Establishment and management of Crohn’s disease research network for studying clinical characteristics ans course of Korean Crohn's disease's patients
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Diseases of the digestive system
- Registration Number
- KCT0000819
- Lead Sponsor
- Korea Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 550
Inclusion Criteria
Definite Crohn's disease : Patients who met at least 2 of 5 criteria (clinical symptom and sign, colonoscopic findings, radiologic findings, gross feature of intestine, and histologic finding) with persisting at least 2 months.
Probable Crohn's disease : Patients who do not meet the definite criteria but requiring follow up with possibility of Crohn's disease.
Exclusion Criteria
Patients who do not meet the criteria of the definite and probable Crohn Disease, including ulcerative colitis, intestinal tuberculosis, intestinal Behcet's disease, and acute infectious colitis.
Definite or probable CD patients who refuse to consent participating the cohort study.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational Study
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method intestinal resection rate;cumulative admission rate;mortality
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Change of disease activity;Change of disease pattern (extent and behavior);cumulative rate of major complication;cumulative rate of medication use