Specific Carbohydrate Diet as Maintenance Therapy in Crohn's Disease
Trial ID or NCT#
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Purpose
This study investigates whether the specific carbohydrate diet (SCD) can maintain clinical remission in pediatric and adult patients with Crohn's disease.
Official Title
Specific Carbohydrate Diet as Maintenance Therapy in Crohn's Disease
Eligibility Criteria
- - Adult or pediatric patients presenting with a new diagnosis or flare of existing Crohn's disease based on standard diagnostic criteria including: clinical symptoms, laboratory parameters, disease activity indices (Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (PCDAI) for patients <19years and Crohn's Disease Activity Index (CDAI) for patients >19years), pathology from upper endoscopy/colonoscopy and imaging studies.
- ) - Pregnancy - Other autoimmune conditions including celiac disease, rheumatoid arthritis, multiple sclerosis - Otherwise immunosuppressed patients including HIV and prior organ transplant - Patients diagnosed with ulcerative colitis or indeterminate colitis - Active tuberculosis
Investigator(s)
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Contact
Ken Cox, MD
(650) 721-2250
View on ClinicalTrials.gov