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Personalized Risk Estimation for Crohn's Disease (PRE-Crohn's): Implementation and Feasibility
Sponsor: Massachusetts General Hospital
Summary
The aim of this study is to develop and assess the feasibility and effect of a web-based, personalized risk-estimation for Crohn's disease (PRE-Crohn's) tool on behaviors and biomarkers associated with risk for Crohn's disease in unaffected first-degree relatives of patients with inflammatory bowel disease. We hypothesize that personalized risk disclosure via the PRE-Crohn's educational tool is both feasible and successful in modifying behaviors associated with Crohn's disease risk and normalizing pre-clinical disease biomarkers when compared to standard Crohn's disease education. Broadly, completion of this project will also help elucidate the role of lifestyle and dietary factors in pre-clinical Crohn's disease development in high-risk individuals, and provide novel insight into potential strategies for disease prevention in this population.
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
14 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
80
Start Date
2025-10-03
Completion Date
2027-11
Last Updated
2026-01-30
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
Personalized Risk Estimation for Crohn's Disease (PRE-Crohn's) tool
We will develop a web-based, personalized risk estimation for CD (PRE-Crohn's) tool to quantitate participants' relative risk (RR) and lifetime risk of CD based on known risk factors for disease. We will consider the following risk factors for Crohn's disease: body mass index (BMI); smoking history; NSAID use; intake of fruit, fiber, and added sugar; oral contraceptive use (females); antibiotic use; breast-feeding; pets in home; and anti-microbial biomarker positivity. This tool will also display a participants' personalized summary of their risk factors for CD as well as educational tools for modifying these factors. Construction of this tool is based on the Your Disease Risk tool developed by the Siteman Cancer Center at Washington University in St. Louis School of Medicine. The interventional group will also receive standard education about Crohn's disease (comparison group intervention) via the web-based tool.
Standard Crohn's Disease Education
The comparison group will receive standard education about Crohn's disease, which will include information regarding the prevalence of disease, clinical presentation including signs and symptoms of disease, and treatment options including available medications. Upon completion of the study, the comparator arm will be given the option of receiving their personalized risk of Crohn's disease with the PRE-Crohn's tool as well.
Locations (1)
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States