberg MC, Tsao P, Greenberg JD. Disease activity in rheumatoid arthritis and the risk of cardiovascular events. Arthritis Rheumatol. 2015 Jun;67(6):1449-55. doi: 10.1002/art.39098.
PubMed 25776112Roubille C, Richer V, Starnino T, McCourt C, McFarlane A, Fleming P, Siu S, Kraft J, Lynde C, Pope J, Gulliver W, Keeling S, Dutz J, Bessette L, Bissonnette R, Haraoui B. The effects of tumour necrosis factor inhibitors, methotrexate, non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs and corticosteroids on cardiovascular events in rheumatoid arthritis, psoriasis and psoriatic arthritis: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2015 Mar;74(3):480-9. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2014-206624. Epub 2015 Jan 5.
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Study at a glance
From the registry record, last updated by the sponsor on 25 Oct 2021. Recruitment status is as the sponsor reported it: confirm with the study team.
- Official title
- Imaging Biomarkers in Crohn's Associated Spondyloarthritis
- ClinicalTrials.gov ID
- NCT02709694
- Acronym / sponsor ID
- MaRCH-on / 2015-491
- Conditions
- Crohn's Disease, Spondyloarthritis
- Study type
- Observational
- Recruitment status
- Completed
- Enrolment
- 33 participants (actual)
- Lead sponsor
- Hospital for Special Surgery, New YorkUniversity, hospital or other
- Collaborators
- Weill Medical College of Cornell University
- Study start
- Apr 2016
- Primary completion
- Jan 2019 (actual)
- Study completion
- Jan 2021 (actual)
- First posted
- 16 Mar 2016 (estimated)
- Results
- Posted 25 Oct 2021
Clinical summary
The research question as the sponsor registered it. This describes what the study plans to test, not what it found.
In patients with Crohn's Disease, symptoms of inflammatory back pain (IBP) precede changes on plain X-rays by years, and MRI changes of axial inflammation precede development of X-ray changes. Sacroiliitis on MRI without x-ray changes (i.e.Non radiographic SpA) is a valid diagnostic criterion for Spondyloarthritis (SpA) and leads to earlier diagnosis of SpA in patients with IBP. It is unclear when MRI changes occur, and if they precede clinical symptoms of IBP. There are reports of asymptomatic sacroiliitis noted on MRI in Crohn's patients. This is important, as MRI evidence of inflammation may be the first sign of incipient SpA. Inflammation in other regions of the axial skeleton in SpA patients has also been documented, but its significance is unknown. The prospect of undiagnosed and untreated inflammation is concerning, as it can lead to significant morbidity. Moreover, relationship between MRI evidence of axial inflammation-likely a proxy for systemic inflammation- and patient reported outcomes (e.g. ASDAS-CRP= Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Score- C reactive protein, BASDAI= Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index, SF-12 = Short Form- 12, HBI= Hervey Bradshaw Index and PROMIS-29= Patient Reported Outcome Measurement Information System-29), has not been reported. Recent unpublished data from Dr. Longman's lab (collaborator) suggest a distinct intestinal dysbiosis in Crohn's associated SpA. But relationship between this microbiome and MRI changes is yet to be determined.
Identifying inflammation earlier on MRI- in the absence of clinical symptoms will provide an opportunity to intervene early with available therapies, such as- biologics etc. Asymptomatic MRI changes could be a marker of underlying systemic inflammation- which is a risk factor for poor outcomes in Crohn's associated SpA. Studying association between whole spine MRI changes with patient reported outcomes) may facilitate informed clinical decision making to initiate targeted therapy to prevent progression of structural damage. Understanding microbial dysregulation in this population, and correlation with MRI changes, could lead to development of therapy targeted to restore intestinal symbiosis.
