Status:

UNKNOWN

Mucosa Adherent Intestinal Microbiome in Microscopic Colitis and Colorectal Cancer

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Mutua de Terrassa

Conditions:

Microscopic Colitis

Colorectal Cancer

Eligibility:

All Genders

45+ years

Brief Summary

Microscopic colitis (MC) is an inflammatory bowel disease characterized by chronic non-bloody watery diarrhoea and a macroscopically normal colonic mucosa upon endoscopic exploration (colonoscopy). Th...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • MC and Chronic watery diarrhea patients
  • Women ≥ 45 years old / Men ≥ 60 years old.
  • Patient with chronic watery diarrhea without blood with ≥2 liquid stools per day for minimum 3 times a week and lasting at least 1 month.
  • Blood analysis values within normality, with negative celiac disease serology and absence of acute phase reactants (normal C-reactive protein) and normal thyroid hormones. Calprotectin values may be elevated.
  • Signing of the informed consent.
  • Patients with Advanced Colon Adenomas
  • Age between 50 and 70 years.
  • Population screening participants with polyps with a crypt pattern of adenomatous appearance and polyp size of ≥10mm, or patients referred for endoscopic treatment of advanced adenomas.
  • Signing of the informed consent.
  • Healthy controls
  • 1\. Age between 50 and 70 years. 2. Participants in the population screening with normal colonoscopy (without endoscopic alterations except presence of \< 5 polyps (all less than 10mm) and/or colonic diverticulosis (except multiple diverticula in the sigma)). 3. Signing of the informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Pregnancy or breastfeeding.
  • Patients who have received antibiotic, probiotic or prebiotic treatment in the 3 months prior to the study. 3. Patients who have traveled to developing or underdeveloped countries in the 3 months prior to the start of the study.
  • 4\. Patients who have received immunosuppressants and corticosteroids in the 3 months prior to the start of the study.
  • 5\. Patients who have received radiotherapy and/or chemotherapy in the 6 months prior to the start of the study.
  • 6\. Consumption of herbal products. 7. Bacterial or parasitic intestinal infection (including Blastocystis hominis).
  • 8\. History of inflammatory bowel disease or celiac disease. 9. Previous gastrointestinal surgery (excluding appendectomy or inguinal hernia repair).
  • 10\. Incomplete colonoscopy or lack of biopsies of the right, transverse and left colon.
  • 11\. Unsatisfactory preparation for a complete examination (Boston scale \<6, any segment \<2).
  • 12\. Inability to understand the instructions involved in participating in this study

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

June 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

June 30 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

60 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06172647

Start Date

June 1 2022

End Date

June 30 2025

Last Update

December 15 2023

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Hospital Universitari MútuaTerrassa

Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain, 08221