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Last refreshed on: 27 November 2023
Main ID:  NCT03172195
Date of registration: 23/05/2017
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Public title: Detection of Herpesvirus DNA (CMV, EBV, HHV-6 and HSV) in Colonic Tissue: Impact on Ulcerative Colitis Flare-up VIRCH
Scientific title: Detection of Herpesvirus DNA (CMV, EBV, HHV-6 and HSV) in Colonic Tissue: Impact on Ulcerative Colitis Flare-up
Date of first enrolment: October 11, 2017
Target sample size: 100
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT03172195
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: N/A. Intervention model: Single Group Assignment. Primary purpose: Diagnostic. Masking: None (Open Label).  
Phase:  N/A
Countries of recruitment
France
Contacts
Name:     Xavier ROBLIN, MD PhD
Address: 
Telephone: (0)477828119
Email: xavier.roblin@chu-st-etienne.fr
Affiliation: 
Name:     Xavier Roblin, MD PhD
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  CHU SAINT-ETIENNE
Name:     Xavier Roblin, MD PhD
Address: 
Telephone: (0)477828119
Email: xavier.roblin@chu-st-etienne.fr
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

- Age>18 years

- Voluntary to participate to the study

- Flare-up of ulcerative colitis with Mayo score >6

- Ability to receive steroid or anti-TNF therapy

- Agree the rectosigmoidoscopy and the therapies

Exclusion Criteria:

- Age <18 years

- Pregnancy

- Disagree the rectosigmoidoscopy or the therapies

- Participation to the evaluation of a new therapy

- Colectomy (partial or total)

- Contraindication of steroid or anti-TNF therapy

- Anticoagulant drugs



Age minimum: 18 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: All
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Colitis, Ulcerative
Intervention(s)
Biological: blood sample
Biological: biopsies
Procedure: rectosigmoidoscopy
Primary Outcome(s)
Number of patients with different viral load in the colonic mucosa [Time Frame: day 1]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Correlation of the different viral loads with the anti-TNF treatment response [Time Frame: up to 24 months]
Correlation of the different viral loads with the Mayo endoscopic score [Time Frame: Day 1]
Correlation of the different viral loads with the steroid treatment response [Time Frame: up to 24 months]
Secondary ID(s)
1708033
ANSM
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Results
Results available:
Date Posted:
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