Status:

ACTIVE_NOT_RECRUITING

OptiMized REsistaNt Starch in Inflammatory Bowel Disease: the MEND Trial

Lead Sponsor:

Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Conditions:

Crohn Disease

Ulcerative Colitis

Eligibility:

All Genders

5-17 years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of the study is to determine if a plant-based resistant starch that is optimized for the individual will target the underlying cause of inflammatory bowel disease and restore a "healthier"...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Capable of giving informed consent, or if appropriate, have an acceptable representative capable of giving consent on the participant's behalf.
  • Enrolled in the main parent study.
  • Existing Crohn's disease or ulcerative colitis diagnosis.
  • In clinical remission or with mild disease (wPCDAI of 0-39.5 for CD; PUCAI of 0-30 for UC) with no changes in standard of care treatment for the previous month and without anticipated changes for the next month.
  • Ability and willingness to comply with study procedures (e.g. stool collections) for the entire length of the study.
  • Willing to provide consent/assent for the collection of stool samples.

Exclusion

  • Allergy to resistant starch or excipients.
  • Co-existing diagnosis with diabetes mellitus.
  • Treatment with another investigational drug or intervention throughout the study.
  • Current drug or alcohol dependence that, in the opinion of the site investigator, would interfere with adherence to study requirements.
  • Inability or unwillingness of an individual or legal guardian to give written informed consent.
  • Concomitant chronic disease requiring medications.
  • Requirement for antibiotic therapy \>2 weeks duration.
  • Participant's microbiota does not respond to any of the resistant starch from the assembled panel as measured through the RapidAIM evaluation following the initial stool sample collection.
  • Patients with previous intestinal surgery.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 3 2021

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

December 1 2025

Estimated Enrollment :

100 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT04520594

Start Date

March 3 2021

End Date

December 1 2025

Last Update

February 18 2025

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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

Ottawa, Ontario, Canada, K1H 8L1