NCT04160325

Effect of the Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Combined With Azathioprine for Remission of Crohn's Diseases After Surgery

The Effect of the Exclusive Enteral Nutrition Combined With Azathioprine in Maintaining Remission of Patients With Crohn's Diseases After Surgery

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 54 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Zhu Weiming · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

for some patients with Crohn's diseases undergoing surgery，whether exclusive enteral nutrition(EEN) could delay the disease relapse needs exploration.The trial will study whether the efficacy of postoperative EEN could help keeping remission.

Detailed description

For patients with Crohn's disease(CD), whether exclusive enteral nutrition(EEN) following bowel resection and anastomosis could delay the disease recurrence remains unkown. In this study， CD patients after surgery will be divided into two groups: one group is treated with 3 months' EEN and then turn to normal diet after 3 months; the other group is given with normal diet all through. All patients will be adminstrated with oral azathioprine after surgery. Then, the rates of 1 year postoperative endoscopic recurrence will be compared between groups.

Conditions

• Crohn Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	postoperative 3-month exclusive enteral nutrition	postoperative 3-month exclusive enteral nutrition after surgery and alter to normal food after 3 months
DRUG	azathioprine	azathioprine
OTHER	normal diet	normal diet

Timeline

• Start date: 2018-01-01
• Primary completion: 2023-10-31
• Completion: 2023-10-31
• First posted: 2019-11-13
• Last updated: 2023-10-17

Locations

1 site across 1 country: China