Can a diet tame Crohn's in kids? new study says yes
NCT ID NCT07211789
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looked at how well a special diet (called CDED plus NEP) works for children aged 8 to 18 with active Crohn's disease. The diet aims to reduce inflammation and help the gut heal without needing steroids or other strong drugs. Researchers tracked 58 kids in real-world clinics to see if the diet could bring remission and improve quality of life.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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58 people
The number who actually took part.
- Started
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Feb 2024
- Finished
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Aug 2025
- Lead sponsor
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A research network
The lead sponsor is a research network or cooperative group.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Patients aged 8-18 years with Crohn's disease initiating treatment with exclusive enteral nutrition (EEN) plus the Crohn's Disease Exclusion Diet (CDED) and whose wPCDAI value is equal to or greater than 12.5.
- Ages
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8 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: * Patients with Crohn's disease (diagnosis based on clinical, laboratory, endoscopic, radiological, and histological criteria, according to the revised Porto criteria of the ESPGHAN for the diagnosis of inflammatory bowel disease in children and adolescents); * Aged between 8 and 18 years; * Who are about to start treatment with NEP + CDED, i.e. CDED-naive patients who may have previously received treatment with NEE; * With active Crohn's disease defined by the Weighted Paediatric Crohn's Disease Activity Index (wPCDAI) ≥ 12.5; * With data collection available for the following 6 months; * Able to follow the study protocol or whose parent/caregiver is able to adhere to the study protocol, according to the investigator's perspective. Exclusion Criteria: * Patients with ulcerative colitis and/or unclassified inflammatory bowel disease. * Patients with more than 36 months of disease progression. * Penetrating (B3) and/or non-inflammatory stenosing (B2) pattern. * Active perianal disease. * Presence of extraintestinal manifestations. * Patients who, in the investigator's opinion, will require surgical treatment or initiation of steroids or biological drugs (anti-TNF, vedolizumab or ustekinumab) within the next 3 months and for whom nutritional support is indicated exclusively as a bridge. Patients who are undergoing biological treatment but discontinue treatment due to non-response and initiate CDED+NEP are not excluded.
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Conditions
The condition(s) this trial relates to.
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Albacete
Albacete, Spain
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Complejo Hospitalario Universitario de Santiago
Santiago de Compostela, Spain
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Hospital Sant Joan de Déu
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Torrecárdenas
Almería, Spain
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Hospital Univeristari Vall d'Hebron
Barcelona, Spain
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Hospital Universitario 12 de Octubre
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Central
Oviedo, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Materno Infantil
Málaga, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Materno-Infantil de Canarias de Las Palmas
Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Niño Jesús
Madrid, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen de la Arrixaca
El Palmar, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen de las Nieves
Granada, Spain
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Hospital Universitario Virgen del Rocío
Seville, Spain
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Hospital Universitario de Nuestra Señora de la Candelaria
Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
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Hospital Universitario la Fe
Valencia, Spain
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