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Syndecan-1 a Surrogate Marker for IBD

Completed
Conditions
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases
Interventions
Procedure: Blood sample - venous blood 10 ml.
Procedure: blood sample
Registration Number
NCT01430039
Lead Sponsor
Meir Medical Center
Brief Summary

Syndecan-1 is a protein on the surface intestinal cells. previous studies proved low levels of mucosal syndecan-1 levels on the surface of intestinal cells is patients with acute and chronic inflammation due to inflammatory bowel disease.

this protein might shed from cell surface to the serum. The investigators wish to prove that elevated serum levels of syndecan-1 may be predictive of disease presence, extent and severity, that buy taking a simple blood sample from patients diagnosed with inflammatory bowel disease and comparing to normal subjects and to other markers.

Detailed Description

One of the main hypothesis for the etiology of Inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is an inappropriate and ongoing activation of the mucosal immune system in response to the presence of normal luminal flora. This aberrant response is most likely facilitated by defects in both the barrier function and the mucosal immune system of the intestinal epithelium. Syndecans are a class proteoglycans that take part in both cell adhesion and growth factor binding. Of the four known syndecan core proteins, syndecan-1 (CD138) and one of the best studied of this group and is also the relevant to the this study as it is expressed on the basolateral surface of columnar epithelial cells of the colon. Syndecan-1 functions as an integral membrane protein that participates in cell proliferation, cell migration and cell matrix interactions in the GI tract. Evidence for a reduction of syndecan-1 expression in the regenerating epithelium that overlies inflamed tissue was reported in both acute and chronic inflammation. This protein that is lost from the inflamed mucosal membrane might shed to the serum. Elevated serum levels of syndecan-1 may be predictive of disease presence and extent.

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
42
Inclusion Criteria
  • informed consent
  • no other concurrent inflammatory disease
  • formal diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease i.e Crohn's disease, Ulcerative colitis
Exclusion Criteria
  • pregnancy
  • fever at time of sample taking

Study & Design

Study Type
OBSERVATIONAL
Study Design
Not specified
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
Crohn's, ulcerative colitisBlood sample - venous blood 10 ml.Patients with diagnosed with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis who agreed to participate in the study and singed informed consent and answered a Crohn's disease activity index questioner for Crohn's disease or the ulcerative colitis activity index questioner for ulcerative colitis.
No diseaseblood sampleHealthy subjects with no known inflammatory disease. For basal serum levels of syndecan 1
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Elevated serum syndecan-1 levels as a bio marker for IBDone year

elevated serum syndecan-1 levels in patients with IBD compared to control

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Serum syndecan-1 levels and disease severity Crohn'sone year

Relationship between clinical data CDAI in crohn's patients and serum syndecan-1 levels

Serum syndecan-1 levels and disease severity ulcerative colitisone year

Relationship between clinical data UCAI ulcerative colitis patients and serum syndecan-1 levels

Serum syndecan-1 levels and C reactive protein(CRP) ulcerative colitisone year

Relationship between serum CRP levels and serum syndecan-1 levels in patients with ulcerative colitis

Serum syndecan-1 levels and C reactive protein(CRP) Crohn'sone year

Relationship between lab data CRP levels in crohn's patients and serum syndecan-1 levels

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Meir Medical Center

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Kfar Saba, Israel

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