Diet Intervention Treatment for Active Ulcerative Colitis
Diet Intervention as a Prebiotic Treatment for Active Ulcerative Colitis
Mount Sinai Hospital, Canada
20 participants
Mar 1, 2021
INTERVENTIONAL
Conditions
Summary
The purpose of this study is to determine if a sustainable non-elemental diet can be used as a probiotic tool to alter the dysbiotic microbiome found in individuals with ulcerative colitis and thereby decrease disease activity.
Eligibility
Inclusion Criteria7
- • Females and Males between the ages of 18 - 75 years of age at the time of enrolment
- Must have established diagnosis of UC by standard endoscopic, radiographic, or histological criteria
- Must have active UC defined by having a Mayo score equal to or greater than 2 within two months prior to enrollment
- Must have had \> 10cm involvement at some point in their disease history
- FCP\>250 or active endo within 6 months
- If a smoker, must not change smoking habits (frequency) during the course of the study
- If receiving medical therapy, no baseline therapy change within 4 weeks of study initiation and no change during the course of the study
Exclusion Criteria11
- • Uncontrolled inflammation which will likely require surgery or escalation of therapy within 4 weeks of enrollment
- Pregnant or lactating females
- Allergy or intolerance to key or a great number food components of the study diet
- Current NSAID use
- Diagnosed with PSC
- Using topical therapies or suppositories
- Antibiotic use within 4 weeks of the study enrollment or during the study
- Confirmed C. difficile infection within 3 months of recruitment;
- Diagnosis of primary PSC;
- Currently using topical therapies or suppositories
- History of dysplasia or colorectal neoplasia.
Interventions
The treatment diet has been designed based on the literature with the goal of influencing the biodiversity and density of the microbiome. All food through the duration of the 8 week dietary intervention period of the study will be provided to the treatment arm study participants.
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NCT04121806