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Ulcerative ColitisNCT07257588

The Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen-assisted Treatment for ASUC and Refractory IBD

A study testing Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in people with Ulcerative Colitis, run by Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases at 1 site in China.

Enrolling by invitation

Enrolling by invitation. The study team selects and invites participants, usually from an existing group of patients.

Sites and contacts
Official record
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Trial summary

The Department of Gastroenterology plans to conduct a randomized controlled study on the efficacy analysis of hyperbaric oxygen-assisted treatment for acute severe ulcerative colitis and refractory inflammatory bowel disease. The research design is a randomized, controlled study. Read more about this study

Who is it for?
Ages 18 years and older
Conditions the study is for
Ulcerative Colitis
What is being tested?
Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Could I receive a placebo?
No, everyone receives an active treatment
How many people
44 participants
Where
1 siteChina
Study dates
30 Sep 2024to 31 Dec 2025
Phase
Interventional
Are there results?
Not yet: the study is under way

Key requirements

Who can take part, as listed by the sponsor. Only the study team can confirm whether you are eligible, so take this list to your doctor.

  • Ages 18 years and older
  • All sexes
  • No healthy volunteers
  • Adult, Older adult

Who may be able to join

  • According to the diagnostic criteria for ulcerative colitis in the 2018 national consensus opinion on the diagnosis and treatment of inflammatory bowel disease, it was confirmed as ulcerative colitis;
  • According to the Truelove-witts standard, it was diagnosed as acute severe ulcerative colitis: the frequency of bloody stools per day is 6 times or more, and at the same time, one of the following systemic toxic manifestations is present: heart rate of 90 bpm, body temperature greater than 37.8℃, hemoglobin less than 105g/L, and erythrocyte sedimentation rate greater than 30mm/h;
  • Age ≥ 18 years old;
  • Patients who can and are willing to comply with the research protocol can provide a signed and dated written informed consent form.

Who cannot join

  • Patients who may require immediate surgical treatment;
  • Pregnant or lactating mothers;
  • Patients with a score of ≥6 years old (TMM30/40/50) and <6 points in the measurement of the Eustachian tube;
  • Patients with a lung bulla larger than 2 cm at the lung apex or near the pleura in the chest plain scan;
  • Patients with severe liver or kidney dysfunction, heart failure or other serious systemic diseases;
  • Any situation that hinders the completion of the study or interferes with the analysis of the research results, including a history of drug or alcohol abuse, a smoker who has not quit, patients with mental illness or poor compliance, those with clear immune system (including HIV infection), blood system or tumor-related diseases;
  • Patients who have withdrawn their informed consent;
  • Patients who have participated in other clinical trials within 3 months before screening.

Trial locations and contacts

1 site in 1 country. Contact the study team or a site near you to ask about taking part.

China1 site
  • Xijing hospital of digestive diseases

    Xi'an, Shaanxi, 710032

Other trials in China

About this study

Official title: Analysis of the Efficacy of Hyperbaric Oxygen-assisted Treatment for Acute Severe Ulcerative Colitis and Refractory Inflammatory Bowel Disease: A Randomized Controlled Study

The Department of Gastroenterology plans to conduct a randomized controlled study on the efficacy analysis of hyperbaric oxygen-assisted treatment for acute severe ulcerative colitis and refractory inflammatory bowel disease. The research design is a randomized, controlled study. The objective is to compare the clinical remission rate, clinical response rate, endoscopic remission rate, and endoscopic response rate between patients with acute severe ulcerative colitis (ASUC) and refractory inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) treated with hyperbaric oxygen therapy (HBOT) as an adjuvant and those treated with standard treatment regimens. This study aims to provide clear evidence for the use of HBOT as an adjuvant treatment for ASUC and refractory IBD.

Being tested
Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate, Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Keywords
Acute severe ulcerative colitis, Refractory inflammatory bowel disease, Heperbaric oxygen-assisted treatment, Randomized controlled study
Medical subject headings
Colitis, Ulcerative, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

What participants receive

What participants receive. In a randomised study each person is assigned to one group by chance.

  • Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinateDrug

    7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day

  • Hyperbaric Oxygen TherapyProcedure or surgery

    1. Pressurization: It took 25 minutes to increase the pressure from 1ATA to 2.5ATA (without oxygen inhalation)
    2. Stabilization: A total of 80 minutes (30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 10 minutes of oxygen inhalation)
    3. Decompression: 25 minutes (the first 18 minutes continued oxygen inhalation, and then 7 minutes of oxygen inhalation was stopped)
Study groups in NCT07257588
Study groupRoleWhat they receive
Heperbaric oxygen-assisted TreatmentActive comparatorDuring the 7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day, hyperbaric oxygen therapy was also provided. The procedure was as follows: 1. Pressurization: It took 25 minutes to increase the pressure from 1ATA to 2.5ATA (without oxygen inhalation) 2. Stabilization: A total of 80 minutes (30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 30 minutes of oxygen inhalation, 5 minutes of rest, 10 minutes of oxygen inhalation) 3. Decompression: 25 minutes (the first 18 minutes continued oxygen inhalation, and then 7 minutes of oxygen inhalation was stopped)
Receives: Drug: Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate; Procedure: Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy
Control TreatmentOtherthe 7-day continuous intravenous administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate at a dose of 40mg per day
Receives: Drug: Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate

What is being measured

The primary outcome is the main question the study is designed to answer.

  1. Clinical response

    The Mayo score (or partial Mayo score) decreased by at least 3 points or more compared to the baseline (before treatment), or decreased by at least 30% from the baseline level. The single-item bleeding score decreased by at least 1 point and the absolute score was ≤ 1.

    Measured: 7 days after treatment starts

Secondary outcomes (3)
  1. Clinical remission

    Mayo score total score ≤ 2 and individual score ≤ 1

    Measured: 7 days after treatment starts

  2. Endoscopic response

    The UCEIS score decreased by ≥ 2

    Measured: 7 days after treatment starts

  3. Endoscopic remission

    The UCEIS score was 0

    Measured: 7 days after treatment starts

Timeline

From the start of the study to its completion; the mark is today. Estimated dates are the sponsor’s plan.

  1. First posted2 Dec 2025
  2. Study start30 Sep 2024
  3. Primary completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)
  4. Study completion31 Dec 2025 (estimated)

Resources

More details

For doctors and researchers: how the study is designed, who runs it, and its registry IDs.

Study design
Study type
Interventional
Phase
Phase N/A
Primary purpose
Treatment
Allocation
Randomised
Intervention model
Parallel groups
Masking
None (open label)
Enrolment
44 participants (estimated)
IDs, dates and publications
ClinicalTrials.gov ID
NCT07257588
Sponsor's protocol ID
XJS20242001-C-1
Status last verified
Nov 2025
First submitted
20 Nov 2025
Last updated
2 Dec 2025
Results posted
No
Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
Individual data sharing
No

Publications

  • Singh AK, Jha DK, Jena A, Kumar-M P, Sebastian S, Sharma V. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy in inflammatory bowel disease: a systematic review and meta-analysis. Eur J Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2021 Dec 1;33(1S Suppl 1):e564-e573. doi: 10.1097/MEG.0000000000002164.

    PubMed 33905214
  • Glover LE, Colgan SP. Hypoxia and metabolic factors that influence inflammatory bowel disease pathogenesis. Gastroenterology. 2011 May;140(6):1748-55. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2011.01.056.

    PubMed 21530741
  • Yamashita M, Yamashita M. Hyperbaric oxygen treatment attenuates cytokine induction after massive hemorrhage. Am J Physiol Endocrinol Metab. 2000 May;278(5):E811-6. doi: 10.1152/ajpendo.2000.278.5.E811.

    PubMed 10780936
  • Wang Y, Chen D, Chen G. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy applied research in traumatic brain injury: from mechanisms to clinical investigation. Med Gas Res. 2014 Dec 4;4:18. doi: 10.1186/2045-9912-4-18. eCollection 2014.

    PubMed 25905012
  • Memar MY, Yekani M, Alizadeh N, Baghi HB. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy: Antimicrobial mechanisms and clinical application for infections. Biomed Pharmacother. 2019 Jan;109:440-447. doi: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.10.142. Epub 2018 Nov 3.

    PubMed 30399579
  • Chen L, Wang Y, Zhou H, Liang Y, Zhu F, Zhou G. The new insights of hyperbaric oxygen therapy: focus on inflammatory bowel disease. Precis Clin Med. 2024 Jan 18;7(1):pbae001. doi: 10.1093/pcmedi/pbae001. eCollection 2024 Mar.

