Intestinal Microbiome and Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Disease

Turku University Hospital (TYKS)

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Colitis

Treatments: Other: Observational

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02768038

TurkuUH2

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim is to examine the role of intestinal microbiota in the pathogenesis of chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD)

Full description

IBD patients to whom colonoscopy is performed will be recruited. Mucosal specimens from large intestine and terminal ileum will be collected as well as stool specimens. The microbiota will be analyzed at the microbiology laboratory and the results will be correlated with endoscopical, laboratory and histopathological findings.

Enrollment: 120 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 18 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• IBD

Exclusion criteria

• patient refusal to participate