Reduce Risk for Crohn's Disease Patients

Summary

The purpose of this study is to compare the effectiveness of weekly subcutaneously administered Methotrexate for maintaining relapse-free sustained steroid/Enteral Nutrition -free 1-year remission compared with: * daily oral Azathioprine / 6 mercaptopurine in low risk paediatric Crohn's disease * subcutaneously administered adalimumab in high risk paediatric Crohn's disease

Timeline

Start

2017-02-28

Primary completion

2021-06-14

Completion

2021-06-14

Publications

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• Background Lemann M, Zenjari T, Bouhnik Y, Cosnes J, Mesnard B, Rambaud JC, Modigliani R, Cortot A, Colombel JF. Methotrexate in Crohn's disease: long-term efficacy and toxicity. Am J Gastroenterol. 2000 Jul;95(7):1730-4. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2000.02190.x.
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• Background Oren R, Moshkowitz M, Odes S, Becker S, Keter D, Pomeranz I, Shirin H, Reisfeld I, Broide E, Lavy A, Fich A, Eliakim R, Patz J, Villa Y, Arber N, Gilat T. Methotrexate in chronic active Crohn's disease: a double-blind, randomized, Israeli multicenter trial. Am J Gastroenterol. 1997 Dec;92(12):2203-9.
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• Background Turner D, Grossman AB, Rosh J, Kugathasan S, Gilman AR, Baldassano R, Griffiths AM. Methotrexate following unsuccessful thiopurine therapy in pediatric Crohn's disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2007 Dec;102(12):2804-12; quiz 2803, 2813. doi: 10.1111/j.1572-0241.2007.01474.x.
• Background Hyams J, Crandall W, Kugathasan S, Griffiths A, Olson A, Johanns J, Liu G, Travers S, Heuschkel R, Markowitz J, Cohen S, Winter H, Veereman-Wauters G, Ferry G, Baldassano R; REACH Study Group. Induction and maintenance infliximab therapy for the treatment of moderate-to-severe Crohn's disease in children. Gastroenterology. 2007 Mar;132(3):863-73; quiz 1165-6. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2006.12.003. Epub 2006 Dec 3.
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• Background D'Haens G, Baert F, van Assche G, Caenepeel P, Vergauwe P, Tuynman H, De Vos M, van Deventer S, Stitt L, Donner A, Vermeire S, Van De Mierop FJ, Coche JR, van der Woude J, Ochsenkuhn T, van Bodegraven AA, Van Hootegem PP, Lambrecht GL, Mana F, Rutgeerts P, Feagan BG, Hommes D; Belgian Inflammatory Bowel Disease Research Group; North-Holland Gut Club. Early combined immunosuppression or conventional management in patients with newly diagnosed Crohn's disease: an open randomised trial. Lancet. 2008 Feb 23;371(9613):660-667. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(08)60304-9.
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• Background North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition; Colitis Foundation of America; Bousvaros A, Antonioli DA, Colletti RB, Dubinsky MC, Glickman JN, Gold BD, Griffiths AM, Jevon GP, Higuchi LM, Hyams JS, Kirschner BS, Kugathasan S, Baldassano RN, Russo PA. Differentiating ulcerative colitis from Crohn disease in children and young adults: report of a working group of the North American Society for Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology, and Nutrition and the Crohn's and Colitis Foundation of America. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2007 May;44(5):653-74. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0b013e31805563f3.
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• Background Ruemmele FM, Veres G, Kolho KL, Griffiths A, Levine A, Escher JC, Amil Dias J, Barabino A, Braegger CP, Bronsky J, Buderus S, Martin-de-Carpi J, De Ridder L, Fagerberg UL, Hugot JP, Kierkus J, Kolacek S, Koletzko S, Lionetti P, Miele E, Navas Lopez VM, Paerregaard A, Russell RK, Serban DE, Shaoul R, Van Rheenen P, Veereman G, Weiss B, Wilson D, Dignass A, Eliakim A, Winter H, Turner D; European Crohn's and Colitis Organisation; European Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition. Consensus guidelines of ECCO/ESPGHAN on the medical management of pediatric Crohn's disease. J Crohns Colitis. 2014 Oct;8(10):1179-207. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2014.04.005. Epub 2014 Jun 6.
