Can an online diet plan ease IBS symptoms?
NCT ID NCT07172581
First seen Jun 25, 2026 · Last updated Jun 26, 2026 · Updated 1 time
Summary
This study tested whether an online service that provides personalized low-FODMAP menus and nutritional support can improve quality of life and symptoms in people with irritable bowel syndrome (IBS). Forty participants followed the diet for six months using a web platform. Researchers measured changes in quality of life, symptom severity, and anxiety at the start, after the restriction phase, and after reintroduction.
What this could mean
Our plain-language read of the trial. This is informational only, not medical advice or a prediction.
- Active substance
- online low-FODMAP diet
- What this could lead to
- If successful, this online approach could offer a convenient way for people with IBS to manage their symptoms and improve quality of life through diet.
- What could go wrong
- This was a small pilot study with only 40 participants and no comparison group, so results may not apply to everyone. The diet is restrictive and may be hard to follow long-term.
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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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40 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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May 2020
- Finished
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Jan 2022
- 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 years and older
- 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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Inclusion Criteria: * have a diagnosis of IBS according to the Rome IV criteria by a gastroenterologist within the past three months * understand French * have an Internet access and a Facebook© account with a self-reported familiarity to use them Exclusion Criteria: * patients suffering from a known eating or mental health disorder * body mass index under 18.5 kg/m2 * type 1 or 2 diabetes * pregnancy * other chronic gastrointestinal diseases, except gastroesophageal reflux
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Centre de recherche du Centre Hospitalier de l'Université de Montréal
Montreal, Quebec, H2X 0A9, Canada
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