E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
Growth failure in children with Crohn's disease |
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MedDRA Classification |
E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | No |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
Is the concentration in the blood of IGF-I, when given to children with Crohn's disease, similar to that which we would expect (from its licensed used in children with primary IGF-I deficiency)? |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
A proportion of children with Crohn's disease lose protein from their intestine. This is known as "Protein losing enteropathy". We wish to discover if the degree of protein losing enteropathy affects the blood levels of IGF-I after IGF-I treatment. |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
The inclusion criteria are those which define a child with Crohn's disease as having severe growth failure. They consist of an accepted measurement of growth failure AND an accepted measure of inflammation.
Criteria for specific aims #1 and #2:
Height velocity measured over > 6mo: <-2 SDS Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: > 25 mm/hr
or C-reactive protein: > 10 mg/l
or
Both ESR >25mm/hr and CRP >10mg/l
Stool alpha-1-antitrypsin concentration: < 2.3 g/ln
Specific aim #3. The criteria for this aim establish that the child has protein losing enteropathy.
Height velocity measured over > 6mo: <-2 SDS Erythrocyte sedimentation rate: > 25 mm/hr or C-reactive protein: > 10 mg/l
or Both ESR>25mm/hr and CRP >10mg/l
Stool alpha-1-antitrypsin concentration: > 2.3 g/l
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
1) Children under 10 years. 2) No corticosteroids for 3 months in either group.
Justification: 1) Crohn's disease is rare under 8 years, and it takes over a year to doucment that growth retardation is unresponsive to anti-inflammatory medications. 2) Corticosteroids, used in the treatment of Crohn's disease, have an independent growth-retarding effect on children.
3) Active or suspected neoplasia 4) Know hypersensitivity to Increlex 5) Children with closed epiphyses |
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Blood concentration profile of IGF-I; IGFBP-3 and glucose |
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E.6 and E.7 Scope of the trial |
E.6 | Scope of the trial |
E.6.1 | Diagnosis | No |
E.6.2 | Prophylaxis | No |
E.6.3 | Therapy | No |
E.6.4 | Safety | Yes |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | Yes |
E.6.7 | Pharmacodynamic | No |
E.6.8 | Bioequivalence | No |
E.6.9 | Dose response | No |
E.6.10 | Pharmacogenetic | No |
E.6.11 | Pharmacogenomic | No |
E.6.12 | Pharmacoeconomic | No |
E.6.13 | Others | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | Yes |
E.7.1.1 | First administration to humans | No |
E.7.1.2 | Bioequivalence study | No |
E.7.1.3 | Other | No |
E.7.1.3.1 | Other trial type description | |
E.7.2 | Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II) | No |
E.7.3 | Therapeutic confirmatory (Phase III) | No |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | No |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.2 | Open | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.1.7 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.2.3 | Other | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
| Yes |
E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | No |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | No |
E.8.6 Trial involving sites outside the EEA |
E.8.6.1 | Trial being conducted both within and outside the EEA | No |
E.8.6.2 | Trial being conducted completely outside of the EEA | Information not present in EudraCT |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | No |
E.8.8 |
Definition of the end of the trial and justification where it is not the last
visit of the last subject undergoing the trial
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E.8.9 Initial estimate of the duration of the trial |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned years | 2 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |