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RecruitingNCT07095634PROVACIUpdated Oct 16, 2026

Estimation of Cardiovascular Risk in Patients With Crohn's Disease and Ulcerative Colitis (PROVACI)

An observational study in Ulcerative Colitis, Myocardial Infarction and Stroke, sponsored by IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato. Recruiting at 1 site in Italy. Open to participants aged 16 Years and older, including healthy volunteers. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2026-10-16.

Sponsored by IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato · Observational

From the registry’s dates

  • Started Feb 2025; still recruiting 1 year 9 months later.
Updated Oct 16, 2026Now RecruitingSite recruiting status changed+3 moreGo to Updates ↓
Study type
Observational
Model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
600
Ages
16 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Inflammatory bowel diseases (IBD) are progressively increasing their prevalence worldwide. Up to half of patients may also have extraintestinal manifestation and cardiovascular diseases (CVDs) is one of the most relevant, being the second cause of death in these patients. The classical cardiovascular (CV) risk scores do not adquately capture the CV risk in IBD.

We are planning a prospective observational study to evaluate patients with IBD and a gender/age-matched cohort with the aims to investigate in 2-years follow-up

  • Occurrence of major cardiovascular events (MACEs) in both cohorts;
  • Predictive factors of risk for MACEs in IBD compared to controls;
  • Multi-omics evaluations with the support of artificial intelligence of biomarkers associated with occurrence of MACEs in IBD
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Conditions studied

  • Ulcerative Colitis
  • Myocardial Infarction
  • Stroke
  • Ischemic Heart Disease
  • Atrial Fibrillation (AF)
  • Thromboembolism
  • Crohn Disease
  • Transient Ischemic Attack (TIA)
  • Heart Failure

Keywords

  • Cardiovascular risk in IBD
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In context

Colitis, Ulcerative

1,853 studies on the registry are indexed under Colitis, Ulcerative; 472 are open to participants now.

This study's planned enrollment of 600 is above the median of 198 across 551 observational studies indexed under Colitis, Ulcerative.

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Lead sponsor

IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato is the lead sponsor of 103 studies on the registry; 51 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
16 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
Yes
Sampling method
Probability sample

Study population

IBD patients willing to remain in follow-up for 2 years

Go through the criteria one by one — yes, no or not sure — and take the list to your doctor or the study team. Kept in this browser only.

Inclusion criteria

Patients with confrimed diagnosis of Crohn's disease and Ulcerative colitis-

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

No willing to sign the informe content and have 2 years of follow-up

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Study design

Observational model
Case-control
Time perspective
Prospective
Enrollment
600 participants (estimated)
Target follow-up
2 Years
Patient registry
Yes
Biospecimen retention
Samples with dna

Groups and cohorts

  • IBD Patients (either with Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis)

    Baseline evaluation of CV risk score + comprehensive clinical characteristics

  • Control subjects without IBD

    Age-and gender-matched cohort under cardiologic follow-up

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. Occurrence of Major cardiovascular events

    The number of each and every cardiovacular event such as myocardial infarction, stroke, transient ischemic attack, heart failure, atrial fibrillation, acute arterial embolysm, ischemic angina will be recorded.

    Time frame: 2 years

Secondary outcomes

  1. Multi-omics evaluations of biomarkers in IBD patients with occurrence of MACEs

    Genomics - genetics log score score of investigated variants in patients without and without MACES Transcritptomics - difference of mucosal gene expression in IBD patients with and without MACEs Microbiome - difference of among IBD patients with and without MACEs in terms of alpha diversity and dysbiosis index Combined analysis of all multi-omics data set and clinical characteristics with artificial intelligence once again comparing +patients with and without occurrence of MACEs during the follow-up to identify predisposing makers

    Time frame: 2 years follow-up

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Study locations

1 of 1 sites recruiting
  • IRCCS San Donato POliclinic
    San Donato Milanese, Milan 20097, Italy
    Recruiting
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: Yes — Characteristics of Study and control cohorts

