- ICH GCP
- US Clinical Trials Registry
- Clinical Trial NCT05954845
The Enteric Nervous System in Spinal Cord Injury: Study of the Enteric Nervous System and the Intestinal Epithelial Barrier Via Colonic Biopsies in Spinal Cord Injury Patients (TENS-SCI)
The Enteric Nervous System in Spinal Cord Injury : étude du système Nerveux entérique et de la barrière épithéliale Intestinale Via la réalisation de Biopsies Coliques Chez Les Patients Porteurs de lésion médullaire
The goal of this clinical trial is to learn more about the enteric nervous system (ENS) and the intestinal epithelial barrier (IEB) in patients with spinal cord injury (SCI). The main questions it aims to answer are :
- to characterize the functional (permeability, serotonin production, enteric neuronal phenotype, etc.), proteomic (junction molecules) and transcriptomic (inflammation genes, neuromediator expression, etc.) remodeling of the colonic mucosa and ENS in SCI patients, in comparison with control data.
- to correlate intestinal permeability (and all remodeling parameters) with the type of neurological impairment i.e. the neurological level of the lesion, quantification of neurological impairment (motor and sensory scores) and the completeness and incompleteness of a lesion.
- to identify a link with disease severity markers
- to identify therapeutic targets that could subsequently be tested in the animal model before being proposed in clinical trials.
Participants will have colonic biopsies taken following a colonoscopy/rectosigmoidoscopy previously indicated for spinal cord injured patients. Biopsies will be obtained from the right and left colon.
Study Overview
Detailed Description
Injury to the spinal cord, whether traumatic or not, leads to numerous organ deficiencies, particularly vegetative deficiencies. Digestive and anorectal dysfunctions are among these, and are the main deficiencies that spinal cord injury patients would like to see disappear, even before motor recovery or walking, for example. However, the treatments available are essentially empirical (dietary hygiene rules, use of laxatives, digital exoneration maneuvers) and only partially effective.
Pathophysiological knowledge of digestive dysfunction in the medullo-injured is mainly focused on dysfunctions of extrinsic vegetative innervation. In contrast, there are few studies concerning the dysfunction of intrinsic digestive innervation in this pathology, i.e. the enteric nervous system (ENS), and the intestinal epithelial barrier (IEB), which are central players involved in the digestive disorders observed during the course of numerous digestive or extra-digestive pathologies, such as Parkinson's Disease (PD) in particular.
To date, the nature of ENS/EIB remodeling has not been correlated with clinical data, in order to potentially link it to a clinical phenotype of these patients, and to determine their capacity to become predictive biomarkers of disease progression, severity and/or response to treatment. By combining functional exploration of the intestinal barrier, protein and transcriptomic analysis of biopsies, the aim is to 1) characterize functional (permeability, serotonin production), proteomic and transcriptomic remodeling of the mucosa in SCI patients compared with control groups, 2) make the link with patients' clinical data, 3) identify markers of disease severity (lesion level, severity of intestinal dysfunction) and 4) identify therapeutic targets that could be tested in the animal model before being proposed in clinical trials.
Study Type
Enrollment (Estimated)
Phase
- Not Applicable
Contacts and Locations
Study Contact
- Name: Chloé LEFEVRE
- Phone Number: +33 02 40 84 60 66
- Email: chloe.lefevre@chu-nantes.fr
Study Locations
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Nantes, France, 44000
- Recruiting
- CHU de Nantes
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Contact:
- Chloé LEFEVRE, Dr
- Email: chloe.lefevre@chu-nantes.fr
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Principal Investigator:
- Chloé LEFEVRE, Dr
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Participation Criteria
Eligibility Criteria
Ages Eligible for Study
- Adult
- Older Adult
Accepts Healthy Volunteers
Description
Inclusion Criteria:
Patient with signed consent Patient over 18 and under 80 years of age Patient with acquired traumatic or non-traumatic spinal cord injury Patient with an indication for colonoscopy or rectosigmoidoscopy at the Nantes University Hospital Gastroenterology Department Eligible for French social security Patient enrolled in the COSCINUS cohort
Exclusion Criteria:
Patients in emergency situations, deprived of liberty, or not covered by the social security system Patient under legal protection Patient suffering from an inflammatory digestive disease Patient on anticoagulant therapy with no possibility of discontinuation or relay Patient with contraindications to colonoscopy/rectosigmoidoscopy Pregnant or breast-feeding patient
Study Plan
How is the study designed?
Design Details
- Primary Purpose: Basic Science
- Allocation: N/A
- Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
- Masking: None (Open Label)
Arms and Interventions
Participant Group / Arm |
Intervention / Treatment |
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Experimental: colonic biopsies
participants will have colonic biopsies taken following a colonoscopy/rectosigmoidoscopy previously indicated for spinal cord injured patients.
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Biopsies will be obtained from the right and left colon (5 biopsies per colic region)
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What is the study measuring?
Primary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Measurement of sulfonic acid and HRP flux in biopsies placed in Ussing chamber
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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Quantifying the expression of junction molecules of the ZO-1 type
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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Number of serotonin-producing cells labelled with anti-5-HT antibody
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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The degree of expression of TPH1 and SERT in RT-qPCR
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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Calculation of the number of neurons and the proportion of different neurochemical phenotypes of neurons in relation to the total number of neurons in the submucosal plexus
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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VIP, ACh and 5-HT concentration in the colonic mucosa
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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Expression levels of key inflammation cytokines (TNFα, IL 1β, IFNɣ...)
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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Secondary Outcome Measures
Outcome Measure |
Time Frame |
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Correlation between intestinal permeability and type of neurological damage
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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Correlation between intestinal permeability and degree of digestive function impairment
Time Frame: 1 month
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1 month
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Collaborators and Investigators
Sponsor
Study record dates
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Primary Completion (Estimated)
Study Completion (Estimated)
Study Registration Dates
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More Information
Terms related to this study
Additional Relevant MeSH Terms
Other Study ID Numbers
- RC23_0075
Drug and device information, study documents
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product
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