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Following adults with inflammatory bowel disease through a research cohort and biobank

Collects samples from adults with active inflammatory bowel disease for a research biobank.

Key facts

Who runs it
Nantes University Hospital
Where
Nantes, FranceSee the 3 sites
Trial code
Registry title
Inflammatory Bowel Disease Cohort in Nantes
Status
Recruiting
People taking part
360 people, planned
Started
4 Feb 2025
Expected to end
Feb 2031
Type of study
Observational
Treatments tested
  • Collection of biological samples
Record updated
10 February 2025

Who can take part

AI summary

From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.

The trial is looking for adults with a confirmed inflammatory bowel disease that is active and needs surgery or an endoscopy. They also agree to give biological samples.

Age
Over 18 years
Sex
All
Disease stage
Active disease that needs surgery or endoscopy, done at diagnosis or before starting a new treatment.

Main reasons for not taking part

  • Refuses to take part in the cohort
  • Disease is quiet (not active) at the start
  • Cannot have general anaesthesia
  • Vulnerable people (under court protection, curators, guardians)

The registry criteria, word for word

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Who can take part

  • Patients over 18 years of age
  • Patients with an established diagnosis of IBD: CD, UC, unclassified IBD or refractory chronic pouchitis
  • Patients with active disease requiring surgery or endoscopy, whether performed at diagnosis or prior to initiation of new therapy
  • Patients who have given written consent to participate in the study and to keep biological samples for research purposes

Who cannot take part

  • Patients with chronic inflammatory bowel disease quiescent at inclusion
  • Patients refusing to participate in the cohort
  • Patients with a contraindication to general anaesthesia
  • Vulnerable patients (under court protection, curators, guardians)

Where in France

  • CHU de NantesNantes, FranceContact: Catherine Le Berre, MDTaking people
  • Clinique Jules VerneNantes, FranceContact: Mathurin FLAMANT, MDNot yet recruiting
  • Hôpital Privé du ConfluentNantes, FranceContact: Caroline TRANG, MDNot yet recruiting

About the trial

What the trial wants to find out

The CELESTE cohort will be a three-center prospective cohort associated with the creation of a biobank including Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) patients with active disease

The group in the trial

  • Patients

    Patients of both sexes, over 18 years of age, with an established diagnosis of IBD (Crohn's desease, ulcerative colitis, unclassified IBD or chronic pouchitis) will be eligible for inclusion in a consultation to schedule surgery or colonoscopy for disease relapse (at diagnosis or prior to initiation of treatment), irrespective of treatment received

    Treatment: Collection of biological samples

Questions to ask the study team

  1. How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
  2. Are travel costs paid?
  3. Can I keep my own doctor?
  4. What happens if I want to stop?

Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations

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Data and sources

Registry record
Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
Official title
Cohorte Nantaise de Maladies Inflammatoires Chroniques Intestinales
Plain-language title
Following adults with inflammatory bowel disease through a research cohort and biobankGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
Record updated
10 February 2025