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Disease activity and iron status in children with inflammatory bowel disease

Conditions
English: Inflammatory bowel disease, Disease activity, Iron, ChildrenDutch: Chronisch inflammatoire darmziekten, Ziekteactiviteit, IJzer, Kinderen
Registration Number
NL-OMON22615
Lead Sponsor
Haga Teaching Hospital/Juliana Children's Hospital, The HagueEls Borst-Eilersplein 275, 2545 AA The Hague, The NetherlandsTel nr.: +31 (0)70 2100000
Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Pending
Sex
Not specified
Target Recruitment
133
Inclusion Criteria

Children up to18 years of age

- Diagnosis of IBD based on conventional endoscopic, histological and radiological criteria in accordance with the Porto-criteria

Exclusion Criteria

- Oncologic disorder

- Known hemoglobinopathies

Study & Design

Study Type
Observational non invasive
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Iron deficiency (ID): a combination of absolute and functional ID. Absolute ID: serum ferritin (SF) <12 µg/l in patients <5 years of age and <15 µg/l in patients &#8805;5 years of age. This definition will be used in the absence of acute infection (i.e. CRP <10 mg/l). Functional ID: zinc protoporphyrin/heme ratio (ZnPP/H) >61 mmol/mol heme in patients <5 years of age and >70 mmol/mol heme in patients >5 years of age and/or red blood cell distribution width (RDW) >14 %. Functional ID will be determined in patients without absolute ID. The presence of disease activity will be determined based on FC-level. Active disease: FC-levels &#8805;250 µg/g, and No active disease: FC-levels <250 µg/g.
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Anemia will be defined as hemoglobin >2 standard deviations below the mean of similarly aged children according to criteria of the World Health Organization. Iron deficiency anemia (IDA) will be defined as absolute ID in combination with anemia. Anemia of chronic disease (ACD) will be defined as functional ID in combination with anemia. Vitamin D status will be based on 25[OH]D measurements. Vitamin D deficiency (VDD) will be defined as 25[OH]D <50 nmol/l (20 ng/ml).
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