What this trial means for you
This study is recruiting now at 1 US site. It's studying Tirzepatide for crohn disease.
What participants typically get: study medication (or placebo, if the trial uses one) and study-related medical care at no cost, plus close monitoring. Compensation for time and travel varies by study — ask the site. Note that in many trials you can't choose your treatment group, and some participants receive a placebo.
The study, in the sponsor's words
The purpose of this study is to use diet and an injectable medication called tirzepatide (Zepbound) glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide and glucagon-like peptide-1 receptor agonist (GIP-GLP-1 RA) medication as adjunctive therapy (another treatment used together with the primary treatment) for Crohn's disease patients with mild disease who are on stable doses of biologic medication (infliximab or adalimumab) and who have a body mass index (BMI) of at least 27.
Can you join? The exact criteria
Below is the verbatim eligibility text from the registry — bring it to your doctor; it's written for clinicians, and your own clinician is the right person to interpret it with you.
Full eligibility criteria (for you and your doctor)
Inclusion Criteria: * Adult patients (≥18 years old) * Confirmed diagnosis of Crohn's disease * Mildly active disease, defined by clinical symptoms using the Harvey Bradshaw Index (HBI) score between 5 and 7 (the HBI is a continuous score ranging from 0-16 where \<4 is considered remission) * BMI ≥ 27 kg/m2 * Patients will be on stable doses of medical therapy (anti-tumor necrosis factor (TNF) alpha blockers) Exclusion Criteria: * Patients under 18 years of age * Patients with ulcerative colitis * Patients with infectious colitis * BMI\<27 kg/m2 * Patients with type 1 or type 2 diabetes * Contraindications to a GIP/GLP-1 RA, including patients with a personal or family history of medullary thyroid cancer or in patients with Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia syndrome type 2 * Patients already on GIP/GLP-1 RA therapy * Patients with the following chronic symptoms: severe constipation, nausea, and/or vomiting * Patients with the following medical history: small bowel obstruction in the last year, intestinal stricture, known or suspected diagnosis of gastroparesis * Adults unable to consent * Pregnant patients (will be confirmed via a pregnancy test) * Prisoners
Study sites by state
Florida
- University of Miami — Miami · Recruiting now
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