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Translational Research of Inflammatory Bowel Disease in Korea

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Diseases of the digestive system
Registration Number
KCT0000545
Lead Sponsor
Asan Medical Center
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Recruiting
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
7500
Inclusion Criteria

Crohn' disease: patients who met at least 2 of the following criteria
a) clinical history of abdominal pain, weight loss, malaise, diarrhea,
and/or rectal bleeding; b) endoscopic findings of mucosal
cobblestoning, linear ulceration, skip areas, or perianal disease;
c) radiologic findings of stricture, mucosal
cobblestoning, or ulceration; d) macroscopic appearance of
bowel wall induration, mesenteric lymphadenopathy, and
creeping fat” at laparotomy; and e) pathologic findings of
transmural inflammation and/or epithelioid granulomas. Only
patients who met these criteria for at least 2 months are
included.
- Ulcerative colitis: patients who met all 3 of the following criteria
a) a typical history of diarrhea or blood and pus or both in the stool for longer than 4 weeks; b) a typical sigmoidoscopic or colonoscopic
picture with diffusely granular, friable, or ulcerated mucosa
without rectal sparing or skip lesions or radiological signs of
characteristic continuous granular or ulcerated mucosa; and
c) characteristic histopathological signs of inflammation on
biopsy.
- Controls: subjects who do not have any evidence of inflammatory bowel disease and who gave an informed consent for being enrolled in this study

Exclusion Criteria

- IBD unclassified
- Younger than 15 years
- Not Korean ethnicity

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational Study
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical features and prognosis of Korean patients with inflammatory bowel disease;Serologic biomarker: ASCA, pANCA, Anti-I2, Anti-OmpC, Anti-CBir1;Genome wide association study and analysis;Illumina exome array
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Clinical and genetic prognostic markers
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