Study for the Treatment of Crohn's Disease With Adacolumn

Last updated: March 5, 2009
Sponsor: Otsuka America Pharmaceutical
Overall Status: Completed

Phase

3

Condition

Colic

Bowel Dysfunction

Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Treatment

N/A

Clinical Study ID

NCT00162942
512-04-206
  • Ages 18-75
  • All Genders

Study Summary

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the safety and effectiveness of the Adacolumn Apheresis System as a treatment for the signs and symptoms of Crohn's disease.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Key Inclusion Criteria:

  • Moderate to severe Crohn's disease

  • Adequate peripheral venous access

  • Agree to participate in the required follow-up visits

  • Able to complete a diary

  • Signed written informed consent document and authorization for use of protected healthinformation

Exclusion

Key Exclusion Criteria:

  • Extremely severe Crohn's disease

  • Known obstructive symptoms within the past 3 months

  • Presence of toxic megacolon

  • Major surgery within the past 6 weeks or anticipated need for surgery within 12 weeks

  • Total colectomy, ileostomy, stoma or 100 cm of resected small bowel

  • Requiring in-patient hospitalization

  • A history of allergic reaction to heparin or heparin-induced thrombocytopenia

  • A history of hypersensitivity reaction associated with an apheresis procedure orintolerance of apheresis procedures

  • A history of severe cardiovascular or peripheral arterial diseases

  • A history of cerebral vascular diseases

  • Liver diseases

  • Renal insufficiency

  • Known bleeding disorder or use of concomitant anticoagulant therapy for purposes otherthan apheresis treatment

  • Any hypercoagulable disorder

  • Known infection with Hepatitis B or C, or HIV

  • Severe anemia

  • Leukopenia or granulocytopenia

  • Evidence of current systemic infection

  • Malignancy

  • Pregnant, lactating or planning to become pregnant during the course of theinvestigational study

  • Used within the last 30 days, an investigational drug, biologic or device or 5half-lives, if known, for any investigational drug or biologic

Study Design

Total Participants: 235
Study Start date:
January 01, 2005
Estimated Completion Date:
December 31, 2007

Study Description

Trial Features:

  • Medical device (Non-drug option)

  • Most patients can remain on current treatment regimen throughout the study

Components of the Study:

  • Study length is 24 weeks, which includes a screening visit, ten treatment visits over nine weeks and 4 follow-up appointments

  • Physical exams, laboratory tests and disease assessments conducted at no charge to the patient

  • 2:1 Randomization (treatment:sham)

  • Open-Label extension offered to eligible patients

Connect with a study center

  • Walter Mackenzie Health Sciences Centre

    Edmonton, Alberta T6G 2X8
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Gastroenterology & Hematology Clinic

    Abbotsford, British Columbia V2S 3N5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • St. Paul's Hospital

    Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 1Y6
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Hotel-Dieu Hospital

    Kingston, Ontario K7L 5G2
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • London Health Sciences Centre

    London, Ontario N6A 4G5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Mount Sinai Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario M5G 1X5
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • St. Michael's Hospital

    Toronto, Ontario M5B 1W8
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Jewish General Hospital

    Montreal, Quebec H3T 1E2
    Canada

    Site Not Available

  • Mayo Clinic Scottsdale

    Phoenix, Arizona 85054
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Capitol Gastroenterology Consultants Medical Group

    Roseville, California 95661-3037
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center

    San Francisco, California 94115
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Rocky Mountain Gastroenterology Associates, PC

    Wheat Ridge, Colorado 80033
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical Research Institute of Connecticut

    Hamden, Connecticut 06518
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Venture Research Institute, LLC

    North Miami Beach, Florida 33162
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Atlanta Gastroenterology Associates

    Atlanta, Georgia 30342
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Chicago

    Chicago, Illinois 60637
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Kentucky Medical Center

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Johns Hopkins University

    Baltimore, Maryland 21287
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Metropolitan Gastroenterology Group

    Chevy Chase, Maryland 20815
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Massachusetts General Hospital, GI Unit

    Boston, Massachusetts 02114
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Michigan

    Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Clinical Research Institute of Michigan

    Clinton Township, Michigan 48047
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center

    Lebanon,, New Hampshire 03756
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Long Island Clinical Research Associates

    Great Neck, New York 11021
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of North Carolina, Division of Digestive Disease & Nutrition

    Chapel Hill, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Duke University Medical Center

    Durham, North Carolina 27710
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Consultants for Clinical Research

    Cincinnati, Ohio 45219
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Cleveland Clinic Foundation

    Cleveland, Ohio 44195
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Columbia Gastroenterology Associates

    Columbia, South Carolina 29203
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Memphis Gastroenterology Group

    Germantown, Tennessee 38138
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Vanderbilt University Medical Center

    Nashville, Tennessee 37232-2285
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • UT Southwestern Medical Center

    Dallas, Texas 75390-9016
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Texas Medical Branch

    Galveston, Texas 77555
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Washington Medical Center

    Seattle, Washington 98195
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • Medical College of Wisconsin

    Madison, Wisconsin 53226
    United States

    Site Not Available

  • University of Wisconsin-Madison

    Madison, Wisconsin 53792
    United States

    Site Not Available

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