Balloon dilation study for Crohn’s bowel strictures
Part of Digestive system clinical trials.
This study looks at inflammation just before a narrowed section of the bowel in people with Crohn’s disease, using planned endoscopic balloon dilation. It may help doctors better understand what drives narrowing and inflammation so treatment can be timed and chosen more effectively.
Summary written for real people, not researchers, by Clin2.
Who can take part
- You have been diagnosed with Crohn’s disease according to standard medical guidelines
- You have a bowel narrowing (stricture) in the small bowel or colon (including the ileocecal valve), and imaging shows it is preceded by a swollen/dilated area larger than 2.5 cm
- Your scans must show inflammation before the narrowing (for example, thicker bowel wall or a Crohn’s inflammation score of at least 3 on SES-CD)
- Your doctor is planning an endoscopic balloon dilation (EBD) as part of your usual care
- Your Crohn’s medicines have not changed for the last 3 months, and you do not plan to start, stop, or switch treatments around the study time
- For the study period, you should not have a planned new change in treatment before the balloon dilation (doctors may change meds if needed, but that may affect study analysis)
Quick eligibility check
Answer a few plain-language questions, based on this study's own requirements, to get a preliminary sense of fit.
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