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Crohn's DiseaseNCT02862132

Predicting Response to Vedolizumab in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

A study testing Vedolizumab in people with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, run by Shaare Zedek Medical Center at 15 sites in 6 countries.

Completed

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

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Trial summary

Vedolizumab (VDZ) is a humanized immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody acting against α4β7 integrin which modulates lymphocyte trafficking in the gut. Results from the adult GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2 trials demonstrated clinical efficacy in induction and maintenance of remission in both ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's… Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages Up to 18 years
What is being tested?
Vedolizumab
Type of treatment
Injection or infusion
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
142 participants
Where
15 sitesin 6 countries
Study dates
Jan 2017to Jan 2022
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
None posted in the registry

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 Up to 18 years
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Child, Adult

Who may be able to join

  • Children under the age of 18 years.
  • IBD Diagnosis
  • Initiating Vedolizumab therapy

Who cannot join

  • 1. Starting Vedolizumab to prevent post operative recurrence

Trial locations and contacts

15 sites in 6 countries.

15 sites in 6 countries

Israel7 sites
  • Rambam Medical Cener

    Haifa

  • Wolfson Medical Center

    Holon

  • Shaare Zedek Medical Center

    Jerusalem

  • Schneider Medical Center

    Petah Tikva

  • Sheba Medical Center

    Ramat Gan

  • Ichilov

    Tel Aviv

  • Assaf Harofeh

    Tzrifin

Other trials in Israel

United States4 sites
  • Connecticut Children's Medical Center

    Hartford, Connecticut, 06032

  • Atlantic Children's Health-Goryeb Children's Hospital

    Morristown, New Jersey

  • Cohen Children's Medical Center of NY, Northwell

    New York, New York

  • Children's Hospital of Philadelphia

    Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

Other trials in United States

Denmark1 site
  • Hvidovre University Hospital

    Copenhagen

Other trials in Denmark

Ireland1 site
  • Our Lady's Children's Hospital Crumlin

    Dublin

Other trials in Ireland

Slovenia1 site
  • University Children's Hospital Ljubljana

    Ljubljana

Other trials in Slovenia

United Kingdom1 site
  • The Royal Hospital for Children Glasgow

    Glasgow

Other trials in United Kingdom

About this study

Official title: Predicting Response to Vedolizumab in Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) Including Drug Levels: a Multi-center Prospective Cohort Study, From the Pediatric IBD Porto Group of European Society for Paediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (ESPGHAN)

Vedolizumab (VDZ) is a humanized immunoglobulin G1 monoclonal antibody acting against α4β7 integrin which modulates lymphocyte trafficking in the gut.

Results from the adult GEMINI-1 and GEMINI-2 trials demonstrated clinical efficacy in induction and maintenance of remission in both ulcerative colitis (UC) and Crohn's disease (CD), respectively.

Read more

Recent real life cohorts in adults support the effectiveness of VDZ in inducing and maintaining remission, both in CD and UC. In pediatrics, there are very limited data on the use of VDZ besides two retrospective case series.

Data on immunogenicity and therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) of VDZ is conflicting in adults and practically non-existent in children.

The investigators aim to prospectively explore the real life short and longer term outcomes of VDZ in pediatric IBD (including growth) and to develop a prediction model for treatment success based on VDZ trough levels and other clinical and laboratory variables.

Read the detailed description

This is a multi-center prospective cohort study in which the investigators are aim to enroll 140 children under the age of 18 years, diagnosed with CD, inflammatory bowel disease unclassified (IBDU) or UC (approximately 70 in UC/IBDU and 70 in the CD group) who commenced on Vedolizumab for any reason at the discretion of the treating physician.

Patients will be followed up to 3 years at 8 different time points: week 0, week 2, week 6, week 14, week 30, week 54 (1 year), week 108 (2 years) and week 162 (3 years). Blood work will be collected at each visit during the time of venous access insertion for the drug infusion for serum and stool sample will be collected at visits 0, 14, 30, and 54. In addition, at week 0 and 14 whole blood will be collected into a PaxGene tube for gene expression analysis.

Being tested
Vedolizumab
Keywords
VDZ: Vedolizumab, UC: Ulcerative colitis, CD: Crohn's disease, TDM: Therapeutic drug monitoring
Medical subject headings
Crohn Disease, Colitis, Ulcerative, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

What participants receive

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

  • VedolizumabDrug

    Also called Entyvio

Study groups in NCT02862132
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
VedolizumabExperimentalIV Vedolizumab 177mg/m2 Body Surface Area (BSA), max. 300mg Induction regimen: 0,2,6 and then every 8 weeks
Receives: Drug: Vedolizumab

What is being measured

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

  1. Complete remission at week 14

    As defined by all three criteria:

    1. Steroids and Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) (defined as >50% of daily calories with enteral nutrition)- free ii. Clinical remission (i.e. weighted Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (wPCDAI) <12.5 points in CD, and Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) <10 in UC) iii. CRP lower than 1.5 times upper normal limit (UNL) (may be substituted by Erythocytes Sedimentation Rate (ESR) if CRP missing)

    Measured: weeks 14

  2. Complete remission at week 30

    As defined by all three criteria:

