Infant Nutrition and Risk of Celiac Disease

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Conditions studied: Celiac Disease, Infant Nutrition

In brief

The study will identify a cohort of infants at risk for celiac disease that can be followed on a long term basis for investigating the natural history the celiac disease based on the pattern of early nutrition. The study will investigate possible early feeding patterns including the timing of introduction to gluten that may protect at least in part from CD development in at risk infants.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00819819

Run by

Massachusetts General Hospital

People needed

80

Starts

2008-04-01

Expected to finish

2013-07-01

Last updated by the study team

2017-03-22

Who can join

Age: any, up to 1. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Newborns and infants less than 6 months of age
• First-degree relatives of patients affected with biopsy-proven CD
• On exclusive milk diet (breast milk or formula)

You may not qualify if…

• Infants that have gluten introduced in their diet before 5-6 months of age
• Infants older than 6 months of age

Where it is running

• Massachusetts General Hospital East — Charlestown, Massachusetts, United States

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