
Overview
Help us find a treatment for feline chronic enteropathy and inflammatory bowel disease
Complete the registration form to find out if your pet qualifies to be in our clinical trial.
Compensation
Owner Responsibilities
Location
Location
Cornell University Hospital for Animals (CUHA)
930 Campus Rd,
Ithaca, NY 14853
Study Team

Carol graduated from SUNY Delhi in 1994 and became an LVT. She spent 2 years in private practice, then moved to the emergency and critical care department at Cornell University Hospital for Animals. She obtained her technician specialty in ECC in 2007. After 21 years in ECC she moved to clinical trials, and now is the lead trials coordinator at Cornell.
Apply today if...
Your cat must have signs of chronic GI disease (of more than 3 weeks duration), have had non-GI causes of vomiting and/or diarrhea ruled out, and must be amenable to blood sampling at the times required by the study.
Your cat must currently be symptomatic.
Chronic Enteropathy
Chronic enteropathy is the currently preferred term to describe what was previously referred to as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in veterinary medicine. In dogs and cats, this disease syndrome is likely due to a variety of disease processes that result in an accumulation of inflammatory cells within the lining of the stomach, small intestine, large intestine or a combination of these areas.
Chronic enteropathy is usually classified according to the types of inflammatory cells present and location affected. The causes of chronic enteropathy are not well known but are suspected to be a result of an abnormal response by the body to certain intestinal bacterial or dietary antigens (proteins). Many dogs and cats with chronic enteropathy respond to dietary changes, and these patients are referred to as having dietary-responsive enteropathy.
The signs seen with chronic enteropathy vary with the severity of the disease and the location of the gastrointestinal tract affected. Animals with chronic enteropathy primarily involving the small intestine usually present with chronic vomiting, weight loss, diarrhea, loss of appetite or some combination of these clinical signs.
Those with predominately large intestinal disease (chronic colitis) present with diarrhea with or without blood and mucous present, straining to defecate, increased urgency to defecate and occasionally vomiting.
About Chronic Enteropathy
Chronic enteropathy is the currently preferred term to describe what was previously referred to as inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) in veterinary medicine. In dogs and cats, this disease syndrome is likely due to a variety of disease processes that result in an accumulation of inflammatory cells within the lining of the stomach, small intestine, large intestine or a combination of these areas.
Chronic enteropathy is usually classified according to the types of inflammatory cells present and location affected. The causes of chronic enteropathy are not well known but are suspected to be a result of an abnormal response by the body to certain intestinal bacterial or dietary antigens (proteins). Many dogs and cats with chronic enteropathy respond to dietary changes, and these patients are referred to as having dietary-responsive enteropathy.
The signs seen with chronic enteropathy vary with the severity of the disease and the location of the gastrointestinal tract affected. Animals with chronic enteropathy primarily involving the small intestine usually present with chronic vomiting, weight loss, diarrhea, loss of appetite or some combination of these clinical signs.
Those with predominately large intestinal disease (chronic colitis) present with diarrhea with or without blood and mucous present, straining to defecate, increased urgency to defecate and occasionally vomiting.