Efficacy of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Adult Active Crohn's Disease

Sun Yat-sen University

Status: Completed

Conditions: Efficacy of Exclusive Enteral Nutrition in Adult Active Crohn's Disease With Complications or Failure of Medical Treatment

Treatments: Drug: EEN

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02887287

E2016008

Details and patient eligibility

About

The study aimed to prove EEN is effective for inducing early clinical remission, mucosal healing, promoting fistula closure and reducing the size of abscess to adult CD patients. They plan to include about 50 patients and observe the effect of EEN.

Enrollment: 48 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 60 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• >18 years old
• Patients with CD was diagnosed clinically according to previously established international criteria [9]
• The diagnosis of stricture, fistula and abdominal abscess was confirmed by ultrasound, CT enterography (CTE), and endoscopy. The bowel stricture should mainly cause by inflammation but not fibrosis.

Exclusion criteria

• Patients do not macth the inclusion criteria and those who refuse to taking part in the study