Effectiveness of Cortiment® in Patients With Ulcerative Colitis
- Registration Number
- NCT02586259
- Lead Sponsor
- Ferring Pharmaceuticals
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to evaluate Cortiment® with regard to its use by clinicians in routine clinical practice and its effectiveness and tolerability in a real-life setting.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 378
- Men and women aged ≥ 18 years
- Outpatients
- Patients who have been prescribed Cortiment® for the treatment of mild to moderate active ulcerative colitis within a 5 days' time window prior to being included in the study
- Patients who have received adequate information regarding this non-interventional study and are able to understand and voluntarily sign the Informed Consent
- Patients with severe active / fulminant ulcerative colitis
- Patients treated with antibiotics or corticosteroids for the current flare. Use of Antibiotics for other conditions non-related to the gastrointestinal tract, either before enrolment or during the observational period is permitted.
- History of total / sub-total colectomy
- Hypersensitivity to the active substance, lecithin (derived soya oil, peanut oil) or to any of the excipients
- Patients enrolled and involved in an interventional study
- Patients whom investigators consider inappropriate to participate in the study
Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Cortiment® budesonide MMX® Treatment according to routine clinical practice.
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Clinical benefit in routine practice, defined as % of patients with clinical improvement ≥ 3-point in Ulcerative Colitis Disease Activity Index (UCDAI) clinical sub-score From Day 1 to end of induction treatment (recommended duration up to 8 weeks)
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (6)
Danderyds sjukhus (there may be other sites in this country)
🇸🇪Stockholm, Sweden
St. Vincent's University Hospital (there may be other sites in this country)
🇮🇪Dublin, Ireland
Magen-Darm-Zentrum, Facharztzentrum Eppendorf (there may be other sites in this country)
🇩🇪Hamburg, Germany
Digestive Health Clinic (there may be other sites in this country)
🇨🇦Richmond Hill, Canada
Investigational site (there may be other sites in this country)
🇵🇱Warszawa, Poland
Kings College Hospital (there may be other sites in this country)
🇬🇧London, United Kingdom