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Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00209300
Date of registration: 13/09/2005
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Public title: Pentasa Once Daily in Ulcerative Colitis for Maintenance of Remission
Scientific title: Pentasa Once Daily in Ulcerative Colitis for Maintenance of Remission. A European Multi-centre Investigator Blinded Randomized Controlled Study of Pentasa Sachet Comparing One Gram Twice With Two Grams Once Daily
Date of first enrolment: May 2005
Target sample size: 362
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00209300
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Investigator), Primary Purpose: Prevention  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium Czech Republic Denmark Finland Germany Netherlands Norway Sweden
Contacts
Name:     Clinical Development Support
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Affiliation:  Ferring Pharmaceuticals
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients have an established diagnosis of ulcerative colitis and are in clinical
remission with an UC-DAI < 2 at enrollment

2. Extension of the disease > 15 cm distance from anal verge

3. Patients who have had a clinical relapse within the past year. Clinical relapse is
defined as activity of the disease for which maintenance therapy had to be adjusted.

4. Patients on oral mesalazine maintenance therapy = 2.5 grams per day

5. 18 years or older

6. Signed informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients with evidence of other forms of inflammatory bowel disease, idiopathic
proctitis or infectious disease

2. Patients allergic to acetylsalicylic acid and other salicylate derivates aspirin or
salicylates derivatives

3. Patients who used mesalazine > 2.5 grams orally in the previous month,

4. Patients who used rectal mesalazine > 3 grams per week in the previous month

5. Use of corticosteroids (oral and/or rectal routes) within the last month

6. Intake of immunosuppressants within the last 3 months

7. Patients with (known) significant hepatic (up to 2 x upper limit of normal) or
(known) renal function abnormalities, to 1.5 x upper limit of normal values

8. Patients with history or physical examination findings indicative of active alcohol
or drug abuse

9. Patients with a history of disease, including mental/emotional disorders, that would
interfere with their participation in the study

10. Women who are pregnant or nursing (non-menopausal women who are sexually active and
do not use effective contraceptives, as judged by the investigator, must have a
negative pregnancy test)

11. Patients who participated in another clinical study in the last 3 months

12. Patients who were previously participating in this study

13. Patients with any other disease that may influence the study assessment, such as
malignant disease, etc.

14. Patients who are unable to comply with any requirements of the protocol

15. Patients who are unable to write or read local language.



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ulcerative Colitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Pentasa
Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
2004-004565-15
FE999907 CS003
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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