Crohn's patients: switch drug or up dose? new trial seeks answers
NCT ID NCT06180382
First seen Jun 24, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study looks at 220 adults with Crohn's disease whose symptoms returned while on adalimumab. Half will get a higher dose of adalimumab, and the other half will switch to vedolizumab. The goal is to see which approach leads to better control of the disease after 24 weeks, using both symptoms and lab tests.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- vedolizumab and adalimumab
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could show that switching to vedolizumab is a better option than simply increasing the dose of adalimumab for Crohn's patients who have stopped responding.
- What could go wrong
- This is a Phase 4 trial, so the drugs are already approved, but it is still unclear which strategy works best. Results may not apply to all patients, and both drugs carry risks like infection or allergic reactions.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 4
Runs after approval, following long-term safety and how well the treatment works in everyday use.
- Participants
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About 220 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Oct 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
- 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.
Inclusion Criteria: * Major patient and having given consent to participate in the study * Patients with Crohn's disease who have responded primary to Adalimumab princeps or similar bio with loss of response to Adalimumab (40 mg every two weeks). * Patient affiliated to or entitled under a social security scheme Exclusion Criteria: * Pregnant woman * Patient unable to perform MRI or VCE or ileocolonoscopy or ultrasound less than one month before inclusion * Previous or current use of vedolizumab or ustekinumab for Crohn's disease or participation in a biological study * Concomitant use of immunomodulators * Patients on corticosteroid therapy * History of cancer * History of human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), immunodeficiency syndrome, central nervous system (CNS) demyelinating disease (including myelitis), neurological symptoms suggestive of demyelinating disease, chronic recurrent infection, active tuberculosis (received or untreated), severe infections such as sepsis and opportunistic infections * Patient with ileoanal pouchitis or ileorectal anastomosis * Patient with short small bowel syndrome as determined by investigator * Patients receiving total parenteral nutrition (TPN) * Patients receiving enteral nutrition * Patient under legal protection or unable to give consent * Hemorrhagic rectocolitis or indeterminate colitis * Patients treated with concomitant immunosuppressive agents * Patient treated with an optimized dose of adalimumab * Primary non-responder to Adalimumab * Patient previously treated with infliximab or ustekinumab before adalimumab * Severe relapse defined by CDAI \> 330 * Patient with anoperineal Crohn's disease * Crohn's disease patient with transient or permanent stoma.
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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.
How to take part
Only the study team decides who joins. These are the ways to reach them.
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The places running it
12 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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The official record
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A doctor treating you
A doctor who knows your case can contact a study site on your behalf, and can tell you whether this study is worth pursuing at all.
Contacts and locations
Locations
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APHM
RECRUITINGMarseille, 13000, France
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APHP - Hôpital Bicêtre
RECRUITINGLe Kremlin-Bicêtre, PARIS, 94270, France
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Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris
RECRUITINGParis, 75004, France
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CHRU Lille
RECRUITINGLille, 59037, France
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CHU Amiens
RECRUITINGAmiens, 80000, France
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CHU Bordeaux
RECRUITINGPessac, 33604, France
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CHU Montpellier
RECRUITINGMontpellier, 34295, France
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CHU Rennes
RECRUITINGRennes, 35033, France
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CHU de Saint-Etienne
RECRUITINGSaint-Etienne, 42055, France
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Ch Lyon Sud
RECRUITINGPierre-Bénite, 69230, France
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Chu Limoges
RECRUITINGLimoges, 87000, France
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Hôpital de l'Archet II
RECRUITINGNice, 06202, France
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