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Fluorescence Imaging of Adalimumab-680LT in Inflammatory Bowel Disease

A Phase 1/2 interventional study of Adalimumab-680LT and Control in Crohn Disease and Ulcerative Colitis, sponsored by University Medical Center Groningen. Recruiting at 1 site in Netherlands. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-03-12.

Sponsored by University Medical Center Groningen · Phase 1/2, Interventional, and Other

From the registry’s dates

  • Primary completion was expected by Dec 2024, 1 year 10 months ago, but the record still lists the study as recruiting.
Phase
Phase 1/2
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
21
Allocation
Non-randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Crohn's Disease (CD) and Ulcerative Colitis (UC) are chronic inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD). Adalimumab is a human monoclonal antibody against TNF-alpha, a pro-inflammatory cytokine that mediates the inflammatory response in IBD upon binding to the TNF receptors. Primary non-response to adalimumab is high in both CD and UC. Currently, there are no predictors of response to adalimumab and the actual mechanism of action has not yet been elucidated. To gain better understanding of the drug targeting of adalimumab in IBD, the University Medical Center Groningen (UMCG) developed fluorescently labeled adalimumab (adalimumab-680LT). This study aims to assess the safety and the optimal dose of adalimumab-680LT to visualize and potentially quantify the local drug concentration and predict treatment response in IBD patients using in vivo and ex vivo fluorescence molecular imaging (FMI).

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Conditions studied

  • Crohn Disease
  • Ulcerative Colitis

Keywords

  • Fluorescence Molecular Endoscopy
  • Inflammatory Bowel Disease
  • Adalimumab-680LT
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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 planned enrollment of 21 is below the median of 66 across 1,188 interventional studies indexed under Crohn Disease.

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Lead sponsor

University Medical Center Groningen is the lead sponsor of 609 studies on the registry; 174 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

  • Established IBD diagnosis (UC or CD)
  • Active disease (clinically defined as at least mild activity using dedicated scoring indices and biochemically defined by a fecal calprotectin > 60 µg/g, measured within the last 6 weeks before inclusion)
  • Patients must be eligible for adalimumab therapy
  • Clinical indication for an endoscopic procedure
  • Age: 18 years or older
  • Written informed consent
  • For female patients of premenopausal age with intact reproductive organs or who are less than 2 years postmenopausal, a negative pregnancy test must be available.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Pregnancy or breast feeding
  • Female patient of premenopausal age who does not use any reliable form of contraception at the time of adalimumab-680LT administration and the following 10 weeks.
  • Medical or psychiatric conditions that compromise the patient's ability to give informed consent
  • Prior anti-TNF therapy in the last 6 weeks before inclusion
  • Active extra gastrointestinal manifestations of Crohn's disease
  • Previous treatment with adalimumab and detectable anti-adalimumab antibodies levels
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Study design

Phase
Phase 1 / Phase 2
Primary purpose
Other
Allocation
Non-randomized
Intervention model
Sequential assignment
Masking
None (open label)
Enrollment
21 participants (estimated)

Study arms

  • Other
    No administration of adalimumab-680LT

    Patients did not receive adalimumab-680LT, but underwent a Fluorescence Molecular Imaging procedure to serve as a control group and compare results with patients receiving the tracer

    Other: Control

  • Experimental
    4.5 mg adalimumab-680LT

    Patients received 4.5 mg adalimumab-680LT and underwent a Fluorescence Molecular Imaging procedure

    Drug: Adalimumab-680LT

  • Experimental
    15 mg adalimumab-680LT

    Patients received 15 mg adalimumab-680LT and underwent a Fluorescence Molecular Imaging procedure

    Drug: Adalimumab-680LT

  • Experimental
    25 mg adalimumab-680LT

    Patients received 25 mg adalimumab-680LT and underwent a Fluorescence Molecular Imaging procedure

    Drug: Adalimumab-680LT

  • Experimental
    >14 weeks of adalimumab therapy + optimal dose adalimumab-680LT

    Patients who received the optimal dose during the first Fluorescence Molecular Imaging procedure are invited for a second procedure after at least 14 weeks of adalimumab therapy. They will receive the optimal dose adalimumab-680LT and will undergo another Fluorescence Molecular Imaging procedure

    Drug: Adalimumab-680LT

Interventions

  • DrugAdalimumab-680LT

    First, adalimumab-680LT was administered intravenously. 2-3 days later, a Fluorescence Molecular Imaging procedure was performed to enable the visualisation and detection of fluorescence signals.

