NCT04018040

Vegetarian Diet in IBD

Efficacy of a Lacto-ovo Vegetarian Diet in Mild to Moderate IBD

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 21 (actual)
• Sponsor: Edith Cowan University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 18 Years – 79 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

To determine whether a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet is effective in improving gastrointestinal symptoms, quality-of-life, intestinal inflammation and gut microbiota composition in mild-to-moderate IBD compared to a standard omnivorous diet.

Detailed description

This study will review whether a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet is an optimal dietary therapy to achieve a clinical response in mild to moderate UC and CD as an adjunctive treatment to current medical therapies. The proposed studyT will be used to evaluate the efficacy of a lacto-ovo vegetarian diet together with its effect on the microbiota to create an enhanced understanding of the role diet plays in the management midl to moderate IBD. Using a socially acceptable diet it is anticipated that food-related quality-of-life measures will improve for participants. Dietary modification could be a more economical, safer and more effective means of reducing symptoms and flare-ups compared to pharmacological therapy.

Conditions

• Ulcerative Colitis
• Crohn Disease
• Inflammatory Bowel Diseases

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet	Lacto-ovo vegetarian diet inclusive of dairy and eggs

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-05-06
• Primary completion: 2023-08-10
• Completion: 2023-08-10
• First posted: 2019-07-12
• Last updated: 2024-02-20

Locations

4 sites across 1 country: Australia