Can a home gluten test help heal celiac disease?
NCT ID NCT06059716
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study is testing whether a portable gluten-detection device, combined with regular telemedicine check-ins with a dietitian, can improve gut healing in adults newly diagnosed with celiac disease. Two hundred participants will use the technology and receive expert guidance to better manage their gluten-free diet. The goal is to see if this approach leads to better intestinal recovery and fewer symptoms.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- gluten detection technology (urine/stool test) and telemedicine dietitian follow-up
- What this could lead to
- If it works, this could give people with celiac disease a practical way to monitor gluten exposure at home and improve long-term gut healing.
- What could go wrong
- This is an early-stage trial with no phase, so results are uncertain. The technology may not be accurate enough to replace standard care, and participants must still follow a strict gluten-free diet.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Phase
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Not a phased trial
Phase numbers describe drug development. The registry uses this when they do not apply, as it does for trials of devices, procedures or behaviour changes, and for observational studies.
- Participants
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About 200 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Oct 2024
- Expected to finish
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Aug 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.
- Ages
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18 to 75 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: * Any gender; Age 18-75 years * Celiac disease diagnosis by serology and duodenal biopsy (corresponding to •Marsh 3 histology), adequate sampling and interpretable villus height to crypt depth ratio upon review by our study pathologist * Diagnosed with celiac disease within 4 months of initial study screening * Willingness to use gluten-detection technology * Not currently using a gluten detection technology that tests for gluten in urine or stool Exclusion Criteria: * Currently pregnant or planning to become pregnant during the study * Not planning to follow a gluten-free diet * Concurrent participation in a clinical trial of an experimental pharmacologic agent (for any condition).
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
As listed by the trial registrant
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How to take part
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The places running it
4 sites. The list below names each one and where it is.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
RECRUITINGBoston, Massachusetts, 02215, United States
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Columbia University Irving Medical Center
RECRUITINGNew York, New York, 10032, United States
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University of Chicago Medical Center
RECRUITINGChicago, Illinois, 60637, United States
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Vanderbilt University Medical Center
RECRUITINGNashville, Tennessee, 37232, United States
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