Could cutting certain foods calm Children's gut inflammation?
NCT ID NCT07779772
First seen Aug 21, 2026 · Last updated Aug 21, 2026
Summary
This study follows children aged 2-17 with eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorders (EGID) to see how elimination diets—removing foods like milk, eggs, or wheat—affect their symptoms and gut healing. Doctors choose the diet as part of routine care, and researchers track clinical and biopsy results over time. The goal is to understand which dietary approaches may lead to remission and how food reintroduction affects disease recurrence.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- Elimination diet (removing foods like milk, egg, soy, wheat, nuts, and seafood)
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this could help identify which dietary strategies work best for children with EGID, potentially guiding more effective and less restrictive treatment plans.
- What could go wrong
- This is an observational study, so it cannot prove cause and effect. Results may be influenced by natural disease fluctuations and differences in how doctors prescribe diets.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 34 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jul 2026
- Expected to finish
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Sep 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Children aged 2-17 years evaluated at the Pediatric Gastroenterology Unit of Cukurova University who undergo gastrointestinal endoscopy for clinical indications and are diagnosed with an eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder based on clinical and histologic findings after exclusion of other relevant causes of gastrointestinal eosinophilia.
- Ages
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2 to 18 years
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Not accepted
This study is not open to healthy volunteers. The entry requirements below say who it is open to.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Inclusion Criteria: * Age 2-17 years. * Presence of gastrointestinal symptoms such as abdominal pain, vomiting, diarrhea, hematemesis, or hematochezia. * Undergoing upper and/or lower gastrointestinal endoscopy for a clinical indication. * Histologic eosinophilic infiltration consistent with an eosinophilic gastrointestinal disorder. * Exclusion of other relevant causes of gastrointestinal eosinophilia. Exclusion Criteria: * Inflammatory bowel disease, parasitic infection, celiac disease, drug-associated enteropathy, hypereosinophilic syndrome, or other identified causes of gastrointestinal eosinophilia. * Known primary immunodeficiency. * Active malignancy. * Systemic rheumatologic disease.
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Conditions
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The places running it
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Cukurova University Balcali Hospital
RECRUITINGAdana, Sarıcam, 01330, Turkey (Türkiye)