Detailed description
IMAGING AND CROHN'S ASSOCIATED SpA: Crohn's disease (CD) is the most common type of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). It affects an estimated 0.7 million patients in United States and is responsible for 0.2 million hospitalizations each year.1 Although the gastrointestinal tract is the primary site of inflammation, inflammatory arthritis (both peripheral and axial) can affect between 12.8-23% of patients with Crohn's Disease2,3, and axial SpA alone has been reported to effect 6.7% to 18% of Crohn's patients.4 However, in 2 recent studies5,6, radiological sacroiliitis was reported to be present in 27% and 52% in IBD patients. MRI changes of inflammation precede radiological sacroiliitis by years but it is not clear when this occurs. Presence of damage on x-ray in asymptomatic patients may suggest that Crohn's associated axial SpA could be underdiagnosed. Since Crohn's associated SpA often affects younger patients, undertreatment or missed diagnoses could have a significant impact on health related quality of life (HR-QoL) and disability during prime wage earning and child rearing years.7
"Non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis" is a term used to describe patients with symptomatic SpA who do not have findings on plain x-rays. These patients can have identical symptoms to those with radiographic evidence of cartilage loss and erosions, and anti-TNF (anti-Tumor Necrosis Factor) therapy has been shown to be effective in those with non-radiographic SpA.8 These patients are a clinically relevant subgroup, as 20% of patients with only MRI evidence of sacroiliitis will progress to non-reversible radiographic SpA over two years.9 Therefore, MRI evidence of sacroiliitis, in conjunction with inflammatory back pain is now sufficient to diagnosis SpA. In fact, MRI imaging is a standard component of current SpA diagnostic criteria, (ASAS: Assessment of SpondyloArthritis International Society),10 and MRI changes of sacroiliitis are routinely used to identify SpA patients for clinical trials.11
However, despite these new definitions there is a deficiency of published research evaluating the clinical significance of MRI findings in patients with Crohn's disease. Of all the SpA-associated diseases, Crohn's-associated SpA has a particularly high burden of extra-articular inflammation. Studies suggest only half to two thirds of patients with CT or MRI evidence of inflammation have symptoms of inflammatory back pain.1,12 This suggests that in Crohn's disease, MRI imaging biomarkers may be identifying early disease, analogous to the way that ultrasound can identify subclinical rheumatoid arthritis.13 We therefore hypothesize that in a mixed cohort of Crohn's patients with and without inflammatory back pain, MRI imaging biomarkers will correlate with measures of health status which reflect systemic inflammatory burden, (i.e. BASDAI, SF-12) independent of symptoms of inflammatory back pain.
MRI IMAGING BIOMARKERS: A POTENTIAL CARDIOVASCULAR RISK FACTOR? The observed discordance between axial inflammation seen on MRI and inflammatory back pain raises a particularly intriguing clinical question: could Crohn's patients with imaging evidence of axial inflammation but without axial symptoms potentially benefit from therapy?
It is very well established that in rheumatoid arthritis and psoriatic arthritis, systemic inflammation is associated with myocardial infarction, stroke and death, and that treating inflammation improves cardiovascular outcomes.14,15.
Recent population based study from Europe and Canada showed increased risk of cardiovascular mortality in patients with Ankylosing Spondylitis.16,17 Despite clear evidence that cardiovascular risk is increased in SpA, how to quantify the increased risk is not straightforward. There is no consistently reliable marker of systemic inflammation in these patients; sedimentation rate (ESR) and C-reactive protein (CRP) may not always reflect ongoing inflammation, especially in patients with non-radiographic axial SpA9. Therefore, accurately measuring the inflammatory burden in Crohn's patients, regardless of musculoskeletal symptoms, is an important area for future research. Initiation of earlier targeted therapy to decrease inflammation may not only prevent incident Crohn's associated SpA, progression of prevalent SpA, with concurrent improvements in HRQoL, but may also improve cardiovascular morbidity and mortality.
