New drug shows promise for kids with severe bowel disease

NCT ID NCT05784246

First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time

Summary

This study tested the drug mirikizumab in 63 children aged 2 to 17 with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, a chronic bowel disease. The goal was to see if the drug could help control the disease and improve symptoms. All children received the drug, and researchers measured remission rates after one year.

What this could mean

Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only — not medical advice or a prediction.

Active substance

mirikizumab

What this could lead to

If successful, this could provide a new treatment option for children with ulcerative colitis who have not responded to other therapies.

What could go wrong

This is an open-label study without a placebo group, so results may be less reliable. The drug may not work as well in children as in adults, and side effects are possible.

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Conditions

The condition(s) this trial relates to.

ulcerative colitis

As listed by the trial registrant

The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.

Contacts and locations

Locations

  • Azienda Ospedaliera Universitaria Policlinico Umberto I - Università di Roma La Sapienza

    Roma, 00161, Italy

  • Azienda Ospedaliero Universitaria Ospedale Pediatrico Meyer

    Florence, 50139, Italy

  • Centrum Medyczne Oporow

    Wroclaw, 52-416, Poland

  • Children's Center for Digestive Health Care, LLC

    Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States

  • Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center

    Cincinnati, Ohio, 45229, United States

  • Gabinet Lekarski Bartosz Korczowski

    Rzeszów, 35-302, Poland

  • Hadassah University Hospital, Ein Kerem

    Jerusalem, 911200, Israel

  • Helios Klinikum Wuppertal

    Wuppertal, 42283, Germany

  • Hôpital Necker - Enfants Malades

    Paris, 75015, France

  • Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

    New York, New York, 10029, United States

  • Institute of Science Tokyo Hospital

    Bunkyō City, 113-8519, Japan

  • Instytut 'Pomnik - Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka

    Warsaw, 04-730, Poland

  • Juntendo University Hospital

    Bunkyō City, 113-8431, Japan

  • King Fahad Medical City

    Rishon LeZiyyon, 70300, Israel

  • Kokikai Tsujinaka Hospital Kashiwanoha

    Kashiwa-shi, 277-0871, Japan

  • Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital

    Daegu, 41404, South Korea

  • LMU-Campus Innenstadt

    München, 80337, Germany

  • Medical Network Spółka z o. o., WIP Warsaw IBD Point Profesor Kierkus

    Warsaw, 04-501, Poland

  • National Center for Child Health and Development

    Setagaya-ku, 157-8535, Japan

  • Riley Childrens Hospital

    Indianapolis, Indiana, 46202, United States

  • Saga University Hospital

    Saga, 849-8501, Japan

  • Samsung Medical Center

    Seoul, 06351, South Korea

  • Schneider Children's Medical Center

    Petah Tikva, 4920235, Israel

  • Severance Hospital, Yonsei University Health System

    Seoul, 03722, South Korea

  • Shaare Zedek

    Jerusalem, 9103102, Israel

  • Sheffield Children's Hospital

    Sheffield, S102TH, United Kingdom

  • The Hospital for Sick Children

    Toronto, M5G 0A4, Canada

  • Twoja Przychodnia-Szczecińskie Centrum Medyczne

    Szczecin, 71-434, Poland

  • UZ Leuven

    Leuven, 3000, Belgium

  • UZA

    Edegem, 2650, Belgium

  • Universitaetsmedizin der Johannes Gutenberg-Universitaet Mainz

    Mainz, 55131, Germany

  • University of California, San Francisco

    San Francisco, California, 94158, United States

  • Washington University

    St Louis, Missouri, 63110-1010, United States

  • Yokohama City University Medical Center, Center of IBD

    Yokohama, 232-0024, Japan