    PubMed 38344218
  • Parigi TL, D'Amico F, Abreu MT, Dignass A, Dotan I, Magro F, Griffiths AM, Jairath V, Iacucci M, Mantzaris GJ, O'Morain C, Reinisch W, Sachar DB, Turner D, Yamamoto T, Rubin DT, Peyrin-Biroulet L, Ghosh S, Danese S. Difficult-to-treat inflammatory bowel disease: results from an international consensus meeting. Lancet Gastroenterol Hepatol. 2023 Sep;8(9):853-859. doi: 10.1016/S2468-1253(23)00154-1. Epub 2023 Jul 6.

    PubMed 37423233
  • De Cristofaro E, Salvatori S, Marafini I, Zorzi F, Alfieri N, Musumeci M, Calabrese E, Monteleone G. Long-Term Risk of Colectomy in Patients with Severe Ulcerative Colitis Responding to Intravenous Corticosteroids or Infliximab. J Clin Med. 2022 Mar 18;11(6):1679. doi: 10.3390/jcm11061679.

    PubMed 35330005
  • TRUELOVE SC, WITTS LJ. Cortisone in ulcerative colitis; final report on a therapeutic trial. Br Med J. 1955 Oct 29;2(4947):1041-8. doi: 10.1136/bmj.2.4947.1041. No abstract available.

    PubMed 13260656
  • Gupta V, Mohsen W, Chapman TP, Satsangi J. Predicting Outcome in Acute Severe Colitis-Controversies in Clinical Practice in 2021. J Crohns Colitis. 2021 Jul 5;15(7):1211-1221. doi: 10.1093/ecco-jcc/jjaa265.

    PubMed 33388777
  • Wehkamp J, Gotz M, Herrlinger K, Steurer W, Stange EF. Inflammatory Bowel Disease. Dtsch Arztebl Int. 2016 Feb 5;113(5):72-82. doi: 10.3238/arztebl.2016.0072.

    PubMed 26900160
  • Dulai PS, Buckey JC Jr, Raffals LE, Swoger JM, Claus PL, O'Toole K, Ptak JA, Gleeson MW, Widjaja CE, Chang JT, Adler JM, Patel N, Skinner LA, Haren SP, Goldby-Reffner K, Thompson KD, Siegel CA. Hyperbaric oxygen therapy is well tolerated and effective for ulcerative colitis patients hospitalized for moderate-severe flares: a phase 2A pilot multi-center, randomized, double-blind, sham-controlled trial. Am J Gastroenterol. 2018 Oct;113(10):1516-1523. doi: 10.1038/s41395-018-0005-z. Epub 2018 Feb 16.

    PubMed 29453383

Questions about this trial

What is this clinical trial studying?

A study testing Administration of methylprednisolone sodium succinate and Hyperbaric Oxygen Therapy in people with Ulcerative Colitis, run by Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases at 1 site in China.

The full registered description is in the About this study section and the official record.

Who may be eligible to take part?

The sponsor lists 4 inclusion and 8 exclusion criteria. Eligibility is decided by the study team after screening, so read the full criteria and contact a listed site.

Is this clinical trial currently recruiting?

The record says: enrolling by invitation, as of the sponsor's last update on 2 Dec 2025. Status can change between updates, so confirm with the study contact before making plans.

Where is the study taking place?

The record lists 1 site in China. Whether a site is taking part right now should be confirmed with that site. See every site.

What are the possible benefits and risks?

They depend on the study and the treatment, and no study can promise a benefit. The study team explains the known risks during informed consent, before anyone joins; the record itself does not list them.

Are results available for this study?

This study is still under way. Results are not available in the source record yet.

How can a doctor refer a patient or contact the research team?

The record lists no contact. The official record names the sponsor, who can be asked directly. AzTrials does not enrol participants or take referrals.

What does the primary outcome measure?

Clinical response (time frame: 7 days after treatment starts). It is what the study was designed to measure, not a finding.

Where can I read the original study information?

On the ClinicalTrials.gov record for NCT07257588, which also lists 12 linked publications.

Does a listing mean the treatment is approved or proven to work?

No. A listing means the study is registered. It does not show that the treatment is safe, works, or is approved by a regulator.

How often is this information updated?

AzTrials copies changed records from ClinicalTrials.gov every night and reloads the whole registry every week. The sponsor last updated this record on 2 Dec 2025.

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