Celecoxib for Prevention of Progression in Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome: A Double-blind, Randomized, Placebo-controlled Trial

Status: Recruiting
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Intervention Type: Drug
Study Type: Interventional
Study Phase: Not Applicable
SUMMARY

The Peutz-Jeghers Syndrome (PJS) is a rare autosomal dominant syndrome characterized by mucocutaneous pigmentations, multiple gastrointestinal hamartomatous polyps, and an elevated risk of developing malignancies. Patients with PJS often experience recurrent gastrointestinal polyps that gradually increase in number and size, requiring repeated treatments. As the disease progresses, most patients are forced to undergo multiple surgical or endoscopic treatments. Small bowel polyps develop in 60-90% of patients with PJS, and intussusception occurs in 65% of these patients. Currently, on-demand surgery or scheduled endoscopic polypectomy is the standard of care for the management of small bowel polyps, and among patients who have undergone an initial surgery, reoperation is performed in up to 40% within 5 years. In addition, 8-40% of patients develop small bowel polyp-related complications even with multiple endoscopic treatments. However, surgery and endoscopic treatments are associated with complications, including short bowel syndrome, intestinal adhesions, bowel perforation and bleeding, and health-related quality of life. These problems often lead to decreased patient compliance and even treatment resistance, which increases the risk of disease progression. Because surgical and endoscopic treatment do not completely eliminate the potential for future polyps or extraintestinal neoplasms, there is an unmet medical need for the identification and use of pharmacologic agents to delay endoscopic or surgical interventions. Cyclooxygenase (COX) is overexpressed in hamartomatous polyp tissue from PJS individuals, which may provide an avenue for possible effective chemoprevention of polyp formation and growth in PJS. Celecoxib, a COX-2 inhibitor, has been shown to reduce polyp burden by 54% in PJS model mice. In addition, the study evaluated the treatment effect of celecoxib on six patients with PJS, two of whom experienced a reduction in gastric polyp burden after six months. These findings provide preliminary evidence that celecoxib may delay the progression of PJS as a potential pharmacological prophylaxis. Investigators plan to conduct a multicenter, double-blind, randomized, placebo-controlled trial to evaluate the efficacy and safety of celecoxib, and they will use a time-to-event analysis with a composite efficacy end point to determine whether celecoxib can delay disease progression or reduce the need for important endoscopic or surgical procedures in patients with PJS.

Eligibility
Participation Requirements
Sex: All
Minimum Age: 8
Healthy Volunteers: f
View:

• Patients with PJS ≥ 8 years of age

‣ Diagnostic criteria for PJS: meeting any of the following criteria or presence of an STK11 gene variant:

⁃ Two or more histologically confirmed PJS hamartomatous polyps;

⁃ Any number of PJS polyps detected in an individual with a family history of PJS in close relative(s);

⁃ Characteristic mucocutaneous pigmentation in an individual with a family history of PJS in close relative(s);

⁃ Any number of PJS polyps in an individual with characteristic mucocutaneous pigmentation.

Locations
Other Locations
China
Xijing Hospital of Digestive Diseases, Air Force Military Medical University
RECRUITING
Xi'an
Contact Information
Primary
Hui Luo Associate professor
huiluowork@163.com
86-29-84771536
Time Frame
Start Date: 2025-02-01
Estimated Completion Date: 2029-01-01
Participants
Target number of participants: 80
Treatments
Experimental: Celecoxib group
Participants in the interventional group receive 200 mg celecoxib twice daily for 6 months
Active_comparator: Placebo group
Participants in the control group receive identically appearing placebo twice daily for 6 months
Sponsors
Leads: Air Force Military Medical University, China

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