Supporting information: Study protocol, Informed consent form, Clinical study report

Time frame: At the end of Follow-up (End of 2028). It will be available for 5 years

Access criteria: Any researcher, provided that will have an approved scientific plan to gather clinical info of the study (IBD) and control cohorts

Data sharing details ↗ · www.google.com

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Timeline

1 registry update since Sep 25, 2026
ElapsedEstimatedEstimated, not yet reachedDate before it movedWhere the date was before it movedSimilar studies: half by the dot; the band is the middle halfHalf of similar studies reached it by the dot; the band is the middle half, from a quarter to three quarters

Started Feb 2025 (actual). Primary completion is estimated for Feb 2027, 24 months after the start.

Of 188 non-industry observational studies under Colitis, Ulcerative, half reached primary completion within 51 months of starting (the median), counting those still running; a quarter within 30 and three quarters within 119. This study's planned 24 months is below that.

Counting every sponsor, half of 271 studies reached it within 47 months; a quarter within 29 and three quarters within 90.

Primary completion moved once since we started tracking on Sep 25, 2026: Feb 2026 → Feb 2027, on Oct 16, 2026.

Earlier changes are on the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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

Registered
Jul 23, 2025
First posted
Jul 31, 2025
StartActual
Feb 7, 2025
Primary completionEst.
Feb 2027was Feb 2026
CompletionEst.
Jun 2027
Last update
Oct 16, 2026
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.
Status
Enrolling by invitation→Recruiting
changed Oct 16, 2026
Sites
IRCCS San Donato POliclinic is now Recruiting
Oct 16, 2026
Primary completion
Feb 2026→Feb 2027
Oct 16, 2026
Primary outcomes
1 description edited
What changed in the outcomes
  • DescriptionOccurrence of Major cardiovascular events: how it is measured was reworded
Oct 16, 2026
Secondary outcomes
1 description edited
What changed in the outcomes
  • DescriptionMulti-omics evaluations of biomarkers in IBD patients with occurrence of MACEs: how it is measured was reworded
Oct 16, 2026
Contact
Study contact now listed: added v•••@grupposandonato.it · •••1812; added o•••@grupposandonato.it · •••4951. See the current contact
Oct 16, 2026
Show all 1 update
  1. Oct 16, 2026
    Enrolling by invitation→Recruiting
    IRCCS San Donato POliclinic is now Recruiting
    Primary completion Feb 2026→Feb 2027
    Primary outcomes 1 description edited
    What changed in the outcomes
    • DescriptionOccurrence of Major cardiovascular events: how it is measured was reworded
    Secondary outcomes 1 description edited
    What changed in the outcomes
    • DescriptionMulti-omics evaluations of biomarkers in IBD patients with occurrence of MACEs: how it is measured was reworded
    Contact Study contact now listed: added v•••@grupposandonato.it · •••1812; added o•••@grupposandonato.it · •••4951. See the current contact
    + 1 other change: verification date

From the registry record's own update history. This site started tracking changes on Sep 25, 2026; for anything earlier, see the record history on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗

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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT07095634
Responsible party
Vito Annese (Associate Professor University Vita-Salute San Raffaele, Milan; Head of Gastroenterology IRCCS San Donato Policlinic, IRCCS Policlinico S. Donato) — Principal investigator
First posted
Jul 31, 2025
Start date
Feb 7, 2025
Primary completion
Feb 2027 (estimated)
Completion
Jun 2027 (estimated)
Last update
Oct 16, 2026

Study contacts

Vito Annese, Prof.
Contact
vito.annese@grupposandonato.it
+39 3388261812
Orsola Raffaella R Sociale, Ns. Study coordinator
Contact
orsolaraffaella.sociale@grupposandonato.it
+39 2 5277 4951
Vito Annese, Prof
principal investigator · IRCCS Policlinico San Donato, Universita' Vita-Salute San Raffeele, Milano, Italy

Oversight

FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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