    1. Steroids and Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) (defined as >50% of daily calories with enteral nutrition)- free ii. Clinical remission (i.e. weighted Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (wPCDAI) <12.5 points in CD, and Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) <10 in UC) iii. CRP lower than 1.5 times upper normal limit (UNL) (may be substituted by Erythocytes Sedimentation Rate (ESR) if CRP missing)

    Measured: weeks 30

  3. Complete remission at week 54

    As defined by all three criteria:

    1. Steroids and Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) (defined as >50% of daily calories with enteral nutrition)- free ii. Clinical remission (i.e. weighted Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (wPCDAI) <12.5 points in CD, and Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) <10 in UC) iii. CRP lower than 1.5 times upper normal limit (UNL) (may be substituted by Erythocytes Sedimentation Rate (ESR) if CRP missing)

    Measured: weeks 54

  4. Complete remission at week 108

    As defined by all three criteria:

    1. Steroids and Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) (defined as >50% of daily calories with enteral nutrition)- free ii. Clinical remission (i.e. weighted Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (wPCDAI) <12.5 points in CD, and Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) <10 in UC) iii. CRP lower than 1.5 times upper normal limit (UNL) (may be substituted by Erythocytes Sedimentation Rate (ESR) if CRP missing)

    Measured: weeks 108

  5. Complete remission at week 162

    As defined by all three criteria:

    1. Steroids and Exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) (defined as >50% of daily calories with enteral nutrition)- free ii. Clinical remission (i.e. weighted Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (wPCDAI) <12.5 points in CD, and Paediatric Ulcerative Colitis Activity Index (PUCAI) <10 in UC) iii. CRP lower than 1.5 times upper normal limit (UNL) (may be substituted by Erythocytes Sedimentation Rate (ESR) if CRP missing)

    Measured: weeks 162

Secondary outcomes (12)
  1. Steroid and EEN free clinical remission (without the need for normal CRP) using PCDAI or PUCAI score and concomitant medication list.

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  2. Steroid and EEN free clinical response (without the need for normal CRP) using PCDAI or PUCAI score and concomitant medication list.

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  3. Fecal calprotectin levels

    Levels of calprotectin will be measured in the lab using calprotectin kit.

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  4. serum CRP levels

    CRP levels will be measured in the lab

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  5. Rate of loss of response including drug levels

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  6. Steroid dependency (defined as cumulative use of >4 months in a year with at least one need to increase dose while weaning)

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  7. Adverse events

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  8. Measures of mucosal inflammation as available as part of clinical care using endoscopy, imaging or capsule endoscopy.

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  9. Time to induction of remission

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  10. Longitudinal Physician Global Assessment (PGA)

    PGA will be measured using Visual analogue scale (VAS)

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  11. Height velocity as compared with the year prior to commencing VDZ

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

  12. Need for surgical interventions (including resections, colectomy, and dilatations)

    Measured: week 30, week 54, week 108, week 162

Timeline

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

  1. First posted10 Aug 2016 (estimated)
  2. Study startJan 2017
  3. Primary completionJan 2022
  4. Study completionJan 2022

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
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
142 participants (actual)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT02862132
Sponsor's protocol ID
VEDOKIDS
Status last verified
Oct 2022
First submitted
31 Jul 2016
Last updated
25 Oct 2022
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
Individual data sharing
Undecided

Publications

  • D'Arcangelo G, Turner D, Ledder O, Orlanski-Meyer E, Broide E, Granot M, Matar M, Hussey S, Yerushalmy-Feler A, Norden C, Miele E, Aloi M. Vedolizumab for extraintestinal manifestations in pediatric inflammatory bowel disease: Results from the VedoKids study. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2026 Feb;82(2):495-502. doi: 10.1002/jpn3.70276. Epub 2025 Nov 18.

    PubMed 41251034
  • Atia O, Shavit-Brunschwig Z, Lev-Tzion R, Stein R, Broide E, Urlep D, Hyams J, Weiss B, Aloi M, Assa A, Gerasimidis K, Nichols B, Russell RK, Turner D. Maintenance treatment with vedolizumab in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease (VEDOKIDS): 54-week outcomes of a multicentre, prospective, cohort study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2025 Mar;10(3):234-247. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(24)00319-4. Epub 2025 Jan 6.

    PubMed 39788134
  • Atia O, Shavit-Brunschwig Z, Mould DR, Stein R, Matar M, Aloi M, Ledder O, Focht G, Urlep D, Hyams J, Broide E, Weiss B, Levine J, Russell RK, Turner D. Outcomes, dosing, and predictors of vedolizumab treatment in children with inflammatory bowel disease (VEDOKIDS): a prospective, multicentre cohort study. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Jan;8(1):31-42. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(22)00307-7. Epub 2022 Oct 26.

    PubMed 36306803

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Vedolizumab in people with Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, run by Shaare Zedek Medical Center at 15 sites in 6 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 3 inclusion and 1 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 2022. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 15 sites in Israel, United States, Denmark, Ireland, Slovenia and 1 more country. 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?

The study is completed, but results are not available in the source record. That does not mean the treatment did or did not work.

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?

Complete remission at week 14 (time frame: weeks 14). The study lists 5 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 NCT02862132, which also lists 3 linked publications.

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 25 Oct 2022.

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