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RecruitingNCT06691061Updated Nov 15, 2024

The PODIUM Study - a Three-arm Comparison of Target Therapies After Anti-TNFα in Ulcerative Colitis

An observational study in Ulcerative Colitis (Disorder), sponsored by Humanitas Clinical and Research Center. Recruiting at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2024-11-15.

Sponsored by Humanitas Clinical and Research Center · Observational

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.
  • Started Aug 2023; still recruiting 3 years 3 months later.
Study type
Observational
Model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
450
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Where this study stands

Counted across the records on this site · 2026-11-12

Among 209 studies in Colitis, Ulcerative with a site in Italy — 48 open to participants now, 77 under way, 27 of them phase 3. Colitis, Ulcerative · Italy.

Planned enrollment
10th of 34
450 · median 279
Started
2023
with 17 others
Observational
34 of 209
15 open now
Primary completion
2024-12
later than 5 of 76 live
Registered
171st of 209
by date

Among the 209 studies in Colitis, Ulcerative with a site in Italy, this one is the 10th largest by planned enrollment of the 34 observational ones that give a count, is one of 18 that started in 2023, is one of 34 observational ones, reaches primary completion later than 5 of the 76 other live ones, and was the 171st registered.

Colitis, Ulcerative

1,854 studies on the registry are indexed under Colitis, Ulcerative; 473 are open to participants now.

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Open to participants now

48 of the 209 studies in Colitis, Ulcerative with a site in Italy are open now. Recruiting first, the newest first:

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Who these studies take

Of the 307 Colitis, Ulcerative studies recruiting now, 134 (44%) set no upper age limit and 136 (44%) stop at 75 or younger; 71 take children under 18; 41 take healthy volunteers.

This study: 18 Years and older · all sexes · no healthy volunteers.

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Study summary

The goal of this observational study is to compare the real-life effectiveness and safety of vedolizumab, ustekinumab and JAK inhibitors in patients with UC who had been exposed to at least one anti-TNF-alpha therapy.

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Conditions studied

  • Ulcerative Colitis (Disorder)

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No
Sampling method
Non-probability sample

Study population

Patients with ulcerative colitis

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Inclusion criteria

  • Established diagnosis of UC according to the current European Crohn's and Colitis Organization (ECCO) guidelines7;
  • Age ≥ 18 years-old;
  • Capability of expressing ;
  • Clinically active ulcerative colitis (cf. 'operative clinical measures', below) at baseline;
  • Initiation of vedolizumab, ustekinumab or JAK inhibitors (tofacitinib, upadacitinib or filgotinib) as target therapy at baseline;
  • Previous treatment with at least one anti-TNFα drug licenced for the treatment of UC (i.e., infliximab, adalimumab and/or golimumab);
  • No exposure to vedolizumab, ustekinumab and JAK inhibitors before baseline;
  • At least 1 follow-up visit after baseline

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Diagnosis of Crohn's colitis, IBD-U or other gastrointestinal inflammatory conditions;
  • Age \< 18 years-old;
  • Incapability of expressing ;
  • Acute severe UC requiring hospitalization at baseline;
  • No previous exposure to anti-TNFα therapies;
  • Previous treatment with target therapies other than anti-TNF-α for UC before baseline;
  • Ustekinumab or JAK inhibitors induction with a non-standard posology for UC.
Terms in these criteria, in plain language(2)

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Line of therapy

A line of therapy is one course of treatment, which may combine several drugs. First-line is the first course given; second-line follows when that stops working or is not tolerated.

“Two prior lines” means two courses that count separately under the study’s rules — not simply two drugs. Ask the study team if you are unsure how yours are counted.

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Study design

Observational model
Cohort
Time perspective
Retrospective
Enrollment
450 participants (estimated)
Patient registry
No

Interventions

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Clinical and endoscopic effectiveness of the three treatments

    Rates of steroid-free clinical remission and endoscopic remission

    Time frame: 12 months

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • Humanitas Research Hospital IRCSS
    Mialn, 00168, Italy
    Recruiting
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Timeline

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reached

Started Aug 2023 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Dec 2024, 16 months after the start.

How these figures are worked out, and which studies are left out of them.

Registered
Nov 12, 2024
First posted
Nov 15, 2024
StartActual
Aug 1, 2023
Primary completionEst.
Dec 31, 2024
CompletionEst.
Dec 31, 2024
Last update
Nov 15, 2024
What these dates mean
Start.
When the first participant enrolled; while estimated, when the study expects to open to recruitment.
Primary completion.
When the last participant was examined or treated to collect data for the study's main question, its primary outcome. A study that stopped early gives the date its data collection stopped.
Completion.
When the last participant's last visit took place, for every outcome, secondary ones and side effects included: the end of the study. Often later than primary completion, sometimes the same day.
Actual and Est.
Actual means the registry says the date has happened. Est. (estimated) is a date the sponsor plans or expects. It can still move, and the sponsor is expected to change it to actual once it has passed.
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on Nov 15, 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
NCT06691061
Lead sponsor
Humanitas Clinical and Research Center
Responsible party
Alessandro Armuzzi (Professor, Humanitas Clinical and Research Center) — Principal investigator
First posted
Nov 15, 2024
Start date
Aug 1, 2023
Primary completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Completion
Dec 31, 2024 (estimated)
Last update
Nov 15, 2024

Study contacts

Alessandro Armuzzi
Contact
alessandro.armuzzi@hunimed.eu
+39 02 8224 5555

Oversight

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