Prevention of Postoperative Endoscopic Recurrence with Endoscopy-driven Versus Systematic Biological Therapy
Prevention of Postoperative Endoscopic Recurrence with Endoscopy-driven Versus Systematic Biological Therapy: a Randomized, Multicentre, Parallel Group Pragmatic Non-inferiority Trial in Crohn Disease
About This Trial
With this prospective, randomized, multicentre, parallel group pragmatic non-inferiority trial, the investigators will evaluate if endoscopy-driven introduction of biological therapy is not leading to more postoperative endoscopic recurrence at week 86 compared to systematic prophylactic biological therapy in patients with CD undergoing an ileocolonic resection with ileocolonic anastomosis. Secondary analyses will include influence on clinical, biological and surgical CD recurrence, serious adverse events, direct costs, work productivity, and quality of life. If the investigators can demonstrate the non-inferiority of an endoscopy-driven approach, this patient-tailored management could be advocated, while a more expensive systematic introduction of biological therapies could be limited. Finally, endoscopic images provided through the SOPRANO CD study, will be used to develop a new scoring system evaluating postoperative endoscopic recurrence.
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Treatments Being Tested
Biological Drug
Biological therapy used in daily clinical practice in patients with Crohn's disease to prevent disease recurrence