Predicting IBD Treatment Outcomes With Gut Microbiome Analysis

Last updated: August 20, 2024
Sponsor: University of British Columbia
Overall Status: Active - Recruiting

Phase

N/A

Condition

Gastrointestinal Diseases And Disorders

Treatment

Colonoscopy

Clinical Study ID

NCT06453720
H23-02927
  • Ages 19-80
  • All Genders
  • Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Study Summary

The goal of this prospective observational study is to determine if specific microbiome signatures can predict therapeutic responses in adult patients with Crohn's disease (CD), a form of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), living in British Columbia, Canada. The main questions this study seeks to answer are:

  1. Can microbiome signatures across different sample types (fecal, intestinal washings, and intestinal epithelial biopsies) predict response to therapy in CD?

  2. How do microbiome profiles differ between active and quiescent CD and non-IBD controls?

Researchers will compare microbiome signatures in patients with active and inactive CD as well as non-IBD controls to see if there are any microbial signatures that predict response to therapy.

Participants will:

  1. Provide fecal and blood samples.

  2. Undergo intestinal washings and intestinal epithelial biopsy specimens taken during routine colonoscopy.

  3. Participate in a longitudinal follow-up over 12 months to monitor clinical, biochemical, and endoscopic responses to therapy.

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

Inclusion Criteria:

CD patients

  • Adult patients ≥19 years old and ≤ 80 years old.

  • CD with distal small bowel and/or colonic involvement that is endoscopicallyassessable with colonoscopy

  • Undergoing colonoscopy as part of routine clinical care

  • Active or quiescent disease

  • Active disease will be defined as a simple endoscopic score for CD (SES-CD) ≥7 or ≥4for isolated ileal CD and at least one large ulcer (≥5mm)

  • Quiescent disease is defined as an SES-CD <3.

Non-IBD controls

  • Adult patients ≥ 19 years old and ≤ 80 years old.

  • Undergoing colonoscopy as part of colorectal screening

Exclusion

Exclusion Criteria:

CD patients

  • Active perianal CD - defined as collection on MRI or clinically active fistula (i.e., draining fistula)

  • Proximal small bowel (defined as not endoscopically assessable by colonoscopy) orisolated upper GI CD

  • Antibiotics in the last 3 months for any indication

  • Prebiotic, probiotic or postbiotic supplements in the last month

  • Gastroenteritis or travel outside of Canada and the United States in the last month

  • Colorectal cancer, high-grade dysplasia or a polyp ≥2cm diagnosed at baselineendoscopy

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding

  • Bowel resection within the preceding 4 months

  • Primary sclerosing cholangitis

Non-IBD controls

  • Found to have inflammation (deemed by endoscopist) at colonoscopy.

  • History of IBD in 1st degree relative.

  • Antibiotics in the last 3 months.

  • Prebiotic, probiotic or postbiotic supplements in the last month.

  • Gastroenteritis or travel outside of Canada and the United States in the last month.

  • Pregnant or breastfeeding.

  • Previous bowel surgeries.

Study Design

Total Participants: 100
Treatment Group(s): 1
Primary Treatment: Colonoscopy
Phase:
Study Start date:
August 01, 2024
Estimated Completion Date:
April 01, 2026

Study Description

Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is a chronic and relapsing inflammatory condition affecting the gastrointestinal (GI) tract. The study aims to evaluate microbiome profiles (bacteriome, and mycobiome) across three different sample types (fecal, intestinal washings, and intestinal epithelial biopsies) in a cohort of adult patients with Crohn's disease (CD) living in British Columbia, Canada, and investigate whether a microbial signature may predict response to IBD therapy.

Aims:

  1. Determine microbiome signatures, across different sample types, in quiescent and active disease for patients with CD living in BC, Canada.

  2. Evaluate whether fecal, mucosal, and/or intestinal epithelial biopsy microbiome signatures can predict response to therapy.

Methods

Study Design:

Phase 1: A cross-sectional pilot study to evaluate the microbiome in patients with IBD (with active and quiescent disease) and in non-IBD controls.

Primary Outcome: Compare results of microbial analyses (including bacteriome and mycobiome) across three different sample types: intestinal washings and intestinal epithelial biopsy specimens taken during colonoscopy, as well as fecal samples.

Secondary Outcomes: Investigate correlations between the microbial analyses across different sample types and disease activity in CD. Compare the difference in microbial analyses within each sample type between active and quiescent CD as well as non-IBD patients. Investigate if fecal microbiome composition and function 2 weeks after bowel preparation is comparable to pre-bowel preparation fecal microbiome in a subset of patients with CD.

Phase 2: A longitudinal observational study with a 12-month follow-up.

Primary Outcome: Identify if there are any microbial signatures that predict response to therapy in patients with active disease requiring escalated therapy, assessed clinically and biochemically after induction (12-16 weeks) and at 12 months (+/- 3 months).

Secondary Outcomes: Compare the sensitivity and specificity of microbial analyses from each sample type in predicting response to therapy.

Connect with a study center

  • GI Research Institute

    Vancouver, British Columbia V6Z 2K5
    Canada

    Active - Recruiting

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