In addition, although sacroiliitis is the primary axial feature in SpA, there is increasing evidence that there can also be spinal involvement even in the absence of SI joint inflammation. Recent studies suggest that spinal inflammation can occur in up to one-third of nonradiographic SpA patients with <5 years of disease duration.18 This could be an important early imaging inflammatory biomarker. To our knowledge there are no published studies evaluating spinal and SI joint MRI imaging biomarkers in Crohn's associated SpA.
THE MICROBIOME: A CORRELATE OF INFLAMMATION IN CROHN'S DISEASE? The etiopathogenesis of Crohn's Disease-associated SpA remains a puzzle. As with other autoimmune diseases, interplay between genetic factors such as HLA B27 (Human Leukocyte Antigen- B27) and environmental factors likely play a role. The joint symptoms of SpA are not consistently correlated with bowel disease flares.19 Intestinal microbiota plays a critical role in evolution of our entire immune system, since axenic laboratory animals (germfree animals raised in sterile environment) were noted to have partial restoration of T cell population when these animals are colonized with filamentous bacteria. A symbiotic relationship between the main bacterial phyla is necessary for proper functioning of immune system, since notable alterations in the intestinal microbiome (i.e. dysbiosis) have been suggested in various autoimmune diseases. Reduction in taxa-diversity (such as, enterobacteriaceae, Bacteroidales and Clostridiales) and expansion of certain phyla in the intestine have been recently reported in a large cohort of new onset treatment-naïve Crohn's disease (CD) patients.20 In addition, Dr. Longman's lab has shown that the expansion of immunologically relevant Enterobacteriaceae correlates with Crohn's related SpA among a mixed group of patients with Crohn's and ulcerative colitis, (in press). However, while these are exciting data, SpA cases were identified using a non-validated clinical diagnosis, without systematic rheumatology evaluation and no imaging studies. This will be first study evaluating the microbiome in a carefully phenotyped cohort of Crohn's associated SpA, who will also have detailed MRI imaging.
Study design
- Observational model
- Cohort
- Time perspective
- Cross-sectional
Who may qualify
- Ages
- 18 years and older
- Sex
- All
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
- Age groups
- Adult, Older adult
- Study population
- Patients will biopsy proven Crohn's disease will be enrolled for the study. 50% (15 patients) will have symptoms of inflammatory back pain and 50% will not.
Key inclusion criteria (4 listed)
- Patients with biopsy proven Crohn's Disease
- 50% patients with inflammatory back pain and 50% without inflammatory back pain.
- Age 18 years and above
- English Speaking patients only
Key exclusion criteria (8 listed)
- History of psoriasis, other inflammatory arthritis
- No exposure to biologic agent within the past six months (except Vedolizumab, which exerts its effect locally)
- 2. Contraindication to MRI
- 3. History of malignancy <5 years in remission, (except for non-melanomatous skin cancer).
- 4. Non English speaking
Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening; this overview does not establish that a patient qualifies. Full inclusion and exclusion criteria.
Interventions
| Intervention | Type | Arms |
|---|---|---|
| No interventionNo drug or device intervention. However, participants will receive MRI of their spine, answer questionnaires, provide clinical history as well as blood and stool sample. Joint exams will also be performed on all participants. | Other | – |
Primary outcome
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- Global Assessment Positive
Time frame: one study visit
MRIs were independently read and scored by 2 expert rheumatologists and 1 newly trained rheumatologist reader, blinded to any clinical information. MRIs were evaluated and scored for presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and structural lesions (erosion, fat metaplasia, backfill and ankylosis) using a validated scoring method originally derived from the Spondyloarthritis Research Consortium of Canada SIJ module. MRI was considered "positive" for presence of sacroiliitis if it met global evaluation, based on the reader's overall evaluation of presence or absence of sacroiliitis by taking into account the contextual signature of both active and structural SIJ lesions. For analysis, MRI positivity for sacroiliitis was defined based on majority-of-readers agreement (≥2 out of 3).
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- ASAS Positive
Time frame: one study visit
Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society. Subjects are positive if they fulfill 4 out of following 5 back pain parameters: onset of symptoms <40 years of age, insidious onset of pain, nocturnal pain, improvement with exercise and no improvement with rest.
