New study aims to predict Crohn's treatment success with simple scans
NCT ID NCT07246460
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how well the drug guselkumab works in adults with Crohn's disease. Researchers will use intestinal ultrasound and blood tests to measure response over one year. The goal is to find better ways to track treatment success without invasive procedures. About 90 participants will be enrolled.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 90 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2025
- Expected to finish
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Nov 2027
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.
Who is studied
University of Calgary IBD Clinic and endoscopy University of Alberta IBD Clinic and endoscopy
- Ages
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Up to 80 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: Male or female, 18 to 80 years old BWT on IUS \> 3.0mm in the ileum and colonic disease permitted. Patients naïve to guselkumab. Stricture phenotype - BWT \> 3 mm, luminal apposition \< 1cm or \< 50% of adjacent normal bowel diameter, and prestenotic dilation of distal ileum. Naïve or anastomotic strictures permitted. Non-stricture phenotype- ileal CD with no evidence of stricture on IUS, computed tomography enterography (CTE), or magnetic resonance enterography (MRE), ever or fistulizing phenotype. Exclusion Criteria: Pregnancy Ileostomy or colostomy Significant obesity (BMI \> 35) Contraindications to initiating GUS such as active infection. Active malignancy within five years. Conditions with fibrosis involving other organs such as lungs, kidneys, brain, or skin.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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How to take part
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The places running it
1 site. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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University of Calgary
RECRUITINGCalgary, Alberta, T3H 1S7, Canada