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Register: JPRN
Last refreshed on: 17 October 2023
Main ID:  JPRN-UMIN000012469
Date of registration: 02/12/2013
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Castle Study Group
Public title: Comparison of Adalimumab and Steroid in Intestinal Behcet's disease
Scientific title: Comparison of Adalimumab and Steroid in Intestinal Behcet's disease - Castle Study
Date of first enrolment: 2013/12/02
Target sample size: 50
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://center6.umin.ac.jp/cgi-open-bin/ctr_e/ctr_view.cgi?recptno=R000014594
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Parallel Randomized  
Phase:  Not selected
Countries of recruitment
Japan
Contacts
Name: Kenji    Watanabe
Address:  1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka Japan
Telephone: 06-6645-3811
Email: kenjiw@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Affiliation:  Osaka City University Department of Gastroenterology
Name: Kenji    Watanabe
Address:  1-4-3, Asahi-machi, Abeno-ku, Osaka 545-8585 Japan
Telephone: 06-6645-3811
Email: kenjiw@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Affiliation:  Osaka City University Department of Gastroenterology
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
Exclusion criteria: 1) The patients with simple ulcer disease complicated without general Behcet's symptoms 2) Contraindication of adalimumab administration a: Severe infectious disease b: Active tuberculosis c: Past history for hypersensitivity of adalimumab contents d: Present or past history for demyelinating disorder e: Congestive heart failure 3) Contraindication for steroid administration a: Past history for hypersensitivity of prednisolone contents 4) Pregnant or breast feeding woman 5) Below the age of 15 years old 6) The patients who are unable to provide informed consent 7) The patients who are begun to administrate with more than 10mg/kg steroid within 2 weeks 8) The patients who are administrated with steroid more than 2 weeks 9) The patients who had been administrated with infliximab or adalimumab. However, the patients who were intolerant for infliximab within 2nd infusion (0 week or 2 weeks) can be enrolled. 10) The patients who are added or increased dosage of administration with as follows, 5-aminosalicylates or nutrition therapy within 2 weeks, colchicine or tacrolimus or ciclosporin or methotrexate within 4 weeks, azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine within 8 weeks 11) Malignancy patient 12) The patients who are contained with untypical lesion for intestinal Behcet's disease 13) The patients who are indicated as insufficient by the physician

Age minimum: 15years-old
Age maximum: Not applicable
Gender: Male and Female
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Intestinal Behcet's disease
Intervention(s)
Subcutaneous injection of adalumumab with 160mg at 0 week, 80mg at 2 weeks and 40mg every other week after at 4 weeks continuously.
Oral administration of prednisolone with 0.6mg/kg/day during from 1 to 2 weeks, and tapering off until 12 weeks with decreasing dosage 5mg/kg/week approximately
Primary Outcome(s)
Endoscopic efficacy at 12 weeks
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Source(s) of Monetary Support
none
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: YES
Approval date: 03/10/2013
Contact:
ethics@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Osaka City University Hospital Certified Review Board
06-6645-3435
ethics@med.osaka-cu.ac.jp
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted:
Date Completed: 31/12/2025
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