Smart dosing for IBD: Computer-Guided drug delivery shows promise
NCT ID NCT04835506
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether using a computer dashboard to guide infliximab dosing is more effective and safer than standard dosing for people with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis. About 124 participants will receive either dashboard-guided or standard treatment, with the goal of achieving and maintaining remission without steroids. The approach aims to better control disease and reduce side effects.
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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 124 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Nov 2021
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2026
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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16 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: 1. Males or nonpregnant, nonlactating females aged 16 to 80 years inclusive. 2. Diagnosis of IBD prior to screening using standard endoscopic, histologic, or radiologic criteria. Participants with patchy colonic inflammation initially diagnosed as indeterminate colitis would meet inclusion criteria, if the investigator feels that the findings are consistent with CD or UC. Enrollment of participants with UC will be capped at 49% of the planned study population (maximum 61 participants). 3. Moderately to severely active IBD, defined by a total CDAI score between 220 and 450 points for CD or a partial Mayo Score (PMS) \> 4 for UC (including a rectal bleeding subscore \[RBS\] ≥ 1), and at least 1 of the following: 1. Elevated CRP (\> upper limit of normal) 2. Elevated FC (\> 250 μg/g) 3. SES-CD \> 6 (SES-CD \> 3 for isolated ileal disease) for CD only and a Mayo endoscopic subscore (MES) ≥ 2 for UC only. 4. Physician intends to prescribe IFX as part of the usual care of the subject. 5. No previous use of IFX prior to enrolment in the current study, unless the participant received 1 prior dose of IFX (within 2.5 weeks of enrolment) and met all eligibility criteria at the time of starting IFX and IFX was administered according to the requirements outlined in this protocol 6. Able to participate fully in all aspects of this clinical trial. 7. Written informed consent must be obtained and documented. Exclusion Criteria: 1. Participants with any of the following IBD-related complications: 1. Abdominal or pelvic abscess, including perianal 2. Presence of stoma, ileal pouch-anal anastomosis, or ostomy 3. Isolated perianal disease 4. Obstructive disease, such as obstructive stricture 5. Short gut syndrome 6. Toxic megacolon or any other complications that might require surgery, or any other manifestation that precludes or confounds the assessment of disease activity (CDAI or SES-CD for CD or PMS, PRO2, or MES for UC) 7. Total colectomy. 2. History or current diagnosis of ulcerative proctitis (UC extending \< 15 cm from the anal verge), acute severe (fulminant) UC, hospitalised IV steroid-refractory UC, indeterminate colitis, microscopic colitis, ischemic colitis, colonic mucosal dysplasia, or untreated bile acid malabsorption. 3. Current bacterial or parasitic pathogenic enteric infection, according to SOC assessments, including: Clostridioides difficile; tuberculosis; known infection with hepatitis B or C virus; known infection with HIV; sepsis; abscesses. History of the following: opportunistic infection within 6 months prior to screening; any infection requiring antimicrobial therapy within 2 weeks prior to screening; more than 1 episode of herpes zoster or any episode of disseminated zoster; any other infection requiring hospitalization or intravenous antimicrobial therapy within 4 weeks prior to screening. 4. Has any malignancy or lymphoproliferative disorder other than nonmelanoma cutaneous malignancies or cervical carcinoma in situ that has been treated with no evidence of recurrence within the last 5 years. 5. Known primary or secondary immunodeficiency. 6. PNR to adalimumab, defined as no objective evidence of clinical benefit after 14 weeks of therapy. 7. Subjects with failure to a prior biologic, defined as PNR or SLR, will be excluded when a maximum of 40% of the planned enrollment (approximately 78 subjects) have failure to prior biologic exposure. 8. Concomitant use of oral corticosteroid therapy exceeding prednisone 40 mg/day, budesonide 9 mg/day, or equivalent, unless a tapering schedule is initiated with a plan to be off CS by Week 14 9. Presence of any medical condition or use of any medication that is a contraindication for IFX use, as outlined on the product label. 10. A concurrent clinically significant, serious, unstable, or uncontrolled underlying cardiovascular, pulmonary, hepatic, renal, GI, genitourinary, hematological, coagulation, immunological, endocrine/metabolic, or other medical disorder that, in the opinion of the investigator, might confound the study results, pose additional risk to the subject, or interfere with the subject's ability to participate fully in the study. 11. Pregnant or lactating women, to be excluded based on the physician's usual practice for determining pregnancy or lactation status. 12. Known intolerance or hypersensitivity to IFX or other murine proteins.
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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 Center for Digestive Health
Charlotte, North Carolina, 28204, United States
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
Boston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Boston Children's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, 02115, United States
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Children's Hospital of Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 19104, United States
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Cleveland Clinic
Cleveland, Ohio, 44195, United States
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Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center
Lebanon, New Hampshire, 03766, United States
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Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
New York, New York, 10029, United States
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Lahey Hospital and Medical Center
Burlington, Massachusetts, 01805, United States
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LifeSpan Brown University
Providence, Rhode Island, 02915, United States
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London Health Sciences Centre - Children's Hospital
London, Canada
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McGill University Health Centre (MUHC) Montreal General Hospital
Montreal, Canada
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Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 53226, United States
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Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, South Carolina, 29425, United States
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NYU Langone Health
New York, New York, 10016, United States
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Northwestern University
Evanston, Illinois, 60208, United States
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Rockford GI
Rockford, Illinois, 61107, United States
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University of Chicago Medicine
Chicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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University of Maryland Medical Center
Baltimore, Maryland, 21201, United States
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University of Miami
Miami, Florida, 33136, United States
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University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, Minnesota, 55455, United States
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University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
Dallas, Texas, 75390, United States
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University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah, 84132, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Nashville, Tennessee, 20500, United States
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Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, New York, 10065, United States
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Yale University School of Medicine
New Haven, Connecticut, 06510, United States
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