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Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis (HBOT-UC)

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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05987852
Recruitment Status : Recruiting
First Posted : August 14, 2023
Last Update Posted : April 15, 2024
Sponsor:
Collaborator:
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
Lauren C Balmert, Northwestern University

Brief Summary:
Chronic intestinal hypoxia and accompanying mucosal inflammation is a hallmark of ulcerative colitis (UC). Hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) involves breathing 100% oxygen under increased atmospheric pressure to increase tissue oxygenation. Two small prospective randomized controlled trials have demonstrated that the delivery of HBOT to UC patients hospitalized for acute moderate to severe flares results in improved remission rates and avoidance of in-hospital progression to biologics, small molecules, or colectomy. In this larger trial the study aims to confirm the treatment benefits of HBOT for hospitalized UC patients and study the immune-microbe mechanisms underpinning treatment response.

Condition or disease Intervention/treatment Phase
Ulcerative Colitis Device: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy Other: Sham Hyperbaric Air Not Applicable

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Study Type : Interventional  (Clinical Trial)
Estimated Enrollment : 126 participants
Allocation: Randomized
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Intervention Model Description: 5-day intervention period; 12 months observational period through standard of care visits and follow-up
Masking: Triple (Participant, Investigator, Outcomes Assessor)
Primary Purpose: Treatment
Official Title: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy for Ulcerative Colitis Patients Hospitalized for Moderate to Severe Flares: A Multi-Center, Randomized, Double-Blind, Sham-Controlled Trial
Actual Study Start Date : January 9, 2024
Estimated Primary Completion Date : September 1, 2027
Estimated Study Completion Date : September 1, 2027

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Arm Intervention/treatment
Experimental: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Participants enrolled in the active intervention group receiving HBOT will undergo compression to 2.4 Atmospheres Absolute (ATA; 100% O2) for 90 minutes with two 5-10 minute "air breaks" (breathing room air at the 2.4 ATA) during the session. This is done once a day for 5 days.
Device: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Participants enrolled in the active intervention group receiving HBOT will undergo compression to 2.4 Atmospheres Absolute (ATA; 100% O2) for 90 minutes with two 5-10 minute "air breaks" (breathing room air at the 2.4 ATA) during the session. This is done once a day for 5 days.

Sham Comparator: Sham Hyperbaric Air
This control arm will undergo compression to 1.34 ATA for monoplace chambers and 2.4 ATA for multiplace chambers for the full 90-minute session but 21% oxygen instead of 100% oxygen being administered. These participants will also have two 5-10 minute "air breaks" to mimic the treatment protocol. Multiplace sham sessions will have modified air breaks to avoid decompression sickness. This will happen once a day for 5 days.
Other: Sham Hyperbaric Air
This control arm will undergo compression to 1.34 ATA for monoplace chambers and 2.4 ATA for multiplace chambers for the full 90-minute session but 21% oxygen instead of 100% oxygen being administered. These participants will also have two 5-10 minute "air breaks" to mimic the treatment protocol. Multiplace sham sessions will have modified air breaks to avoid decompression sickness. This will happen once a day for 5 days.




Primary Outcome Measures :
  1. Clinical response defined as complete resolution of rectal bleeding and improvement in stool frequency, without need for in-hospital biologics, small molecules, or colectomy by study day 5 [ Time Frame: Day 5 ]
    Proportion of participants achieving clinical response as measured by complete resolution of rectal bleeding (Mayo rectal bleeding sub-score of 0) and improvement in stool frequency (at least 1 point reduction in Mayo stool frequency sub-score), without the need for in-hospital biologics, small molecules, or colectomy, by study day 5.


