E.1 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.1 | Medical condition(s) being investigated |
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E.1.1.1 | Medical condition in easily understood language |
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E.1.1.2 | Therapeutic area | Diseases [C] - Digestive System Diseases [C06] |
MedDRA Classification |
E.1.2 Medical condition or disease under investigation |
E.1.2 | Version | 18.0 |
E.1.2 | Level | PT |
E.1.2 | Classification code | 10011401 |
E.1.2 | Term | Crohn's disease |
E.1.2 | System Organ Class | 10017947 - Gastrointestinal disorders |
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E.1.3 | Condition being studied is a rare disease | Yes |
E.2 Objective of the trial |
E.2.1 | Main objective of the trial |
To investigate whether the proportion of patients with clinically significant endoscopic recurrence (Rutgeerts grades i2b, i3 and i4) at 6 months after preventive treatment with vitamin D is different from the patients treated with placebo --> the antiinflammatory effect of Vitamin D3 |
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E.2.2 | Secondary objectives of the trial |
- The proportion of patients in clinical remission.
- The influence of vitamin D treatment based on patients’ NOD2/CARD15 genotype.
- Quality of life |
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E.2.3 | Trial contains a sub-study | No |
E.3 | Principal inclusion criteria |
- Age ≥ 18 years, either male or female
- Established CD
- First or second ileocolonic resection with ileocolonic anastomosis and removal of all tissue macroscopically affected by CD according to the surgeon
- Able to give written informed consent
- Levels of serum calcium at inclusion not exceeding upper limit of normal
- Being able to resume oral intake within 2 weeks after surgery
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E.4 | Principal exclusion criteria |
- Patients in whom not all visible CD has been resected
- Active fistulizing perianal disease (requiring anti TNF treatment)
- Extensive small bowel resection
- Third, fourth or later ileocolonic resection
- Patients undergoing ileocoecal resection in the Lir!c Trial (NTR 1150, http://www.trialregister.nl/trialreg/admin/rctview.asp?TC=1150)
- A history of primary hyperparathyroidism
- A history of osteoporosis for which calcium and Vitamin D treatment are mandatory
- A history of another granulomatous diseases (sarcoïdosis, tuberculosis)
- Pregnant or breastfeeding (at index date) female patients
- Patients undergoing other resections than ileocolonic resections
- Patients who prefer to use open-label vitamin D preparations
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E.5 End points |
E.5.1 | Primary end point(s) |
Endoscopic recurrence at 6 months postoperatively |
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E.5.1.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
6 months after randomization |
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E.5.2 | Secondary end point(s) |
- Clinical Recurrence rate at 6 months
- Difference in significant recurrence among all patients with low vitamin D at baseline
- The difference in response to vitamin D treatment in patients with NOD2 mutation versus patients without NOD2 mutation
- To investigate if the urine metabolome is different in patients responding to vitamin D treatment
- Quality of life
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E.5.2.1 | Timepoint(s) of evaluation of this end point |
6 monhts after randomization |
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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 | Yes |
E.6.4 | Safety | No |
E.6.5 | Efficacy | No |
E.6.6 | Pharmacokinetic | No |
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 | No |
E.7 | Trial type and phase |
E.7.1 | Human pharmacology (Phase I) | No |
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) | Yes |
E.7.4 | Therapeutic use (Phase IV) | No |
E.8 Design of the trial |
E.8.1 | Controlled | Yes |
E.8.1.1 | Randomised | Yes |
E.8.1.2 | Open | No |
E.8.1.3 | Single blind | No |
E.8.1.4 | Double blind | Yes |
E.8.1.5 | Parallel group | No |
E.8.1.6 | Cross over | No |
E.8.1.7 | Other | Yes |
E.8.1.7.1 | Other trial design description |
patients will be stratified based on their vitamin D level |
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E.8.2 | Comparator of controlled trial |
E.8.2.1 | Other medicinal product(s) | No |
E.8.2.2 | Placebo | Yes |
E.8.2.3 | Other | No |
E.8.2.4 | Number of treatment arms in the trial | 2 |
E.8.3 |
The trial involves single site in the Member State concerned
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E.8.4 | The trial involves multiple sites in the Member State concerned | Yes |
E.8.4.1 | Number of sites anticipated in Member State concerned | 15 |
E.8.5 | The trial involves multiple Member States | Yes |
E.8.5.1 | Number of sites anticipated in the EEA | 23 |
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 | No |
E.8.7 | Trial has a data monitoring committee | Yes |
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 | 3 |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned months | |
E.8.9.1 | In the Member State concerned days | |
E.8.9.2 | In all countries concerned by the trial years | 3 |