New hope for kids with severe colitis: drug trial shows promise
NCT ID NCT03596645
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Sep 01, 2026 · Updated 4 times
Summary
This study tests a drug called golimumab in children aged 2-17 with moderate-to-severe ulcerative colitis, a chronic bowel disease causing inflammation and symptoms like diarrhea and bleeding. The goal is to see if the drug can bring about remission (symptom relief) within 6 weeks and monitor safety over a year. About 84 children will receive injections, and the study is already completed but not recruiting new participants.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Phase 3
Large-scale testing in a bigger group. Usually the last step before a treatment can be approved.
- Participants
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84 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Oct 2018
- Expected to finish
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Feb 2027
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.
- Ages
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2 to 17 years
- 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: * Must either be currently receiving treatment with, or have a history of having failed to respond to, or have a medical contraindication to at least 1 of the following therapies: oral or intravenous corticosteroids, 6-mercaptopurine, methotrexate or azathioprine OR must either have or have had a history of corticosteroid dependency (that is an inability to successfully taper corticosteroids without a return of the symptoms of ulcerative colitis \[UC\]) OR required more than 3 courses of corticosteroids in the past year * Moderately to severely active UC (as defined by baseline Mayo score of 6 through 12 \[endoscopy {sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy} sub score assigned by local endoscopist\], inclusive), including a (sigmoidoscopy or colonoscopy) sub score greater than or equal to (\>=2) * If receiving enteral nutrition, must have been on a stable regimen for at least 2 weeks prior to the first administration of study intervention at Week 0. Participants who receive parenteral nutrition are not permitted to enroll in the trial * No history of latent or active tuberculosis prior to screening * Must be up to date with all immunizations (that is, measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella) in agreement with current local immunization guidelines for immunosuppressed participants before Week 0 Exclusion Criteria: * History of liver or renal insufficiency; significant cardiac, vascular, pulmonary, gastrointestinal, endocrine, neurologic, hematologic, rheumatologic, psychiatric (including suicidality), or metabolic disturbances * History of malignancy or macrophage activation syndrome or hemophagocytic lymphohistiocytosis * Have UC limited to the rectum only or to \<20 percent (%) of the colon * Presence of a stoma * Presence or history of a fistula * Contraindications to the use of golimumab or infliximab or anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF-alpha) therapy per local prescribing information
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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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AOU Meyer
Florence, 50139, Italy
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AOU Policlinico G.Martino
Messina, 98124, Italy
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AOU Policlinico Umberto I
Roma, 00161, Italy
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Asan Medical Center
Seoul, 05505, South Korea
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Assaf Harofeh Medical Center
Rishon LeZiyyon, 70300, Israel
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Azienda USL di Bologna - Ospedale Maggiore
Bologna, 40133, Italy
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BR Trials
São Paulo, 01236030, Brazil
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Casa Sollievo Della Sofferenza IRCCS
San Giovanni Rotondo, 71013, Italy
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Centrum Zdrowia Matki Dziecka i Mlodziezy
Warsaw, 00 635, Poland
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital- Linkou
Taoyuan City, 33305, Taiwan
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Children's Center for Digestive Health Care
Atlanta, Georgia, 30342, United States
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Children's Hospital Colorado and University of Colorado
Aurora, Colorado, 80045, United States
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Children's Medical Center of Dallas
Dallas, Texas, 75207, United States
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Cliniques Universitaires Saint Luc
Brussels, 1200, Belgium
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Columbia University Medical Center
New York, New York, 10032, United States
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Connecticut Children's Medical Center
Hartford, Connecticut, 06106, United States
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Cook Childrens Medical Center
Fort Worth, Texas, 76104, United States
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DHAT Research Institute
Garland, Texas, 75044, United States
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Emma Children's Hospital Academic Medical Center
Amsterdam, 1105 AZ, Netherlands
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GI For Kids
Knoxville, Tennessee, 37922, United States
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Hopital Pellegrin CHU Bordeaux
Bordeaux, 33000, France
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Hosp Regional Univ de Malaga
Málaga, 29011, Spain
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Hosp. Gral. Univ. Gregorio Maranon
Madrid, 28036, Spain
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Hosp. Infantil Univ. Nino Jesus
Madrid, 28009, Spain
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Hosp. Sant Joan de Deu
Barcelona, 08950, Spain
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Hosp. Univ. 12 de Octubre
Madrid, 28041, Spain
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Hosp. Univ. de Cruces
Barakaldo, 48902, Spain
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Hosp. Virgen Del Rocio
Seville, 41013, Spain
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Hospital Pequeno Principe
Curitiba, 80250-060, Brazil
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Hôpital Necker
Paris, 75015, France
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IRCCS Materno Infantile Burlo Garofolo
Trieste, 34137, Italy
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IRCCS Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu
Roma, 00165, Italy
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Irmandade Santa Casa de Misericordia de Porto Alegre
Porto Alegre, 90035-074, Brazil
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Isala Kliniek
Zwolle, 8000 GK, Netherlands
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Korczowski Bartosz Gabinet Lekarski
Rzeszów, 35-302, Poland
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Kyungpook National University Chilgok Hospital
Daegu, 41404, South Korea
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MK Blumenau Pesquisa Clínica
Blumenau, 89010-506, Brazil
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Mayo Clinic
Rochester, Minnesota, 55905, United States
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National Taiwan University Hospital
Taipei, 100, Taiwan
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Nemours DuPont Hospital for Children
Wilmington, Delaware, 19803, United States
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Rambam Medical Center
Haifa, 3109601, Israel
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Rocky Mountain Pediatric Gastroenterology
Lone Tree, Colorado, 80124, United States
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Samsung Medical Center
Seoul, 06351, South Korea
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Schneider Children's Medical Center
Petah Tikva, 4920235, Israel
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Seoul National University Hospital
Seoul, 03080, South Korea
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Severance Hospital Yonsei University Health System
Seoul, 03722, South Korea
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Shaare Zedek Medical Center
Jerusalem, 91031, Israel
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Sheba Medical Center
Ramat Gan, 52621, Israel
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Sourasky Medical Center
Tel Aviv, 6997801, Israel
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Szpital Pomnik Centrum Zdrowia Dziecka
Warsaw, 04-730, Poland
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Szpital Uniwersytecki NR 1 IM Dr Antoniego Jurasza
Bydgoszcz, 85 094, Poland
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Szpital im. M. Kopernika
Gdansk, 80 803, Poland
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Taipei Veterans General Hospital
Taipei, 112, Taiwan
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UZ Brussel
Jette, 1090, Belgium
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Universitair Kinderziekenhuis Koningin Fabiola
Brussels, 1020, Belgium
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University of California San Francisco
San Francisco, California, 94158, United States
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Uniwersytecki Szpital Dzieciecy w Krakowie
Krakow, 30 663, Poland
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Wojewodzki Specjalistyczny Szpital Dzieciecy im Prof Stanislawa Popowskiego
Olsztyn, 10 561, Poland
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