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Register: EUCTR
Last refreshed on: 4 January 2022
Main ID:  EUCTR2008-000045-59-BE
Date of registration: 22/09/2008
Prospective Registration: Yes
Primary sponsor: Ferring SAS
Public title: Multicentre, controlled, randomized, investigator-blinded, comparitive study of oral Mesalazine 4 g per day Once daily versus 4 g per day in Two divided doses in patients with Active Ulcerative Colitis. - MOTUS
Scientific title: Multicentre, controlled, randomized, investigator-blinded, comparitive study of oral Mesalazine 4 g per day Once daily versus 4 g per day in Two divided doses in patients with Active Ulcerative Colitis. - MOTUS
Date of first enrolment: 23/12/2008
Target sample size: 398
Recruitment status: Not Recruiting
URL:  https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/search?query=eudract_number:2008-000045-59
Study type:  Interventional clinical trial of medicinal product
Study design:  Controlled: yes
Randomised: yes
Open: no
Single blind: no
Double blind: no
Parallel group: yes
Cross over: no
Other: yes
Other trial design description: investigator blinded, patient opened
If controlled, specify comparator, Other Medicinial Product: no
Placebo: no
Other: yes
Other specify the comparator: same IMP, the comparator is the reference regiment 4 gper day in 2 idvided doses (BID)
 
Phase:  Human pharmacology (Phase I): no Therapeutic exploratory (Phase II): no Therapeutic confirmatory - (Phase III): yes Therapeutic use (Phase IV): no
Countries of recruitment
Belgium France Netherlands United Kingdom
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Key inclusion & exclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria:
- Age over 18 years
- Newly diagnosed or relapsing mild to moderate ulcerative colitis with disease extension beyond rectum (of at least 12-18 cm from the anorectal junction). All patients must have had at least one total colonoscopy in their disease history (within the previous 5 years).
- Disease activity will be assessed on the 7 days before inclusion and according to ulcerative colitis disease activity index (UC-DAI) score. The UC-DAI score will be from 3 to 8 (mild: 3-5 or moderate: 6-8).
- Men or non-pregnant women.
- Women with childbearing potential must be using a contraceptive method judged effective by the investigator.
- Oral maintenance treatment with azathioprine or 6-mecraptopurine (taken for at least 6 months and continued at the same dose throughout the study) is permitted.
- informed consent given.
Are the trial subjects under 18? no
Number of subjects for this age range:
F.1.2 Adults (18-64 years) yes
F.1.2.1 Number of subjects for this age range
F.1.3 Elderly (>=65 years) yes
F.1.3.1 Number of subjects for this age range

Exclusion criteria:
- proctitits (less than 12-18 cm from the anorectal junction
- previous colonic surgery.
- previous failed to respond to steroids within the previous year.
- Non-response to rectal 5-ASA therapy or to oral 5-ASA therapy at dose > 3/day for induction of remission within the previous year.
- Current relapse lasting more than 6 weeks (from what patient says).
- Severe/fulminant ulcerative colitis
- Evidence of other forms of inflammatory bowel disease or infectious disease.
- Allergy to aspirin or salicylate derivatives.
- The following treatment will be forbidden during the study (if present at selection, a wash-out will be necessary):
* Loperamide and other antidiarrheal agents, mucilages, antibiotics
(metronidazole) and ciproflocacin): 1 week wash-out.
* Oral steroids: 4 weeks wash-out.
* Rectal steroids: 2 weeks wash-out
* Repeated treatment (> 3 days of use) of non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drugs
(NSAID) oral or rectal route: 1 week wash-out (aspirin for cardioprotection is allowed.
* Sulfasalzine > 4g or mesalazine or 4-ASA at a higher dose than what it is
permitted in the local formulary or standard care for maintenance treatment: 4
weeks wash-out.
* Immunomodulating/suppressing drugs: 3 month for wash-out (except for
patients maintained on azathioprine or 6-mercaptopuring-see above)
- Known significant hepatic or renal function abnormalities.
- Moderate/severe abnormal renal, hepatic or blood count tests defineda as: creatinine plasma value > 1.5 x ULN or white blood cells <3500/mm3 or > 15000/mm3 or platelets <100000/mm3 or > 800000/mm3 or ASAT/ALAT >3 x ULN or GGT/Alkalin Phosphatases > 3 x ULN (Primary Sclerosing Cholangitis is not an exclusion criteria).
- History or physical examination findings indicative of active alcohol or drug abuse.
- Pregnancy or breast-feeding
- History of disease, including mental/emotional disorder, that might interfere with their participation in the study.
- Participation in another clinical study in the last 3 months.
- Inability to comply with the protocol requirements.
- Inability to fill in the diary cards


Age minimum:
Age maximum:
Gender:
Female: yes
Male: yes
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Patients with mild to moderate ulcerative colitis
Intervention(s)

Product Name: Pentasa 2g sachet prolonged release granules (95%)
Pharmaceutical Form: Granules
INN or Proposed INN: MESALAZINE
CAS Number: 89576
Concentration unit: g gram(s)
Concentration type: equal
Concentration number: 2-

Primary Outcome(s)
Secondary Objective: * Compliance
* Clinical remission at week 4 and week 8
* Clinical variables improvement (stools frequency and blood stools) at week 4, 8 and 12 seperately
* Treatment failure rates at W4 and W8
* Time to remission according patient's diary (normal stools frequency and cessation of bleeding)
* Time to cessation of bleeding
* Improvement at week 4 and 8 based on UC-DAI score
* Endoscopic assessment at W0 and W8
* Acceptability of the treatment
* Safety
* Proportion of patients stayin in clinical remission at week 12.
Main Objective: To demonstrate that mesalazine po 4 g per day once daily (QD.) is non-inferior to the reference regimen, mesalazine 4 g per day in two divided doses (BID.) (2g x 2 per day), in patients with active ulcerative colitis treated for 8 weeks, in terms of remission evaluated with the UC-DAI score and defined as 1. Both groups (4g QD and 2gx2) will receive an enema containing 1 g of mesalazine at bedtime during the initial 4 weeks.
Primary end point(s): - Primary efficacy criterion: remission after 8 weeks of treatment, defined on the basis of the UC-DAI score - Seocndary efficacy variables
°Compliance at W8
°Clinical remission at W4, W8 and W12
°Treatment failure rates at W4 and W8 defined as the need for other treatment than those allowed by the protocol. Treatment failure will be counted as non-remission
°Clincal variables (stool frequency and bloody stools) at week 4, 8 and 12 seperately
° Time of cessation of bleeding
° Time to Remission according patient's diary (normal stools frequency and cessation of bleeding
°Improvement at week 4 and week 8 based on UC-DAI score
° Endoscopic assessment at week 0 and at week 8
° Acceptability of the treatment at week 4 and week 8
° Safety
Secondary Outcome(s)
Secondary ID(s)
Pentasa FE999907 CS06
2008-000045-59-FR
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Ethics review
Status: Approved
Approval date: 23/12/2008
Contact:
Results
Results available: Yes
Date Posted: 04/01/2017
Date Completed: 16/06/2010
URL: https://www.clinicaltrialsregister.eu/ctr-search/trial/2008-000045-59/results
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