drugset / Trial / NCT00952952

Trial of Mesalamine for the Treatment of Active Microscopic Colitis

NCT00952952

RandomizedParallel-groupDouble-blindTreatment

Summary

Subjects must be 18 years old and older, have diarrhea and microscopic colitis. Pregnant or nursing females are excluded. They can't have other untreated diarrheal conditions. Subjects will receive medication for 8 weeks, followed by sigmoidoscopy with biopsies. The subjects will be monitored weekly. A pathologist will review pre and post treatment biopsies. Subjects that show improvement will be followed for 4 weeks post medication.

Timeline

Start
2007-02
Primary completion
2007-11
Completion
2007-11

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Mesalamine Small molecule 1.2 g
Subject Mesalamine Small molecule 4.8 g