40
Participants
Start Date
April 26, 2021
Primary Completion Date
January 5, 2025
Study Completion Date
January 5, 2026
Quality of life questionnaires
Mayo Clinic Score (UC) or HBI score (CD), short IBDQ73, \*EQ5D-5L, \*GAD-774, \*PHQ-975, \*PROMIS (Gastrointestinal Belly Pain), Multidimensional Assessment of Interoceptive Awareness (MAIA)77, \*Pain Catastrophizing Scale, Pittsburg Sleep Quality Index (PSQI) and Fatigue Severity Scale (FSS) at baseline and 16 weeks after the start of anti-TNF therapy
NIRS
A TechEn NIRSOptix continuous-wave fNIRS system will be used to record changes in cerebral oxygenation, at a sampling rate of 25 Hz
Stool Collection
For assessment of the known biomarker fecal calprotectin, in addition to fecal bacterial and fungal microbiome
Blood and urine collection
for inflammatory markers and metabolomic \[IMC\] analysis
RECRUITING
University of Calgary, Calgary
University of Calgary
OTHER