NCT00940576

Dietetic Efficacy of Mare's Milk for Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Dietetic Effects of Mare's Milk in Patients With Chronic Inflammatory Bowel Diseases (IBD) - a Double Blind Placebo Controlled Cross-over Study.

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 17 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Jena · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 10 Years – 50 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Mare's milk consumption could improve the well-being in patients with Crohn's disease and ulcerative colitis, respectively.

Detailed description

Background: Dietetic effects of mare's milk have been reported for a long time and can be based on bactericidal and immunological components of mare's milk. Objective: Dietetic effects of oral intake of mare's milk in adolescent patients with chronic inflammatory bowel diseases were investigated. Design: In a randomized, placebo-controlled, double-blind, cross-over intervention study, eight Crohn's disease patients and nine ulcerative colitis patients received daily 250 mL mare's milk or placebo drink.

Conditions

• Ulcerative Colitis
• Crohns Disease

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
DIETARY_SUPPLEMENT	mare´s milk	oral intake of 250 ml mare's milk first, then placebo drink daily during 8 weeks of each (cross over design)
OTHER	placebo drink	oral intake of 250 ml placebo drink first, then mare's milk daily during 8 weeks of each (cross over design)

Timeline

• Start date: 2000-07-01
• Primary completion: 2001-02-01
• Completion: 2001-02-01
• First posted: 2009-07-16
• Last updated: 2015-05-25
• Results posted: 2015-04-20

Locations

2 sites across 1 country: Germany