NCT04205500

Treatment With Specific Carbohydrate Diet in Children With Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 30 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Uppsala University · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 16 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The aim of this study is to explore if an already established diet with anti-inflammatory effect in paediatric inflammatory bowel disease would have an anti-inflammatory effect in children with JIA. The diet is called specific carbohydrate diet.

Detailed description

Children classified with JIA, in a low-to-medium disease activity and without having changed DMARD or bDMARD in the last 12 weeks are included. Only motivated children and parents can participate. Before inclusion the family are informed orally about the study plan, the diet and practical issues regarding the study and they receive written information including for example a product list and a recipe booklet. A dietician and the principal investigator follows the child and parents during visits, by mail and phone. After the baseline visit, the family has two weeks to get used to the new diet. At baseline, after two, four and twelve weeks on the diet the child is examined, blood exams are performed and blood is stored at -70, fecal samples and urine is also collected. At inclusion and after four weeks saliva sample for bacteria is collected. The child fills in the child health assessment questionnaire, (CHAQ) for a score of the physical ability and DisabKids for an overall assessment of the childs well-being.

Conditions

• Juvenile Idiopathic Arthritis

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Specific carbohydrate diet	Specific carbohydrate diet (see arm description)

Timeline

• Start date: 2017-09-01
• Primary completion: 2021-09-01
• Completion: 2021-09-01
• First posted: 2019-12-19
• Last updated: 2021-03-26

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Sweden