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Defining Predictors of RT Response to Vedolizumab in IBD

A Phase 4 interventional study of Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio] in Crohn Disease of Small Intestine, sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine. Completed at 1 site in United States. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-09-17.

Sponsored by Washington University School of Medicine · Phase 4, Interventional, and Treatment

Phase
Phase 4
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
48
Allocation
Not applicable
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

The overall goal of the study is to develop data that can convincingly guide clinicians on the use and efficacy of vedolizumab in patients with small bowel CD. There is an unmet need to identify response to vedolizumab in small bowel CD using objective endpoints. Current data suggest that MR enterography may meet this unmet need. There is an additional unmet need to develop predictive models incorporating both clinical and baseline radiological and endoscopic variables with higher discriminatory performance in identifying longer term clinical remission with vedolizumab. Finally, this proposal is strengthened by the exploratory studies which may identify new proteomic biomarkers that correlate with longer term radiological response with vedolizumab reflecting its latency of response. If successful, these serum biomarkers may guide a personalized approach to the treatment of small bowel CD with vedolizumab, allowing early identification of PNR, monitoring disease activity and the pharmacodynamics of vedolizumab.

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Conditions studied

  • Crohn Disease of Small Intestine

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In context

Crohn Disease

1,880 studies on the registry are indexed under Crohn Disease; 462 are open to participants now.

This study's enrollment of 48 is below the median of 66 across 1,188 interventional studies indexed under Crohn Disease.

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Lead sponsor

Washington University School of Medicine is the lead sponsor of 1,765 studies on the registry; 271 are open to participants now.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Moderate to severe disease activity small bowel CD (small bowel only or ileocecal only) visible on MRE
  • Initiated on Vedolizumab with/without thiopurines or methotrexate
  • ≥18 years old

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy
  • Age \<18
  • Planned surgery prior to the first follow-up MRE
  • Inability to provide informed consent.
  • Perianal CD will be excluded since assessment requires performance of additional MRI of the pelvis.
  • Individuals with colonic involvement other than involvement of the ascending colon and cecum.
  • Inpatient scans will only be included if this is a MRE and adequate small bowel distension with appropriate contrast has been achieved
  • If unable to provide informed consent
  • Contraindications for MRE including chronic kidney disease that precludes contrast administration, implanted medical devices that are contraindicated for MRE.
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Study design

Phase
Phase 4
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Not applicable
Intervention model
Single group
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
48 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]

    Vedolizumab will be initiated at 300 mg intravenous (IV) dosing at 0, 2 and 6 weeks followed by the 1st maintenance with 300 mg IV at week 14. Patients who have not achieved clinical response at week 14 will be eligible to undergo dose escalation to 4 weekly dosing of vedolizumab depending on the judgement of the treating gastroenterologist.

    Drug: Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]

Interventions

  • DrugVedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]

    Vedolizumab Injection

    Also known as: Entyvio

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Radiological Response

    Radiological Transmural Response will be defined per-lesion and per-patient. Per-lesion TR will be defined as a decrease in the length of inflamed small bowel lesion from baseline or improvement in any imaging findings associated with severe mural inflammation, i.e., restricted diffusion, mural thickness, intramural T2 hyperintensity, peri-enteric T2 signal, and luminal ulcerations, without development of a new penetrating or stricturing complication. Worsened lesions will be fined as those with an increased score of any imaging parameter associated with severe mural inflammation. Unchanged lesions will be defined as those with unchanged (without worsening or improving) inflammatory parameters associated with severe mural inflammation. Patients will be then classified for TR as responders if all individual lesions improved and non-responders if any of the lesions worsened, a new lesion developed at the 4 month MRE and all other scenarios not meeting definition of response.

    Time frame: 24±2 weeks

  2. Radiological Response

    Radiological Transmural Response will be defined per-lesion and per-patient. Per-lesion TR will be defined as a decrease in the length of inflamed small bowel lesion from baseline or improvement in any imaging findings associated with severe mural inflammation, i.e., restricted diffusion, mural thickness, intramural T2 hyperintensity, peri-enteric T2 signal, and luminal ulcerations, without development of a new penetrating or stricturing complication. Worsened lesions will be fined as those with an increased score of any imaging parameter associated with severe mural inflammation. Unchanged lesions will be defined as those with unchanged (without worsening or improving) inflammatory parameters associated with severe mural inflammation. Patients will be then classified for TR as responders if all individual lesions improved and non-responders if any of the lesions worsened, a new lesion developed at the 4 month MRE and all other scenarios not meeting definition of response.