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- SPACE Positive
Time frame: one study visit
SpondyloArthritis Caught Early. Positivity based on presence of erosions and fat metaplasia.
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- Morpho Positive
Time frame: one study visit
Positivity based on presence of bone marrow edema (BME) and/or erosion.
43 secondary outcomes
Number of Participants With Axial Spondyloarthritis Based on European Spondyloarthropathy Study Group (ESSG) Guidelines
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With Current Peripheral Arthritis
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With a History of Peripheral Arthritis
Time frame: one study visit
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index (BASDAI)
Time frame: one study visit
Bath Ankylosing Spondylitis Metrology Index (BASMI)
Time frame: one study visit
Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index C-reactive Protein (ASDAS-CRP)
Time frame: one study visit
CRP (C-reactive Protein)
Time frame: one study visit
Duration of Crohn's Disease for Participants
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants Using Vedolizumab for Crohn's Disease
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With a Past History of Biologic Use for Crohn's Disease
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants Who Have Had Surgery Related to Crohn's Disease
Time frame: one study visit
Crohn's Disease Activity (Harvey Bradshaw Index (HBI) Score)
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With Inflammatory Back Pain
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With Current Enthesitis
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With a History of Uveitis
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With a History of Dactylitis
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With HLA-B27 (Human Leukocyte Antigen B-27)
Time frame: one study visit
Ankylosing Spondylitis Disease Activity Index C-reactive Protein (ASDAS-CRP)
Time frame: one study visit
Duration of Crohn's Disease
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With a Prior History of Biologic Use for Crohn's Disease
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 2
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 4
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 5
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 6
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 9
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 10
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 13
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 12-23
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 17A
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 17F
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 21
Time frame: one study visit
Interleukin 22
Time frame: one study visit
Interferon-γ
Time frame: one study visit
TNF-α (Tumor Necrosis Factor)
Time frame: one study visit
Mean Number of Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions for Each Participant
Time frame: one study visit
Median Number of Sacroiliac Joint (SIJ) Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions for Each Participant
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥1 Quadrant Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥2 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥3 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
Time frame: one study visit
Number of Participants With ≥4 Quadrants Affected by BME or Structural Lesions
Time frame: one study visit
Results and safety
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Research links
- Official record on ClinicalTrials.govLast updated by the sponsor 25 Oct 2021.
- Posted resultsParticipant flow, baseline, all outcome measures and adverse events.
- Background: PubMed 15825070Lichtenstein GR, Yan S, Bala M, Blank M, Sands BE. Infliximab maintenance treatment reduces hospitalizations, surgeries, and procedures in fistulizing Crohn's disease. Gastroenterology. 2005 Apr;128(4):862-9. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2005.01.048.
- Background: PubMed 11316157Bernstein CN, Blanchard JF, Rawsthorne P, Yu N. The prevalence of extraintestinal diseases in inflammatory bowel disease: a population-based study. Am J Gastroenterol. 2001 Apr;96(4):1116-22. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2001.03756.x.
- Background: PubMed 629601Dekker-Saeys BJ, Meuwissen SG, Van Den Berg-Loonen EM, De Haas WH, Agenant D, Tytgat GN. Ankylosing spondylitis and inflammatory bowel disease. II. Prevalence of peripheral arthritis, sacroiliitis, and ankylosing spondylitis in patients suffering from inflammatory bowel disease. Ann Rheum Dis. 1978 Feb;37(1):33-5. doi: 10.1136/ard.37.1.33.
- Background: PubMed 22984277Shivashankar R, Loftus EV Jr, Tremaine WJ, Bongartz T, Harmsen WS, Zinsmeister AR, Matteson EL. Incidence of spondyloarthropathy in patients with Crohn's disease: a population-based study. J Rheumatol. 2012 Nov;39(11):2148-52. doi: 10.3899/jrheum.120321. Epub 2012 Sep 15.
