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Budesonide for Maintenance Treatment of Collagenous Colitis

Information source: Dresden University of Technology
Information obtained from ClinicalTrials.gov on November 03, 2008
Link to the current ClinicalTrials.gov record.

Condition(s) targeted: Collagenous Colitis

Intervention: Budesonide (Drug)

Phase: Phase 3

Status: Recruiting

Sponsored by: Dresden University of Technology

Official(s) and/or principal investigator(s):
Stephan Miehlke, Prof., Principal Investigator, Affiliation: Medical Department I, Technical University Hospital, Dresden, Germany

Overall contact:
Stephan Miehlke, Prof., Phone: +49 351 458, Ext: 5645, Email: stephan.miehlke@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether orale budesonide is effective in maintaining clinical remission in patients with collagenous colitis.

Clinical Details

Official title: Efficacy and Safety of Budesonide in Maintenance Treatment of Collagenous Colitis

Study design: Treatment, Randomized, Double-Blind, Placebo Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Primary outcome: Proportion of patients in clinical remission after 6 months

Secondary outcome:

time to relapse

safety

quality of life

histological improvement

Detailed description: The purpose of this study is to determine whether orale budesonide is effective in maintaining clinical remission in patients with collagenous colitis.

Eligibility

Minimum age: 18 Years. Maximum age: 80 Years. Gender(s): Both.

Criteria:

Inclusion Criteria:

- collagenous colitis

- diarrhea

- written informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

- infectious causes for diarrhea

- other inflammatory bowel diseases

- history of colonic surgery

- celiac disease

- malignancies

- severe concomitant diseases

- use of budesonide, steroids, mesalazine within the previous 2 weeks

- known intolerance to budesonide

- history of lack of response to budesonide

- pregnancy,lactation

- drug and/or alcohol abuse

- lack of compliance

Locations and Contacts

Stephan Miehlke, Prof., Phone: +49 351 458, Ext: 5645, Email: stephan.miehlke@uniklinikum-dresden.de

Medical Department I, Technical University Hospital, Dresden 01307, Germany; Recruiting
Stephan Miehlke, Prof., Phone: +49 351 458, Ext: 5645, Email: stephan.miehlke@uniklinikum-dresden.de
Ahmed Madisch, MD, Phone: +49 351 458, Ext: 4780, Email: ahmed.madisch@uniklinikum-dresden.de
Stephan Miehlke, Prof., Principal Investigator
Additional Information

Starting date: July 2004
Ending date: August 2005
Last updated: February 12, 2007

Page last updated: November 03, 2008

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