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Register: ClinicalTrials.gov
Last refreshed on: 13 June 2016
Main ID:  NCT01745770
Date of registration: 05/12/2012
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Dr. Falk Pharma GmbH
Public title: TID 1000 mg Mesalazine Versus TID 2x500 mg Mesalazine in Active Ulcerative Colitis (UC)
Scientific title: Double-blind, Double-dummy, Randomised, Multi-centre, Comparative Phase III Clinical Study on the Efficacy and Tolerability of an 8 Week Oral Treatment With Three Times Daily 1000 mg Mesalazine Versus Three Times Daily 2x500 mg Mesalazine in Patients With Active Ulcerative Colitis
Date of first enrolment: January 2013
Target sample size: 306
Recruitment status: Completed
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT01745770
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Subject, Caregiver, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Germany
Contacts
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Signed informed consent

- Men or women aged 18 to 75 years

- Active ulcerative colitis, except proctitis limited to 15 cm ab ano, confirmed by
endoscopy and histology

Exclusion Criteria:

- Crohn's disease, indeterminate colitis, ischemic colitis, radiation colitis,
diverticular disease associated colitis, microscopic colitis (i.e., collagenous
colitis and lymphocytic colitis)

- Toxic megacolon

- Screening stool positive for germs causing bowel disease

- Malabsorption syndromes

- Celiac disease

- Other inflammatory or bleeding disorders of the colon and intestine, or diseases that
may cause diarrhoea or gastrointestinal bleeding



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: 75 Years
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Active Ulcerative Colitis
Intervention(s)
Drug: Mesalazine - TID 2x 500 mg
Drug: Mesalazine - TID 1000 mg
Primary Outcome(s)
Rate of clinical remission [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Number of stools per week [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Number of bloody stools per week [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Time to first resolution of clinical symptoms [Time Frame: 8 weeks]
Secondary ID(s)
SAT-25/UCA
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
Date Completed:
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