Safety and Compliance of Taking Mesalamine Once a Day in Pediatric Patients
- Registration Number
- NCT00349388
- Lead Sponsor
- Annette Langseder
- Brief Summary
To determine whether once a day administration of Mesalamine is at least as safe and efficacious and administration of multiple doses a day in preventing clinical relapse of ulcerative colitis in children and adolescence.
- Detailed Description
Is taking total dose in mg/kg once a day, as safe as taking total dose divided in mg/kg spreadout during the day in preventing clinical relapse of ulcerative colitis in children and adolescence.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- TERMINATED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 1
- Ages 6 to 18 years,
- Must be able to swallow tablets, and
- Biopsy proven ulcerative colitis
- Allergy or hypersensitivity to Mesalamine or other salicylates
- Use of rectal medications
Study & Design
- Study Type
- INTERVENTIONAL
- Study Design
- PARALLEL
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Asacol once a day dosing Asacol Asacol total dose in mg/kg given once a day Asacol BID/TID dosing Asacol Asacol total dose split BID or TID
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Once Daily Dosing Works as Well a Multiple Dosing a Day. overall study subject tolerated once a day dose Only 1 subject enrolled which was the control arm standard dose twice a day. No subjects enrolled to take dose once a day Therefore, primary outcome cannot be reported
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Improved Medication Compliance. overall study Not applicable : unable to measure secondary outcome because no one was enrolled in once a day dose arm. Therefore, no comparisons can be made to see if once a day dosing would have higher compliance than taking medication BID or TID
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Morristown Memorial Hospital/Goyerb Children's Hospital
🇺🇸Morristown, New Jersey, United States