Status:

COMPLETED

Changes in Intestinal Permeability 4 Hours After Gluten Challenge

Lead Sponsor:

Mayo Clinic

Conditions:

Celiac Disease

Wheat Hypersensitivity

Eligibility:

All Genders

18-70 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

This study evaluates why people with celiac disease and non-celiac gluten/wheat sensitivity develop rapid onset symptoms within hours of gluten exposure. Half of subjects will be given gluten and half...

Detailed Description

When a person with celiac disease is exposed to gluten, their immune system attacks their bowel and causes abdominal pain, bloating, and diarrhea. This process takes 24-72 hours to occur. Some people ...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Inclusion Criteria for subjects with Celiac Disease:
  • Biopsy proven celiac disease diagnosed at least 2 years prior to recruitment
  • Attest to following a gluten free diet to the best of their ability
  • Quiescent symptoms on a gluten free diet
  • Negative tissue transglutaminase at time of recruitment (to be collected with baseline blood work)
  • A prior endoscopy with small bowel biopsies reviewed by a gastrointestinal pathologist revealing healing
  • Inclusion Criteria for subjects with Non-Celiac Gluten Sensitivity:
  • Meet diagnostic consensus criteria as defined by Ludvigsson et al in "The Oslo definitions for coeliac disease and related terms"
  • Attest to following a gluten free diet to the best of their ability
  • Quiescent symptoms on a gluten free diet
  • Prior negative evaluation for celiac disease (including tissue transglutaminase IgA with total IgA or small bowel biopsies)
  • If subjects have had a small bowel biopsies revealing increased intraepithelial lymphocytes (IELs), they will be reviewed as a separate subgroup
  • Inclusion Criteria for Normal Subjects:
  • No gastrointestinal diagnosis (reflux, eosinophilic esophagitis, inflammatory bowel disease, or irritable bowel syndrome)
  • No gastrointestinal symptoms (diarrhea, abdominal pain, nausea, vomiting, weight loss)
  • No family history of celiac disease
  • Will not be required to have a baseline biopsy
  • Exclusion Criteria:
  • Tobacco use
  • Symptomatic coronary disease
  • Active, severe pulmonary disease
  • Baseline oxygen requirement
  • Coagulopathy (INR\>1.5)
  • Mastocytosis
  • Active H. pylori infection
  • Treated celiac disease with neutrophilia or eosinophilia secondary to infection
  • Diabetes (type 1 and type 2)
  • Crohn's disease or Ulcerative colitis
  • Microscopic colitis
  • Dermatitis herpetiformis
  • Gastroparesis
  • Pregnant women
  • Subjects exposed to the following medications during their respective time frames will be excluded:
  • NSAIDs (24 hours)
  • Leukotriene inhibitors (24 hours)
  • Mast cell stabilizers (24 hours)
  • Benzodiazepines (24 hours)
  • H2 blockers (2 days)
  • H1 blockers (7 days)
  • Steroids (systemic or topically active within gastrointestinal tract) (30 days)
  • Topical steroids (14 days)
  • Intermittent (up to once weekly) tranquilizer (trazodone, doxepin) use (7 days)
  • Chronic tricyclic antidepressant or tranquilizer use (trazodone, doxepin) Use of these medications will also be prohibited during the study duration (AAAAI and AAOA).

Exclusion

    Key Trial Info

    Start Date :

    October 10 2017

    Trial Type :

    INTERVENTIONAL

    Allocation :

    ACTUAL

    End Date :

    October 30 2018

    Estimated Enrollment :

    60 Patients enrolled

    Trial Details

    Trial ID

    NCT03288831

    Start Date

    October 10 2017

    End Date

    October 30 2018

    Last Update

    June 7 2019

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    Mayo Clinic

    Rochester, Minnesota, United States, 55905