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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 19 February 2015
Main ID:  NCT00036439
Date of registration: 10/05/2002
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: Centocor, Inc.
Public title: A Safety and Efficacy Study for Infliximab (Remicade) in Patients With Active Ulcerative Colitis
Scientific title: A Randomized, Placebo-controlled, Double-blind Trial to Evaluate the Safety and Efficacy of Infliximab in Patients With Active Ulcerative Colitis
Date of first enrolment: February 2002
Target sample size: 364
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  http://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT00036439
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double-Blind, Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Belgium United States
Contacts
Name:     Centocor, Inc. Clinical Trial
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Affiliation:  Centocor, Inc.
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Patients who have had ulcerative colitis of at least 3 months' duration at screening

- Patients who have ulcerative colitis confirmed by the biopsy taken at screening

- Patients must have active colitis confirmed during the screening sigmoidoscopy

- Patients must have active disease.

Exclusion Criteria:

- Patients must not be likely to require surgical removal of all or part of the colon
within 12 weeks of beginning the study

- Patients must not require, or required within the 2 months prior to beginning the
study, surgery for active gastrointestinal bleeding, peritonitis, intestinal
obstruction, or intra-abdominal or pancreatic abscess requiring surgical drainage



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Ulcerative Colitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Infliximab
Primary Outcome(s)
The proportion of patients with clinical response, defined as a decrease from baseline in the Mayo score by = 30% and = 3 points, with a decrease in the rectal bleeding subscore of = 1 or a rectal bleeding subscore of 0 or 1, at week 8.
Secondary Outcome(s)
The proportion of patients in clinical remission defined as a Mayo score of = 2 points, with no individual subscore > 1 at week 8; Patients in remission by this definition will have a rectal bleeding subscore of either 0 or 1; mucosal heeling at week 8
Secondary ID(s)
CR004777
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
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