Study type

Study topic

Other

Study topic, other

Disease/Epidemiology study

Study type

Non-interventional study

Scope of the study

Other

If ‘other’, further details on the scope of the study

Knowledge and attitudes

Data collection methods

Primary data collection
Non-interventional study

Non-interventional study design

Cross-sectional
Population studied

Short description of the study population

Study participants were gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons identified using IQVIA’s proprietary comprehensive database containing investigator specialty and contact details for physicians that are involved in research but also physicians not involved in research. In total, 387 gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons were targeted to be enrolled in 15 countries'. Sampling per country was weighted to reflect estimates of prevalence of CD per country and country population size and efforts were made to ensure recruitment from different sites and from each type of institution, to increase generalizability of findings.
Inclusion criteria:
• Physicians must be currently practicing registered gastroenterologists or colorectal surgeons and
• Physicians must be practicing within one of the in-scope countries
Exclusion criteria
• There were no specific exclusion criteria for this survey.

Age groups

  • Adult and elderly population (≥18 years)
    • Adults (18 to < 65 years)
      • Adults (18 to < 46 years)
      • Adults (46 to < 65 years)
    • Elderly (≥ 65 years)
      • Adults (65 to < 75 years)
      • Adults (75 to < 85 years)
      • Adults (85 years and over)

Estimated number of subjects

387
Study design details

Main study objective

To quantitatively describe current perspectives, awareness, and current knowledge state (including knowledge about mechanism of action) of MSC therapy amongst gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons.

Outcomes

Primary outcome will include the quantitative description of the sociodemographic and clinical experience characteristics, level of awareness, and current knowledge of MSCs amongst gastroenterologists and colorectal surgeons by type of institution and geographic regions worldwide, their main concerns related to MSC application, and the willingness to use MSC therapy in clinical practice setting.

Data analysis plan

Descriptive statistics and/or listings will be used. Continuous variables will be summarized by number of participants n, mean, standard deviation, median, minimum, maximum, first quartile, and third quartile. Categorical variables will be summarized by n and percentage of participants in each category. Missing data will not be imputed, and all analyses will be based on participants with no missing data only.