Clinical Trial: Intestinal Ultrasound for the Evaluation of Pouchitis and Other Outcomes After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis
Study Status: COMPLETED
Recruit Status: COMPLETED
Condition: Ulcerative Colitis
Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
Official Title: Utility of Intestinal Ultrasound as a Diagnostic Tool for the Evaluation of Pouchitis and Other Outcomes After Ileal Pouch-Anal Anastomosis: A Prospective Pilot Study
Brief Summary:
Intestinal ultrasound (IUS) has been studied in the evaluation of inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) and is increasingly used as a non-invasive, easy to use, cost-effective tool for point-of-care to assess disease activity and more recently to predict response to treatment.However, there is a paucity of data on the use of IUS specifically for ulcerative colitis (UC) patients with an ileal pouch-anal anastomosis (IPAA).
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