To determine whether once a day administration of Mesalamine is at least as safe and efficacious and administration of multiple doses a day in preventing clinical relapse of ulcerative colitis in children and adolescence.
Is taking total dose in mg/kg once a day, as safe as taking total dose divided in mg/kg spreadout during the day in preventing clinical relapse of ulcerative colitis in children and adolescence.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
1
Asacol is given once a day versus twice or three times a day
Morristown Memorial Hospital/Goyerb Children's Hospital
Morristown, New Jersey, United States
Once Daily Dosing Works as Well a Multiple Dosing a Day.
subject tolerated once a day dose Only 1 subject enrolled which was the control arm standard dose twice a day. No subjects enrolled to take dose once a day Therefore, primary outcome cannot be reported
Time frame: overall study
Improved Medication Compliance.
Not applicable : unable to measure secondary outcome because no one was enrolled in once a day dose arm. Therefore, no comparisons can be made to see if once a day dosing would have higher compliance than taking medication BID or TID
Time frame: overall study
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