Scientists uncover DNA's hidden role in Kids' gut disease
NCT ID NCT05916274
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at 40 children aged 6 to 17 with inflammatory bowel disease (Crohn's or ulcerative colitis) to understand how DNA that escapes from cells might make inflammation worse. Researchers analyzed blood, stool, and gut tissue samples to see if a specific pathway (cGAS-STING) is involved. The goal was to find new clues for better treatments, not to test a therapy directly.
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Study facts
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- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2023
- Finished
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Feb 2024
- 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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6 to 17 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
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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: * Participants aged from 6 years inclusive to 17 years inclusive * Boys and girls * Presenting an IBD or suspicion of IBD * Requiring a colonoscopy for diagnosis or follow-up or other reason (abdominal pain, diarrhoea, rectal bleeding, weight loss) not confirming the diagnosis of Crohn's disease or Ulcerative Colitis * Active IBD if: * CD: PCDAI score \>5 and CRP\>20mg/L and faecal calprotectin\> 400 µg/g * UC: PUCAI score\>10 and faecal calprotectin\>250 µg/g * IBD in remission if: * CD: PCDAI score\<5 and CRP\<20mg/L and faecal calprotectin\<400 µg/g * UC: PUCAI score \<10 and faecal calprotectin \< 250 µg/g * Patients and their parents who gave their consent to participate in the study Exclusion Criteria: * Refusal of the participant and/or one of his two parents * Body weight less than or equal to 20 kg * Blood hemoglobin level less than or equal to 9 g/dl * Refusal or contraindication to general anesthesia * Co-existing severe chronic pathology and/or treatment that could interfere with the results of the study; example: trisomy 21, treatment with growth hormone etc. * Protected person (under guardianship or curatorship) * Person under legal protection * Person not affiliated to a social security scheme * Pregnant or breastfeeding woman
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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CHU Orléans
Orléans, France
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