Secondary Outcome Measures :
  1. Endoscopic Improvement [ Time Frame: Day 5; Day 90 ]
    Proportion of participants achieving endoscopic improvement (Mayo endoscopic sub-score of 0 or 1)

  2. Endoscopic Remission [ Time Frame: Day 5; Day 90 ]
    Proportion of participants achieving Endoscopic remission (Mayo endoscopic sub-score of 0)

  3. Histologic Remission [ Time Frame: Day 5; Day 90 ]
    Proportion of participants achieving Histologic Remission (Geboes histology score ≤ 2)

  4. Mucosal Healing [ Time Frame: Day 5; Day 90 ]
    Proportion of participants achieving Mucosal Healing (Endoscopic sub-score 0 or 1 + Geboes histology score ≤ 2)

  5. Clinical Remission [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5; 12 months ]
    Proportion of participants achieving clinical remission (Full Mayo ≤ 2, with no sub-score > 1)

  6. Initiation and/or adjustment of biologics or small molecule inhibitors [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Proportion of participants who require initiation and/or adjustment in biologics or small molecule inhibitors, and number of biologics or small molecule inhibitors and/or adjustments required over 12 months

  7. Colectomy [ Time Frame: Day 5; 12 months ]
    Proportion of participants requiring colectomy

  8. Re-hospitalization [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Proportion of participants with any re-hospitalization during the follow-up period

  9. Serious Infections or Serious Adverse Events [ Time Frame: Day 5 ]
    Proportion of participants experiencing any serious infections or serious adverse events during intervention period

  10. Number of new initiations and/or adjustments in biologics or small molecule inhibitors [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Number of new initiations and/or adjustments in biologics or small molecule inhibitors

  11. Duration of index hospitalization [ Time Frame: From date of hospitalization to time of discharge, assessed up to 30 days ]
    Duration of index hospitalization

  12. Number of re-hospitalizations [ Time Frame: 12 months ]
    Number of re-hospitalizations

  13. Change in inflammation, as measured by C-reactive protein [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5 ]
    Change in inflammation, as measured by C-reactive protein

  14. Change in inflammation, as measured by fecal calprotectin [ Time Frame: Day 5 ]
    Change in inflammation, as measured by fecal calprotectin

  15. Full Mayo Score [ Time Frame: Day 5; Day 90 ]
    Score ranges from 0-12 ; higher scores are worse

  16. Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS) [ Time Frame: Day 5; Day 90 ]
    Score ranges from 0-8 ; higher scores are worse

  17. Numeric Urgency Rating Score [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5 ]
    Score ranges from 0-10 ; higher scores are worse

  18. Improvement in individual Mayo sub-score for stool frequency [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5 ]
    Score ranges from 0-3 ; higher scores are worse ; improvement defined as decrease in score from baseline

  19. Improvement in individual Mayo sub-score for rectal bleeding [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5 ]
    Scores range from 0-3 ; higher scores are worse ; improvement defined as decrease in score from baseline

  20. Improvement in individual Mayo Endoscopic sub-score for mucosal appearance at endoscopy [ Time Frame: Day 5 ]
    Scores range from 0-3 ; higher scores are worse ; improvement defined as decrease in score from baseline

  21. Improvement in individual Mayo sub-score for physician rating of disease activity [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5 ]
    Scores range from 0-3 ; higher scores are worse ; improvement defined as decrease in score from baseline

  22. Improvement in urgency Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI) sub-score [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5 ]
    Scores range from 0-3 ; higher scores are worse ; improvement defined as decrease in score from baseline

  23. Improvement in nocturnal bowel movement frequency Simple Clinical Colitis Activity Index (SCCAI) sub-score [ Time Frame: Day 3; Day 5 ]
    Scores range from 0-2 ; higher scores are worse ; improvement defined as decrease in score from baseline



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Ages Eligible for Study:   18 Years to 85 Years   (Adult, Older Adult)
Sexes Eligible for Study:   All
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Participants with known or newly diagnosed UC who require hospitalization for an acute moderate to severe flare
  • Age 18-85
  • Consented and able to receive first HBOT session within first 48 hours of initiation of intravenous steroids

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Complication requiring urgent surgical intervention
  • Toxic megacolon
  • Inability to receive intravenous steroids
  • Historically failed 3 or more classes of advanced therapeutic options
  • Known or suspected diagnosis of Crohn's colitis, indeterminate colitis, ischemic colitis, radiation colitis, diverticular disease associated with colitis, microscopic colitis or infectious colitis
  • Received any investigational drug within 30 days
  • Clinically significant cardiac, renal, neurological, endocrine, respiratory or hepatic impairment that increases the risk for HBOT toxicity
  • Women who are pregnant or nursing
  • Unwillingness to complete course of HBOT
  • Active SARS CoV 2 infection

