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Infliximab Top-down in Pediatric Crohn

NCT01880307

RandomizedParallel-groupOpen-labelTreatment

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a top-down treatment approach, prescribing infliximab and azathioprine at diagnose, yields better outcome in comparison to the usual step-up treatment approach, starting with prednison and azathioprine, in moderate-to-severe pediatric Crohn's disease (CD) patients.

Timeline

Start
2013-01
Primary completion
2014-12
Completion

Drugs

EvaluationDrugModalityDoseRoute
Subject Azathioprine Small molecule 2 mg/kg Oral
Subject Azathioprine Small molecule 3 mg/kg Oral
Subject Infliximab Monoclonal antibody 5 mg/kg
Comparator Prednisolone Other / unclassified 1 mg/kg Oral

Indications