Risk Factors for Microscopic Colitis. A Dutch Case-Control Study

Completed

• Conditions: Chronic colitis; lymphocytic colitis; collagenous colitis; 10017969

• Registration Number: NL-OMON45110
• Lead Sponsor: Medisch Universitair Ziekenhuis Maastricht

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Completion: 2016-07-19
• Last Update Posted: 29 April 2024

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: 637

Inclusion Criteria

Patients:
- diagnosed with microscopic/collagenous/lymphocytic colitis between 2000 and 2012; .
- inhabitant of Limburg / Eindhoven region at time of diagnosis.;Controls:
- never diagnosed with microscopic/collagenous/lymphocytic colitis;
- participant in 'IBD-ZL controlecohort'

Exclusion Criteria

Patients + controls
- Age below 18 years at the time of diagnosis
- Not capable of signing an informed consent
- Deceased

Study & Design

• Study Type: Observational invasive
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>The main study parameter is the assessment of environmental, hygiene-related<br /><br>risk factors for MC. </p><br>

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
<p>Secondary parameters are the difference between the CC and LC subpopulation<br /><br>regarding hygiene-related risk factors, living area as potential risk factor<br /><br>and the assessment of the more generally known risk factors (e.g. age, gender,<br /><br>smoking, medication).<br /><br><br /><br>A specific outcome is the risk of exposure to polution in the living area,<br /><br>based on longitudinal residential data (GIS substudy). </p><br>