Regulation of Mucosal Healing in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Last updated: June 4, 2025
Sponsor: Terrence A Barrett
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Gastrointestinal Diseases And Disorders

Treatment

Serial Biopsy

Clinical Study ID

NCT04504136
IMDDN-20-MUCOSALHEALING
2R01DK095662-10A1
  • Ages 18-90
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The objective of the current study is to compare non-healing colonic ulcers in patients with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) with iatrogenic colonic ulcers (biopsy sites) in healthy control patients and patients with rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis. Patients will be biopsied at baseline and again at a follow-up visit in a "biopsy of the biopsy" approach. These biopsies will be used to reveal patterns about gene expression and mitochondrial function during ulcer healing.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria (Group 1):

  • Diagnosed ulcerative colitis or Crohn's disease

  • Biologic failure or naive to biologic treatment

  • Eligible to be treated with anti-TNF therapy

Inclusion Criteria (Group 2):

  • Diagnosed rheumatoid or psoriatic arthritis

  • Receiving anti-TNF antibody therapy at the time of enrollment

Inclusion Criteria (Group 3):

  • Endoscopically unremarkable colonic mucosa

  • Absence of inflammatory bowel disease

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Classified in an anesthesia risk group, ASA Class =4

  • History of bleeding diathesis or coagulopathy

  • Stroke or transient neurological attack with the last 6 months

  • Pregnant

  • Receiving anticoagulants or anti-platelet medications other than low-dose aspirin

  • Receiving steroid therapy or metformin

  • HIV positive

  • Incarceration

  • History of total proctocolectomy

  • History of system chemotherapy within 18 months

  • Uncontrolled intercurrent illness

Study Design

Total Participants: 60
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Serial Biopsy
Phase:
Study Start date:
April 30, 2021
Estimated Completion Date:
June 01, 2026

Study Description

Induction of mucosal healing in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is associated with reduced hospitalizations, surgeries, and reduced cancer risk. However, previous studies have shown that 54-69% of ulcerative colitis (UC) patients fail to heal ulcers after several weeks of treatment, and roughly half do not maintain remission at one year. The single most important factor in preventing severe medical consequences, like colon removal surgery or cancer, is treatment to completely heal the top layer of the intestine as quickly as possible. Healing is a complex process and the dysfunction observed in colitis can only be fully understood by comparison to healing in non-IBD patients.

This is a prospective trial involving three groups of patients: 1) IBD patients with active disease, newly treated with anti-TNF therapy (biologic failure or naïve); 2) non-IBD patients with rheumatoid/psoriatic arthritis who are receiving anti-TNF therapy, and 3) healthy control patients. Biopsies will be collected at baseline during standard of care endoscopy and at a follow-up research endoscopy.

This study will probe mechanisms of ulcer healing by analyzing gene expression patterns and mitochondrial function.

Connect with a study center

  • University of Kentucky

    Lexington, Kentucky 40536
    United States

    Active - Recruiting

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