500,000 patients join massive gut disease study
NCT ID NCT05774080
First seen Jun 26, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This observational study is following up to 500,000 adults with chronic gastrointestinal diseases like Crohn's disease, ulcerative colitis, and eosinophilic GI disease. Researchers will collect data from electronic health records and patient reports to understand how these conditions progress over time and how well current treatments work. The goal is to improve care and outcomes for people living with these long-term gut disorders.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this study could help doctors better understand how chronic GI diseases progress and which treatments work best for different patients.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, not a treatment trial, so it won't directly test new therapies. Results may take years and might not lead to immediate changes in care.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 500,000 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Aug 2023
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2037
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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A company
The lead sponsor is a pharmaceutical, biotech, or medical-device company.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
The study will include adults who are being managed for the chronic GI diseases EGIDs, UC or CD.
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Disease Cohort Inclusion Criteria: * Adult\* patients at the time of enrollment with a diagnosis or major symptom of EGIDs, UC, or CD by ICD-10 code in the EHR interface Exclusion Criteria: * Death * Manual removal (sponsor or site request) * No EHR interface encounter \> 3 years. Engaged Cohort Inclusion Criteria: * Adult\* patients diagnosed and managed for these conditions invited to participate * Ability to provide written informed consent Exclusion Criteria: * Patient expressed desire to withdraw consent to complete PROs * Failure to complete PROs within 24 weeks of initial invitation * Greater than 24 months lapse of survey completion after baseline surveys completed * Additionally, the criteria detailed for Disease Cohort apply to the Engaged Cohort.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
The condition terms exactly as the trial's registrant entered them.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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Atrium Health/Wake Forest University School of Medicine
Winston-Salem, North Carolina, 27157, United States
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