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• Background Vernier-Massouille G, Balde M, Salleron J, Turck D, Dupas JL, Mouterde O, Merle V, Salomez JL, Branche J, Marti R, Lerebours E, Cortot A, Gower-Rousseau C, Colombel JF. Natural history of pediatric Crohn's disease: a population-based cohort study. Gastroenterology. 2008 Oct;135(4):1106-13. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.079. Epub 2008 Jul 3.
• Background Van Limbergen J, Russell RK, Drummond HE, Aldhous MC, Round NK, Nimmo ER, Smith L, Gillett PM, McGrogan P, Weaver LT, Bisset WM, Mahdi G, Arnott ID, Satsangi J, Wilson DC. Definition of phenotypic characteristics of childhood-onset inflammatory bowel disease. Gastroenterology. 2008 Oct;135(4):1114-22. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2008.06.081. Epub 2008 Jul 3.
• Background Pigneur B, Escher J, Elawad M, Lima R, Buderus S, Kierkus J, Guariso G, Canioni D, Lambot K, Talbotec C, Shah N, Begue B, Rieux-Laucat F, Goulet O, Cerf-Bensussan N, Neven B, Ruemmele FM. Phenotypic characterization of very early-onset IBD due to mutations in the IL10, IL10 receptor alpha or beta gene: a survey of the Genius Working Group. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2013 Dec;19(13):2820-8. doi: 10.1097/01.MIB.0000435439.22484.d3.
• Background Pigneur B, Seksik P, Viola S, Viala J, Beaugerie L, Girardet JP, Ruemmele FM, Cosnes J. Natural history of Crohn's disease: comparison between childhood- and adult-onset disease. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2010 Jun;16(6):953-61. doi: 10.1002/ibd.21152.
• Background Ruemmele FM, Lachaux A, Cezard JP, Morali A, Maurage C, Ginies JL, Viola S, Goulet O, Lamireau T, Scaillon M, Breton A, Sarles J; Groupe Francophone d'Hepatologie, Gastroenterologie et Nutrition Pediatrique. Efficacy of infliximab in pediatric Crohn's disease: a randomized multicenter open-label trial comparing scheduled to on demand maintenance therapy. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2009 Mar;15(3):388-94. doi: 10.1002/ibd.20788.
• Background Sharma S, Eckert D, Hyams JS, Mensing S, Thakkar RB, Robinson AM, Rosh JR, Ruemmele FM, Awni WM. Pharmacokinetics and exposure-efficacy relationship of adalimumab in pediatric patients with moderate to severe Crohn's disease: results from a randomized, multicenter, phase-3 study. Inflamm Bowel Dis. 2015 Apr;21(4):783-92. doi: 10.1097/MIB.0000000000000327.
• Background Khanna R, Bressler B, Levesque BG, Zou G, Stitt LW, Greenberg GR, Panaccione R, Bitton A, Pare P, Vermeire S, D'Haens G, MacIntosh D, Sandborn WJ, Donner A, Vandervoort MK, Morris JC, Feagan BG; REACT Study Investigators. Early combined immunosuppression for the management of Crohn's disease (REACT): a cluster randomised controlled trial. Lancet. 2015 Nov 7;386(10006):1825-34. doi: 10.1016/S0140-6736(15)00068-9. Epub 2015 Sep 3.
• Background Colombel JF, Sandborn WJ, Reinisch W, Mantzaris GJ, Kornbluth A, Rachmilewitz D, Lichtiger S, D'Haens G, Diamond RH, Broussard DL, Tang KL, van der Woude CJ, Rutgeerts P; SONIC Study Group. Infliximab, azathioprine, or combination therapy for Crohn's disease. N Engl J Med. 2010 Apr 15;362(15):1383-95. doi: 10.1056/NEJMoa0904492.
• Background Torres J, Caprioli F, Katsanos KH, Lobaton T, Micic D, Zeroncio M, Van Assche G, Lee JC, Lindsay JO, Rubin DT, Panaccione R, Colombel JF. Predicting Outcomes to Optimize Disease Management in Inflammatory Bowel Diseases. J Crohns Colitis. 2016 Dec;10(12):1385-1394. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjw116. Epub 2016 Jun 9.
• Neyt M, Christiaens A, Aloi M, de Ridder L, Croft NM, Koletzko S, Levine A, Turner D, Russell RK, Ruemmele FM, Veereman G. Identifying Health Economic Considerations to Include in the Research Protocol of a Randomized Controlled Trial (the REDUCE-RISK Trial): Systematic Literature Review and Assessment. JMIR Form Res. 2021 Jan 25;5(1):e13888. doi: 10.2196/13888.
• Harris RE, Aloi M, de Ridder L, Croft NM, Koletzko S, Levine A, Turner D, Veereman G, Neyt M, Bigot L, Ruemmele FM, Russell RK; PIBD SETQuality consortium and PIBDnet. Protocol for a multinational risk-stratified randomised controlled trial in paediatric Crohn's disease: methotrexate versus azathioprine or adalimumab for maintaining remission in patients at low or high risk for aggressive disease course. BMJ Open. 2020 Jul 1;10(7):e034892. doi: 10.1136/bmjopen-2019-034892.

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