Use of the Ulcerative Colitis Diet for Induction of Remission

• Status: Terminated
• Trial end date: 2016-02-01
• Target enrollment: 0
• Participant gender: All

Summary

The goal of the study is to evaluate the use of Ulcerative Colitis Diet for Induction of Remission. The investigators have postulated that we developed could be beneficial for patients with Ulcerative Colitis. To date, no study has explored this possibility.

• Phase: N/A
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers?: No

Details

• Lead Sponsor: Prof. Arie Levine
• Treatments: Amoxicillin; Anti-Bacterial Agents; Antibiotics, Antitubercular; Doxycycline; Metronidazole

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Informed consent

• Established diagnosis of UC disease.

• Age: 5 - 18 years ( inclusive)

• Mild to moderate active disease, 10 ≤ PUCAI ≤45.

• Stable medication (IMM/ 5ASA) use for the past 6 weeks.

• For patients who received antibiotic treatment: age 10-18 (inclusive).

Exclusion Criteria:

• Any proven infection such as positive stool culture, parasite or C.difficile.

• Use of Antibiotics

• Use of steroids in the previous two weeks only

• Patients that are refractory to full dose steroids ( 1 mg/kg/day)

• Past acute severe UC.

• Current Extra intestinal manifestation of UC.

• Pregnancy.

A subset of patients who are on steroids and relapse during steroids treatment ≤0.5 mg/kg with mild to moderate disease activity will act as a second subset for this exploratory study.

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