A Trial COmparing staNdard of Care Versus Treat to Target With telemonitoRing and Patient Education in Patients With Ulcerative cOlitis Initiating Adalimumab
Adalimumab: Patients will all receive Adalimumab 160/80/40mg EOW until V1 (W14) followed by 40mg EOW until V2 (W26)
Calprotectin: Fecal calprotectin dosing at home with IBDoc
e-Monitoring: e-Monitoring at Week 6, Week 10, Week 14, Week 18, Week 22, Week 26, Week 34, Week 38, Week 42 and Week 48
The patient must complete the first 2 questions of the Mayo score:
* Stool frequency
* The frequency of bleeding
He must also complete the information on his injections
Therapy Education: Patient Education at W0, W2, W14, W26 and W38.
Study summary
PHASE: IV
DESCRIPTIVE: Randomized, interventional, open label multicenter trial
POPULATION: Moderate to severe ulcerative colitis
STUDY TREATMENTS: Patients will all receive Adalimumab 160/80/40mg EOW until V1 (W14) followed by 40mg EOW until V2 (W26) and could be optimized up to 80mg EOW (or 40 EW according to patient and/or investigator preference) for two months and then could be optimized up to 80mg EOW (or 40 EW according to patient and/or investigator preference) and azathioprine (2.0/2.5 mg/kg/ day) or methotrexate (25 mg EW) until V3 (W 38).
OBJECTIVES: To assess the impact of a treat to target treatment follow up by e-Monitoring and fecal calprotectin dosing at home associated to an appropriate patient education versus standard treatment follow up at W48 in patients requiring a treatment with adalimumab (Humira®).
Eligibility
Sex
ALL
Min age
18 Years
Max age
75 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion Criteria:
* Adults with moderately-to-severely active Ulcerative Colitis (UC) who had an inadequate response to or failed to tolerate steroids and thiopurines (azathioprine or 6-mercaptopurine), methotrexate or vedolizumab or adults with moderately-to-severely active UC who had no response to an adequate steroid course
* Age ≥ 18 years and \< 75 years
* Patients scheduled to start a treatment with adalimumab
* Naïve to anti-TNF therapy and other biologics known to be effective for UC (approved or investigational) except for vedolizumab
* Naïve to JAK inhibitors (approved or investigational)
* Moderately-to-severely active UC for at least 3 months with a Mayo score of 6-12 points (endoscopy subscore of at least 2)
* Established diagnosis of UC for at least 3 months (pancolitis, left-sided colitis, proctosigmoiditis and proctitis are allowed).
* Patient has to be treated with oral 5-ASA at time of inclusion regardless of the dose if no contra-indication.
* Azathioprine, 6-mercaptopurine or methotrexate will be stopped two weeks before inclusion.
* A contraceptive method during the whole trial for childbearing potential female
* Patient familiar with Smartphone and internet use
Exclusion Criteria:
* Patients unable to give their consent (because of their physical or mental state).
* Absence of written consent.
* Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
* Patients with severe acute colitis or patients at imminent risk for colectomy.
* History of colectomy.
* History of colonic mucosal dysplasia or adenomatous colonic polyps that are not removed.
* Screening stool trial positive for enteric pathogens or Clostridium difficile toxin.
* Oral corticosteroids at a dose \> 40 mg prednisone or its equivalent per day at inclusion (oral steroids should be at stable dose at least 7 days before inclusion)
* Any current or previous use of cyclosporine, tacrolimus, anti-TNF therapy, and other biologics (except vedolizumab), JAK inhibitors (approved or investigational), or any current or previous use of an investigational agent within 5 half-lives of that agent before the first trial agent injection.
* Contraindication to anti-TNF therapy according to drug labeling:
* Active infection.
* Non-treated latent tuberculosis.
* Heart failure (NYHA: Grade III and IV).
* Malignancy during the previous 5 years.
* Demyelinating neurological disease.
* Current or recent (less than 4 weeks) vaccination with attenuated live vaccines
* Patients with a dominant arm deficiency or physical impairment impeding the achievement of the tests
* Patients using a prohibited medication
* Patients participating in another trial or being in a follow-up period for another trial
Primary outcome measure(s)
Endoscopic Remission — Week 48 Treatment success of a treat to target with telemonitoring follow up using e-Monitoring and fecal calprotectin dosing at home associated to an appropriate patient education compared to standard treatment follow up at Week 48.
Definition of treatment success: Endoscopic remission defined by an endoscopic Mayo score 0
This page summarises publicly available registry data for informational purposes — not medical advice. Eligibility is determined by each study team; patients should discuss participation with their clinician.
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