Crohn's Disease and Colitis Trial, Recruiting

Written by an AI model from ClinicalTrials.gov eligibility criteria and checked on a sample basis. Please confirm against the original criteria.

Who might be able to join this trial:

• Adults aged 18 or older who have been diagnosed with Crohn's disease and had surgery to remove most or all of their large bowel, resulting in a permanent opening in the abdomen (called an end ileostomy), at least 12 months before the study's scheduled camera examination.
• People who are already scheduled to have a camera examination of the small bowel through their stoma (called an ileoscopy) as part of their regular medical care.
• People who can read, write, speak, and understand English well enough to take part in interviews without needing an interpreter.
• People who are able and willing to take part in all parts of the study.
• People who have provided written consent to participate.

Who may not be able to join:

• People who have a different type of stoma or bowel connection, such as a colostomy, a urostomy, a loop ostomy, a continent ileostomy, an ileal pouch, a double barrel ileostomy, a mucous fistula, or any ileostomy that is not considered permanent.
• People who have serious skin problems around their stoma, such as a severe skin condition called pyoderma gangrenosum, an abscess, or severe skin inflammation in that area.
• People whose stoma or bowel has physical problems that would prevent the camera examination from being done safely, such as a narrowed stoma, a significant bowel narrowing, a major stoma prolapse, a hernia near the stoma causing problems, a poorly positioned stoma causing severe skin irritation, or a stoma that sits too deep in the skin.
• People who have any actively draining fistula (an abnormal opening leaking fluid) near the stoma or in the anal area.
• People who have a known narrowing of the small bowel shown on recent scans, or where a camera scope could not be passed through in the past 6 months.
• People with a known active bowel infection, such as a Clostridioides difficile infection or another gut infection.
• People with short bowel syndrome (a condition where not enough of the small bowel remains to absorb nutrients properly).
• People whose main symptoms are coming from a small piece of bowel left behind after surgery (called a retained rectal stump).
• People with a serious health condition other than Crohn's disease that, in the study doctor's opinion, might affect their ability to fully participate or give clear descriptions of their symptoms.
• People who have already taken part in this study before.

Important: Always verify eligibility with the trial site directly before applying.