Saves the questions and what to expect into your notes, next to the visit they belong to.
Keep this study
Lead
The Cleveland Clinic
With
AbbVie
Age
18–70
Sex
ALL
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
You may be eligible if
Diagnosed as having Crohn's Disease or Ulcerative Colitis
Aged 18-70 years.
Understands the language and signs an informed consent form.
Any disease location, except isolated upper GI Crohn's disease only
Any CD or UC disease activity.
Outpatients and inpatients
Patients will be recruited, and samples obtained at least one day, and no more than one week, prior to out/inpatient colonoscopy preparation to allow objective assessment of disease activity.
You may not be if
Status post colectomy
Status post diverting loop ileostomy or end ileostomy or colostomy
On antibiotics in the past 3 months or currently
Women (pregnant or breast feeding)
Subjects with concurrent chronic liver, renal, lung or metabolic disorders
Active malignancy
Bowel preparation at day of sample procurement
Isolated upper GI Crohn's disease only
Active disease on colonoscopy, but normal fecal calprotectin at inclusion
C diff. positive at time of inclusion (test to be obtained in routine clinical care).