- Background: PubMed 25152017Bandinelli F, Terenzi R, Giovannini L, Milla M, Genise S, Bagnoli S, Biagini S, Annese V, Matucci-Cerinic M. Occult radiological sacroiliac abnormalities in patients with inflammatory bowel disease who do not present signs or symptoms of axial spondylitis. Clin Exp Rheumatol. 2014 Nov-Dec;32(6):949-52. Epub 2014 Aug 15.
- Background: PubMed 26337851Subramaniam K, Tymms K, Shadbolt B, Pavli P. Spondyloarthropathy in inflammatory bowel disease patients on TNF inhibitors. Intern Med J. 2015 Nov;45(11):1154-60. doi: 10.1111/imj.12891.
- Background: PubMed 25532945Boonen A, Sieper J, van der Heijde D, Dougados M, Bukowski JF, Valluri S, Vlahos B, Kotak S. The burden of non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis. Semin Arthritis Rheum. 2015 Apr;44(5):556-562. doi: 10.1016/j.semarthrit.2014.10.009. Epub 2014 Oct 22.
- Background: PubMed 22772328Sieper J, van der Heijde D, Dougados M, Mease PJ, Maksymowych WP, Brown MA, Arora V, Pangan AL. Efficacy and safety of adalimumab in patients with non-radiographic axial spondyloarthritis: results of a randomised placebo-controlled trial (ABILITY-1). Ann Rheum Dis. 2013 Jun;72(6):815-22. doi: 10.1136/annrheumdis-2012-201766. Epub 2012 Jul 7.
- Background: PubMed 23233285Sieper J, van der Heijde D. Review: Nonradiographic axial spondyloarthritis: new definition of an old disease? Arthritis Rheum. 2013 Mar;65(3):543-51. doi: 10.1002/art.37803. No abstract available.
- Background: PubMed 19433414Sieper J, Rudwaleit M, Baraliakos X, Brandt J, Braun J, Burgos-Vargas R, Dougados M, Hermann KG, Landewe R, Maksymowych W, van der Heijde D. The Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS) handbook: a guide to assess spondyloarthritis. Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jun;68 Suppl 2:ii1-44. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.104018.
- Background: PubMed 19147614Sieper J, van der Heijde D, Landewe R, Brandt J, Burgos-Vagas R, Collantes-Estevez E, Dijkmans B, Dougados M, Khan MA, Leirisalo-Repo M, van der Linden S, Maksymowych WP, Mielants H, Olivieri I, Rudwaleit M. New criteria for inflammatory back pain in patients with chronic back pain: a real patient exercise by experts from the Assessment of SpondyloArthritis international Society (ASAS). Ann Rheum Dis. 2009 Jun;68(6):784-8. doi: 10.1136/ard.2008.101501. Epub 2009 Jan 15.
- Background: PubMed 12610811Steer S, Jones H, Hibbert J, Kondeatis E, Vaughan R, Sanderson J, Gibson T. Low back pain, sacroiliitis, and the relationship with HLA-B27 in Crohn's disease. J Rheumatol. 2003 Mar;30(3):518-22.
- Individual participant dataSharing planned: Undecided
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Referral and contact
AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals. Contact the study team or a site listed below; they decide who can take part. This study is not recruiting at the moment.
Lisa Mandl, MD MPH principal investigator
Hospital for Special Surgery, New York
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Questions about this trial
What is this clinical trial studying?
An observational study of Crohn's Disease and Spondyloarthritis, run by Hospital for Special Surgery, New York at 1 site in United States.
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 4 inclusion and 8 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 25 Oct 2021. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.
Where is the study taking place?
The record lists 1 site in United States. 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 25 Oct 2021). 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?
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What does the primary outcome measure?
Number of Participants With MRI Positivity- Global Assessment Positive (time frame: one study visit). The study lists 4 primary outcomes in all. 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 NCT02709694, which also lists 20 linked publications.
Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?
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