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Switching to the IL-23 Inhibitor Guselkumab for People With Active IBD Who Previously Used Ustekinumab (SHIFT-IBD)

SHIFT-IBD: Switching to High-efficacy Anti-IL-23 Guselkumab in Ustekinumab-exposed Persons With Active IBD

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Last updated 31 Aug 2026

Brief summary (registry, in English)

The SHIFT-IBD Study is being conducted at multiple medical centers across Canada to evaluate how well guselkumab (Tremfya) works for people with inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) who haven't responded well enough to ustekinumab. Patients will begin guselkumab based on their doctor's decision. If eligible, they may be invited to participate in the study, which involves monitoring symptoms, test results, and overall health over the course of one year. Guselkumab will be given according to local medical guidelines. Doctors can adjust the treatment as needed, just like in routine care. Researchers believe that switching to guselkumab may be as effective as other advanced treatments. For those who saw some improvement on ustekinumab but not enough, guselkumab may offer better symptom control-without worsening results on medical tests like endoscopy. The goal is to explore better treatment options for people whose IBD has not been well controlled with current therapies.

Status (registry)
Recruiting
Study type
Observational
Enrollment
200 (estimated)
First submitted
17 Sept 2025
Start date
29 Jan 2026
Primary completion date
1 Nov 2027
Lead sponsor
TIDHI Innovation Inc.
NCT number
NCT07245394

What you commit to

  • Study type: Observational
  • Planned participants: 200
  • From 29 Jan 2026 to the primary completion date, 1 Nov 2027
  • 14 sites in 1 country
  • Visits and tests: ask the trial team, the registry does not list them

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Who cannot take part

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Prior treatment

  • History of prior exposure to any anti-p19 inhibitor (risankizumab or mirikizumab).
  • Subjects with formal contraindication to guselkumab per the drug label.
  • Subjects with a history of bowel surgery within 6 months prior to Week 0.
  • Subjects displaying clinical signs of acute severe UC, fulminant colitis or toxic megacolon within 3 months prior to Week 0.
  • Subjects who are expected to require bowel surgery by their IBD physician within the year of enrollment.
  • Subjects on 1 or more concomitant biologics.

Other illness

  • Subjects with a history of colonic dysplasia (low-grade dysplasia, high-grade dysplasia, or colorectal cancer). Note: Patients with a history of indefinite for dysplasia would be eligible.

Other

  • Use of guselkumab for an off-label indication, dosing regimen, or route of administration. Subjects who did not receive guselkumab induction will be excluded.
  • Subjects with an ostomy or ileo-anal pouch.
  • Subjects with formal contraindication or unwilling to undergo lower endoscopy.
  • The patient is considered by the Investigator, for any reason, to be an unsuitable candidate for the study.

Who the study is looking for

  • Subjects of any gender aged ≥ 18.
  • Confirmed diagnosis of IBD (CD, UC, or IBDU) for at least 6 months prior to baseline visit. Subjects with IBDU will be grouped with subjects with UC. The CD proportion of patients will be capped at 75%.
  • Subjects have received ustekinumab for at least 14 weeks and who are currently on or recently discontinued ustekinumab therapy.
  • For subjects that have recently discontinued ustekinumab, the last dose of ustekinumab must have been within 12 weeks before Week 0, and no other advanced therapy (i.e., infliximab, adalimumab, golimumab, certolizumab pegol, vedolizumab, natalizumab, risankizumab, mirikizumab, tofacitinib, upadacitinib, ozanimod, etrasimod) was started since stopping ustekinumab.
  • Subjects with an inadequate response to ustekinumab who require a change in advanced therapy and are initiating guselkumab, as determined by the treating physician.
  • For subjects on off-label ustekinumab dosing (90 mg every 4 or 6 weeks (off-label dosing), enrollment will be capped at 60%.
  • Ability and willingness to give written informed consent and comply with the requirements of this study protocol.
  • Subjects who have evidence of ongoing endoscopic evidence of disease activity within 3 months prior to Week 0, defined as:
    • For Crohn's Disease: Colonoscopy showing SES-CD score (excluding the presence of narrowing component) of ≥6 (or ≥4 for participants with isolated ileal disease), OR presence of ulcers larger than 5 mm in any segment.
    • For Ulcerative Colitis: Colonoscopy showing Ulcerative Colitis Endoscopic Index of Severity (UCEIS) score ≥4, OR presence of erosions or ulcers in any segment.

Age in the registry: 18 years to - · Sex: All · Does not accept healthy volunteers

Full criteria on ClinicalTrials.gov

Sites (14)

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SiteCityCountrySite status
Barrie GI Associates
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BarrieCanadaRecruiting
Brampton Gastroenterology Research Group Inc
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BramptonCanadaRecruiting
GNRR Digestive Clinics and Research Center Inc.
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BramptonCanadaRecruiting
University Of Calgary
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CalgaryCanadaRecruiting
MA MacMillan
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FrederictonCanadaRecruiting
Hamilton Health Sciences Corporation
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HamiltonCanadaNot yet recruiting
LDDI Clinical Trials Inc. dba London Digestive Disease Institute
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LondonCanadaRecruiting
West Gta Research Inc.
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MississaugaCanadaRecruiting
CIUSSS l'Est-de-l'Île-de-Montréal
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MontrealCanadaNot yet recruiting
The Research Institute of the McGill University Health Centre
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
Centre Hospitalier de l'Universite de Montreal (CHUM)
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MontrealCanadaRecruiting
Abp Research Services Corporation
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OakvilleCanadaRecruiting
Taunton Surgical Center
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OshawaCanadaRecruiting
Toronto Immune and Digestive Health Institute
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TorontoCanadaRecruiting

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