Treating Chronic Pouchitis With a Low FODMAP Diet

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Conditions studied: Pouchitis

In brief

We aim to determine whether low FODMAP diet in patients with chronic pouchitis will improve symptoms and pouch inflammation.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT04640155

Run by

Northwestern University

People needed

0

Starts

2020-10-27

Expected to finish

2022-10-27

Last updated by the study team

2023-02-13

Who can join

Age: 18 and older, up to 65. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patients aged 18-65 with a diagnosis of ulcerative colitis that have undergone ileal pouch-anal anastomosis following proctocolectomy for medication-refractory disease
• Either ≥4 episodes of pouchitis per year (antibiotic-dependent) OR persistent symptoms despite 4 weeks of antibiotic therapy (antibiotic-resistant)

You may not qualify if…

• Diagnosis of indeterminate colitis or Crohn's disease
• Celiac disease
• Current use of low FODMAP diet
• Known dietary allergies
• Current use of antibiotics for reasons other than treatment of pouchitis
• Clostridium difficile infection
• Complication following ileal pouch-anal anastomosis requiring reoperation

Where it is running

• Northwestern Medicine Digestive Health Center — Chicago, Illinois, United States

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