    Time frame: 52±2 weeks

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Results

Posted Sep 17, 2025

Participant flow

Participant flow — Overall Study
MilestoneVedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
Started48
Week 14 dose escalation to every 4 weeks2
Completed22
Not completed26

Outcome measures

PrimaryRadiological Response

Radiological Transmural Response will be defined per-lesion and per-patient. Per-lesion TR will be defined as a decrease in the length of inflamed small bowel lesion from baseline or improvement in any imaging findings associated with severe mural inflammation, i.e., restricted diffusion, mural thickness, intramural T2 hyperintensity, peri-enteric T2 signal, and luminal ulcerations, without development of a new penetrating or stricturing complication. Worsened lesions will be fined as those with an increased score of any imaging parameter associated with severe mural inflammation. Unchanged lesions will be defined as those with unchanged (without worsening or improving) inflammatory parameters associated with severe mural inflammation. Patients will be then classified for TR as responders if all individual lesions improved and non-responders if any of the lesions worsened, a new lesion developed at the 4 month MRE and all other scenarios not meeting definition of response.

Time frame:
24±2 weeks
Reported as:
Number · participants
Radiological Response
participantsVedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
Transmural Ulcer Healing21
Transmural Remission16
PrimaryRadiological Response

Radiological Transmural Response will be defined per-lesion and per-patient. Per-lesion TR will be defined as a decrease in the length of inflamed small bowel lesion from baseline or improvement in any imaging findings associated with severe mural inflammation, i.e., restricted diffusion, mural thickness, intramural T2 hyperintensity, peri-enteric T2 signal, and luminal ulcerations, without development of a new penetrating or stricturing complication. Worsened lesions will be fined as those with an increased score of any imaging parameter associated with severe mural inflammation. Unchanged lesions will be defined as those with unchanged (without worsening or improving) inflammatory parameters associated with severe mural inflammation. Patients will be then classified for TR as responders if all individual lesions improved and non-responders if any of the lesions worsened, a new lesion developed at the 4 month MRE and all other scenarios not meeting definition of response.

Time frame:
52±2 weeks
Reported as:
Number · participants
Radiological Response
participantsVedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
Transmural Ulcer Healing12
Transmural Remission9

Adverse events

Collected over Over the course of the participants time in the study, which was 1 year.. Non-serious events are listed at a 5% frequency threshold.

Adverse event summary by group
GroupDeathsSeriousOther
Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio] Every 8 Weeks0/46 (0%)0/46 (0%)0/46 (0%)
Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio] Every 4 Weeks (Dose Escalation) After Week 140/2 (0%)0/2 (0%)0/2 (0%)

Baseline characteristics

Age, Categorical
Age, Categorical(Participants)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
<=18 years0
Between 18 and 65 years48
>=65 years0
Age, Continuous
Age, Continuous(years)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
Median33.95 (27.45 to 47.22)
Sex: Female, Male
Sex: Female, Male(Participants)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
Female26
Male22
Race (NIH/OMB)
Race (NIH/OMB)(Participants)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
American Indian or Alaska Native1
Asian0
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander2
Black or African American7
White38
More than one race0
Unknown or Not Reported0
Region of Enrollment
Region of Enrollment(participants)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
United States48
Montreal Location
Montreal Location(participants)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
L1 - terminal ileum8
L3 - ileocolonic40
Montreal Behavior
Montreal Behavior(Participants)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
B1 non-stricturing, non-penetrating22
B1p non-stricturing, non-penetrating with perianal disease3
B2 stricturing8
B2p stricturing with perianal disease1
B3 penetrating7
B3p penetrating with perianal disease7
Montreal Age Classification
Montreal Age Classification(Participants)Vedolizumab 300 MG Injection [Entyvio]
1 - Age of diagnosis at 16 years or younger6
2 - Age of diagnosis at 17-40 years32
3 - Age of diagnosis at >40 years10

11 further baseline measures are reported on the registry.

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Study locations

1 site
  • Washington University School of Medicine
    St Louis, Missouri 63110, United States
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References and documents

Publications

  • Deepak P, Fletcher JG, Fidler JL, Barlow JM, Sheedy SP, Kolbe AB, Harmsen WS, Loftus EV, Hansel SL, Becker BD, Bruining DH. Radiological Response Is Associated With Better Long-Term Outcomes and Is a Potential Treatment Target in Patients With Small Bowel Crohn's Disease. Am J Gastroenterol. 2016 Jul;111(7):997-1006. doi: 10.1038/ajg.2016.177. Epub 2016 May 10. PubMed 27166131 ↗

Study documents

  • Protocol and statistical analysis plan · Nov 8, 2024

Documents are hosted by the registry — open the source record to download them.

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Undecided

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Sep 17, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT03142321
Lead sponsor
Washington University School of Medicine
Responsible party
Sponsor
First posted
May 5, 2017
Start date
Jun 8, 2018
Primary completion
May 22, 2024
Completion
Oct 28, 2024
Results posted
Sep 17, 2025
Last update
Sep 17, 2025

Study contacts

Parakkal Deepak, MBBS, MS
principal investigator · Washington University School of Medicine

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
Yes
FDA-regulated device
No
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