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Intestinal Organoids

Not Applicable
Recruiting
Conditions
Inflammatory Bowel Disease, Ulcerative Colitis Type
Crohn Disease
Digestive System Diseases
Interventions
Procedure: additional biopsies
Registration Number
NCT05294107
Lead Sponsor
Rennes University Hospital
Brief Summary

Over the last decade, the use of mini-organ or organoids has been increasingly developed in fundamental research. Indeed, digestive organoids represent an essential advance compared to classical culture systems (epithelial cell lines, immortalized cells) since they preserve in culture the functional complexity present in vivo (architecture, different cell types). They also have the advantage of being able to be propagated indefinitely (unlike explants), minimizing the use of animal models and reducing the amount of tissue required. Finally, their growth and development depends on the origin of the sample (the organoid will develop differently if the cell source comes from a patient suffering from an inflammatory bowel disease, for example), thus generating models of human pathologies to better determine their physiopathology. The use of organoids in biomedical research has proven to be an indispensable tool for the understanding of cellular and molecular mechanisms involved in epithelial renewal and the screening of molecules and ingredients for applications in the health and agri-food sectors.

Detailed Description

The project aims to generate a biocollection of 3D intestinal models from digestive biopsies with associated health data and to characterize them before using them for the screening of potential therapeutic molecules.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
RECRUITING
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
90
Inclusion Criteria
  • Subjects aged 18 to 75 years
  • Subject undergoing endoscopy as part of the standard of care with the need to take digestive biopsy samples
  • Subject having signed a free and informed consent in writing
Exclusion Criteria
  • Subjects under legal protection (safeguard of justice, curatorship or guardianship) or deprived of liberty.
  • Anticoagulant treatment and anti-platelet treatment (except for aspirin 75 mg)

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
PARALLEL
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Group ulcerative colitisadditional biopsies4 additional biopsies for 30 patients with ulcerative colitis
Group No MICIadditional biopsies4 additional biopsies for 30 patients out of Inflammatory Disease Chronic Bowel Disease
Group Crohn's diseaseadditional biopsies4 additional biopsies for 30 patients with Crohn's disease
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of isolated intestinal crypts per biopsiesDay 0

Biopsies will be then prepared by isolating intestinal crypts and cultured on a 3D matrix gel (matrigel) with added growth factors reproducing the niche environment of intestinal stem cells, which favors the development of an intestinal epithelium. After intestinal differentiation, organoids will be used for research such as molecular screening, assessment of the effects of intestinal stress and healing.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Number of differentiated organoidsDay 0
Fold change of MUC2 expressionDay 0
Fold change of LGR5 expressionDay 0
KI67 expressionDay 0

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de RENNES-Service des Maladies de l'Appareil Digestif

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Rennes, France

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