Clinical trial NCT01241058: Registry of Pediatric Patients Diagnosed With Crohn's Disease in Belgium
Official title: Belgian Registry of Pediatric Crohn's Disease
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Description of Disease Course, Disease Fenotype, Medication, Safety, Analysis for Possible Associations
Keywords: pediatrics, crohn's disease, disease course, therapy
Lead sponsor: Belgian Society for Pediatric Gastroentrology Hepatology and Nutrition
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2010-11-16
Enrollment: 257
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 1
Maximum age (years): 18
Standard ages: CHILD
ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Observational model: COHORT
Time perspective: PROSPECTIVE
Sampling method: NON_PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: subjects under 18 yrs of age diagnosed with Crohn's disease, living in Belgium

Brief summary: A registry of pediatric patients (under 18 yrs of age) diagnosed with Crohn's disease was created in Belgium. Over a 2 year period 257 patients are included. These patients will be follow up prospectively during 5 years. Demographic data, family history, disease presentation and disease course including medication are registered in CRF's.


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1-18 yrs old belgian Crohn s disease informed consent

Exclusion Criteria:

no informed consent

Primary outcomes:
measure: disease course
timeFrame: 5 years
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Leuven
country: Belgium
facility: Bespghan
state: Brabant
Study officials:
References:
citation: Van Biervliet S, Smets F, Hofmann I, Degreef E, Hauser B, Bontems P, Vande Velde S, Arts W, Paquot I, Alliet P, Bossuyt P, Louis E, Baert F, Bauraind O, Rahier JF, Veereman G. The course of anaemia in children and adolescents with Crohn's disease included in a prospective registry. Int J Colorectal Dis. 2015 Jan;30(1):51-6. doi: 10.1007/s00384-014-2042-4. Epub 2014 Oct 30.
citation: De Greef E, Maus B, Smets F, Van Biervliet S, John JM, Van Steen K, Veereman G; IBD working group of the Belgian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BeSPGHAN); Belgian IBD Research and Development (BIRD). Diagnosing and treating pediatric Crohn's disease patients: is there a difference between adult and pediatric gastroenterologist's practices ? Results of the BELCRO cohort. Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2014 Mar;77(1):25-9. No abstract available.
citation: De Greef E, Mahachie John JM, Hoffman I, Smets F, Van Biervliet S, Scaillon M, Hauser B, Paquot I, Alliet P, Arts W, Dewit O, Peeters H, Baert F, D'Haens G, Rahier JF, Etienne I, Bauraind O, Van Gossum A, Vermeire S, Fontaine F, Muls V, Louis E, Van de Mierop F, Coche JC, Van Steen K, Veereman G; IBD working group of the Belgian Society of Pediatric Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition (BeSPGHAN); Belgian IBD Research and Development. Profile of pediatric Crohn's disease in Belgium. J Crohns Colitis. 2013 Dec;7(11):e588-98. doi: 10.1016/j.crohns.2013.04.016. Epub 2013 May 9.
citation: Alliet P, Desimpelaere J, Hauser B, Janssens E, Khamis J, Lewin M, De Greef E, Smets F, Paquot I, Veereman G, Souverijns G; Belgian IBD working group of BeSPGHAN. MR enterography in children with Crohn disease: results from the Belgian pediatric Crohn registry (Belcro). Acta Gastroenterol Belg. 2013 Mar;76(1):45-8.
citation: De Greef E, Hoffman I, Smets F, Van Biervliet S, Bontems P, Hauser B, Paquot I, Alliet P, Arts W, Dewit O, De Vos M, Baert F, Bossuyt P, Rahier JF, Franchimont D, Vermeire S, Fontaine F, Louis E, Coche JC, Veereman G; IBD working group of BESPGHAN, BIRD. Paediatric Crohn Disease: Disease Activity and Growth in the BELCRO Cohort After 3 Years Follow-up. J Pediatr Gastroenterol Nutr. 2016 Aug;63(2):253-8. doi: 10.1097/MPG.0000000000001132.