Can 3D ultrasonography evaluate fibrosis in Crohn's disease
Not Applicable
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Crohn's disease
- Registration Number
- JPRN-UMIN000041143
- Lead Sponsor
- Kitasato University Kitasato Institute Hospital
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 80
Inclusion Criteria
Not provided
Exclusion Criteria
1. Lesions that did not undergo intestinal resection, such as strictureplasty 2. When the principal investigator considered not suitable.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Primary outcome is to evaluate the usefulness of 3D ultrasound parameters (wall thickening, blood flow, and elasticity) as a method to differentiate between inflammatory and fibrotic stenoses that occur in Crohn's disease.
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Secondary outcome is to explore the immunological abnormalities that cause fibrosis by monitoring the immune abnormalities that cause stenosis by ultrasound.