Section to complete information about primary and secondary outcomes including. It includes the metric or method of measurement used and, the time point for every outcome.
Primary outcome(s):
Quality of life (IBDQ-32 Questionnaire. It has 32 items distributed in 4 dimensions: digestive symptoms (10 items), systemic symptoms (five items), emotional affectation (five items) and social (12 items). The responses to each item are expressed on a 7-point scale, where 7 corresponds to the best perception of health-related quality of life. A score is calculated for all items and a score for each dimension). Measurement time: At baseline and, a week after end of treatment
Key secondary outcomes:
Activity and Severity of Ulcerative Colitis
1. Symptoms (Frequency of stools (Formed stools, between 1 and 3 stools/day (unformed), between 4 and 6 stools/day, between 7 and 10 stools/day, more than 10 stools/day), Bleeding in stools (None, intermittent, frequent or continuous), Urgency to defecate: never, occasionally, frequently, continually)). Measurement time: At baseline, month 3 and one week after end of treatment
2. Laboratory parameters (Fecal Calprotectin (Negative, Positive), Hemoglobin (Normal, Dis, Transfusion requirements), Erythrocyte sedimentation rate (Normal, Elevated), Quantitative C-reactive protein (Normal, Elevated)). Measurement time: At baseline, month 3 and one week after end of treatment
3. Other laboratory parameters that measure inflammatory activity (Total leukocyte count (Normal, Elevated), Neutrophils (Normal, Elevated), Lymphocytes (Normal, Elevated), Platelets (Normal, Elevated), Albumin (Normal, Elevated)). Time measurement: At baseline, month 3 and one week after the end of treatment
Clinical response
1. Clinical remission (Simple Colitis Activity Index, SCCAI. The category “Remission” is established when the total score is less than or equal to 2 points. The category “Active disease” is established when the total score is greater than 2 points). Measurement time: at baseline, month 3 and one week after the end of treatment
2. Clinical improvement (Simple Colitis Activity Index, SCCAI). The categories are established: Improvement when the final total score, with respect to the baseline value, decreases by 3 or more points, No improvement-Stable when the change in the score is not greater than 2 points with respect to the baseline value and No improvement-worse when the final total score increases by 3 points or more with respect to the baseline value score). Measurement time: at baseline, month 3 and one week after the end of treatment