Gut bacteria diet may extend Crohn's remission in children
NCT ID NCT06301477
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study tests whether a personalized diet supplement (a type of starch) can increase helpful gut bacteria in children with Crohn's disease. The goal is to see if this can help maintain remission and reduce the need for stronger medication. The study involves 45 children aged 8 to 16 who are already on anti-TNF therapy and have mild or inactive disease.
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Study facts
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- 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 45 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Dec 2024
- Expected to finish
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Mar 2027
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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8 to 16 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 between 8.0 to 16.9 years of age. * Capable of giving informed consent, or if appropriate, have an acceptable representative capable of giving consent on the participant's behalf. * Established Crohn's Disease (CD) diagnosis with the site of disease involving at least the terminal ileum or ascending colon. * CD is in clinical remission or with mild stable disease activity (weighted Pediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index of 0 to 39.5). * Receiving infliximab or adalimumab anti-TNFa monoclonal antibody medication for treatment of CD. * No changes in medical treatment for the previous month and without anticipated changes for the next month. * Ability and willingness to comply with study procedures (e.g., stool collection) for the entire length of the study. Exclusion Criteria: * Allergy to RS or excipients. * Co-existing diagnosis with diabetes mellitus type 1. * Treatment with another investigational drug or intervention throughout the study. * Current illicit drug or alcohol dependence. * Inability or unwillingness of an individual or legal guardian to give written informed consent. * Other conditions requiring immunomodulating or biological medications. * Pregnancy. * Participant's microbiota does not increase butyrate production utilizing any RS from the assembled panel as measured through the RapidAIM ex vivo assay.
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Conditions
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario
Ottawa, Ontario, K1H 8L1, Canada
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