Stricture Definition and Treatment (STRIDENT) Drug Therapy Study (STRIDENT)

October 22, 2020 updated by: Michael Kamm, St Vincent's Hospital Melbourne
Two thirds of patients with Crohn's disease require intestinal surgery at some time in their life. Intestinal strictures, that is narrowing of the bowel due to inflammation and scarring, are the most common reason for surgery. Despite the high frequency, associated disability, and cost there are no are no treatment strategies that aim to improve the outcome of this disease complication. The STRIDENT (stricture definition and treatment) studies aim to develop such strategies.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Detailed Description

Prospective randomised controlled study. Patients with Crohn's Disease who have symptomatic inflammatory intestinal strictures will be randomised to receive standard drug therapy (Anti-TNF monotherapy at standard dose) or intensive drug therapy (Intense Anti-TNF dose induction and escalation for continued inflammation in combination with thiopurine) for 12 months.

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

78

Phase

  • Phase 4

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

    • Victoria
      • Melbourne, Victoria, Australia, 3065
        • St. Vincent's Hospital Melbourne

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years and older (ADULT, OLDER_ADULT)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Inflammatory bowel disease patients with intestinal stricture(s) identified on CT, MRI or endoscopy.

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Acute bowel obstruction requiring urgent surgical intervention
  • Deemed by treating physician to have high risk of acute bowel obstruction
  • Concurrent active perianal sepsis
  • Internal fistulising disease in association with strictures (entero-enteric stulas)
  • Low rectal or anal strictures
  • Evidence of dysplasia or malignancy from stricture biopsies or adjacent mucosal biopsies
  • Patients for whom endoscopy is not suitable due to co-morbidities or clinical state
  • Inability to give informed consent
  • Suspected perforation of the gastrointestinal tract
  • Pregnancy
  • Inability to undergo MRI small bowel due to a contraindication.

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: TREATMENT
  • Allocation: RANDOMIZED
  • Interventional Model: PARALLEL
  • Masking: NONE

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
ACTIVE_COMPARATOR: Standard drug therapy
Adalimumab monotherapy, Standard Dose induction (160mg at week 0, 80mg week 2 and 40mg fortnightly thereafter)
Standard dose adalimumab induction and maintenance
Prior to randomization, suitable patients may undergo endoscopic balloon dilatation. Patients undergoing dilatation will be stratified to ensure equal numbers in each study arm.
EXPERIMENTAL: Intensive drug therapy
Adalimumab in combination with dose optimized thiopurine, Intensive induction (160mg weekly for 4 weeks then 40mg fortnightly). Anti-TNF dose may be increased if ongoing inflammation every 4 months until study endpoint.
Standard dose adalimumab induction and maintenance
Prior to randomization, suitable patients may undergo endoscopic balloon dilatation. Patients undergoing dilatation will be stratified to ensure equal numbers in each study arm.
Dose optimized thiopurine

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Improvement in obstructive symptoms.
Time Frame: 12 months
Improved pain and or frequency of pain compared to baseline. Obstructive symptoms determined by prospective diary documenting number of episodes of pain in previous 2 weeks and severity of the pain episodes using four-level Likert scale.
12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Improvement in symptoms
Time Frame: 4, 8 and 12 months
Improved pain and or frequency of pain compared to baseline. Obstructive symptoms determined by prospective diary documenting number of episodes of pain in previous 2 weeks and severity of the pain episodes using four-level Likert scale.
4, 8 and 12 months
Improvement in biochemical inflammatory parameters
Time Frame: 12 months
Serum CRP and fecal calprotectin
12 months
Improvement in imaging parameters (Intestinal ultrasound)
Time Frame: 12 months
Limberg's score
12 months
Improvement in imaging parameters
Time Frame: 12 months
Modified MaRIA score
12 months
Surgery
Time Frame: 12 months
The number of patients that require surgical resection of stricture due to failure of drug therapy.
12 months
Improvement in patient reported outcomes (PROs)
Time Frame: 12 months
SF36
12 months
Improvement in patient reported outcomes (PROs)
Time Frame: 12 months
IBDQ
12 months

Other Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Treatment Failure
Time Frame: 12 months
Number of patients who drop out of the study because of clinical symptoms, acute bowel obstruction, unscheduled endoscopic or surgical intervention.
12 months

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Collaborators

Publications and helpful links

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Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start (ACTUAL)

October 9, 2017

Primary Completion (ACTUAL)

September 18, 2020

Study Completion (ANTICIPATED)

September 1, 2021

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 6, 2017

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 13, 2017

First Posted (ACTUAL)

July 18, 2017

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (ACTUAL)

October 23, 2020

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 22, 2020

Last Verified

October 1, 2020

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • StVincentsMelbourneSTRIDENT1

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

product manufactured in and exported from the U.S.

No

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