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT05987852


Contacts
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Contact: Yasmin Pina, BS 312-503-6459 yasmin.pina@northwestern.edu
Contact: Mary Beth Tull, MS 312-503-4746 mary.tull@northwestern.edu

Locations
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United States, Alabama
University of Alabama Medicine Not yet recruiting
Birmingham, Alabama, United States, 35233
Contact: Kirk Russ, MD       kruss@uabmc.edu   
United States, California
University of Los Angeles Health Recruiting
Los Angeles, California, United States, 90024
Contact: Jenny Sauk, MD       jsauk@mednet.ucla.edu   
United States, Florida
University of Miami Health Not yet recruiting
Miami, Florida, United States, 33136
Contact: Oriana Damas, MD       omazorra@med.miami.edu   
Orlando Health Not yet recruiting
Orlando, Florida, United States, 32806
Contact: Udayakumar Navaneethan, MD       udayakumar.navaneethan@orlandohealth.com   
United States, Illinois
Northwestern Medicine Lake Forest Hospital Recruiting
Lake Forest, Illinois, United States, 60045
Contact: Parambir S Dulai, MD       parambir.dulai@northwestern.edu   
United States, Kentucky
University of Louisville Not yet recruiting
Louisville, Kentucky, United States, 40202
Contact: Gerald Dryden, MD       tad.dryden@louisville.edu   
United States, Massachusetts
Massachusetts General Hospital Recruiting
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
Contact: Ashwin Ananthakrishnan, MD       aananthakrishnan@mgh.harvard.edu   
United States, Minnesota
Mayo Clinic Recruiting
Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905
Contact: Laura Raffals, MD       raffals.laura@mayo.edu   
United States, New Hampshire
Dartmouth Hitchcock Medical Center Recruiting
Lebanon, New Hampshire, United States, 03756
Contact: Corey Siegel, MD       corey.a.siegel@hitchcock.org   
Contact: Michael Winter, MD       michael.w.winter@hitchcock.org   
United States, New York
Cornell University Medical Center Recruiting
New York, New York, United States, 10065
Contact: Dana Lukin, MD       djl9010@med.cornell.edu   
State University of New York Upstate Medical University Recruiting
Syracuse, New York, United States, 13210
Contact: Marvin Heyboer, MD       HeyboerM@upstate.edu   
United States, Oregon
Oregon Health & Science University Health Not yet recruiting
Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239
Contact: Anthony Sofia, MD       sofia@ohsu.edu   
United States, Pennsylvania
Allegheny Health Recruiting
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15090
Contact: Gursimran Kochhar, MD       gursimran.kochhar@ahn.org   
University of Pittsburgh Medical Center Recruiting
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States, 15213
Contact: Jeffrey Dueker, MD       duekerjm@upmc.edu   
United States, Virginia
University of Virginia Health Recruiting
Charlottesville, Virginia, United States, 22903
Contact: Anne Tuskey, MD       agt2w@hscmail.mcc.virginia.edu   
Sponsors and Collaborators
Northwestern University
National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK)
Investigators
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Principal Investigator: Lauren Balmert Bonner, PhD Northwestern University
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Responsible Party: Lauren C Balmert, Professor, Northwestern University
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT05987852    
Other Study ID Numbers: HBOT-UC
1U01DK134321 ( U.S. NIH Grant/Contract )
First Posted: August 14, 2023    Key Record Dates
Last Update Posted: April 15, 2024
Last Verified: April 2024
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement:
Plan to Share IPD: Yes
Plan Description: Dataset with National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases (NIDDK) Repository.
Supporting Materials: Study Protocol
Informed Consent Form (ICF)

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Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Drug Product: No
Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated Device Product: Yes
Product Manufactured in and Exported from the U.S.: Yes
Keywords provided by Lauren C Balmert, Northwestern University:
hyperbaric oxygen therapy
HBOT
ulcerative colitis
hyperbaric oxygen
Additional relevant MeSH terms:
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Colitis
Colitis, Ulcerative
Ulcer
Gastroenteritis
Gastrointestinal Diseases
Digestive System Diseases
Colonic Diseases
Intestinal Diseases
Pathologic Processes
Inflammatory Bowel Diseases