Status:

RECRUITING

Persistent Villous Atrophy in Celiac Disease Patients Following an Intentionally Strict Gluten-free Diet

Lead Sponsor:

Hospital Mutua de Terrassa

Conditions:

Celiac Disease

Villous Atrophy of Intestine

Eligibility:

All Genders

20-80 years

Brief Summary

Celiac disease (CD) is an immune-mediated disease characterized by small intestinal inflammation from gluten ingestion, a group of proteins present in various cereals, including wheat, rye, barley, sp...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Age at diagnosis 18 years or more.
  • Diagnosis of CD with villous atrophy, positive serology and clinical and serological response to GFD.
  • To be in a GFD for at least 2 years, with good adherence to it.
  • Negative or positive anti-transglutaminase (tTG2) IgA antibodies at low titers (\<2 times the normal value) at recruitment.
  • Written informed consent.

Exclusion

  • Refractory CD (RCD) type 2 and type 1
  • Other associated intestinal diseases (inflammatory bowel disease, microscopic colitis, other types of enteropathies).
  • Need for treatment with corticosteroids or immunosuppressants.
  • Surgeries or other diseases predisposing to bacterial overgrowth in the small intestine.
  • Pregnancy, lactation.
  • Associated chronic diseases (lung, heart, kidney, liver cirrhosis).
  • Alcoholism or drug addiction.
  • Schizophrenia-type psychiatric diseases, other psychoses, bipolar.

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

January 1 2022

Trial Type :

OBSERVATIONAL

Allocation :

ESTIMATED

End Date :

January 1 2027

Estimated Enrollment :

80 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT06500754

Start Date

January 1 2022

End Date

January 1 2027

Last Update

July 19 2024

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Hospital Universitari MútuaTerrassa

Terrassa, Barcelona, Spain, 08221