  • OtherControl

    Fluorescence Molecular Imaging was performed to enable the visualisation and detection of fluorescence signals.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Determine the safety of adalimumab-680LT in IBD

    Evaluating possible (severe) adverse events (SAE \& AEs)

    Time frame: Until 24 hours after administration

  2. Blood pressure

    Millimeters of mercure (mmHg)

    Time frame: Five minutes before, and five and sixty minutes after tracer administration

  3. Heart rate

    Beats per minute

    Time frame: Five minutes before, and five and sixty minutes after tracer administration

  4. Temperature

    Degrees Celsius

    Time frame: Five minutes before, and five and sixty minutes after tracer administration

  5. Investigate the feasibility of using FME to detect adalimumab-680LT signals

    Evaluating the performance of FME for detecting adalimumab-680LT signals. This evaluation will be based on a visual evaluation during FME (visible signal yes/no), TBR and CNR calculations and MDSFR/SFF measurements.

    Time frame: 12 months

  6. Investigate the feasibility of using ex vivo FMI to detect adalimumab-680LT

    Evaluating the performance of ex vivo FMI for detecting adalimumab-680LT signals. This evaluation will be based on mean fluorescence intensities (MFIs) of biopsies and fluorescence/light sheet microscopy.

    Time frame: 12 months

  7. Determining the optimal imaging dose of adalimumab-680LT

    The optimal dose will be based on the adalimumab-680LT signals during FME and ex vivo FMI

    Time frame: 12 months

Secondary outcomes

  1. Investigate a potential correlation of in vivo fluorescence signal intensities and target saturation to clinical response/remission after 14 weeks of adalimumab therapy regimen in patients with IBD

    Evaluation of the potential correlation in vivo will be based on in vivo fluorescence images and the MDSFR/SFF measurements before and after at least 14 weeks of adalimumab treatment

    Time frame: 12 months

  2. Investigate a potential correlation of ex vivo fluorescence signal intensities and target saturation to clinical response/remission after 14 weeks of adalimumab therapy regimen in patients with IBD

    Evaluation of the potential correlation ex vivo will be based on MFIs of biopsies, fluorescence microscopy results, and tracer concentrations inside biopsies before and after at least 14 weeks of adalimumab treatment

    Time frame: 12 months

  3. Quantify the fluorescence signals of the tracer in vivo by using single-fiber reflectance/single-fiber fluorescence (MDSFR/SFF) spectroscopy and correlate these measurements to tracer dose, in vivo fluorescence intensities and inflammation severity

    Quantification of MDSFR/SFF measurements in inflamed tissue compared to measurements in non-inflamed tissue. Positive correlation between MDSFR/SFF measurements and dose/inflammation severity?

    Time frame: 12 months

  4. To correlate ex vivo fluorescence signals to inflammation severity and tracer dose based on histopathological examination inside the obtained biopsies

    Histologically ascertained tissue types (qualitative): Normal (non-inflamed) ileal, colon and rectal tissue Inflamed ileum, colon and rectum tissue Random ''high-fluorescent'' tissue Random ''Non-fluorescent'' tissue

    Time frame: 12 months

  5. To assess tracer stability, tracer distribution and tracer concentration, and to identify the composition of immune cells ex vivo to learn more about adalimumab mucosal target cells

    Fluorescence (confocal) microscopy with additional use of immune panels and spatial transcriptomics analysis (before and after at least 14 weeks of adalimumab treatment). Measurements of the adalimumab-680LT concentration by light-sheet microscopy after tissue clearing, insights in adalimumab-target cells and presence of immune cells inside the biopsies and blood samples by flow cytometry and assessment of tracer stability by Western Blot

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • University Medical Center Groningen
    Groningen, 9713GZ, Netherlands
    • Wouter B Nagengast, MD/PhD · Contact
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Mar 12, 2024, 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
NCT06117423
Lead sponsor
University Medical Center Groningen
Responsible party
dr. W.B. Nagengast, MD (prof. dr., University Medical Center Groningen) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 7, 2023
Start date
Mar 2024 (estimated)
Primary completion
Dec 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2025 (estimated)
Last update
Mar 12, 2024

Study contacts

Wouter B Nagengast, MD, PhD, PharmD
Contact
w.b.nagengast@umcg.nl
+31(0)503612620

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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